Does your classroom feel louder? Check the structure. Learners don’t self-regulate in chaos. Make the day more predictable and move the fuck on. #CalmIsBuilt #DesignForRegulation #BehaviorIsCommunication #SupportIsStrategy #edusky

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Not to brag. But I created a pretty kick ass planning, organization, and accountability system this week. And it’s super easy for ANYONE to use. Pique designing with humans in mind.

When things escalate, pause. That’s not defiance. It’s nervous systems saying this is too damn much. Regulate first. Correct second. #BehaviorIsCommunication #NervousSystemTruths #DesignForRegulation #CalmIsBuilt #SystemsForStudents #EducationLeadership #ClassroomCulture #edusky

Oh what a pity … she said oh so sarcastically.

Zoe Kravitz’s Blink Twice is haunting. Because the premise is 100% plausible. Only watched it once — so far — and it sticks with me. Go watch that and then noodle over why those people sent pleading emails to go to that man’s island.

The 10 companies to boycott during February: - Microsoft - Apple - Amazon - Google - Meta - OpenAI - Netflix - Paramount+ - Uber - X

Just happen to catch @profgalloway.com on @cnn.com and he’s talking about national boycott. Learn more here —> www.resistandunsubscribe.com

February behavior spikes aren’t random. Learners are carrying more stress than the system gives a shit about. Slow the environment, don’t clamp down. #EducationLeadership #SocialEmotionalLearning #ClassroomManagement #Coregulation #BehaviorIsCommunication #DesignForRegulation #CalmIsBuilt

@velshi.com is doing a real service on his show today. I don’t always get to watch him on the weekend. And am glad that I was able to catch a good chunk today. As his guests outline how to protect themselves.

When things get bumpy, coach the moment. Name the skill. Model it. Reset. That’s your cue to teach — not punish. #edusky

A universal truth is that humans like boundaries. They need to know what is and not expected. Procedures and how you respond to out-of-bounds behavior creates expectations. Especially for folks with morals and non-apparent disabilities. They have an expectation of regulation. #edusky

If we teach today's students as we taught yesterday's, we rob them of tomorrow. #education #teachers #EduSky

Sometimes … the answer is within the question itself.

We're going to win because their side has no good art and they know it.

@chrismurphyct.bsky.social @blumenthal.senate.gov wondering WHO requested this. And WHY. Was it to show how fed tax $ being spent? Or as a predictive and planning for 2026?

Social skills don’t belong in isolation. Learners need them taught where the friction is. Embed the skill. Keep moving. #edusky

Pretty proud of how cynical my 11YO is of big tech (Roblox) when they roll out policy. And he connects the dots: the policy, deadline, impending trial.

I wrote about the unconscionable state of hypervigilance and fear that children are living in under ICE--what that does to their mental and physical health in the short and long term, and how parents can talk to their kids about what's going on in their community. My latest @opinion.bloomberg.com:

January exposes skill gaps fast. That’s not defiance. Learners are navigating adult systems with unfinished skills. Coach the skill. #edusky

Small — yet important — thing. Crackdown is not the correct word. Terror immediately comes to mind. But this certainly is not a crackdown.

Who is excited for tomorrow's #ALAyma announcements?

I taught children as young as 2. And all of them could make more logical arguments that were actual arguments.

This is not law enforcement. This was target practice. This was an execution. Get these fucking thugs off our streets now.

Immigration is a fake problem. We have politicians on the one hand who want to use immigrants as scapegoats for our real ones and politicians on the other who are too cowardly to stand against them and tell the truth. That is the entire situation. Until that changes, people will continue to die.

Sooner or later the media is going to have to accept they are actively trying to tear the country apart, to start a war.

If social skills are so soft, then why do adults have such a hard time using them? We need to stop demanding that growing learners use the sophisticated skills that many adults struggle with themselves. It’s not just unreasonable, it’s damaging.

Overall, good idea. 🧵 1) students don’t magically know how to function and operate in these buddy systems. The owning itself explains that it requires socially adept students. Teach them the needed skills so EVERYONE can be successful.

This is such an important point. This family tried to follow the rules. The distinction is going to get more important when they start mass deporting the people whose TPS status Trump revoked. They’ll call them “illegal” too, even though they were here legally until Trump yanked the rug.

These things all have one thing in common: — immigration enforcement — tariffs — expired ACA subsidies — cutting SNAP — cutting Medicaid & Medicare — housing costs — eliminating vaccines And this list can go on.

When your healthcare costs more than your rent and still doesn’t cut it, remember who voted for that. Republicans chose corporations over people. Again. #RepublicanHealthcareDisaster

I haven't been back from Texas for 24 hours, and there's 3 new reminders why we shouldn't fund DHS without reforms to force them to obey the law. 1. The arrest of little Liam Ramos 2. More brutal treatment of protesters in Minnesota 3. ICE claiming the power to enter our homes

Engagement feels shaky? Slow it down. Model thinking. Protect practice. Teach participation, don’t police it. #edchat

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Engagement falls apart when expectations are implied. Learners guess. Make participation visible before you demand it. #edchat

This is sad

school being canceled because the president sent armed thugs to harass and imprison the populace for voting against him should be the biggest domestic scandal in american history

Also hate "this is not about politics." Sorry people, you have to GROW UP. EVERY DAMNED THING IS POLITICAL. Everything. The word people are searching for is PARTISAN.

Engagement doesn’t mean loud. Learners can be thinking deeply and quietly. Don’t mistake calm for disengagement. #edchat

Most people — even die hard MAGA — don’t ever speak like that to anyone’s face. Know why? Because when they’re F2F and another person pushes back or tells them that they’re being rude or obnoxious, they shut up.

I’ve been using Facebook to give away items in my local buy nothing group. That platform (not the group) brings out the absolute worst people. Internet balls doesn’t even accurately capture it.

Small but mighty humans don’t need more freedom right now. They need structure that holds. That’s your cue to offer bounded choice and move on. #edchat

America's heritage is the rule of law that no man, none, not one never is above the law that immigrants from all over came to get a dream and worked hard paid taxes to uncle Sam and raised their family living the way they wanted prayed how they want to whom they want where we the people have rights

This is exactly what people on the right were saying before and immediately following the 2024 election. By any means necessary. Now we have elected officials saying the same.

Somehow my federal taxes have decreased by $12 per paycheck. Big deal. My next paycheck will be less. My healthcare is increasing > $150 per pay period.

Facts are facts. Conclusions you draw based upon those facts … well comes down to a variety of things. Like your morality, ethics can values. Your ability to synthesize. Your background knowledge. Etc. etc. Ex: Fact— he posted this. My conclusion— his IQ isn’t as high as he claims.

Just the fact that he was suspended after being told that in that moment that he’s fired … we are not in a democracy, folks. At will employment, company regs, or not. This is undemocratic bullshit.

From a good friend in Minneapolis: "Target is allowing ICE to stage in their parking lots, use their restrooms, and abduct people from inside their stores - so if you weren’t boycotting already, now is the time." They were staging in Chicago as well.