I had the most lovely (and delicious) meal at the English pub-themed-cafe “Bear & Dragon Cafe” in Prescott, AZ. The best part is how good I felt naming almost all of the portraits hanging in the pub. I missed Dickens (so embarrassing!) and Victor Hugo.

This perfectly captures the beauty of this profession. The further we get away from fully embracing these small moments in between planning and testing and behavior and PD and etc and etc, the further we get from the most humanizing aspects of school that sustain students AND teachers in learning.

Wonderful teacher moment today. Short 🧵 We are reading the short story “Charles” by Shirley Jackson aloud as a class. As we are reading through the story, learning about all the horrible things Charles is doing in school, my students are riveted. #TeacherSky

Something I've been trying to do more often when sharing lessons/resources: adding a video to go with it. This is the last one I included in the latest post, and I think it captures just how much I love the actual design work that goes into this job! (No scripted curricula, please/thank you)

#TeachTruth about #America250 “I love using Howard Zinn’s ‘A Kind of Revolution’ chapter to help students understand the American Revolution through class, race, & gender inequalities.” — Adalberto Guerrero, HS social studies teacher, El Paso, Texas See more: www.zinnedproject.org/materials/ap...

After a challenging day, we discussed changes that needed to happen. Students shared thoughts, many acknowledging how their behaviors disrupt our classroom community. They made signs! When students own the plan, I’m confident we will end this school year positively! #TeacherSky Time to Lock-in!

I’m a liberatory educator. My pedagogy and praxis are built on the premise that the children are our future. And, when Whitney’s version of “The Greatest Love of All” came on my morning rotation, I wondered if she also meant the children in my 4th period. 😩🤣

"Teaching, especially during this time of year, is trying to navigate such incongruities." There is something soul-emptying about this, too, as a teacher. It takes a toll—a considerable one.

There is so much schoolishness during standardized testing. The system expects teachers to dictate where students sit, the scratch paper they use, how long they test, how much noise they make; we even control what students to do after testing. #TeacherSky #EduSky open.substack.com/pub/adrianne...

This evolving conversation is great! I feel like I’m participating in a Bleak House chat room. Come join the fun!

This is such an important conversation! The decline of the English major begins with our youngest learners. How children see and do literacy is how adolescents and teens see and do English in high school, which is why fewer decide to pursue a literacy life post-high school. #EduSky #TeacherSky

I love that the analogy of regenerative farming, directly addresses the toxicity of industrial agriculture, which so aptly applies to public education. Public education, as a complicated system, has standardized and industrialized so many aspects of schooling, that the soil is almost fully depleted.

Big News! @teacher2teacher.bsky.social and @principalproject.bsky.social have joined the Edutopia family, adding new ways for our community of educators to get just-in-time advice, share high-quality resources, and connect with peers. Stay tuned for more updates!

Taking care of teachers ➡️ taking care of students (Cannot wait to share this conversation tomorrow AM!)

"This is where having a both/and mindset is helpful. Where does the responsibility lie in appreciating art?" Many "why Shakespeare?" pieces end up sounding the same but (unsurprisingly) @mrneibauer.bsky.social pivots multiple times here, towards something that I did not anticipate: (In a good way)

A recent conversation with my daughter has me thinking about why many students hate Shakespeare. We should give them flashlights to explore instead of a worksheet to complete. #TeacherSky #EduSky #SubstackSky open.substack.com/pub/adrianne...

We start Bleak House today, with close to 30 readers from four different continents so far. Join us -- it's not too late! Message me today to start getting the emails and connected to our reading group. @marcusluther.bsky.social

This tracks with my own experiences and those of my students. #TeacherSky

Every single one of the astronauts who went to the moon and back on Artemis II was educated at a public school. Thinking of the teachers who poured into Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen tonight. You helped send a kid to the moon! 🌕 💛

Very excited to share my most recent episode of Conceptually Speaking! No matter where you’re situated in the English Studies penumbra, @manshel.bsky.social’s research on the history of English education is must-read scholarship. #literacies #edusky #academicsky open.substack.com/pub/trevoral...

One week into National Poetry Month and I’m thinking about the poems I want my students to read before they head off to middle school. #EduSky #TeacherSky #SubstackSky open.substack.com/pub/adrianne...

Good morning! It's your last chance to jump in on what has been an excellent conversation over on @edutopia.org this week! Share questions, musings, resources, with educators from around the country! #EduSky #AIinEducation #NCTE www.edutopia.org/ask-and-answ...

📖 Next weekend we'll start our slow-read of Bleak House by Charles Dickens (one "installment" of chapters a week, all the way through August) For those interested, feel free to message @thevogelman.bsky.social or me and we'll send you more details! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

One of the simplest practices that has become one of the best practices for me: writing down one win each day before I leave the classroom: (You see what you look for, right?)

I know I’m still human because, year after year, and no matter how much I know Tea Cake ain’t shit, I cry reading the words “Janie held his head tightly to her breast and wept and thanked him wordlessly for giving her the chance for loving service.”

Just sat down to talk colleges with my oldest and yeah I forgot how much patience teachers have to have everyday with kids. #EduSky

"There's an existential question in some districts, I know, which is: do we even care about reading books at all?" We can say "yes" with our words, but what about our curriculum choices? What about how we allocate time in the classroom? At the end of the day, our choices = our values...

Ok. Wow! This reframe has me really thinking about what I want reading engagement to look like for my students. I need to sit with this one for a bit. I can’t wait to hear more! #EduSky #TeacherSky

So here's a thing that has been brewing for awhile: @thevogelman.bsky.social convinced me that we should read Bleak House by Charles Dickens, so we're going to do just that—as a slow-read, with one section a week from mid-April through August.

For those who don’t already: Take time to listen to music and do nothing else. Don’t scroll your phone, don’t text, don’t flip through a book. Just sit there and listen. Maybe even close your eyes. You might be surprised what a beautiful and therapeutic experience it can be.

Standardizing testing begins next week. Here’s what I’m thinking about in this week prior to, and how I plan to spend the next weeks testing. #TeacherSky #EduSky #SubstackSky open.substack.com/pub/adrianne...

Schools messed up on cellphones and laptops. Perhaps they shouldn’t rush into AI?

I wrote a piece for @edutopia.org on the way I keep home adults informed. It’s frustrating that they used the word “parents” in the title when “home adults” is an active language decision, but the article’s informative! Check it out! www.edutopia.org/article/comm...

Oooh I'm so excited that @heymrsbond.com finally wrote up her home email strategy for @edutopia.org !!! www.edutopia.org/article/comm...

I could not have articulated this concept any better. This was such a great conversation! #EduSky

“I think what a lot of schools are facing today is a rise of pedagogical authoritarianism. This remarkable certainty that we know how every child learns.” Quite a conversation, especially for this moment. (In other words: listen to this!)

Conventional wisdom says a quiet classroom is a productive one. 🤫 But to unlock the power of social learning, you need to get students talking about the content! Here are 3 strategies to try. #EduSky

“Relationships are the most effective tool in my teaching tool box.” 🧰 #WhatWorksForMe #EduSky

Today I heard about an interesting book on a public radio station show, then when I got home I went to the website for my local public library and requested it. I'll have it tomorrow for free. This is precious. We must protect this.

Having a classroom that is uniquely different from others is a challenge. Naming the paradigm that explains why my classroom works affirms my pedagogical beliefs. #TeacherSky #EduSky #SubstackSky open.substack.com/pub/adrianne...

Someday we will have reason to be glad. Excessively glad. Exceedingly glad. Joy will echo through the streets. Laughter and merriment will be in great supply. I smile to think it. Glad! It's coming.

I'm a broken record on this, but... Matt's work (here and across the whole AV library) beautifully showcase the affordances of podcasts as a form. While we should all fight against EdTech, I also *strongly* believe it's vital we keep exploring new mediums/modes of knowledge sharing & production.

"...there has to be a better way. There has to be a better way." What I loved so much about this conversation: Matt was 100% honest about his own frustrations/mistakes as a teacher that led to him seeking out a no-zeroes grading policy. For him, it worked. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...

Vivian Walker reminds us that technology must be viewed through a cultural lens to truly serve a community. #SXSWEDU

This week, I plan to find solace and quiet in solitude. Silencing my teacher brain, however, remains easier said than done. #TeacherSky #SubstackSky open.substack.com/pub/adrianne...

Every one of us possesses a unique intelligence far more interesting than what passes for intelligence with large lanugage models. One part of my unique intelligence is wrapped up in the 1984 Chicago Cubs. open.substack.com/pub/bibliora...

In the early days of the awards, roughly half the winners of Best Actress Oscars were born outside the US: Mary Pickford, Luise Rainer, Joan Fontaine, Vivien Leigh, Claudette Colbert, Olivia DeHavilland, Norma Shearer, Ingrid Bergman, Marie Dressler... Immigrants make this country great.

so far 2026 has made me feel even more confident about this take: