About half of young Americans can’t name a single Holocaust site, repeating a pattern of ignorance seen in postwar Germany West Germany’s educational reforms in the 1960s and ‘70s show that gaps in knowledge can sometimes create opportunity for rethinking educational methods.

West Germany made Holocaust education mandatory after discovering widespread student ignorance in the 1950s and 1970s.

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Education is important...

For all those still feeling the moon joy—Artemis II was brought to you by public schools and publicly funded science. Copy that! 👩‍🚀🚀💕

*All four astronauts went to public schools!

66 years ago this weekend, LBJ signed the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

States *can* ensure students are supported regardless of poverty, rural/urban, race, and special needs.

But historically it’s taken the federal government to ensure all states do.

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Image is of several books in a trash bin. Text reads: The People Who Don't Read Books Identifying as someone who categorically rejects books suggests a much larger deficiency of character.

"I am not a fan of books.” ~ Kanye West
#Booksky

"I grew up across the street from a public library, and it was the only place my mom would let me go on my own. It was my second home, and I read everything that I could get."
~ Tracy Chapman
Chapman by Nicholas Albrecht
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Fleecing America… while he nickels and dimes our healthcare, education, and veterans’ care.

Trump administration to end civil rights settlements for trans students The Education Department is rescinding agreements that required schools to stop discriminating against transgender students. The agency will continue to investigate sex discrimination.

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Gifted piece
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Judge halts Trump effort requiring colleges to show they aren’t considering race in admissions A federal judge has halted efforts by the Trump administration to collect data that proves higher education institutions aren’t considering race in admissions.

Judge halts Trump effort requiring colleges to show they aren’t considering race in admissions: shorturl.at/xeei9

'For kids who can't read good': Conservative mocks Trump library with 'Zoolander' zinger President Donald Trump’s newly-unveiled presidential library reminded one conservative commentator of a famous joke from a 2001 movie in which Trump appeared.“Earlier this week Eric Trump released an AI-generated sizzle reel unveiling the . . . plan? . . . concept? . . . concepts of a plan? . . . fo...

'For kids who can't read good': Conservative mocks Trump library with 'Zoolander' zinger President Donald Trump’s newly-unveiled presidential library reminded one conservative commentator of a famous joke from a 2001 movie in which Trump appeared.“Earlier this week Eric Trump released an AI-generate

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The airport perks for Congress may be drying up, not a minute too soon Delta Airlines suspends its special congressional service, while a Senate bill could end the line-skipping perk for members of Congress.

BREAKING: Delta is suspending its special service desk for members of Congress until TSA is fully funded, per @ajc.com.

Delta says members of Congress will now be treated like all other flying customers.

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Inside the Trump Administration’s Plan to Change Public Education YouTube video by ProPublica

WATCH: More than 80% of U.S. children attend public schools.

Some of the Education Department’s ultraconservative advisers, led by Secretary Linda McMahon, want to change that.

Here’s an inside look at their dismantling of public education:

One headline perfectly sums up the Republican education program in the Red States Bible Belt:
Keep 'Em Stupid and They'll Eat Up Our Lies with a Big Spoon!
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Tennessee bill will require schools to report students’ citizenship status to state A bill making its way through the Tennessee General Assembly is causing some controversy.The legislation would make schools compile documentation about the leg

Talk about waste fraud and abuse fueled by magagop principles: corruption, chaos, & cruelty.

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The Trump administration cares about corporations–not students. Gutting the Department of Education as borrowers try to figure out their complicated loans means less support, protection, and oversight. Students need clarity. Not confusion.