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The DoDEA World Language Advancement and Readiness Program (WLARA) grants are now open!

📅 Deadline: April 24 @ 11:59pm ET

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Study on the educational experiences of current and former military children. Privacy and confidentiality ensured. One time interviews 30-90min in person (TX & CO), Zoom, or Microsoft forms.

Military brats let your experience be heard. Dr. Roger Booker, Jr is conducting a study on educational attainment and achievement of military students. If interested, contact him at rb1140@txstate.edu #armylife #military #militarybrats #navy #marines #airforce #army #military #dodea

Teachers working without pay in US military schools during shutdown received debt letters | CNN Politics Teachers in US military schools abroad who have been working without pay during the government shutdown received letters this week telling them they owed money to the government, CNN has learned.

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Federal judge orders Pentagon to restore LGBTQ+ books, gender & diversity lessons in military schools A federal judge in Alexandria, Virginia, has ordered the Pentagon to restore nearly 600 books and reinstate lessons on race, gender, and identity in schools serving military families, ruling that the Trump administration’s restrictions on classroom content likely violated students’ First Amendment rights. _****Keep up with the latest in****_ _****LGBTQ****_ _****+ news and politics.****__****Sign up for The Advocate's email newsletter.****_ In a 44-page opinion, U.S. District Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles concluded that the Department of Defense Education Activity removed books and altered curricula in ways that suppressed certain viewpoints and deprived students of access to ideas about race and gender. She found that the department’s actions caused real harm and were likely motivated by viewpoint discrimination. The ruling requires the Pentagon to immediately return the banned books and halt further removals while the case continues. ****Related:****Gay teacher who helped students, including Oscar-winner Julianne Moore, find their voice, takes final bow The case, __E.K. v. Department of Defense Education Activity__ , was brought by 12 students from military families at DoDEA schools in Virginia, Kentucky, Italy, and Japan. The lawsuit, filed by the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Virginia, and the ACLU of Kentucky, challenged the agency’s enforcement of three Trump executive orders issued in January that directed federal institutions to remove references to “gender ideology” and “divisive equity concepts.” Giles wrote that public school libraries are “loci of intellectual freedom,” quoting the Supreme Court’s 1982 decision in __Board of Education v. Pico__ to emphasize that students must be free to “inquire, to study and to evaluate, to gain new maturity and understanding.” She found that DoDEA’s process for removing books was opaque and inconsistent, noting that officials failed to provide clear records of which titles had been withdrawn or why. The judge also criticized the department for refusing to disclose information about the censorship campaign, writing that it was unconstitutional to limit access to information and then fault the plaintiffs for not having proof of the government’s actions. ****Related:****Military families sue Trump administration to keep their school system diverse The ruling rejected the Pentagon’s claim that the removals constituted “government speech,” a legal doctrine that shields official communications from First Amendment scrutiny. Giles said that viewing school libraries as expressions of government ideology conflicts with the long-standing purpose of those institutions as spaces for academic freedom and voluntary inquiry. She warned that expanding the government speech doctrine to cover book removals in public schools would pose “dangerous” risks to intellectual freedom. DoDEA operates 161 accredited schools across 11 countries, seven U.S. states, Guam, and Puerto Rico, educating roughly 67,000 children of active-duty service members and civilian Defense Department employees. The system, among the most diverse and high-performing in the nation, consistently ranks near the top of U.S. public school systems in reading and math proficiency. As __The Advocate__ previously reported, DoDEA began pulling materials shortly after Trump’s executive orders took effect, instructing school administrators to “quarantine” any books or lessons that could be seen as promoting “gender ideology” or “discriminatory equity ideology.” The removals included books and curricula addressing slavery, women’s rights, Native American history, LGBTQ+ identities, and sexual health education, along with sections of the Advanced Placement Psychology course. ****Related:****Virginia federal judge sets hearing on Hegseth’s censorship in military service members’ kids’ schools The ACLU said Monday’s ruling restores constitutional protections that had been stripped away from students in military-run schools. “This is an important victory for students in DoDEA schools and anyone who values full libraries and vibrant classrooms,” Emerson Sykes, senior staff attorney with the ACLU’s Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project, said in a press release. “The censorship taking place in DoDEA schools as a result of these executive orders was astonishing in its scope and scale, and we couldn’t be more pleased that the court has vindicated the First Amendment rights of the students this has impacted.” Corey Shapiro, legal director for the ACLU of Kentucky, said, “Removing books from school libraries just because this administration doesn’t like the content is censorship, plain and simple. The materials removed are clearly age-appropriate and are only offensive to those who are afraid of a free-thinking population.” Matt Callahan, senior supervising attorney at the ACLU of Virginia, said the ruling affirms that “government can’t scrub references to race and gender from public school libraries and classrooms just because the Trump administration doesn’t like certain viewpoints on those topics.” While the injunction applies only to the five schools attended by the plaintiffs — Crossroads Elementary in Quantico, Virginia; Barsanti Elementary in Fort Campbell, Kentucky; Aviano Middle-High in Italy; and Stollars Elementary and Edgren Middle High in Japan — the decision could have far-reaching implications for schools on military bases worldwide. Giles wrote that students in federally operated schools are entitled to the same constitutional protections as those in civilian public schools. She ordered Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and DoDEA Director Beth Schiavino-Narvaez to comply immediately.

'A First Amendment problem': Lawsuit over book bans at Department of Defense schools The ACLU sued on behalf of six military families in April, saying the administration's book bans at schools for military kids were unconstitutional.

The complaint said parents received an email Feb. 10 saying #DoDEA staff had "reviewed" books related to race and gender and that such books would not be available to students. The complaint asked the judge to order officials to reinstate the removed books ...
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Students Sue Department of Defense Schools Over Curriculum Changes, Book Bans | American Civil Liberties Union Students around the globe impacted by censorship of materials about race and gender in military-run schools

Students Sue #DOD Schools Over Curriculum Changes, Book Bans

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Since January, #DoDEA schools have been systematically removing books, altered curricula, canceled events Trump's govt says promotes “#gender ideology” or “divisive equity ideology,” ie, #DEI.
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Joining in upcoming walkouts will have repercussions, DODEA tells students Defense Department schools overseas are warning of consequences for student-led walkouts planned for Thursday, a move that represents a shift in stance on demonstrations over the removal of programs d...

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As trained Auditors, we collect reams of evidence to inform recommendations to improve efficiency. This week we're in Puerto Rico meeting with educators to learn how #DODEA supports students with early learning deficiencies. But first, enjoyed some local sausages & mofongo for dinner last night.

🤬 💔 Grew up in #DODEA #schools. Cant imagine wht these kids r going thru:
• Book bans
• All celebrations of cult diversity banned (e.g. Black Hist Month, Women's History, etc)
• All sports competition funding 🚫

Yet #DOGE is spending millions weekly & Musk getting more gov contracts worth billions

Some thoughts on banning some great classic📚 from my childhood and my children’s childhood are just never what I would have even imagined. Stop banning books and focus on important things like, I don’t know, guns. #booksky #dodea #bookban
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DODEA adds lessons to ‘do not use’ list sent to schools worldwide

A failure to the families serving overseas and their children who already live in an altered version of "America." Narrowing, limiting, and censoring information available to ANY CHILD limits everyone's future growth. Deletion, removal & erasure does not increase our humanity. #DODEA #skybrarians

Books mentioning slavery, civil rights removed from shelves at Fort Campbell schools - ClarksvilleNow.com At an elementary school at Fort Campbell, home of the 101st Airborne Division, librarians are hard at work scrubbing the shelves for books that contain references to slavery, the civil rights movement...

This is simply unacceptable. #African-American history is American #history. This madness must be stopped! ✊🏻✊🏽✊🏿🇺🇸🗽

#dei #black #race #diversity #racism #educationsky #education
#EduSky #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky #doe #mcmahon #bluecrew #resist #revolt #DODea #Clarksville #tubman #parks #MLK

Oscar winner Julianne Moore recently revealed that her beloved children’s book, Freckleface Strawberry, was banned by the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA), the institution responsible for educating the children of military families. This is a book about a young girl learning to love her freckles—a message that should be celebrated, not censored. Yet, in a baffling decision, it has found itself on the Trump administration’s banned book list.

Julianne Moore’s #FrecklefaceStrawberry banned by #DoDEA sparks outrage. Explore the dangers of #bookbanning, #censorship, and attacks on #diversity, self-acceptance, and free expression in #literature.
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"At ##FortCampbellSchools, teachers had to remove all bulletin boards that reference ##BlackHistoryMonth and Black leaders such as #MartinLutherKingJr., ##HarrietTubman and ##RosaParks."

The #DoDEA is trying to redefine American history at its #publicschools. #resist
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#Wiesbaden #DoDEA #Bookban #Alerta

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Military family stationed overseas. My son was supposed to read Fences and 12 Angry Men in English 11 but was told today they changed the curriculum to Realist Literature. The libraries are removing books this week as well. They have not provided bus with a list. #DODEA

My son was supposed to read Fences and 12 Angry Men in English 11 but was told today they changed the curriculum to Realist Literature. #DODEA