I stand with the Allston Car Wash workers. No one should be treated this way (and especially not workers with legal status who are just trying to make a living). #ICEOutOfBoston www.newsweek.com/student-repu...

Social studies teachers (especially in New England): Check out this new documentary on activists in Boston's Chinatown who fought and continue to fight for community, housing, and against gentrification. #sschat #edusky youtu.be/Ex9uk7HQ9bM?...

Just Florida being Florida. We all feel for you educators down there. www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/11/13/f...

Democrats better wake up before the midterms. Most voters strongly dislike Trump and his policies, but also not seeing them as the alternative. The answer is to be a strong alternative. Standing for nothing and trying to be more moderate isn't working for them. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Remember, all resistance is important, no matter how big or small. abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics...

Just a little reminder on this gloomy (for democracy) Tuesday. Article from 2020. nymag.com/intelligence...

Dear Texas professors. We have job openings in Massachusetts that you should know about. Thank you.

This case should have never made it this far, but it is important that marriage equality will not be overturned. www.npr.org/2025/11/10/n...

This is what kings and dictators do; put themselves on money (and it goes against a longstanding tradition and likely violates the spirit of the 1866 law that only deceased people can appear on US currency). www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/u...

Chuck Schumer is the worst Senate Minority Leader (and at the worst possible time). Prove me wrong.

"Give me your tired, your poor. Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free. The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me. I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" apnews.com/article/refu...

Social studies teachers: What do you teach your students about the filibuster? Do they learn about its complicated/terrible history? #sschat #edusky

I have found the one and only issue that Donald Trump and I agree on. No other democratic country in the world has a filibuster that can essentially stop the majority from passing all legislation (nor was it the "founding fathers" intention-not in the Constitution). www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

Social studies teachers: Please teach your students this week that land can't vote. Thank you for your attention to this matter! #edusky #sschat

One important outcome from yesterday's elections was it showed that being anti-trans rights is not a winning issue. We need more of that (and I will never vote for Seth Moulton)! glaad.org/pro-equality...

"In a democracy, the legislature, representing all the citizens, decides which programs to fund. In an authoritarian state, the president ... rewards friends and punish opponents." When GOP says, "It's a republic, not a democracy," this is what they mean. A good read. newrepublic.com/article/2026...

Today is Election Day in the U.S.! If you are in a city with off-year elections or California (with Prop 50), dont forget to vote! 🗳️ If you are in Massachusetts, here are communities with elections today. www.sec.state.ma.us/divisions/el...

In teacher preparation courses, we ask beginning teachers to create lesson plans. Of course, this level of lesson planning depth is not done in the classroom, but it is to learn what makes a good lesson plan. So, I asked AI to do it and described two different contexts. The results were concerning.🧵

Come work for my teachers union! The @massteacher.bsky.social is hiring a Director of Training and Professional Learning. More info here: workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...

This isn't the insult Fox News thinks it is. 😉 By the way social studies teachers, if you don't know the amazing Zinn Education Project, be sure to check them out at: www.zinnedproject.org www.foxnews.com/us/public-sc... #sschat #edusky

"Targeting communities of color and immigrant communities, the Trump administration is using every tactic it can dream up to break apart families." Important read from Subini Annamma and David Stovall. www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

In international comparisons, the GOP is now a far right party (article from 2019). I'm curious if and how social studies teachers are adjusting to this? Unlike other countries, does the U.S. two-party system make this more complicated? #edusky #sschat www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Is it clear to anyone else that he has no plans of ever leaving the White House? Also, he is slowly making it over to look like one of his gaudy casino hotels. 🤮 Remember, it's not his house. It's our house (and he just gets to live there). abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics...

Are you a high school U.S. history teacher in South Carolina? We are looking for participants for a study on the teaching of right wing movements. Would only involve 1-2 interviews. Sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

The continuing decline in students going through teacher preparation programs should alarm everyone. I use to say it was the canary in the coalmine, but we are entering the "5 alarm fire" phase. Not sure who will teach the children, if there are no teachers? www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...

I hope the Democrats will use this new imperial presidency to give everyone single-payer health care, free public higher education, and universal basic income. Sadly, I'm not sure they'll have a chance (our free and fair elections are at risk) or they have the guts. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/o...

There is a serious silencing campaign on teaching honest histories (perpetrated by federal officials). Important that the NY Times is covering this (great quote from @adamlaats.bsky.social), but all educators must be aware and push back for our students and nation. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/u...

The Boston Public Schools are trying reverse important changes that made exam school admission more equitable. Please sign this petition (especially if you are a BPS parent) to demand any changes be transparent, with community input, and care - not rushed. actionnetwork.org/petitions/bp...

"It was precisely because Native societies mirrored some of the colonists’ own ideals (autonomy, law, liberty) that they had to be cast as savages." Important read from Ned Blackhawk on Native people and the American Revolution. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

Elbows up Canada! The resistance in the U.S. appreciates what you're doing (even if we don't love Doug Ford). Keep reminding Trump and the GOP that Reagan would think they are insane. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

A sign that the United States is in real trouble. The New York Times is running an infographic so you know which federal agency is invading your neighborhood. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Republicans got madder about Robert E Lee statues coming down than Trump desecrating the White House.

This.👇 100%

Social studies teachers: Are you using Trump administration-related protest music in your classes? If so, how? Do you think the current protest songs will be in the curriculum like those from the Vietnam War or Civil Rights eras? In what other units do you include protest music? #edusky #sschat

Ten years ago, the writer Dave Eggers got a bunch of musicians together and they wrote protest songs about Trump. It is worth a listen even more today. www.theguardian.com/music/2016/o...

Has plans to reopen the government or fix health care funding issues? No. Has plans to enrich himself with $230 million of your taxpayer dollars? Yes. Americans love a con man. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...

He lost the 2020 election. He knew it. He lied about it. And now he’s demanding your money because knowingly lying didn’t make him President.

Another great example for why Massachusetts voters were justified in ending the MCAS graduation requirement. Imagine using AI to decide if you graduate high school? www.nbcboston.com/news/local/m...

Are you a history education researcher? I'm on the History Education Research Journal Editorial Board. We would love for you to submit your work to HERJ (and give it a read-it is open access!). journals.uclpress.co.uk/herj/

This recent article in The Atlantic is wild. It proclaims that there are "declining standards and low expectations" destroying American education. I'm not going to link it here, because I don't want to promote something completely unsupported by any evidence. A breakdown of its absurdity. 🧵

Remember, it is our house (the American public), not his house. Trump just gets the privilege of living there (emphasis) temporarily.

The perfect analogy for the Trump presidency. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

"Historians sometimes say that when societies are descending into fascism, it can be hard for the people to notice it in real time. Well, historians of the future, I’m here to tell you: We are noticing. Millions of us are noticing. And we are horrified and enraged." newrepublic.com/post/201625/...

In Boston, every day is No Kings Day

Boston Common is packed for today's #NoKings Protest and it isn't even noon yet. The power of the people will never be defeated!

Trump may be the buffoon doing press conferences and White House renovations, but Russell Vought and Stephen Miller are calling the shots for this government. Important read from ProPublica. www.propublica.org/article/russ...

NEW: Trump’s DHS appointees have: • Dismantled civil rights guardrails, • Protected agents’ anonymity and encouraged them to wear masks, • Threatened groups that stood in their way, and overwhelmed legal challenges to their arrests & tactics. By @davidmcswane.bsky.social @hannahallam.bsky.social

Today is the nationwide #NoKings protest! Let's make it the largest in U.S. history. If you're in Boston, it starts at noon on the Common. I'm wearing #RedforEd. Democracy and education go hand in hand. #StopTrump

If Democrats gain the presidency again, I hope they study "de-Stalinization," as we will need a de-Trumpization to end his cult of personality. Buildings/monuments (e.g., ballrooms, paved rose gardens, arches, a gilded WH) and images that he created must be removed. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De-Stal...