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Educational AI Risks Becoming an Authoritarian Vehicle for Thought Control
These systems are a dictator’s dream: the perfect infrastructure for the imposition of totalitarianism.
Members of Educators Union Say Its Capitulation to ADL Betrays Workers, Students
Member educators who oppose the Anti-Defamation League’s aims plan to resist anti-Palestinian interference in schools.
Black-Led, Progressive Homeschool Networks Rise Amid Book Bans, Attacks on DEI
As Trump attacks civil rights protections, a growing number of progressive parents are opting out of public schools.
After 24 Years, Texas Rolls Back In-State Tuition for Undocumented Students
Observers worry the move to restrict college access for undocumented students could spread nationally.
University Withholds Palestinian American Student’s Diploma Over Her Activism
Virginia Commonwealth University student Sereen Haddad has lost over 200 members of her extended family in the genocide.
Trump’s Mass Firings at Department of Education Are Already Harming US Students
Trump’s firing of 1,300 DOE workers is bad news for all student loan recipients and K-12 students alike.
A Christian Right “Bill Mill” Aims to Get the Ten Commandments Into Classrooms
Experts say the campaign is part of a broader, well-organized, deep-pocketed assault on church-state separation.
Low-Income People Will Face Brunt of Trump’s Restart of Student Debt Collections
The US government, which restarted collections efforts in May, can garnish wages, tax refunds, some pensions, and more.
Schools Are Going Underground to Avoid Trump’s Immigration Dragnet
No matter the strategy, the goal is the same: avoid potential federal audits, funding cuts, and closures.
Regulating AI Isn’t Enough. Let’s Dismantle the Logic That Put It in Schools.
AI in schools isn’t progress — it’s a sign of how far we’ve strayed from the purpose of education.