I sat in Scott Arboretum today at Swarthmore College and had some thoughts.

What is "real?" What is "human?" Who is asking for any if this? www.techradar.com/computing/ar...

I have no words. I depend on Libby on a daily basis....

New post on the blog: Self-Awareness and Human Connection

Taking a break from social media this week. See y'all in the other side

This is a wonderful description of how to address students' use of AI in a caring, productive, and open way.

I don’t take for granted how many ppl make my students’ reading possible. We are still on the market for copies of Pet by Akwaeke Emezi! We’ve grown the project to every sophomore! If you 🤬 Amazon, I’m placing a Bookshop order. All 💵 = heymrsbond 🙏🏾😭

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Hi! Need help in a BIG way. The English 2 team is freedom-dreaming and they want to teach PET by Akwaeke Emezi. We need all the copies. To end the year with this book would be a dream come true!! Please share. Please donate if you can. Thank you. ❤️

This is a very good book. I stumbled onto James McBride's "Heaven and Earth Grocery Store" and fell in love with his writing and the amazing narration by Dominic Hoffman.

What a tremendous resource Bill was for the educator community. Thank you for your kindness and contributions.

Philly represented today! Thanks for speaking truth to power @rweingarten.bsky.social and for coming over to say hi to our PFT coalition. #handsoff

Hands off!

There’s a good chance a Hands Off! event is happening near you tomorrow. Please join us: handsoff2025.com?SQF_SOURCE=i...

Please do not register for protests. I'm big mad that this is even being asked of people. You know where and when to be. Show up.

I'm surprised my TL isn't full of this clip.... youtu.be/yuOHbyuanbY?...

This is like watching Sen. Cory Booker's brain right before he falls asleep when your brain spins and revisits all the conversations you had that day and all the things you wish you had said. It's brilliant to watch and hear how brilliant that brain is.

<<Yells from mountain top>>

This reminds me of your observations @lutzfernandez.bsky.social Looks like the older generations aren't having it. www.businessinsider.com/takeaways-te...

When the Art teacher names the flash drives for the Art room scanner.....

Wondering if you saw this @courosa.bsky.social and @shareski.ca

The people saying "send it back to the states" must be the same folks saying that they can't access curriculum or have any transparency or say in curriculum in their child's school (hint: check your kid's HW, the district website, join the curriculum committee, attend board meetings....)

My kids use ILL on a regular basis to borrow titles that our town's library doesn't have. This is a service that our LOCAL library leverages and provides and is now at the whim of a FEDERAL budget cut. These "cost saving measures" have far-reaching impacts people can't always see.

AERA has just learned that all restricted-use NCES data licenses will be cancelled, possibly as early as March 20. We urgently request that all AERA members and others in the research community with restricted-use licenses take these two actions: www.aera.net/Research-Pol...

I trashed mine within months of owning a "Dot" and wrote this about why these devices don't belong in classrooms www.marybethhertz.me/2019/06/25/s...

In a total betrayal of their constituents and our democracy, 10 Democrats just voted with Senate Republicans to give Trump and Musk a blank check to continue their coup. @schumer.senate.gov led Democrats to this total surrender. We need strong leadership, not cowards who cave at any GOP pressure.

This will be an unconscionable blow to rural and indigenous communities....like many/most of the dismantling this administration is doing.

Schools are surveilling kids to prevent gun violence or suicide. The lack of privacy comes at a cost The Education Reporting Collaborative, a coalition of eight newsrooms, is investigating the unintended consequences of AI-powered surveillance at schools. Members of the Collaborative are AL.com,…

I took a walk to a creek near our school on Friday as part of our staff "movement March" PD. I used it as an opportunity to pause, reflect, and make some art in preparation for our printmaking project in the Art room.

Folks just need to look to PA to see how well states handle equitable funding of education. These "cuts" will undoubtedly funnel funds to state sponsored voucher programs and "school choice" initiatives that exclude the most vulnerable students from a quality, equitable education by design.

Investigating the Bureau of Indian Education — and Trump’s efforts to turn it into a school choice program hechingerreport.org/investigatin...

But yeah, let's blame chatbots for giving young people terrible ideas & manipulating their emotions. They are a mirror of parts of our society we like to pretend don't exist. "Experts warn that recent school shootings show growth in new radicalization pattern" www.npr.org/2025/03/08/n...

Experiencing awe is an important part of the human experience. It can come from small, simple places. I felt some awe yesterday and wanted to share.

I'm watching so I can ignore the barrage of clips coming later. Front-loading my misery.

This is sickening. Not sure which is worse...the speech or the spineless, heartless people standing and clapping for it. "Free speech....but if you disagree with us, you lose your job." No taxes on tips because it's cheaper than paying people a living wage. Sickening. All of it.

Beautifully written @lollardfish.bsky.social. We need people to see the human side of these chopping block maneuvers. As it is often said, you can judge a country by how it treats its most vulnerable. Thank you for sharing that proud parent moment with us!

I have no words for how much no one asked for this and how this in no way helps people see teaching as a viable career in the middle of a national teacher shortage.

As a parent looking ahead to summer camp this measles and avian flu thing is at best worrisome, at worst, terrifying.

Of course this NY Post op-ed conveniently leaves out that everything they have described states could do to bring more Black educators into the profession would be considered "DEI." People read this trash and nod their heads like, "yeah....that could work..." nypost.com/2025/03/01/o...

"This is why bad actors have historically wanted to limit its possibilities and who has access. We must protect it at all costs by building nurturing environments that help them grow up in safety. This country’s future depends on it." time.com/7261667/elim...

This is an extremely well written piece if you haven't seen it yet @irasocol.bsky.social @garystager.bsky.social @willbo24.bsky.social @larryferlazzo.bsky.social @clehmann.bsky.social @lutzfernandez.bsky.social @scottmcleod.bsky.social @dlaufenberg.bsky.social

I want to say again to academics who are interested in public writing. Look locally. Sure national outlets are good and I do that too, but this kind of visibility in your community can have a real impact.

Thank you, @vanityfair.com, for running an excerpt of my new book about the life and violent death of Michael Stewart. www.vanityfair.com/style/story/...

I am genuinely beginning to believe this is my manifesto. This maybe the most important thing I’ve ever written. in-the-pines.ghost.io/cold-dark-co...

Just found some running commentary the 7 yr old wrote during the Super Bowl 🤣

I appreciate the opportunity to share some thoughts on how to "meet this moment" with our students when it comes to analyzing what they are seeing online.

While the world is crashing down around us, I got to take a break and celebrate my daughter's birthday and this absolutely amazing cake my future SIL made

saying "go birds" but just rooting for birds in general, hope they're having fun and not catching that flu

Solidarity with the woman announcing the Super Bowl being forced to balance on carpet in 3 inch heels and a sparkly mini-dress while her male counterparts wear sport jackets and comfy sneaker style "dress shoes"