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In the wake of what Judge Dugan did (100% legal), now is a good time for everyone to know what she knows:

An immigration or administrative warrant is *not* a judicial warrant. You are not obliged to obey it. Indeed, you can let the person out the back door. docs.google.com/presentation...

A new global study allows dogs to ‘talk’ to their owners by pressing buttons that say human words - The World from PRX Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, owners have been training their dogs to “tell” them what they want by mashing buttons with their paws to express words in various human languages. A UCSD study began...

Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, owners have been training their dogs to “tell” them what they want by mashing buttons with their paws to express words in various human languages. A UCSD study began to explore the practice further and now includes participants in dozens of countries worldwide.

National Weather Service to resume translating its products for non-English speakers The National Weather Service will resume translating its products for non-English speakers. The weather service paused the translations earlier this month because its contract with the provider had la...

apnews.com/article/weat... National Weather Service to resume translating its products for non-English speakers

Wanted to share an open access article intended to offer inspiration for research into language teacher wellbeing. Thank you to Carlos Murillo-Miranda for being such a brilliant writing partner and to Graeme Porte for the excellent support throughout.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

A Zillion Ways To Finish The School Year Strong It’s that time of year! You might be interested in The Best Ways To Finish The School Year Strong.

A Zillion Ways To Finish The School Year Strong larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2025/04/23/a...

Don't Underestimate the Power of Graphic Novels for the Classroom (Opinion) Not just an easy read: Comics and graphic novels can teach a host of skills, three educators explain.

Don’t Underestimate the Power of Graphic Novels for the Classroom www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...

Major Education Resource Set to Shut Down This Week The federal Department of Education maintains an open access database of more than 2 million documents dating back to the 1960s. It will cease operating Wednesday due to DOGE cuts.

"“Defunding ERIC would limit public access to critical education research, hindering evidence-based practices and informed policy decisions vital for the advancement of American education,” emailed Gladys Cruz, a superintendent of a school district" www.governing.com/policy/major...

Now is the time for states to reinforce English learners' civil rights. Read more about how to do that 👇www.newamerica.org/education-policy/edcentr...

To celebrate Easter, #RefugeeStorytellersCollective members reflect on the holiday.
While they recreate the holiday traditions they grew up with, they also blend in new customs that reflect their current lives in the U.S.
Learn more👇
www.refugeestorytellerscollective.org/stories/wc1t...

linkedin post screenshot: Ken Cheng - I want to connect with you, emotionally) Al will never be able to write like me. Why? Because | am now inserting random sentences into every post to throw off their language learning models. Any Al emulating me will radiator freak yellow horse spout nonsense. 1 wiite all my emails, That's Not My Baby and reports like this to protect my data waffle iron 40% off. 1 suggest all writers and artists do the same Strawberry mango Forklift. The robot nerds will never get the better of Ken Hey can | have whipped cream please? Cheng. We can tuna fish tango foxtrot defeat Al. We just have to talk like this. All. The. Time. Piss on carpet

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Five year olds 'link accents with intelligence' A study finds young children think someone with a

Five year olds! More accent diversity and less prescriptivism in popular culture, please! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Booker: "The worse thing you can do is piss off a New Jerseyan."

Sesame Workshop will 'downsize significantly' with layoffs, CEO says The layoffs come after 200 Sesame Workshop employees announced they want to form a union.

First, they came for Oscar—just a grouch, no one cried.
Then Cookie Monster—too messy, too much.
One by one, they vanished.
When they came for you, the street was empty.
Even the echoes were gone.
www.npr.org/2025/03/05/n...

More than 1,600 readers answered our poll; many said they were looking for jobs in Europe and Canada.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

AFT v. ED Update: Under Pressure, ED Will Restore IDR Application Tomorrow But Will Not Immediately Resume IDR Paperwork Processing - Student Borrower Protection Center SBPC and AFT are still committed to ensuring borrowers access their right to affordable payments and debt relief amid million-borrower paperwork backlog.

Making applications available is a first step, but borrowers who want to make affordable payments need those applications processed. We won’t rest until borrowers can fully access their right to IDR and applications are being processed. @TheSBPC.bsky.social protectborrowers.org/update-under...

Advocates sue to block attempted dismantling of US Education Department U.S. teachers unions and rights advocates, including the NAACP, sued the administration of President Donald Trump on Monday to prevent the attempted dismantling of the federal Education Department, days after Trump signed an executive order to that effect.

US teachers unions and rights advocates, including the NAACP, sued the administration of President Trump to prevent the attempted dismantling of the federal Education Department, days after Trump signed an executive order to that effect reut.rs/4hEZnXD

One of the NIH research grants that Musk terminated.
ENHANCING K-12 SCHOOL SAFETY DURING A RESPIRATORY VIRAL PANDEMIC

Because, apparently, no one is the country wants our kids to be safe if we have another pandemic.

Thanks @jessjtang.bsky.social for having me on the @aftmass.bsky.social press conference with @whipkclark.bsky.social to discuss Trump's Dept. of Ed executive order & how it will negatively impact students in MA. As I said, abandoning the federal role in education is abandoning our kids' futures.

Dolores Huerta speaking at UFW 2024 convention

You can't acknowledge #WomensHistoryMonth without celebrating UFW co-founder @DoloresHuerta for all she has done since the early days and all she continues to do today to inspire and improve the lives of farm workers and working people. ¡Viva Dolores Huerta!

Former judge Maryanne Trump Barry, the president's sister:

"The issue ... is whether an alien who is in this country legally can ... be forcibly removed ... in the unfettered discretion of the Secretary of State and without any meaningful opportunity to be heard. The answer is a ringing 'no.'"

School Vouchers Were Supposed to Save Taxpayer Money. Instead They Blew a Massive Hole in Arizona’s Budget. Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, has spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it’s now facing hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state program...

The Arizona school voucher scheme has blown a massive hole in the state budget. In 2025, vouchers for private schools will be responsible for a $1.4 billion state budget deficit and for a funding loss of 300K per school in the state.

Vouchers are a scam.

www.propublica.org/article/ariz...

EMERGENCY MOBILIZATION! RELEASE MAHMOUD KHALIL HANDS OFF OUR STUDENTS ICE OFF OUR CAMPUSES MON. MAR 10 • 4PM JACOB K. JAVITS FEDERAL BUILDING 26 FEDERAL PLAZA, NYC

Judge rejects Denver Public Schools’ attempt to block Trump ICE guidance Denver Public Schools had asked the court to reinstate a previous policy that treated schools as “sensitive locations” where immigration enforcement should only take place if there is immediate danger to the public. The judge said no.

Judge rejects Denver Public Schools’ attempt to block Trump ICE guidance
www.chalkbeat.org/colorado/2025/03/08/judg...