I've been thinking about this a lot lately: "Part of what makes it so easy for democracy to slip away" is that "there are a lot of features of daily life that continue to exist long after a country has stopped being a democracy": smotus.substack.com/p/liberty-ca...

"Skillful dialogue doesn't magically occur. Too many teachers stop centering dialogue because protocols & activities don't go smoothly [at first]. Effective dialogue takes iteration, reflection & patience. But, when it is built, a culture of dialogue leads the way to transformational learning." 🔥

April! open.substack.com/pub/kinderch...

Sharing this survey again! If you are a teacher of children aged 4-14, it takes about 10 minutes! I would really appreciate your help if you can spare the time, I’d be so grateful! THANK YOU SO MUCH! pennstate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... #edusky #Kinderchat

Hello! Looking for teachers of ages 4-14 to fill out an educational research survey! #edusky pennstate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Would love your help and participation! Thank you so much!

Hello! Looking for teachers of ages 4-14 to fill out an educational research survey! #edusky pennstate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Would love your help and participation! Thank you so much!

Arlington National Cemetery has scrubbed information about prominent Black, Hispanic and female service members and topics such as the Civil War from its website, part of an effort across the Defense Department to remove all references to diversity, equity and inclusion from its online presence.

Big news at the Heidi House- waiting in the arrival of my first ever own DOG. He’s supposed to arrive- at midnight 🙃

I’m on Spring Break and not sure it ever felt better to unplug! Hope everyone is doing well out there! I’ll plug back in end of March! XOXO

"They want to see educational expenditures reduced dramatically [through automation]...But we must bear in mind that while the product of industry is an automobile, a refrigerator, or a washing machine, the product of education is a human being." - Daniel Tanner, 1964

Hello! Looking for teachers of ages 4-14 to fill out an educational research survey! #edusky pennstate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Would love your help and participation! Thank you so much!

New reflection and writing prompt for #Kinderchat this month is up! Take a look! open.substack.com/pub/kinderch...

Hello! Looking for teachers of ages 4-14 to fill out an educational research survey! #edusky pennstate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Would love your help and participation! Thank you so much!

Hello #EduSky #Kinderchat Looking for educators of 4-14 year olds to take part in a research project! Click here if you would consider filling out a survey regarding children’s play in school. THANK YOU SO MUCH open.substack.com/pub/kinderch...

I have known @hechternacht.bsky.social for over a decade and she lives and embodies best practices about teaching and learning every day! Please check out this podcast! #Kinderchat #PYPchat

Longtime early childhood educator, @hechternacht.bsky.social, joined us to talk about the importance of play, the role of inquiry, & the models that support it! Search & subscribe on any podcast app or listen directly on our website: www.humanrestorationproject.org/podcasts/inq... #EduSky #ECE

‘The cruelty is the point’——-Refugee aid groups struggling amid halt in federal payments under Trump www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

Obviously we have to keep earning a living, caring for our kids, getting dinner ready. But as it sinks in that this is really happening, I find myself wondering how we can possibly talk and think about anything else. I mean, does just going about our normal lives now constitute a kind of denial?

Philadelphia sure celebrates in style- “eagles” flying high on the steps of the art museum while a lone saxophone player’s soft sweet notes pump out the national anthem. Someone silently shotguns a beer with tears in their eyes.

We're in the middle of a winter storm. School is cancelled. I'm procrastinating on shoveling. Somehow I'm supposed to fly to DC this afternoon. 🤷🏼‍♂️ And in spite of it all, I get to record a podcast with @hechternacht.bsky.social this morning, and THAT is gonna be awesome!

Saw an actual eagle about 4pm EST today so #justsayin

Just washed my windows and made it worse. Dang streaks! What’s the recipe?

"By many other measures of well-being — especially health and happiness — the U.S. fares worse than many other rich countries and has fallen further behind since the 1990s."

My staff is hearing reports from Head Start programs in Oregon that they're still locked out of federal funds. My office is doing everything it can to get more info and get funds flowing before providers have to start closing their doors.

#Kinderchat February topic is up! open.substack.com/pub/kinderch...

Dick Button dies the day after a plane full of young skaters?

Last week for this months #Kinderchat writing prompts! Share your thoughts as you are inspired to! open.substack.com/pub/kinderch...

Januarys #Kinderchat writing and reflection prompts are up! Take a look! open.substack.com/pub/kinderch...

Made a bad decision during my vacay in NOLA. A haircut. 😂☺️ I could tell she didn’t know what she was doing right away. Should have stopped her, now I’m a cropped top! Like a bowl cut. It’s bad, but it’s my first truly bad cut, so I guess I’m due. Probably should have gotten a tattoo instead. 😂

Happy New Year everyone!! May 2025 bring us all peace, love and light!

Failing charters continue to survive on state funds by converting to entirely opaque, unaccountable private schools: "The Arizona State Board for Charter Schools had monitored the school’s finances and academics, unanimously coming to the conclusion that it should be shut down."

Interesting New Paper On The Ebb & Flow Of Discipline Issues During The School Year larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2024/12/31/i...

@moniquedx.bsky.social is that you Monique?! Bonjour!! Thanks for finding me!!

“Home Alone” is basically just a child’s “Die Hard”.

For Christmas, my mom is playing the old cassette tapes we used to send back and forth to family in Iowa.

Happy Christmas to all! ✨🤍🌟🌲🌟🤍✨ Peace on earth! ✨🕊️💫🤍💫🕊️ ✨

Regulators make it easy for Minnesota’s failing charter schools to stay open -nonprofits that oversee them overlooked problems to renew their contracts. www.startribune.com/regulators-m... #AnotherDayAnotherCharterScandal

For 40+ yrs, evidence with adults (is.gd/aBF34X) and kids (is.gd/VUPBtA) ailke has shown that when we're monitored, especially if the surveillance is perceived as controlling, we tend to lose interest in whatever we're doing. Consider the implications for today's high-tech classrooms and workplaces.

We've got an awesome lineup of guests to keep the conversation going over the holidays and into the new year, feat. @joshcowenmsu.bsky.social, @pernille.bsky.social, & @hechternacht.bsky.social! 🚀 Subscribe on any podcast app or listen @ www.humanrestorationproject.org/podcast #EduSky

Check this out, #Kinderchat fans! Our pal @hechternacht.bsky.social is a featured speaker! 🙌🏻

And in the meantime, digging into the Reggio Emilia approach for my conversation with @hechternacht.bsky.social!

Howdy! Reminder that the #Kinderchat writing prompts are up for this month! Take a look and respond as you like! Journal, blog, here, there, anywhere! open.substack.com/pub/kinderch...

November #SchoolVoucherScams - over 20 scams - Check out a few we found. 👉 Public dollars diverted to private ‘segregation academies’ 👉 Voters say no to school vouchers https://networkforpubliceducation.org/voucher-scandals/

When the Center for Evaluation & Ed Policy released its Ed influence ranking, NPE was rated #3 but look what we are up against. Help us beat billionaires who want to destroy our public schools https://networkforpubliceducation.org/donate-to-help-us-keep-devos-in-the-hot-seat-in-2020/ #GivingTuesday

#Kinderchat December writing and reflection prompts are OPEN! open.substack.com/pub/kinderch... Check it out, respond as you are moved! #edusky

I'm blown away at how radical Guskey's recommendations about grades & grading sound 30 years later: Grading & reporting aren't essential to instruction. No one method of grading and reporting serves all purposes well. Regardless of the method used, grading reporting remain inherently subjective.

#edusky Looking for early Ed and elementary school folks! The #Kinderchat crew is here!

It's a curious thing that The Science of Learning has everything to say about memory management and nothing to say about motivation. It's implied that the purpose of learning in school is memorization for the test, not questioning at all whether learning for the test is even the best way to learn.

When Foucault said "visibility is a trap," he could have been talking about schooling in 2024. To be visible is to be identified + labeled in vicious ways. These identifiers + labels are often life sentences--"tier 3," "below basic," "troublemaker"--so it's better to not be seen at all.