Tag: Education
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How Eliminating the Department of Education Will Harm Students with Disabilities
Once again, the Republican Party’s obsession with “smaller government” has led to delusional fears about the Department of Education. In March 2025, the Trump Administration signed an executive order calling for its elimination, handing power back to the states. As always, the official rationale is to cut federal bureaucracy and allow states to control education,…
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Schools are NOT Prepared for AI
When I was in 4th grade in the late ’90s, my friends would ask the teacher, “Why can’t we just use our calculator to figure this out?” The teacher gave the auto-response: “Because you’re not always going to have a calculator.” It’s almost precious seeing how dated that response became over time. What’s truly horrifying…
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