What helps students feel ownership over their learning? #EduMatchChat #Students #LearningTogether #EduMatch #EduSky

When you are getting the hard sell for anything, you are usually in the process of getting ripped off. Keep that in mind re: AI.

I created a home for the systems conversations behind my work. Calm Isn’t a Personality Trait. It’s Built: calmisbuilt.substack.com No compliance theater. No blame-the-teacher bullshit. Conversations about the environments people are expected to function inside. #EduSky #CalmIsBuilt

Not everything that worked in your classroom was luck. You designed it on purpose: - predictable routines - clear expectations - visible supports That’s how you build something repeatable. #CalmIsBuilt #EduSky

Mychal Threets (mychal3ts.bsky.social) and Dawson agree: reading is the best way for kids to stay calm. 😌🪷 What’s setting your soul at ease this #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth?

When a northeast sunrise is giving off southeast sunset vibes.

I want all of us to expect more and better from politics and politicians.

@lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social nightly monologues are a work of art

Blame provides quick answers. Clarity asks better questions. That’s the difference. #CalmIsBuilt #EduSky #DesignforRegulation

HUGE NEWS: ICE’s courthouse arrests have been STAYED by a New York district judge. That means that ICE will have to stop arresting our immigrant neighbors on the spot when they show up to court at places like 26 Federal Plaza, 290 Broadway, and 201 Varick. (1/2)

The last thing in the world that we need is AI integrated into higher (or elementary) pedagogy. What we need is for people to open more books and pick up pens for longer durations.

Blame is fast. Reflection takes work. Try this instead: Name → Acknowledge → Clarify → Restore Not who’s at fault. What needs support. #CalmIsBuilt #EduSky

If everything depends on reminders, redirection, and correction, the system isn’t working. People are. And people burn out. #DesignMatters #CalmIsBuilt #EduSky

This is an excellent assignment. Real-world application is a great way to teach mandated curriculum. This congresswoman’s response will stay with this child for a lifetime. Way to leave a pretty negative impression.

Not all behavior is a student problem. Some of it is: • unclear directions • rushed transitions • inconsistent expectations If the environment is doing half the work… behavior shifts. #CalmIsBuilt #BehaviorIsInformation #EduSky #DesignForRegulation

I often say that the fight for democracy is the fight of our generation. But let me be clear, if you aren’t fighting for Black voting rights right now then you aren’t really fighting for democracy.

What I scream at the television each time. Because that’s not how it’s framed when republicans ‘win’.

Really tired of stories calling things a blow to Democrats when they are actually a blow to democracy

When we’re exhausted, we turn patterns into assumptions. A few hard moments becomes: They’re disrespectful. That leap is where we lose clarity. Patterns need context. Not conclusions. #DesignForRegulation #EduSky

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Preach — it almost always comes back to compliance and control.

Always and never are exhaustion talking. Not patterns. Patterns have conditions. Exhaustion skips that part. #CalmIsBuilt #EduSky #BehaviorIsInformation #DesignForRegulation

I love this for English teachers everywhere who teach irony.

Sometimes the simplest questions are what need to be asked. For example, WHY would WH legal counsel need to prepare WH staff for oversight if everything being done is legal?

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When we’re exhausted, our brain fills in the gaps fast. “That kid is always…” “This class just can’t…” That’s not information. That’s a stress story. Slow down. What actually happened? #CalmIsBuilt #EduSky #BehaviorIsInformation

Stop asking people to push through. Start designing so they don’t have to. #CalmIsBuilt #Edusky #BehaviorIsCommunication #DesignForRegulation

More pressure doesn’t create better outcomes. It just reveals where the system breaks. #CalmIsBuilt #EduSky #EducationLeadership

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📌Everything is really expensive under this regime. Staples like food, gas, clothing, healthcare, insurance … EVERYTHING. Just getting that in the room.

If your system only works on a good day… It’s not a system. It’s a gamble. #CalmIsBuilt #EduSky #DesignForRegulation

Compliance can hide overload. Quiet isn’t always capacity. #CalmIsBuilt #SEL #EduSky #BehaviorIsCommunication

You can’t out-motivate a system that’s overwhelming. #CalmIsBuilt #EduSky #DesignForRegulation

Caught a few moments of Rs interacting with women. If you respect women (as the party claims) you do not: — talk over them — interrupt them or cut them off — talk down to them — verbally discipline them — elevate your voice when they ask you a question you don’t like or disagree with you

Disengagement isn’t disrespect. It’s often protection. #CalmIsBuilt #EduSky #BehaviorIsCommunication

"So this week, I encourage you to engage with your library in person or online. Wander the stacks. Attend a program. Ask for a recommendation. Let yourself be surprised." - ALA President Sam Helmick Read Sam's full piece: https://bit.ly/4cQ4Qvf 📸 Tomahawk (WI) Public Library #NationalLibraryWeek

You don’t need to lower expectations. You need to lower unnecessary load. #CalmIsBuilt #EduSky #DesignForRegulation #EducationLeadership

If you spend most of your press conference quoting scripture and connecting it to how much the press has wronged you, you clearly don’t have anything of substance to report.

If only they were in a position of power to DO SOMETHING.

Choice isn’t extra. It’s how humans regain a sense of control when things feel like too much. #CalmIsBuilt #EduSky #BehaviorIsCommunication #SEL

Want some joy? Go watch the WNBA drafts. I don’t even care about basketball (or any sport), and it’s hard not to smile.

Predictability isn’t boring. It’s what frees up cognitive energy. #CalmIsBuilt #EduSky #DesignForRegulation

We have to raise our political expectations.

66 years ago this weekend, LBJ signed the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. States *can* ensure students are supported regardless of poverty, rural/urban, race, and special needs. But historically it’s taken the federal government to ensure all states do. 1/2

My hottest “I have no data to back this up” take is that phones aren’t making young people less happy. What’s making them less happy is living in a world where everyone is having their reality defined by recommendation algorithms that can only care about whether something keeps you watching.

men can’t understand what it’s like for women to see story after story after story of women being victims of sexual violence in a culture where it’s routine; what it’s like to live in a world that is fundamentally hostile to our existence. it’s a wonder we leave the fucking house, let alone thrive.

NEW: The DNC just passed a resolution condemning dark money donations - including those to AIPAC. A member of the DNC proposed a resolution condemning dark money through AIPAC, but the DNC panel rejected that and expanded it to include all dark money donations.