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On March 9th I’m helping launch AI Foundations for Educators, a 5-week online course that goes beyond workshop-level knowledge to guide teachers and school staff in developing a personalized framework for adapting classrooms to AI.
It’s a pilot module for a planned online certificate on generative AI; would count as credit toward that graduate credential. Open to anyone with a BA.

Education Dept. asks hundreds of fired employees to pitch in with work
https://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2025/12/06/education-department-civil-rights-office-trump/87643095007/

Senate education chair blasts Mamdani over revocation of antisemitism executive orders (Madina Touré/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/05/senate-education-chair-blasts-mamdani-over-revocation-of-antisemitism-executive-orders-00767556
http://www.memeorandum.com/260206/p83#a260206p83

Tiny Texas school district rejects tax deal with $6 billion LNG project | TPR https://www.tpr.org/education/2026-03-06/tiny-texas-school-district-rejects-tax-deal-with-6-billion-lng-project

Tiny Texas school district rejects tax deal with $6 billion LNG project
Officials in Port Isabel and nearby towns have consistently opposed plans to build large industrial complexes at the mouth of the Rio Grande.

Did you know the average human large intestine is about 1.5 meters long? [1]
#SuperBowelFacts
[1] https://www.chp.edu/our-services/transplan

Differences in Small & Large Intestines | Children's Pittsburgh
Do you know the main differences between the small and large intestines? Learn exactly how your body absorbs nutrients from your food on a daily basis.

Sunyaev–Zeldovich detection of hot intracluster gas at redshift 4.3: #GalaxyCluster in the early universe is 10 times hotter than it ought to be, which may reshape how we think these enormous structures formed.

"The Data Horror Escape Room game as a successful tool for RDM education and engagement"
#ResearchDataManagement

“[Florida's education commissioner] encouraged families to have conversations with students about the ‘importance of not allowing civic engagement to detract from time in the classroom.’”
AKA asking parents in a so called “parental rights” state to help suppress their children’s 1A rights to freedom of speech and assembly
https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/education/2026/02/03/florida-education-commissioner-gives-guidance-on-student-ice-protests/88495396007/

Trump’s Education Department has dismissed 90% of student civil rights complaints
https://19thnews.org/2026/02/student-civil-rights-cases-dismissed-trump-education-department/

In setback for Trump, Congress in spending law rejects call to axe Education Department - Cobb Courier
https://cobbcountycourier.com/2026/02/in-setback-for-trump-congress-in-spending-law-rejects-call-to-axe-education-department/