Student Outcomes Take a Hit When Immigration Enforcement Ramps Up Academic outcomes declined for U.S.- and foreign-born Spanish-speaking students in Florida when immigration enforcement ramped up in 2025.

Schools can’t thrive when communities live in fear.

↘️ Here, our #K12 policy expert @lesvillegs.bsky.social summarizes findings from a new study that found that when immigration enforcement ramps up, students struggle to stay focused on their education.

An Educator’s Checklist for Supporting Immigrant Students in Schools Schools should be safe spaces for all students. Federal law protects the right to a free public education for all students regardless of citizenship

Schools should be safe spaces for all students, regardless of immigration status.

Together with the @neatoday.bsky.social, @aft.org, @nilc.org, and other partners, TCF offers this guide for educators and other concerned advocates to protect newcomer students: go.tcf.org/checklist

Justice Department Releases Guidance on Implementing President Trump’s Executive Order Designating English as the Official Language of the United States WASHINGTON — Today, the Department of Justice released Guidance to ensure compliance with President Trump’s Executive Order No. 14224, which establishes English as the official language of the United ...

Pam Bondi and Trump's DOJ are all garbage. www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi...

Three Ways to Transform a District to Support English Learner Students Drawing on case studies of SEAL’s English learner education model in three school districts in California, New America highlights strategies that facilitated systemic changes for an asset-oriented app...

🗣️ Bilingualism isn’t a barrier—it’s a strength.

Here, our latest brief shows what’s possible when research, dedicated leadership, and asset-oriented #teaching are prioritized in classrooms with #EnglishLearners and other linguistically diverse students.

Who Will Bear the Brunt of Trump's Hold on $6.8 Billion in School Funds? The sudden absence of expected federal funds has already cost some educators their jobs.

surprise surprise: School districts represented by Republicans in Congress will lose more per-pupil dollars. @zahavastadler.bsky.social and Jordan Abbott. hwww.edweek.org/policy-politics/who-will...

Attorney general: ‘Everyone is Welcome Here’ sign cannot be displayed in Idaho schools The sign violates a new law that prohibits the display of flags or banners have a political viewpoint, according to an Idaho attorney general’s office opinion obtained by EdNews through a pub…

Get this: The Idaho Atty General concluded that a teacher's "Everyone is Welcome Here" sign violates state law because ... wait for it ... it's anti-Trump.
Wrap your head around the fact that we've come to that point as a country.
www.idahoednews.org/top-news/att...

"In effect, today’s move reflects the Trump administration advancing its budget priorities a year early, before Congress has considered them." A.K.A TAKING CONGRESS'S POWER AWAY.

Trump Tells States He's Holding Back $6.8 Billion for Schools Schools nationwide won't see funding earmarked for English learners, migrant students, professional development, and more.

@housedemocrats.bsky.social @senatedemocrats.bsky.social www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

The Department of Education has designated June as Title IX Month. This year, for the first time, we officially celebrated the anniversary of this landmark civil rights law, which was signed on June 23, 1972, and strengthened our Title IX enforcement efforts on behalf of women and girls who are at risk in our education system. Under President Trump’s leadership, America’s schools and sports leagues are ending ideological practices that threaten the safety of female athletes and students.

In case you were wondering, this is what propaganda looks like: m1.info.ed.gov/rest/head/mi...

Tell me you are counting down the minutes until this dumpster fire of an administration is over without telling me:
www.project2025.observer?agencies=Dep...

NEW NUMBERS ARE IN: Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” will rack up $2.8 trillion in new debt ($441 million more than they thought before!) AND slash access to healthcare, housing and student loans.

All for a giveaway for his cabinet secretaries and the billionaire establishment taking root in DC.

Quiz: What Does DOGE Know About You? The Department of Government Efficiency has unauthorized access to millions of Americans' data. Take New America's quiz to see how much of your data is at risk.

I just took a quiz on how much of my personal data DOGE has access to. The results aren’t pretty. Take it now to discover how much of your sensitive info is now exposed. #HandsOffMyData
dogequiz.newamerica.org/share/?share...

The number of people booked into immigration detention who have been charged only with immigration violations has jumped eight-fold since President Donald Trump took office, government data shows, undercutting his anti-crime message. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

We are cohosting a webinar with SEAL on June 25, 2025 to reflect on the evolution of EL education in the U.S., unravel misconceptions about language education, and refresh attendees on the benefits of bilingual education for ELs. Click here to register: events.newamerica.org/towardsabili...

the "officers" that attacked him must be removed from their posts.

Soooo is assaulting a SITTING U.S. senator not a crime? 🤔

‘You essentially destroyed any chance I have,’ DNC chair told David Hogg in private meeting Ken Martin expressed frustration and self-doubt in a meeting with other party leaders, according to a two-minute recording obtained by POLITICO.

There should be no such thing as a "Safe" seat. Ineffective and out of touch politicians need to go. Protecting the status quo that isn't serving the majority of Americans is why we are in this situation. Get it together @democrats.org
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...

Hogg declines to run again for DNC vice chair after new election is called The 25-year-old activist said he will devote his efforts to Leaders We Deserve.

@democrats.org so you all haven't learned anything in the last 10 years have you? www.politico.com/news/2025/06...

In final stretch of New York mayoral race, Cuomo targets Mamdani's inexperience The 67-year-old former governor has taken to criticizing his top opponent, a 33-year-old state legislator.

I’m hooting and hollering: “Zohran is proud not to have the experience of defunding the MTA, cutting Medicaid, empowering Republicans and resigning in disgrace after being credibly accused of serial sexual harassment,” Mamdani campaign spokesperson Andrew Epstein said about Cuomo’s comments.

another example of government deletion of politically-inconvenient research. bsky.app/profile/phil...

Texas agrees with feds to end in-state tuition for undocumented students Almost 20,000 undocumented college students in Texas will likely lose in-state tuition after this sudden policy reversal.

Seems likely that DOJ and Texas colluded on this.

This will do untold harm to 20,000 students who just want to get an education

www.texastribune.org/2025/06/04/t...

4-year-old Bakersfield girl facing deportation could die within days of losing medical care In 2023, a Mexican girl, 4, was allowed U.S. entry for lifesaving medical care. She and her parents, who live in Bakersfield, have been told they must leave.

4-year-old Bakersfield girl facing deportation could die within days of losing medical care - Los Angeles Times

Don’t ever tell me that Christians support the GOP. There is nothing Christian or Christ-like about this. Just plain old cruelty and callousness:

Per @urbaninstitute.bsky.social: Current Reconciliation Proposals Could Limit Free Meals for Individuals and Make Offering Universal School Meals More Costly www.urban.org/research/pub...

Paraphrasing here...
Kagan: Assume this is completely illegal EO. How do the courts actually stop it?
Govt: Certify a class action.
Kagan: You'll argue there's no class to certify under FRCP.
Govt: Yeah true.
Kagan: So how else?
Govt: Have every individual affected sue.
Barrett: Seriously?

Untangling Fact from Fiction in Trump’s Call to Defund English Learner Education Trump’s attempt to defund Title III is fraught with baseless and inaccurate claims about the federal EL program, here are the facts.

💸 The Trump Administration is trying to defund English learner education. Here are the facts that the president's budget intentionally got wrong about the purpose of Title III, who receives Title III funding, and how Title III funding is used. www.newamerica.org/education-po...

🚨3 Things We’re Watching
This Week: The Great American Heist

Congress is considering multiple bills that continue to take from Americans, further pushing them away from achieving the American Dream

Postcard from NAEP with icon of a histogram. It says "2024 nation's report card distribution charts. View how NAEP performance varies within specific student groups. NAEP: National Assessment of Educational Progress"

🎆📊 Big win for civic dataviz! NAEP now shows student group scores as full distributions. Even for mass-audience reports, we're not stuck w/ conventional (misleading) bars.

Proud to have a tiny role in this (+ @lesvillegs.bsky.social @rsavoie.bsky.social)

www.nationsreportcard.gov/reports/math...

That is a great question! I'll message you directly.

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...

‘Chainsaw Approach’ to Budget Cuts Leaves Military Families as Collateral Damage - Early Learning Nation Collateral damage is primarily a military term, and it is perhaps the best way to describe what some families of America’s service members have become in

So much for supporting the troops: earlylearningnation.com/2025/04/chai...