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International students are critical to US colleges. See which could be hit hardest by a ban As the Trump administration announces sweeping steps to make it more difficult for colleges and universities to welcome international students, some schools are more vulnerable than others to potentia...

The Trump administration has vowed to make it harder for foreign students to get visas. See which schools could be hit hardest by a ban with our searchable database.
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Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared. ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.

Dozens more pregnant and postpartum women have died in Texas hospitals since the state banned abortion, our analysis shows.

As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.

I keep a hard copy of the Robert's Rules of Order on my desk, a hold-over from earlier in my career when I worked as a local reporter and attended a lot of public meetings. Flipped it open this morning to see this.

Chaos and confusion as the statistics arm of the Education Department is reduced to a skeletal staff of 3 Acting stats chief booted after only 15 days in the job; fate of the Nation’s Report Card unclear

“President Donald Trump promises he’ll make American schools great again. He has fired nearly everyone who might objectively measure whether he succeeds.”

Chaos and confusion as the statistics arm of the Education Department is reduced to a skeletal staff of 3 Acting stats chief booted after only 15 days in the job; fate of the Nation’s Report Card unclear

🆕@jillbarshay.bsky.social of @hechingerreport.org has new details about cuts to the dept of edu.

"President Donald Trump promises he’ll make American schools great again. He has fired nearly everyone who might objectively measure whether he succeeds."

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SCOOP! @jillbarshay.bsky.social of @hechingerreport.org interviews a Former Trump ed stats chief:
"Woodworth explained in detail how the abrupt termination of data collection threatens our nation’s education statistics infrastructure."

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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

The team at @hechingerreport.org is tracking all the changes in education in 2025. If you have a question for our reporting team, reach out to me!
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New immigration policy could devastate America’s fragile child care system Trump’s deportation threats are already affecting child care workers and the children in their care. The child care industry relies heavily on immigrants.

New story by @jackiemader.bsky.social on how child care and early education have been impacted by the federal crackdown on immigration.
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White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.

From the @washingtonpost.com: Experts said the memo as written was poised to bring a rapid halt to scores of federal functions, from assistance to homeless shelters to financial aid for college students. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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Does anyone know yet if this would halt the disbursement of federal student loans or Pell grants? www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

Sometimes the majority of studies in a field can point in one direction and yet the studies can be similarly flawed. That's what Doug Fuchs at Vanderbilt argues in a forthcoming article in the Journal of Learning Disabilities about the evidence for special ed inclusion. 🧵 (1/8)

Top scholar says evidence for special education inclusion is 'fundamentally flawed' Analysis of 50 years of research argues that there isn’t strong evidence for the academic advantages of placing children with disabilities in general education classrooms

🆕 An analysis of 50 years of research argues that there isn’t strong evidence for the academic advantages of placing children with disabilities in general education classrooms. (via @jillbarshay.bsky.social)

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6 observations from a devastating international math test 2023 TIMSS results show fewer U.S. students in the middle, a re-emergent gender gap and a silver lining

You may have seen the headlines about the horrid math skills of U.S. children, but a few of the details in the 2023 TIMSS international test score report are fascinating. Let's dig in with pictures... 🧵 (1/5) hechingerreport.org/proof-points...

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Is calculus an addiction that college admissions officers can't shake? A new survey shows how the subject has become a proxy for academic rigor

#calculus: An addiction #college admissions officers can’t shake? hechingerreport.org/proof-points... via @jillbarshay.bsky.social for @hechingerreport.org #math

The dark future of American child care States are loosening their child care rules to cut costs — in ways that could harm young children

For the past year, @jackiemader.bsky.social tracked a quiet wave of child care deregulation efforts across the U.S. The potential consequences for underpaid, overworked early educators, and America's children could be stark. Read it, in @hechingerreport.org: hechingerreport.org/the-dark-fut...

Some states have dangerous plans to address the scarcity of child care: removing regulations While some states are investing more in child care, others are loosening child care regulations to cut costs and add spots — in ways that could stress underpaid educators and harm young children.

I've been tracking a quiet wave of child care deregulation efforts for over a year. My new story looks at the consequences of these efforts for underpaid, overworked early educators and America's youngest children at their most pivotal time of brain development:

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What might happen if the Education Department were closed? - The Hechinger Report The Trump administration has promised big changes, but he can’t make them alone.

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