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#education #BTEC #T_level It was a rush job. In principle a good idea but built on shoddy foundations, lack of trained staff, inadequate facilities, badly managed etc. A bit of a typically English approach, 'baler twine and bits of wood' don't make good rafts!
theguardian.com/education/2025

The Guardian · T-level qualifications still less popular and more expensive than BTecs, watchdog findsBy Richard Adams

#Trump issued an #ExecutiveOrder Thurs evening promising to eliminate “corrosive” & “divisive narratives” from the #Smithsonian’s museums & restore “monuments, memorials, statues, markers” removed over the past 5 yrs.

The “Restoring Truth & Sanity to #AmericanHistory” order directs #JDVance to eliminate what he finds “improper” from the Smithsonian Institution, including its #museums, #education & #research centers, & the National Zoo to remove “anti-American ideology.”

whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/202

The White House · Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Restores Truth and Sanity to American HistoryRESTORING TRUTH IN AMERICAN HISTORY: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order restoring truth and sanity to American history by

beautiful documentary

"Fifteen-year-old Rima dreams of doing the things her friends do. But it turns out that dreams can be hard to achieve, especially because of her autism diagnosis.

Rima tries to navigate the Danish education system as she attends a special needs class together with her best friend, Sarah. But she also faces closed doors and finds that only very limited options are offered to her."

youtube.com/watch?v=uvO_y8FvE2c

Interview: "Erasing History: How Fascism Works"

How Trump's second term could mean "the completion of the American fascist state."

Key to spreading fascism quickly is to attack a central pillar of democracy: education.

This includes attacking crucial parts of the US education system, eg, critical race theory, Black history & now the sanctity of free speech.

chrishedges.substack.com/p/era

#trump #fascism #education #racism #uspol #christiannationalism #history .

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@georgetakei

The other day, Ohio GOP advances effort to weaken child labor laws.

It left committee on party line votes.

It lets 14–15-year-olds work until 9pm on school nights

They are also working towards less "abc-123" schooling and more job-based "education." I have a feeling it isn't going to be true apprenticeships and will mask labor for education. #Ohio #Education

cleveland.com/open/2025/03/sen

:webarch: archive.ph/CNVBl

cleveland · Senate Republicans move to let 14-, 15-year-olds work later on school nightsBy Jake Zuckerman, jzuckerman@cleveland.com
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A senior #State Dept ofcl called the demonstrators it's targeting "Hamasniks" — people the government claims have shown support for the terror group.

More than 300 foreign students have had their #StudentVisas revoked in the 3 weeks "Catch & Revoke" has been in operation, the ofcl said. There are 1.5 million #student #visa-holders nationwide.

"Everyone is fair game," the ofcl said.

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The effort—which could include grand jury subpoenas—marks another escalation of #Trump's aggressive crackdown on #immigration & (what he has labeled as) antisemitism that civil libertarians say stifles #FreeSpeech on campus & has led to several lawsuits.

The idea of prohibiting colleges from enrolling any #StudentVisa-holders grew out of Secy of #State #MarcoRubio's "Catch & Revoke" program, which now is focusing on #students who protested against the war in #Gaza.

A University, a Rural Town and Their Fight to Survive Trump’s War on Higher Education

The administration’s research funding and DEI cuts present an existential threat to regional public universities like Southern Illinois University, the economic backbone of the conservative rural region it serves.
propublica.org/article/regiona

ProPublicaA University, a Rural Town and Their Fight to Survive Trump’s War on Higher Education
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Interview: "Erasing History: How Fascism Works"

How Trump's second term could mean "the completion of the American fascist state."

Key to spreading fascism quickly is to attack a central pillar of democracy: education.

This includes attacking crucial parts of the US education system, eg, critical race theory, Black history & now the sanctity of free speech.

chrishedges.substack.com/p/era

#trump #fascism #education #racism #uspol #christiannationalism #history .