Tai
taiarnold.bsky.social
Tai
@taiarnold.bsky.social
Thinking in public about schooling, power, dominance, and cognitive legitimacy. Still working it out.

Explorations at the Margins. https://open.substack.com/pub/taiarnold
Reposted by Tai
Attorneys at the Education Department’s civil rights office describe working in a “dismissal factory.”

Most discrimination complaints filed by students’ families have been dismissed without ever being investigated, records show.

(Published December 2025)
Monkey Sounds, “White Power” and the N-Word: Racial Harassment Against Black Students Ignored Under Trump
Since Trump returned to office, the Education Department’s civil rights office has not resolved a single racial harassment investigation. It sends a message that “people impacted by racial discriminat...
www.propublica.org
January 7, 2026 at 4:00 AM
I have been looking at how schools reproduce dominant culture. open.substack.com/pub/taiarnol...
Schooling: Sorts Students | Protects Power Structures
Schooling in America is structured to protect the inheritance of the powerful.
open.substack.com
December 26, 2025 at 7:09 PM
So very disturbing.

Why Do We Allow Child Marriage in America? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/o...
Opinion | Why Do We Allow Child Marriage in America?
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:11 AM
@kirstengillibrand.bsky.social I would really like to know about the US Dept of Education’s OCR. I have reached out through your constituent services twice. Crickets from your office and OCR. What’s up? #educationalequity #schoolsafety #IDEAfailure
August 19, 2025 at 11:22 PM