What's at risk with shutting down the Dept of Education? A lot! #SpeakUpForED
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You’ve seen the signs, “It’s so bad the introverts are here”? Yeah.
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#NoBroligarchs
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Protest sign: My teachers taught me to stand up to bullies!
Protest sign: I am because you are and because we are
Protest sign: Sashay away, nobody loves you @ Linda McMahon (you too, Donnie and Elon)
Chalk protest in front of Dept of Ed building: Elon, stop stealing from kids
Solidarity and thanks: Dept of Education workers whose jobs were ripped away by billionaires
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#LaunchAllBillionairesIntoSpace
#DOGEbags
#StopStealingFromKids
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I am holding all the program officers and scientists at #IES in my heart today, and am committed to living the legacy of critical work forward for our nation's public school students, teachers, and families.
#EdMatters #SaveOurStudents #StudentsOverPolitics #SpeakUpforED
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Students with disabilities need the Department of Education. Cancelling their access and opportunity to thrive in public education isn’t efficient. It’s ableist.
#EdMatters #SaveOurStudents #StudentsOverPolitics #SpeakUpforED
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Educational advocacy groups anticipate an executive order will be signed today, March 20, to close the U.S. Department of Education (DOE). This link (tinyurl.com/speakup4ed) provides more context, links, & facts on the importance of the DOE, alongside a call to action. #SpeakUpForED #EDMatters.
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Educational advocacy groups anticipate an executive order will be signed today, March 20, to close the U.S. Department of Education (DOE). This link (tinyurl.com/speakup4ed) provides more context, links, & facts on the importance of the DOE, alongside a call to action. #SpeakUpForED #EDMatters.
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How Dismantling the Department Would Hurt Students, Teachers, and Communities 7.4 million students with disabilities, served by Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), money that goes straight to states and schools to help kids with disabilities learn, like early intervention services. 26 million students from low-income backgrounds in urban, rural and suburban communities rely on federal Title I funding to improve achievement. 6 states where more than 20% of the education budget comes from the federal government: Alaska, Montana, South Dakota, Arkansas, Mississippi, Kentucky. 9.8 million students in rural schools depend on federal support to bridge funding gaps iin communities with more limited local tax bases. 6.6 million Pell Grant recipients rely on federal student aid to attend college.
Dismantling the Department of Education would be a travesty. If it is eliminated, who will we trust to care for essential programs and services it previously carried out? More unqualified billionaires? Private corporations that only care about making a profit? It’s time for us all to #SpeakUpForEd
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Block grants are a scam that will defund public education.
Block grants means less money for public education, fewer resources for students, and no accountability when states shortchange kids.
#EdMatters #SaveOurStudents #StudentsOverPolitics #SpeakUpforED
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Moms are RISING for public schools! Yesterday, we gathered with @neatoday.bsky.social & @aftunion.bsky.social leaders, parents, and students to #SpeakUpForEd.
The Trump admin's illegal overreach is not about fixing public education—it's about dismantling it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfhC...
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This is a direct attack on students, public schools, teachers, and families.
An attempt to move education "to the states" means abandoning the federal government's crucial responsibility to ensure every child has access to a quality education.
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Stop the Coup
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Glad to be there today in solidarity. (Another job lost thanks to prez musk)
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Person speaking from a lectern, while an audio tech is using a boom mic to record. Several people in background, city street in the far distance.
AF veteran who'd been illegally fired from the Dept of Ed, speaking at the #SpeakUpForED rally.
Seeing this a lot at protests- media there have to use suboptimal audio because no press box. Hoping rally organizers can start providing a mult more often.
AND offer mic audio via Bluetooth for iPhones.
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A speaker at a lectern, wearing a Voters of Tomorrow tee shirt, speaks to a crowd, with a few rows of people standing in the back.
Shout out and thx to @katygates.bsky.social from @votersoftomorrow.org for eloquently defending the Dept of Education this morning at the #SpeakUpForED rally in DC.
Lots of great speakers today, could not catch all their names. Hoping rally organizers will feature speaker names more on social media.
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Protester holds a sign: education saves lives!
Protest sign: SOS Save Our Schools & Public Education
Rally at the Department of Education, including a “Launch All Billionaires Into Space” sign
Protester holds a sign: Elon, don’t rob our kids
We showed up today at the Dept of Education to #SpeakUpForED
Save public education!
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Democratic Congressman Mark Takano from California spoke at the #speakupforEd rally @ the Department of Education in Washington DC against the plans to dismantle the Department of Education
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Rally at the Department of Education in DC!
9am on March 11.
@momsrising.org @neatoday.bsky.social @votersoftomorrow.org
#SpeakUpForEd #ProtectOurKids
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See you outside the Department of Education tomorrow morning! #SpeakUpforED w/ AFGE, @neatoday.bsky.social @votersoftomorrow.org @momsrising.org
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"let’s be clear, this impeding EO creates chaos for schools, families, and communities, and will be aggressively opposed.", Denise Forte, EdTrust CEO #SpeakUpforEd #SaveOurStudents
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"We need the Department to ensure that all students have pathways to succeed and thrive." Denise Forte, EdTrust CEO #SpeakUpforEd #SaveOurStudents
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"We will stand up because our babies are depending on us to be worthy of them" Becky Pringle, NEA #SpeakUpforEd #SaveOurStudents
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We are calling on congress to reimagine public education.. not dismantle it, Dr. Winnie Williams-Hall #SpeakUpforEd
#SaveOurStudents
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"Confirming Linda McMahon shows how little our nation's leaders care about American's students", Dr. Winnie Williams-Hall, #SpeakUpforEd #SaveOurStudents
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And this is not what families want! They’ve made their voices heard. They want a department that provides excellent education for all students. And this Administration doesn’t know how to deliver on that... #SpeakUpforEd
#SaveOurStudents
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"There is strong and widespread opposition to dismantling the Department, spanning teachers, families, students, superintendents, college leaders, and policymakers. You'll hear directly from many of them on this call, underscoring the urgency and depth of concern" Denise Forte, CEO #SpeakUpForEd
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Have you seen the data? @delauro.house.gov has. 👀
In our education exit poll, 68% of voters pick increasing $$ for public schools, not private school vouchers. #SpeakUpForEd #SupportPublicSchools
More here: bit.ly/OpinionatED
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@edmarkey.bsky.social “DOGE stands for department of gutting education”
…. bring that heaaaaaaaat
#speakupfored
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