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Janel Benson
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1. BREAKING

Senator Cory Booker has made history.

After 68 years, he has broken Senator Strom Thurmond’s record for the longest speech on the Senate floor.
Side-by-side image of two U.S. senators from different eras: On the left, Senator Cory Booker speaks passionately on the Senate floor, holding papers and gesturing with his hand, dressed in a dark suit and tie, standing in front of a marble wall and ornate trim. On the right, a black-and-white photo of Senator Strom Thurmond from the mid-20th century, wearing a light-colored suit and dark tie, standing among a group of men, looking serious.
April 1, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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My colleagues and I decided we would pull together a tracker of all the education-related activity of the new administration so far and uh, it's a lot. Did we forget something? (probably.) You can email [email protected] or my Signal address is cas.37.

hechingerreport.org/tracking-tru...
Tracking Trump: His actions on education  - The Hechinger Report
The president has said he wants to eliminate the Department of Education while fighting ‘woke’ ideology in schools. A week-by-week look at what he’s done
hechingerreport.org
February 19, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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Hey folks who study education: @urbaninstitute.bsky.social's #Education Data Explorer has already harmonized federal datasets:

educationdata.urban.org/data-explorer
February 4, 2025 at 4:51 PM