Tootfinder

I just re-read @… 's manifesto on liberal arts education.
It's really about #education in general, including vocational education, and including the fact that school is a subset of education.
Well worth your time.

Trump’s Department of Education has announced that it will partner with right-wing think tanks and organizations to develop a new curriculum for “patriotic education” in American classrooms.
Earlier this week, the Trump administration redirected $137 million initially meant for programs aimed at minority students toward what it described as “American history and civics education.”
Education Secretary Linda McMahon announced Wednesday that the money will be directed toward discret…

Trump Ed Dept. Partners With Right-Groups to Spread White-Washed Civics Lessons in 'Schools Across the Nation' | Common Dreams
The Department of Education has announced a new initiative to instill "patriotic education" across the US by giving grants to schools that adopt a US history curriculum written by MAGA-aligned groups like PragerU and Turning Point USA.

“The demise of the English paper will end a long intellectual tradition, but it’s also an opportunity to reëxamine the purpose of higher education.”
#AI #Education
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/07/07/the-end-of-the-english-paper

#LB Eu tenho três gatos então, para i seguir a mesma estratégia eu precisaria de quatro monitores? rs
https://mastodon.social/@etchedpixels/114881058432497782

Hard to take seriously an organization that won't call out a nazi salute for what it is and won't speak out against genocide...
**Educators Union Rejects Anti-Defamation League, Cuts Ties** | Portside
https://portside.org/2025-07-07/educators-union-rejects-anti-defamation-league-cuts-ties

Hierarchical Vision-Language Retrieval of Educational Metaverse Content in Agriculture
Ali Abdari, Alex Falcon, Giuseppe Serra
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.13713 https://

Hierarchical Vision-Language Retrieval of Educational Metaverse Content in Agriculture
Every day, a large amount of educational content is uploaded online across different areas, including agriculture and gardening. When these videos or materials are grouped meaningfully, they can make learning easier and more effective. One promising way to organize and enrich such content is through the Metaverse, which allows users to explore educational experiences in an interactive and immersive environment. However, searching for relevant Metaverse scenarios and finding those matching users…

Fennstraße

Foreign Students Help Make America Great (Michael Crow/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/international-students-help-make-america-great-higher-education-colleges-universities-8ad3ba1a
http://www.memeorandum.com/250621/p7#a250621p7

The U.S. Department of Education said it had placed Harvard on
"heightened cash monitoring" status,
a shift from the typical practice that will force it to use its own funds to disburse federal student aid before drawing down funds from the department.
"While Harvard remains eligible to participate in the federal student aid program
for now,
these actions are necessary to protect taxpayers," U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon said in a…

The U.S. Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security have requested information on the University of Chicago’s admissions practices and international students, according to bond issuance documents.
https://

Feds issue 'information requests' on University of Chicago international students, admissions practices
In the more than 200 pages of documents dated July 11, the university wrote that the Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security had issued information requests regarding “admissions practices and international students.”