Jonaki Mehta
Education reporter @npr
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- Couldn't have put it any better. This is uncharted territory for public media. If you want to help save a member station that will be heavily impacted by federal $ being pulled, a former NPR staffer, Alex Curley, put together this simple, beautiful way to 'adopt a station': adoptastation.org
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- Last week, our team was in rural Maine, talking to counselors and students at Mill Stream Elementary about the value of mental health services in schools. Then, last Wednesday night, as we were on the road home the Trump administration announced cuts... www.npr.org/2025/05/07/n...
- The response we got from Harvard:
- The Trump admin is pulling future research funding for Harvard in its ongoing battle with the university over what the administration alleges is unchecked antisemitism on Harvard's campus. In a call with reporters before the letter was released, x.com/EDSecMcMahon...
- The Trump admin is pulling future research funding for Harvard in its ongoing battle with the university over what the administration alleges is unchecked antisemitism on Harvard's campus. In a call with reporters before the letter was released, x.com/EDSecMcMahon...
- Some details on key parts of the Nation's Report Card - which is widely considered the gold standard for student achievement tests - being scrapped in the wake of DOGE cuts. @jillbarshay.bsky.social on what's being cut, what's staying and how the NAGB seems to be suggesting this 'with much pain.'
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- At an ed tech conference in SanDiego where Education Sec McMahon spoke. Asked about the latest letter re: DEI to schools, she said 'i think discrimination is the bad thing.' Moderator Phyllis Lockett asked if cultural events and other DEI programs like them would still be allowed to exist. McMahon
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- New York Dept of Education says it will not comply with the US Dept of Ed's order to certify their schools are getting rid of DEI programs. "We understand that the current administration seeks to censor anything it deems ‘diversity, equity & inclusion...
- Started the morning with a story about the role of the federal government in special education in light of recent comments from the Trump administration about moving "special needs" to HHS. www.npr.org/2025/04/03/n...
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