@anamariecox.bsky.social fell in love with your writing during the blogging days (Swampland 🤔), loved Dog Days, even tried to invite you as a speaker at a forum! Most of all, I admire your candid discussion on your mental health. It’s helped me as a teacher and human being.

Yoda: yeah hi sorry but I didn’t even like this guy before he was evil and the last time I saw him he was killing children Luke: thank you for your wisdom Master Yoda Yoda: no I’m saying it’s bullshit I have to sit on a log with this guy Obi: yeah I wasn’t going to say anything but he murdered me

I’ll say this much for Malcolm Gladwell: if I was out socializing and somebody really liked his stuff, it was a useful clue to bail on that conversation.

"It's not MSNBC anymore, Lemon. It's MS NOW. We bought the name off of a defunct multiple sclerosis awareness organization. It wasn't cheap, but we were able to save some money by selling Brian Williams to a Saudi prince who wanted to expand his harem."

Please, people. For your own good, just stick to the rivers and the lakes that you’re used to.

Mumford is required reading. It's time for me to go back and reread this classic

The Rest is History lads had a good one on them: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

I loved Rushmore, Bottle Rocket and Royal Tenembaums. Everything else has been variations of the same thing. I did like the SNL version. youtu.be/gfDIAZCwHQE?...

Grateful to @rhomomoney.bsky.social & @profjeffries.bsky.social who invite us to inquire & care about our world, celebrate our connections, & strive for greater, stronger community.

Ain’t nobody coming to save us” Amen @profjeffries.bsky.social Love him and @proenzacoles.bsky.social and fellow educators why are brave historians youtu.be/_9dZH3lrwWk #EduSky #EduSkyForum #EduSkyFeed #pbl #ushistory #troutbecksymposium

“Ain’t nobody coming to save us” is a quote that @profjeffries.bsky.social indemnified @proenzacoles .bsky.social and fellow educators to be brave historians youtu. I’mbe/_9dZH3lrwWk PS I need to post more on Bluesky!

Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) "A man, to be greatly good, must imagine intensely; he must put himself in the place of another and many others; the pains and pleasures of his species must become his own. The great instrument of moral good is the imagination." #booksky #writingcommunity #authors

My job @talkingpointsmemo.com is holding a fundraising drive for The Journalism Fund TPM is 90% member funded which means we're not beholden to big corporate interests & most of our spending goes to salaries so every dollar raised helps me have a job! accounts.talkingpointsmemo.com/contribute

Thinking ahead to the upcoming school year, I want all of my reflecting/planning to start with this document once again: 1⃣ what will my "new" be as a teacher? 2⃣ what do I want to get "better" at? 3⃣ what is a "strength" I want to double-down on?

Loved the doc. I learned about Old Newgate Prison & met Morgan Bengal this year at the 4th annual student led educational forum at Troutbeck organized by @rhomomoney.bsky.social. Crucial to understand who & what we deem to be criminal & how we rehabilitate ourselves www.instagram.com/coloringourp...

This is an amazing and important graphic and close monitoring of the damage being done to #pressfreedoms and to independent media. Analysis and deeper dive here at @justsecurity.org: www.justsecurity.org/112792/trump... Thanks to the brilliant @bechamilton.bsky.social

Heartbroken by the passing of my friend and colleague, Congressman Gerry Connolly. Gerry was a tireless champion for democracy, a brilliant legislator, and a cherished presence in the House. My thoughts are with his family and loved ones during this difficult time.

Beautiful article. Happens to me with Ceylon 🧘🏼‍♂️

The level of exhaustion I feel from people who have opinions on teaching who shouldn’t have opinions on teaching is just… really something. This idea literally NEVER works. If it did… it would have by now… and all of our problems would be solved. I truly just can’t with it anymore.

It was, in fact, the blurst of times.

Being a historian, people ask me if I think the US is living through Germany 1933. I answer no, analogies are always imperfect but to me it feels more like Russia 1999: a blatant theft of state assets and liberals in a fugue state, refusing to believe the arc of progress is bending against them.

[Cypress Hill voice] Here is something you can't understand How I could

Agree with so much of this. People’s learning cannot be measured by the same rubric, and deep learning takes time. You allow that time and connections happen. The connections lead to wisdom. There is a reason why wisdom is equated with age. Let’s give students time to be wise.

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This should be titled: What happens when education focuses on learning 🤯🤯🤯 “helping young people figure out how to unlock their potential and how to operate in the world……they need to learn a lot more than how to follow instructions.” Gift link: lnkd.in/ez2XRGGq #Edusky #skybrarians #historysky

The history of incarceration is so rarely studied in schools that most people don’t even know America’s oldest prison is in CT. Old Newgate Prison deserves more attention—we’re un(re)covering and sharing this story. #MassIncarceration #EduSky #CTHistory #HistoricSites #pbl #CT250 #ushistory

Teachers at work today

This

Librarians make everything better 😊

“And lemme tell you, the ‘your kid is home from college’ feeling is way up there with the best of feelings.” defector.com/ill-be-home-...

Another gem: “Asessment, not as something to consider after a curriculum has been enacted, but as a tool that provides teachers with ongoing and efficient feedback about students’ growing ability as historical thinkers” #EduSky #historyteacher #historybookchat

👏👏👏 Such a key point: “historical expertise as the ability to acquire knowledge…(as opposed to dispensing it.” #EduSky #historyteacher #history

I was today-years-old when I learned that this took place in New England, not England 🤯🫢🤪

This. This is what #HistoryEducation is about!

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 12 #Books #BookSky #BookSkyChallenge #EduSky

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This is a masterpiece of both investigative reporting and narrative storytelling. Please take the time to read this haunting piece and to marvel at what @davidmcswane.bsky.social has uncovered. I'll be thinking about this story for a long, long time: www.propublica.org/article/thom...

Great questions! WITH: finding alternative ways to assess learning AGAINST: not giving grades

This is so true

It’s so true! When you let kids read what they like, they will read more. The benefits will come. @edutopia.org #edusky #educhat #edu #principal

Really appreciated having our community support our students by sharing their feedback with our current iterations. This is what learning looks like. This is what history looks like. #EduSky #history #teaching #schools #education

👏👏👏 More English through stories History through stories Math through stories LEARNING through stories #EduSky #History

One of the most important things we need to do is find sources we can rely on for factual analysis @tpm.bsky.social has been that for me since 2006. TPM is what journalism looks like when it is done well.

Yes! This story needs to be told. Dumping of history majors is incredibly short sighted. When administrators do this, they're revealing their ignorance of the discipline and its value across careers.

I’ve been waiting for this to arrive! Congratulations @maryhicks.bsky.social I’m so excited to read this!

This is legit

To change how bibliographies and citations are taught in schools. It has to be more about establishing media literacy and less about “cheating.” #EduSky #HistorySky

It's a curious thing that The Science of Learning has everything to say about memory management and nothing to say about motivation. It's implied that the purpose of learning in school is memorization for the test, not questioning at all whether learning for the test is even the best way to learn.