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#Souderton Area School Board hoping for ‘reasonable’ property tax increase, says headline from North Penn Now. Increasing number of children with complex needs and **proportionally smaller state and federal funding** for special education being blamed along with charter school tuitions.

northpennnow.com/news/2025/apr

NorthPennNowSouderton Area School Board hoping for ‘reasonable’ property tax increase | NorthPennNowThe board will approve a proposed final budget at its Thursday action meeting

My brother in FOSS, if one of your students is in the part of the skill curve where they are having trouble with a tool like nano, recommending they try to use vi instead is NOT helpful

Context: I'm taking a CySA+ cert training with a group of people who have a VERY wide range of experience, including some novices who probably should not have been allowed to take this course. Regardless, unproductive commentary from the instructor

MAGATs that want to close the US Department of Education will nevertheless use the US Department of Education to garnish the wages of MAGATs and non-MAGATs whose students loans are in default.

Only 38% of borrowers are in repayment and current on their student loans. Garnishments will begin later this summer.

#USPol #USPolitics #Education #StudentLoans

benefitspro.com/2025/04/22/stu

BenefitsPro · Student loan borrowers now in default will face garnished wages, says Education DepartmentBy Lynn Cavanaugh
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Update. "The federal Department of Education [#ED] maintains an open access database of more than 2 million documents [Education Resources Information Center, #ERIC] dating back to the 1960s. It will cease operating Wednesday due to #DOGE cuts."
governing.com/policy/major-edu

PS: I use many sources in my attempt to stay on top of what's happening with #OpenAccess, #OpenScience, #OpenEducation, and so on. ERIC has been one of the stalwarts.

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Governing · Major Education Resource Set to Shut Down This WeekThe federal Department of Education maintains an open access database of more than 2 million documents dating back to the 1960s. It will cease operating Wednesday due to DOGE cuts.
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@jeff Dont mean to burst ur bubble #Harvard doesnt need the money. The Richest kids in America go there. Furthermore, Harvard and #Yale, and the other poison ivy league schools are #CIA/Intel agency recruitment centers, and have been since the OSS became CIA when the REGIME CHANGE NATION SHAPING academics moved in post WWII. It's all for show. The CIA money to the departments working their projects will keep flowing. But You'll trust them now, 'newsie'... #education

The Trump Administration’s War on Children

The administration is quietly putting America’s children at risk by cutting funds and manpower for investigating child abuse, enforcing child support payments, providing child care and much more.
propublica.org/article/how-tru

ProPublicaThe Trump Administration’s War on Children
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