This is America. Heartbreaking. Please take 30 seconds to watch this video and SHARE it widely (and contact your legislators). youtu.be/1B8XY8RywXs

It was a beautiful evening of celebrating Illinois Educators at ISBE’s Those Who Excel Teacher of the Year Banquet. I’m honored to emcee this event and be a part of elevating the incredible work happening in our schools. We laughed, we cried, and we sang. 🎶❤️🍎 #JoyIsResistance #TeacherOfTheYear

IDHS launched a new website that brings together everything our immigrant neighbors need to know to get prepared and stay protected — whether you’re looking for legal help, resources during a crisis, or want to better understand your rights. 🌐 lnkd.in/ebUw4_RU

Illinois residents! We need your help to pass our bill for Paid Student Teaching IL! Please take 2 mins to fill out a witness slip. (sec 2 write SELF for “person, groups or firms represented”; sec 3 choose HB1375 and select PROPONENT; sec 4 choose RECORD OF APPEARANCE ONLY.) SHARE! lnkd.in/g83PRc-9

Illinois residents! We need your help to pass our bill for Paid Student Teaching IL! Please take 2 mins to fill out a witness slip. (sec 2 write SELF for “person, groups or firms represented”; sec 3 choose HB1375 and select PROPONENT; sec 4 choose RECORD OF APPEARANCE ONLY.) SHARE! lnkd.in/g83PRc-9

Do yourself a favor and read this piece by one of my favorite humans, Madi Riley. And feel free to share! madiriley.substack.com/p/the-curric...

Tariffs are taxation without representation. We wrote a whole Declaration of Independence about it. Threw tea in the harbor and everything.

Congressman Casar tells it like it is. This should go viral! Seriously!

On a recent panel in a room full of Aspiring Educators, I was asked to answer in one word what gives me hope for the future of Education. My response? “YOU.” They know this work matters and they are committed to creating affirming spaces for kids despite negative rhetoric about what we do.❤️🍎

Trump’s legislative agenda includes a tax credit voucher scheme to divert $100 billion in taxpayer dollars to private schools with no public accountability. Rural communities and students with disabilities would be among those hit hardest. Please act now! www.nea.org/advocating-f...

When student loan borrowers are in default, how does the Trump regime respond? By garnishing their wages. When billionaires see their wealth hit record highs, how does the Trump regime respond? By extending their tax cuts. This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.

Vouchers are a billionaire scheme to pay tuition for wealthy families—but are education’s predatory lending for the rest. All part of today’s disinvestment from schools, Medicaid, Social Security & more. I sat down with @nymag.com to discuss in this lengthy interview nymag.com/intelligence...

If you live in Illinois, please take a moment to help us ensure that Paid Student Teaching becomes a reality in Illinois! ❤️🍎 secure.ngpvan.com/w2432NOeWUyj...

RFK Jr. says there are no autistic poets, so we interviewed one. Hear from Elizabeth McClellan, @popelizbet.bsky.social, an award-winning poet, attorney, and legal educator based in Memphis, Tennessee.

Hi, you're in my well-vetted Pack 36. Please follow all and repost. @awkwardlymetal.bsky.social @desiree-pr.bsky.social @eebelz.bsky.social @suzannehagedorn.bsky.social @moodywitch.bsky.social @johnnydigsit.bsky.social @jjjct69.bsky.social @richardcorbett.bsky.social @chimamma3.bsky.social

Yes, @neapresident.bsky.social 👏👏👏❤️🍎

For anyone else who needs to hear this… My entire life I’ve been told I’m “too much.” I feel things too deeply. I’m too passionate. I worry too much. I love too hard. I speak too loud. To everyone else who is often called “too much,“ you are perfect, and you’re everything this broken world needs.❤️✌🏼

At our Educators Rising Conference yesterday, a reporter asked about my thoughts on the closing of the Department of Education. While that was not what I wanted the focus of the interview to be, I didn’t hold back.❤️🍎 www.25newsnow.com/2025/03/06/o...

We 👏 have 👏 to 👏 stop 👏 playing 👏 politics 👏 with 👏 our 👏 children. Public education is the FOUNDATION of our democracy!

I say it all the time: I have the best job in the world, and these humans are the reason why. Elmhurst University is preparing some amazing educators to enter our profession, and I feel so fueled and sustained by the JOY I experienced today. #AspiringEd #JoyIsResistance #EduSky

So many are feeling defeated and hopeless by the current state of the US. Yet I firmly believe we must remain focused on doing the work in our little corners of the world. Organizing 101 says to start local; those local efforts will have ripple effects. Chin up, eyes forward. We’ve got work to do.

This.

Happy Galentine’s Day!

Should SB2 pass, it would allocate $1 billion in state funds, giving families up to $10,000 of taxpayer dollars per student each year to fund private school tuition—diverting critical resources from public schools that serve the majority of Texas students.

Rep. Jahana Hayes was the 2016 National Teacher of the Year and an incredible mentor to me early on in my teacher leader journey as 2018 Illinois Teacher of the Year. Now a member of Congress, she and her colleagues were locked out of the Dep. of Ed, which is unfathomable. Give this a watch!

Spot on @rbwalaska.bsky.social ! Yes! If you’re an educator, read this now. 👏👏👏 www.adn.com/opinions/202...

Students and families are counting on educators who are unafraid and unapologetic in their efforts to challenge and disrupt oppressive systems (marginalization, cultural imperialism, exploitation, violence, powerlessness, etc). If you’re doing this work, I’d love to connect. #EduSky #Resist

I’m on the road to U of I Springfield for an Aspiring Ed event! Lately, it’s been difficult to see the good in the world. I’m choosing to be very intentional about recognizing that good, especially on the tough days to come. Today, I am grateful for Aspiring Ed and sunshine☀️! #JoyIsResistance

DEI doesn’t mean hiring unqualified people—it means tearing down rigged systems that kept qualified talent out. Giving everyone a fair shot, breaking down barriers that have historically excluded talent. Diversity brings fresh perspectives, drives innovation, and reflects the world being served.

“Trump’s pardons make no effort to distinguish between people who engaged in violence that day… [they] include the men who viciously beat DC police officer Michael Fanone and pepper-sprayed US Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick, who died the next day.” Law & order? www.cnn.com/2025/01/21/p...

Who’s ready to fight? Let’s go! ❤️🍎✊🏻 www.nea.org/nea-today/al...