by William Trollinger Below is an excerpt of an essay of mine that was published in the Summer, 2025 issue of New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, an issue which is devoted to white C…| Righting America
While much of the focus on President Trump’s recent Executive Order on Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity (the “EO”) has| Government Contractor Compliance & Regulatory Update
NCSL’s State-Federal team is tracking the latest states-related executive orders, policies and memoranda issued by the Trump administration.| www.ncsl.org
With trans and immigrant students the target of the Trump administration’s hostilities, SFUSD teachers and administrators are bracing for impact| sf.gazetteer.co
No federal administration has moved as swiftly to exert broad new controls over what people can say, read, learn, research, and think.| PEN America
Oklahoma public schools are implementing new curriculum standards, which include changes to how schools teach students about the 2020 election. The new high school social studies curriculum consists of a standard that requires students to “identify discrepancies in 2020 elections results by looking at graphs and other information, including the sudden halting of ballot-counting in […]| Feminist Majority Foundation
The cuts come after President Donald Trump promised to shut down the Education Department. Critics argue cutbacks are less about improving student outcomes and more about instituting a conservative agenda.| The Christian Science Monitor
The “Press 3 option” at the lifeline is gone, but NC public health leaders have trained call takers to work with LGBTQ+ people in crisis.| North Carolina Health News
PEN America sought to further understand the impacts of this censorship – the identities and genres being erased from public schools.| PEN America
A no-guardrails version has become a cornerstone of Donald Trump’s authoritarian agenda.| Mother Jones
Public education in the United States has long been celebrated as a pillar of democracy and a means for social mobility. Yet, beneath this ideal, schools have persistently served as battlegrounds for political, cultural, and ideological conflicts. From their earliest days, when classrooms served as instruments for spreading Protestant values, to the current clashes over...| The Science Survey
Trump’s latest orders call for the Education Department to explore options to fund school choice, while ending support for "discriminatory equity ideology."| K-12 Dive
That's not how any of this works.| www.publicnotice.co
The White House has no authority over curriculum, and no ability to unilaterally pull back federal dollars, but Trump is toeing the line.| Education Week
The second Trump administration's attack on trans people is in full swing. Within hours of taking office for the second time, the president signed an executive order that described trans people as "ideologues who deny the biological reality of sex" and accused them of attacking not just the laws of biology but the safety of…| Blog of the APA
OneDigital is here to help keep employers informed and offer guidance as they navigate changes impacting healthcare, benefits, HR, and insurance to remain compliant.| launch.onedigital.com
The Trump administration has dismissed public pleas for mercy for transgender youth and instead launched a full-scale attack against trans people.| Slate Magazine
If the Court and federal workers fail to stop Elon Musk, we are heading for authoritarianism.| Liberal Currents
The January 29 “Executive Order Ending Radical Indoctrination in K–12 Schooling” rests on—and even promotes—a misleading caricature of history education in the United States. This shaky premise undergirds a set of policy mandates that threaten the integrity and utility of history education in our nation. The American Historical Association’s carefully…| AHA
On “Chilling Effects” and the “Rowdiness” of Free Speech| Daily Nous