Winning the fight against woke

I have PDF copies of reports on MMIW and boarding schools. I will make them available when they go…missing.

It was an honor to meet with tribal leaders from across North Carolina to learn about the priorities and vision for our eight state-recognized tribes and four urban Indian organizations.

AOC: And they are able to radicalize a generation of young boys in particular, away from healthy masculinity and into an insecure masculinity that requires the domination of others who are poorer, browner, darker, or a different gender than them.

Let's remember that how we spend our time⏳ & organise our workload📚 is *our choice*, though it may not feel like it. Growth also means knowing how & where to set our boundaries and managing our (finite) resources effectively. Wrote down some thoughts here: educationalist.substack.com/p/what-do-yo...

Queens University and Elon University are merging charlotteledger.substack.com/p/breaking-q...

In my most recent post for Norton’s Substack, I outline a few ways to approach a conversation with a student who may have overused AI in your class. Ideally, it’s a conversation about writing process. aiandhowweteach.substack.com/p/what-about...

So, how do we reduce AI misuse/learning loss in writing assignments? These slides for a recent presentation show how I layer strategies. link.annarmills.com/guiding 1. Frame the value of writing for thinking and make assignments motivating and social. 2. Set up guardrails to discourage misuse.

If and when students use LLMs ts should be agentic and personal, where they conceive a challenge in what they're trying to do and then deploy the tool to meet that challenge. This is how the adult champions of this technology are using it. We should do the same for students, right?

Mid-summer must-read from @geekypedagogy.bsky.social

PAIRR just released two free AI feedback prompts to support equity, reflection, and student voice. Use them in your classroom today! open.substack.com/pub/pairrfee... @annamillsoer.bsky.social @carlwhithaus.bsky.social @lisasperber.bsky.social

Interested in inviting students to reflect on AI feedback alongside peer feedback? We’re sharing the open, adaptable materials of the Peer & AI Review + Reflection project. Join us July 9 at 1 pm Pacific time/ UTC-7. Register at marin-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regi... 1/3

What did immigrants ever do for Los Angeles, besides settle it, name it and work to turn it into one of the world's great metropolises?

Announcing our Slow Academia Special Issue theslowacademic.com/2025/06/07/a... Open access www.peterlang.com/journal/27/7-1

For the staff and volunteers helping refugees rebuild their lives in the U.S., each arrival marked the end of a years-long journey through one of the world’s most intensive vetting systems. www.theassemblync.com/immigration/...

At the end of the school year, a lot gets thrown away at my downtown Durham apartment building. This year, I decided to dive in. I Salvaged $6,000 of Luxury Items Discarded by Duke Students. Why Did It Make Me Feel So Terrible? indyweek.com/culture/duke...

Does everything need to happen in the classroom? What can be done more effectively before class, asynchronously and how can we best scaffold that? In my latest newsletter I reflect on how to use different modalities intentionally in our course design. educationalist.substack.com/p/rethinking...

“we're failing to develop a nuanced understanding of how this emerging technology intersects with long-standing educational challenges.” open.substack.com/pub/marcwatk...

It’s worth thinking about the layers of obligation faculty have regarding genAI use and practice: to self, to students, to institution, to discipline, and beyond. It’s inevitable that these will not align.

#cwcon25 morning keynote from MSU alum Jen Sano-Franchini, talking about AI, data centers, and critical interface analysis. Will be talking about refusal.blog which is a great resource for folks who take a critical stance toward genAI.

Educators should disclose to students when and how we use AI and also when and why we choose not to use it. Transparency is key to trust and respect.

A new generation of tribal scientists and storytellers is navigating the complexities of recognition and history, rebuilding ties to land and water, and preparing for what’s next. www.theassemblync.com/environment/...

consequence.net/2025/05/trum... We won’t go down without a fight. Yet another attempt by this administration to silence voices that they disagree with. The CPB partly funds PBS, but the rest of the money needed to run PBS and its member stations comes from private foundations and viewers like us.

Friends, many of us are finding it hard to feel hopeful. And that’s ok. When you can’t feel hope, do hope. Hope is getting out of bed. Hope is telling jokes, writing that paper, smiling at a stranger, permission to rest. Hope is a practice. What does hope in action look like for you? Goodnight 💚

I love North Carolina because we are home to friendly and good people and remarkable natural beauty. We are one of the best states for business in the nation – and home to the best BBQ and basketball in the country!

For those of you still at #4C25, convention center staff are trying their best to keep the cheer teams from disrupting Saturday sessions. They’ve cordoned off some hallways, but rooms are accessible with your name tag.

I’ve been a tenure-free faculty member for my entire 20-ish-year career. It is still jarring to move from the panels of tenured and tenure-seeking faculty to spaces just for untenured ones. #4C25

#4C25 Indigenous Storytelling and Storywork panel of graduate students, in a sea of GAI discussions, is a vibe. Conversely, FYW students telling their own stories is how we help build student voices in light of GAI proliferation. #academicsky #composition #rhetoric #communication

Just use the microphone, please. #4C25

Teaching in this time means conveying a level of hope that perhaps the teacher has no ostensible evidence for. Paradoxically, it's that very hope through students that keeps many educators going anyway. We have a lot of work to do in recognizing these efforts.

Elon Musk continues to show us that money can’t buy you happiness or the 2025 Wisconsin Supreme Court Race 👍🏾

Cory Booker, winding down: "We need a greater love in this country a greater fight in this country a greater determination." And re: Strom Thurmond: "I'm not here because of his speech. I'm here despite his speech. The people are more powerful."

A fantastically important postscript to this piece: David Graham asks Jeffrey Goldberg about possible retaliation, and Goldberg gives a perfect answer — with perfect swipes. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

And as if we can instantly measure all results. "The tyranny of the quantifiable," an environmentalist said to me long ago, and so much of what matters most is not quantifiable or efficient or profitable in the narrow sense, and that's kind of what all this is about. So thank you Ms Kabas.

NEW—Dept of Ed staff received an email from Sec. McMahon tonight with the subject, “Our Department’s Final Mission.” McMahon writes that plan is, “to send education back to the states.” Notably doesn’t mention executive order like earlier draft, but some think it’s still coming. Full text:

The Assembly has been selected as one of six newsrooms in the first cohort of the NOTUS Washington Bureau Initiative. Read the full announcement below. www.theassemblync.com/internal/the...

This week i sat down with the @theguardian.com and talked about our little band of resistors. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office. Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc. Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.

For all of us living in English but born elsewhere... * "Doesn’t the beauty and strength of the English language lie precisely in its hybridity and therefore "impurity"- its remarkable ability to adapt, evolve, and embrace a stunning range of styles (...)?" elifshafak.substack.com/p/write-your...

Five things I achieved last week: - Naps - Snoozes - Resting my eyes - Dozing - Writing this list

Grades don’t always tell the full story of student success. A recent TLI article explores how students who struggle and improve may gain more from a course than those who maintain high GPAs—raising questions about how we measure learning. Learn more: issotl.com/2025/01/29/r...

We need the federal government’s partnership to help western NC recover, and I’m extremely concerned about cuts that would cripple our long-term housing recovery. I raised this concern yesterday with the administration.

One of those days here in North Carolina. (Both of these were taken in Greensboro 3 hours apart) #ncwx

"What if, instead of devising evermore dystopian ways to efficiently manage 800 students a semester, we simply hired more teachers and created smaller classes?" open.substack.com/pub/emilypit...

For over 20 years, I've been at schools affiliated w the Council of Independent Colleges; in my experience, CIC has been an unflinching advocate for higher education. So I'm unsurprised, but still heartened, to see this from CIC president Marjorie Hass today. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

A special #Caturday this week: today is the 14th anniversary of my arrival on Downing Street.

The Indigenous People of North America have decided to go back to calling the Gulf of Mexico, “Chalchiuhtlicueyecatl”. It is what the Nahuatl People originally called it as it is the domain of the goddess Chalchiuhtlicue, who is assoc w/water bodies, including the Gulf of Mexico.

I’m a member of the advisory board for Penguin Random House Higher Education’s First-Year Reads department. These are books by authors who will be at next week’s annual Conference on the First-Year Experience, so I am reading in preparation. Not the worst job in the world.