Rev. Barber, surrounded by police, praying in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda.

Rev. Barber, surrounded by police, praying in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda.

BREAKING: Police just surrounded Rev. William Barber, prominent activist and pastor, as he and others prayed in the U.S. Capitol Rontunda.

Police then expelled everyone (including press!) from the Rotunda to (presumably) arrest them.

I've covered protests here a lot. Never seen anything like it.

I’m being told that the U.S. Department of Education is shuttering all regional offices for its Office of Civil Rights.

From a U.S. Department of Education Office of Civil Rights employee:

Issue 25: Literacy Moms NC - Accidental Advocates | Amanda Harrison & Ginny Sharpless Amanda Harrison and Ginny Sharpless, two determined mothers from North Carolina, founded Literacy Moms NC after battling systemic resistance to their children’s dyslexia needs, sparking a movement to ...

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Lawsuit calls reading curriculum 'deceptive' and 'defective' A class-action lawsuit filed in Massachusetts claims that the educational publishing company Heinemann falsely advertised its products as “research-backed” and “data-based.”

“A product-liability case reaches beyond the secrecy of parents doing this over and over.”
A new class-action lawsuit alleges that Heinemann and three of its top authors - Lucy Calkins and Fountas&Pinnell - promoted “deceptive” and “defective” products. www.apmreports.org/story/2024/1...

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A trauma-induced response

School districts routinely ignore laws protecting students with disabilities. State education agencies routinely fail in the general supervision, monitoring & enforcement role. Without fed oversight, there is no logical reason why SEA’s would care about parent participation in the resolution process

My handle is invalid right now. They said it will fix itself though. Lots of traffic I expect

Who will hold state education agencies accountable for the implementation of IDEA? SEA’s already do a shocking job of district supervision - without OSEP oversight there is zero accountability.

“No voice is too soft when that voice speaks for others.”
Dust yourself off. Adjust that crown. We’ve got some fighting to do…