What it takes to get the public to (a) listen to research findings, (b) understand their implications, and (c) mobilize to take action is incredibly hard. But a moral panic gets halfway around the earth before research finding has gotten out the door.

It is imperative that we maintain hope even when the harshness of reality may suggest the opposite. —Paulo Freire

Purim teaches us that joy can be defiant, courage can be collective, and survival is only the beginning. We gather, we give, we protect one another — and we refuse to disappear. Chag Purim Sameach.

When will we ever learn?

Also at #CALDER2026: To Make Teaching Sustainable, Help Teachers Balance Work and Personal Demands: Findings from the 2025 State of the American Teacher Survey - link to paper available here caldercenter.org/events/17th-...

[GIFT LINK] China’s Parents Are Outsourcing the Homework Grind to A.I. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/w...

ICE is all over TN right now, kidnapping people off roads and construction sites. Nashville's seen the most visible pushback from citizens, but it's getting essentially zero media play. Johnson City has seen a surge in the past two weeks. Today it looks like they're pushing in Chatanooga.

I’m quoted quite a bit here so perhaps I’m biased but I feel this is a good run down of what the Epstein files tell us about how power works in academia. with some good commentary from @jessicacalarco.com, too:

In my first job, I got set up as a ghost advisor twice. The first time, I was confused and made excuses for my Professor Prominent. The second time, I sucked it up for a different Prof Prominent and swore never again. From then on, I refused to serve on committees of certain advisors.

Why do I have to pretend that I'm going to print something in order to save it as a PDF. Why do I have to engage in a little ruse.

Last night, I was notified that another person has died in ICE custody. That’s 39 people who have died on ICE’s watch during Trump’s second term. We cannot grow numb to this. There must be immediate oversight and accountability.

We were invited to read from our books, which I did of course. But first I had some opening words, which I thought I'd share with you here. I'll share video too, once that's available.

Waiting to see how long it takes institutions reinstate the diversity, equity, and inclusion programs they shut down, re-hire those they pushed out, and rewrite all the language they rushed to change. Something tells me it'll likely be a long wait.

I keep thinking about something @tressiemcphd.bsky.social said during her livestream conversation with @katemanne.bsky.social yesterday: We are living with zombie institutions that have been hollowed out by neoliberalism. That hit like a truth bomb because of ways it reflects my current work life

Plus Norway's former PM charged with gross corruption over Epstein links www.bbc.com/news/article...

imagine! holding powerful people accountable for criminal actions

i am glad to see that there is a functioning democracy somewhere in the world

BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide. This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.

writing days are always the looksminiest

Sharing a new publication, co-authored with two doctoral students visiting my lab from China and Turkey. “It felt like I became a part of her”: Employing embodied narrative to develop teachers’ relational agency in navigating emotional struggle #AcademicSky www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

AMEN.

Historian of medicine here. Yes. Yes, they did.

Here is a small, actionable, concrete service you can do to make the world a tiny bit better: 📧 Tell an old person you love about the correct etiquette of replying-all on emails. 🙏 Thank you.

I just finished @jeffhorwitz.bsky.social's BROKEN CODE: INSIDE FACEBOOK AND THE FIGHT TO EXPOSE HARMFUL SECRETS. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Highly recommend it to anybody interested in a very thorough postmortem on FB's role in the rise of authoritarianism as well as medical misinformation. And... 1/

Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.

My collaborator Ben Rydal Shapiro made this great explainer about the horizon AI technologies, showing how they work and highlighting all the security risks involved. The talk is geared toward his students -- it's very clear and helpful. #AcademicSky #EduSky www.youtube.com/watch?v=2R7E...

You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.

1. No it doesn't give you an edge 2. There is no such thing as a hack for getting into college. Why is NYM doing Buzzfeed journalism? 3. F*ck your careers, women, just go home & teach algebra to your kids & make a sandwich 4. Even if you have a PhD in something, you are not equipped to teach it all.

So, the message here is: Moms, if you want your kids to have a good life, you have to quit your job and become your kids' teacher full-time.

Legal status doesn’t matter: if you exceed ICE’s melanin threshold, you get snatched. It is ethnic cleansing. There is no other word for it. The news has shown you video of these often violent detentions. What you don’t see is what happens to these individuals after. I’ve had a front row seat. 7/

the people who spread the “female brains are bad at math and spatial reasoning” lies should be tried at the Hague

thank you @reptedlieu.bsky.social 🙏

📣 Updated working paper on teacher strikes ➡️ Strikes have big impacts on compensation and working conditions & no average effect on test scores. ➡️ Strikes are most effective where initial spending is relatively low and where they are illegal. www.nber.org/papers/w32862

Last week, I published a report - the "Political Disconnect" -based on interviews with 144 low-income & working-class people, across racial groups, who don't usually vote. They are the experts on why, and today I want to share their words. www.swarthmore.edu/u...

I am delighted to share the latest JRME Talk, where we preview an upcoming study in our journal. This month Dr. Kinnari Atit shared the paper "Linking Calculus Performance to STEM Persistence for Underrepresented Students at a Minority Serving Institution" #AcademicSky www.nctm.org/online-learn...

The current regime took a week to abolish USAID, which is three times as old and was not in the news every day for brutalizing children

This is exactly what the Harper’s Letter signers want

A new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office calculates the cost of efforts to fire civil rights staff and questions the department's ability to enforce federal civil rights laws.

From @annehelen.bsky.social on AI: "These tools promise productivity. But it’s a devil’s bargain. Yes, they allow us to do more work. But they don't always allow us to do better or smarter work. Most importantly, whatever time they save will never become "our own." www.patreon.com/posts/dont-l...

1. It was not an accident. 2. It was not a staffer. 3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia. 4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares. 5. His base agrees with him. 6. He will do it again. 7. No one in power will hold him accountable.

In anticipation of the Super Bowl this weekend I thought I would reshare my post from when Bad Bunny was first announced as headlining the half time show to remind us that the joy many of us will feel is a reminder of the world we are fighting for. educationallinguist.wordpress.com/2025/10/08/t...

@michaelhobbes.bsky.social on the latest @ifbookspod.bsky.social it was cute when you guessed that the tuition at fancy private schools was $50K/year fortune.com/2025/02/21/n...

We are at the point of whitewashing where a murder of a Black man by a literal Klansman cannot be called racist

Nashville high schools to start 20 minutes later this Fall. www.tennessean.com/story/news/e...

"We know enough." Watch this.

I don't know if I have adequately fangirled on here about @allisonpugh.bsky.social's book, THE LAST HUMAN JOB. It documents in exquisite detail how AI and technology are making daily life miserable. It is so smart and also so beautifully written. www.allisonpugh.com/the-last-hum...

"The Counter" February newsletter is out! Highlights: @ilanahorn.bsky.social "Mathematics Education at the End of the World", @davidpetro314.bsky.social OAMETalks on the OAME2026 conference & Michael Frankfort on Learning (Dis)abilities sites.google.com/oame.on.ca/n... #mtbos #mathed #onted

There is a lot of discussion about how to teach controversial topics in classrooms. One of my go-to formats for values clarification exercises* are Talking Points, originally designed by Neil Mercer.

[GIFT] ICE is watching you by @tressiemcphd.bsky.social "You don’t build a nuclear bomb for peace any more than you build a national surveillance apparatus just to manage a border wall. This kind of weaponry could effectively nullify our Fourth Amendment rights" www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/o...

@jenniferhendricks.bsky.social jenny!!!!!