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insidephilanthropy.com
The Sustainable Grantmaking Benchmark is intended as a kind of LEED rating system for philanthropy.

Connie Matthiessen(@cmatthiessen.bsky.social) Reports: tinyurl.com/5f83hr77

#Grantmaking #SustainableFunding #TrustBasedPhilanthropy #RacialJustice #EducationJustice #NonprofitSustainability
The Schott Foundation Debuts New Tool to Chart Sustainable Grantmaking
The Sustainable Grantmaking Benchmark is intended as a kind of LEED rating system for philanthropy.
tinyurl.com
January 14, 2026 at 8:01 PM
spokesmanrecorder.bsky.social
In the Echoes of Unity Special Edition, Black Men Teach reflects Dr. King’s belief that education can be a tool for justice, equity, and lasting community change. buff.ly/lnTgIYx

#EchoesOfUnity #BlackMenTeach #MLKLegacy #EducationJustice
January 13, 2026 at 11:05 PM
socjudaud.bsky.social
Why Free Education in Australia Must Return
#EducationJustice, #FreeEducationAU, #FundPublicSchools
Free education in Australia is possible now. Discover why public money must go to public schools and how monetary sovereignty makes it happen.
socialjusticeaustralia.com.au/free-educati...
Why Free Education in Australia Must Return
Free education in Australia is possible now. Discover why public money must go to public schools and how monetary sovereignty makes it happen.
socialjusticeaustralia.com.au
December 14, 2025 at 7:46 PM
indivisibleparkcty.bsky.social
Court filings show the Trump admin banned Head Start from using words like “disability,” “race,” “women,” & “trauma.” Silencing reality doesn’t protect kids—it hides their needs. #HeadStartMatters #SayTheWords #EducationJustice.
Head Start centers told to avoid 'disability,' 'women' and more in funding requests
New court documents reveal a list of nearly 200 words or phrases the Trump administration told Head Start programs it does not want to see in their funding requests.
www.npr.org
December 14, 2025 at 3:59 PM
smartbrowngirl.bsky.social
Linda McMahon’s tenure is a case study in how political actors reshape a nation by reshaping its classrooms. She doesn't manage education, she weaponizes it. And the consequences will outlive her. #TheArchitects #LindaMcMahon #DepartmentOfEducation #EducationJustice #BookBans #CurriculumWars
December 9, 2025 at 2:02 PM
cfwhittingham.bsky.social
Reading about changes to federal student‑loan forgiveness — a crackdown on who counts as “public service.” Sounds procedural, but I worry what that means for teachers, social workers, defenders who already walk thin lines for little pay.
#EducationJustice #LoanForgiveness #PublicService #PolicyWatch
November 28, 2025 at 6:45 AM
powerinterfaith.bsky.social
The PA budget passed—and it’s a win for justice in education. 🙌
Faith leaders, parents, and organizers stood together and made this happen.
This is what #FaithInAction looks like. Read our full press release here powerinterfaith.org/category/pre... #powerinterfaith #educationjustice #pabudget
November 13, 2025 at 4:07 PM
azadvocacyhub.bsky.social
The Trump admin is gutting the office that enforces special education rights. Tell Kelly & Gallego: No cuts to IDEA or services for kids with disabilities. Every message counts. #EducationJustice #DisabilityRights
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Email your Congress Member - Protect Students with Disabilities!
secure.everyaction.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:14 PM
azadvocacyhub.bsky.social
Students with disabilities deserve protection—not cuts. Join the National Education Justice Organizing Call Wed, Nov 12 @ 5PM to defend IDEA and fight for equitable education. #EducationJustice #DisabilityRights
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National Education Justice Organizing Call · Popular Democracy
Public schools and students are under attack, join us for this national organizing call to learn how to fight back! On November 12th, we will focus on the federal government's efforts to dismantle p...
mobilize.us
November 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
tongli.bsky.social
AI is being sold into school and library systems as “efficiency tools,” but one 404 Media piece argues they’re doing much more: enabling a streamlined war on knowledge, librarians say.

🔗 www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...

#MediaReform #EducationJustice #Journalism
AI Is Supercharging the War on Libraries, Education, and Human Knowledge
"Fascism and AI, whether or not they have the same goals, they sure are working to accelerate one another."
www.404media.co
November 6, 2025 at 10:33 PM
integratedschools.bsky.social
The link between Christian nationalism and school policy is real
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Listen is as Dr Deanna Townsend-Smith shares how the ‘underbelly’ of systems happens when we don’t ask how beliefs shape policy. Let’s do the work. #EducationJustice
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integratedschools.org/podcast/s12e...
November 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
edlawcenter.bsky.social
Catch up on ELC’s recent advocacy, research, litigation, and communications efforts to protect public education (edlawcenter.org/catch-up-on-...). Make a donation to help us continue this important work tinyurl.com/4y9ka378 #ProtectPublicEducation #EducationJustice
Catch Up on ELC Efforts in Support of Public Education  - Education Law Center
When students learn in inclusive and well-resourced school environments, they thrive. But the Trump Administration’s attacks on public education put millions of students at risk.  Education Law…
edlawcenter.org
November 3, 2025 at 6:30 PM
spokesmanrecorder.bsky.social
Book bans, museum censorship, and sanitized curricula signal a new wave of historical erasure. Denise Forte calls it Jim Crow 2.0—and a civil rights fight we can’t ignore. Read the op-ed: buff.ly/aZU83bW

#BlackHistory #EducationJustice #Democracy
October 22, 2025 at 3:03 PM
powerinterfaith.bsky.social
“The time to fund our schools is now.” — Gary Sieling, POWER Member

PA schools are borrowing money just to keep the lights on. This is a moral failure.

Link to our recent press piece: www.thereporteronline.com/2025/10/10/l... #socialjustice #educationjustice
Letter to editor: Pennsylvania needs a state budget
Letter to editor: Pennsylvania needs a state budget
www.thereporteronline.com
October 17, 2025 at 8:16 PM
dawngg.bsky.social
Please take 5 minutes today to speak up.
Students with disabilities — and the families who fight beside them — deserve stability, support, and respect.
We can’t stay silent while this happens. 4/5

#NDSS #OSEP #EducationJustice #DisabilityAdvocacy
October 15, 2025 at 6:10 PM
wclangdon.bsky.social
🪶 Part 2 — “When the Cuts Hit Native Oklahoma” “When politicians slash budgets, Native students pay twice—once in dollars, again in opportunity.” #NativeOklahoma #EducationJustice #TribalColleges #OklahomaPolitics #FollowTheMoney #SubstackWriters Read more at wlangdon.substack.com
October 15, 2025 at 12:24 AM
splcenter.org
📚 This week marks #BannedBooksWeek2025, and it's crucial now more than ever to support inclusive learning.

Explore resources — from book reviews to guides — compiled by @LearningForJustice to help you resist censorship and advocate for #educationjustice 🔗: https://bit.ly/3JJ4Td3
October 8, 2025 at 8:00 PM
powerinterfaith.bsky.social
POWER leader Michelle Williams Lopez writes in her op-ed that full and fair funding isn’t just an education issue, it’s a justice issue. powerinterfaith.org/2025/10/fair...

Op-Ed courtesy of The Morning Call
#powerinterfaith #oped #educationjustice #paeducation
Fair Public Education Funding is a Ship that Needs to Sail: An Op-Ed by POWER Leader, Michelle Williams Lopez
Michelle Williams Lopez (center) with fellow organizers at POWER’s Leadership. Summit, July 2025.   Source: The Morning…
powerinterfaith.org
October 8, 2025 at 1:48 PM
eduinternational.bsky.social
Iranian educators are being silenced for demanding justice in schools.
Arrests, solitary confinement, and forced exile are used as tools of repression.

Why is union activism treated like a crime?
🔗 https://eiie.io/3IZcEig

#SolidarityWithTeachers #Iran #UnionRights #EducationJustice
October 8, 2025 at 12:34 PM
copaafape.bsky.social
Several private SPED schools in Connecticut funded by public dollars are under fire for failing to provide legally required services.
Read more about the investigation here: www.yahoo.com/news/article...

#SpecialEducation #IDEA #EducationJustice #Connecticut #PublicFundsPrivateFailure #IEP
Several Connecticut special education programs failed to provide services during 2022-23 school year: state audit
CONNECTICUT (WTNH) — The State of Connecticut released an audit on Wednesday, Sept. 10, showing that private providers of special education did not fully deliver the required services, and showed defi...
www.yahoo.com
October 4, 2025 at 10:27 PM
copaafape.bsky.social
Several private SPED schools in Connecticut funded by public dollars are under fire for failing to provide legally required services.
Read more about the investigation here: www.yahoo.com/news/article...

#SpecialEducation #IDEA #EducationJustice #Connecticut #PublicFundsPrivateFailure
Several Connecticut special education programs failed to provide services during 2022-23 school year: state audit
CONNECTICUT (WTNH) — The State of Connecticut released an audit on Wednesday, Sept. 10, showing that private providers of special education did not fully deliver the required services, and showed defi...
www.yahoo.com
October 4, 2025 at 1:34 PM
tciamn.bsky.social
Dignityinschools.bsky.social organizes a National Week of Action Against School Pushout, hosting teach-ins, film screenings, panels, and workshops on liberated learning.

Learn more and find an event near you: dignityinschools.org/take-action/...

#DSCWoA2025 #EducationJustice #CommunityNotCops #Edu
September 26, 2025 at 7:38 PM
gelindo.bsky.social
Yhea Foo Nah Foo Ep.110, Part 2 🎧 yheafoonahfoo.buzzsprout.com/
Paul Roback returns to break down why schools stall, how parents can fight back, & the power of advocacy networks. #YheaFooNahFoo #SpecialEducation #ParentAdvocacy #EducationJustice
September 24, 2025 at 6:32 PM
shelterforce.bsky.social
Listen to how Baltimore’s school rebuilding program aimed to strengthen neighborhoods. 🎧https://apple.co/4mTCCSV
#CommunityDevelopment #EducationJustice
September 19, 2025 at 4:07 PM
shelterforce.bsky.social
When Baltimore got funding for a round of school renovations, the state directed it to design schools that would also advance neighborhood revitalization—and it learned some lessons about why that's not always so simple. bit.ly/4p9QslF
#UnderTheLens #EducationJustice
September 14, 2025 at 2:02 PM