#us education

[arctic-hands]

No but seriously the United States desperately needs to have a discussion about segregation against the disabled in our school systems and we can start with how anti-masking and perfect attendance policies have forced medically vulnerable kids to either put themselves at grievous risk or pull out of school all together

[victusinveritas]

Every goddamn vote on every goddamn issue matters and can have ripple effects. Anyone who says not to vote because of whining about political purity or anything like that can eat my entire ass.

[wolveria]

"Certain ships should be illegal!" How does it feel to fall for the same fear-mongering, book-burning, pearl-clutching reactionary propaganda that your grandparents did.

"But it'll lead to pedophilia!" And the Satanic panic of the 80s and 90s gained momentum out of real fear for the safety of children. Didn't make it true. Strong emotions do not indicate factual accuracy.

Just because you're young and label yourself a progressive doesn't mean your critical thinking skills and media literacy are better than the generations before you. In fact, due to right-wing evangelical influence on school budgets and boards, they're probably worse.

[jangillman]

[millenniallust4death]

I read an article in the New York Times that the US government is considering a policy for graduate degree programs that would effectively ask:

Are alumni making enough money a few years after finishing their degree?

If the answer is no, the students in those programs could lose access to federal student loans.

Careers in the arts, music, museums, and filmmaking don't follow a straight line from graduation to a high salary. That makes this policy a statement about what American society values.

On an unrelated note, I also read in the New York Times that the war in Iran has cost $25 billion as of April 29, 2026.

[luulapants]

Through my public school education in the '90s and early '00s, our US history classes always ran out of time at the end of the year, somewhere around the '60s civil rights movement. We usually had enough time for a rushed, incomplete, confusing explanation of the Vietnam War. We never learned about Watergate or the fall of the Berlin Wall or Reagonomics or the Gulf War. They were in our history books, but we never got to that part.

It terrifies me to wonder what era history classes end on now. Do they make it past the Cold War era now? Past 9/11 and the War on Terror? Or are young folks today entirely uneducated on the horrific Islamophobia and civilian slaughter that occurred at the beginning of this millennium?

Folks educated in a US school, at what era did your US history classes usually run out of time at the end of the year?

I was born after 2004 and my classes got all the way to the modern day

I was born after 2004 and my classes stopped after 2004 but before modern day

I was born after 2004 and my classes stopped between 1995-2004

I was born after 2004 and my classes stopped between 1975-1994

I was born after 2004 and my classes stopped before 1975

I was born 1994-2003 and my classes got all the way to the modern day

I was born 1994-2003 and my classes stopped after 1994 but before modern day

I was born 1994-2003 and my classes stopped between 1975-1994

I was born 1994-2003 and my classes stopped before 1975

I was born before 1993 and my classes got all the way to modern day

I was born before 1993 and my classes stopped after 1975 but before modern day

I was born before 1993 and my classes stopped before 1975

Voting ended onFeb 5, 2024

[surviving-the-next-4-years]

In DEEP RED GOOD OL STATE OF TEXAS, Conservatives were voted out and replaced with Liberals.

Well Christ on a stick, I guess there is a god.