FINDING THE CHIAROSCURO IN OUR LIVES AS TEACHERS The deficit atmosphere in schools – unsustainable workloads, lack of resources, weak supports, poor pay – risks educators losing sight of the light, writes teacher Dina Strasser. #edusky @dinaeliz.bsky.social www.middleweb.com/53028/findin...

Remember. Always ask WHERE? before you ask WHY? And then ask WHY THERE? Measles hot spots were found in areas like West Texas and southern New Mexico. abcnews.go.com/Health/new-m... via ABC News App

Around The Web In ESL/EFL/ELL larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2026/01/18/a...

This is quite a post www.planetearthandbeyond.co/p/reality-is...

📣 The call for proposals is now open for the 106th NCSS Annual Conference, taking place December 4-6, 2026 in Chicago, IL! hubs.li/Q03_0Kwg0 #edusky #socialstudies

MLK Day concert held annually at the Kennedy Center is relocating this year : NPR share.google/XX8bGuqA8hfk...

Fellow US History teachers, as we head back tomorrow I wanted to share a fantastic simulation about American imperialism and the Spanish-American War from National Museum of Am. Diplomacy. It’s consistently a hit with my students! #sschat 🗺️ diplomacy.state.gov/teacher-reso...

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NEW @pbsnews.org Classroom Daily News Lesson — After attacking Venezuela and removing its president, President Trump has threatened Colombia next, among others. Discuss Colombia's response and U.S. policy in Latin America. #sschat #EDUSky https://loom.ly/FLk3UQs

Samuel Alito flew two flags used by insurrectionists. Clarence Thomas' wife plotted to overturn the 2020 election. Both justices refused to recuse themselves from SCOTUS cases related to the January 6th plot. It's a stain on our nation that this has effectively been forgotten.

Ever relevant, this poem by Mary Oliver, especially today.

And welcome back to Historians At The Movies! Tonight we'll be talking about wildland firefighting with ONLY THE BRAVE at 8pm eastern, available on Netflix. #HATM 1/1

But look closely at that image. The illusion of completeness is itself a metaphor, regularly asserted throughout our history. So this is 2026, where we work to understand and communicate the tatters and the illusion as well as the ambition and promise. That's my patriotism. 5//

The #TBHillDay 2026 application has been open for less than a week, and already ONE HUNDRED people have signed up! Now's your chance to join @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social and a couple hundred of your closest #Tuberculosis fighting friends in Washington DC to fight worldsuck! tbfighters.org/hill-...

As the U.S. Government endeavors to make tuberculosis great again, please consider preordering a signed copy of my book about our deadliest infection, its long history, and why in the 75 years since TB became curable, we've allowed over 150,000,000 people to die of the disease. everythingistb.com

@johngreensbluesky.bsky.social I just finished Everything is Tuberculosis. What a book! My aunt died of TB many years before I was born, in a sanatorium in Chicago. Her story intrigued me. The book explained how her death was even more tragic than I had imagined. Thank you for all the work you do.

I would point out that Crawford has long seen her job as justifying whatever Republicans do, but I don't have to, there's a convenient label that shows a person's statements are unreliable and unworthy of consideration: "CBS News."

Get to know the helpers in your building - the office secretaries, copy clerk, custodian, etc. They know everything! #sschat

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Tomorrow on my live podcast "History Matters!" Things We Learned in 2025 -- and there were many. Bring some of your own! Friday 10AM ET www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Vch...

Professor's pro-tip for anyone with college-age kids: Tell your kids go to class. It's really that simple. If you show up, you'll do okay. You don't have to be smart, you just have to be there. Maybe stay off your phones for 50 minutes. Just listen. You'll absorb something. I have data to prove it.

What a high note to end the year! 2 of our resources were recognized in AFT’s @sharemylesson.bsky.social 2025 Favorites. Grateful to support educators with tools that help immigrant youth learn, feel safe, and belong. sharemylesson.com/collections/...

Betty Reid Soskin, the National Park Service’s oldest ranger, has died. She was 104.

I’m old enough to remember when CBS News would never have surrendered to a demagogic president or any other politician. Remember Edward R. Murrow?

Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:

Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.

A Few of My Favorite Non-Civil War Era History Books of 2025 #BookSky 🗃️ open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...

The Best Collections Of Infographics, Charts & Maps – 2025 larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2025/12/20/t...

I always feel lucky to work alongside the graphic designers at @pewresearch.org. This year-end roundup highlights some of their coolest data visualizations of the year and the design choices that went into them:

Rob Reiner Appreciation: A Really Good Man And A Great Director deadline.com/2025/12/rob-...

Because it’s not getting reported on enough: Muslim fruit shop owner Ahmed al Ahmed, father of two, was the hero who bravely tackled one of the Bondi Beach shooters and took away his gun. He saved lives during a major terror attack. Say his name, and honor the lives of the victims of the shooters

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Checked in at the @socialstudies.org Annual Conference and feeling grateful. Every year this gathering reminds me why the work of social studies matters so deeply. Looking forward to presenting, learning alongside brilliant colleagues, and bringing fresh ideas home. #NCSS2025

Christmas, Hanukkah, & Kwanzaa Are All Coming Up – Here Are Teaching & Learning Resources larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2025/12/04/c...

Rosa Parks Arrested On This Day For Refusing To Give Up Her Seat To A White Person – Here Are Teaching & Learning Resources larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2025/12/01/r...

Your Black Friday reminder that in 75% of U.S. industries, a smaller number of companies now control more of the business than they did twenty years ago. We must stop the monopolization of America. Shop small if you can, please.

Available as always to talk about the imperial boomerang on your podcast or TV show or just show up at your house and talk at your dinner guests

This was a delightfully unexpected 🧵🤓

In a more sensible and serious world, Mark Kelly would take Pete Hegseth’s job as secretary of defense, Tom Nichols argues: theatln.tc/mUn2pxoh

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The NCSS Conference schedule just dropped! 🎉 www.socialstudies.org/conference/s... I’ll be presenting The Scopes Trial: Lessons and Legacy in Today’s Classroom on Saturday, Dec 5. Hope to see you there! #NCSS2025 #SocialStudies

Four days after JFK was assassinated, the new President, Lyndon B. Johnson, addressed a joint session of Congress and urged the lawmakers to pass the civil rights bill that Kennedy had proposed in June but that had been stalled for months. "It is time now to write the next chapter..."

I'm reading @arishapiro.bsky.social 's book,The Best Strangers in the World. Chap 6 is titled, War People in War Places. He discusses how we don't understand what it means to live w/war. As a ret. teacher, the 1st thing I thought of was how great this would work with older students. #sschat ##edusky

I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered. He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here : www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...

@mattneil.bsky.social Awhile back you were looking for WW2 materials. I am cleaning out my stacks. Would like this?