NH Teachers! Help young writers shine by serving as a judge! Flexible schedule (8–10 hrs total), all online, and you can still judge even if your students submit. More info: nhcte.org/index.php/co... #EduSky #EduSkyAI @kristinapeterson.bsky.social @aleciamarie.bsky.social

This is a very helpful explainer about what the federal Dept of Education does. (Short answer: it’s not state curricular guidance.) #EduSky open.substack.com/pub/aubreyhi...

We published as a journalism resource but I know a lot of my #Edusky folks will find this useful too. It has: - Global perspectives from the journalists keeping you informed about AI - A break down of pressing AI issues - A note on the application to education pulitzercenter.org/hype-reality...

Do you know what happens when graduate student funding is cut? Often, it means we ALL miss out on their new, promising ideas bc the project doesn’t go forward. Getting a grant like this is incredible! I’m so sorry this happened to you, Megan. Sorry for all of us who could have benefited.

With @dahlialithwick.bsky.social on the many implications—all horrifying—of the Trump administration reviving seemingly unconstitutional Red Scare–era laws to abduct and disappear Mahmoud Khalil, without due process, in retaliation against his protected speech. slate.com/news-and-pol...

This is who was fired from the union workforce at the Department of Education yesterday. Every single number is a person who served the nation and whose life was wrongly disrupted. That's the first tragedy, but it's clearly not the only one.

Urgent call for #AERA members whose research uses restricted #NCES datasets: (1) take their survey & (2) call congresspeople ASAP. #EduSky

Universities: We must, indeed, all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately

Here’s another win, from our favorite allergist @rubinallergy.bsky.social We will have a flu vaccine for next season!!! There was a lot of concern that it wasn’t gonna happen but a meeting was held and they did decide which strains to target So bravo to the amazing fighters who made this happen

i am once again saying that if you allow polling to define rights, you don't have any real rights at all

I know what my call to @shaheen.senate.gov is going to be tomorrow.

Every time you see what sounds like a wild claim about woke research, you can assume a) it will fall apart under the most basic of inspection, b) the person making the claim will never be held accountable for lying, and c) it is a cover to gut useful research that we benefit from.

I have warned about the rightwing attack on empathy. It is as dangerous as any attack on democracy. It will accelerate in Musks’ hands. open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...

"Free speech is back" says the president who this week posted on social media that he would be banning and criminalizing what he deems "illegal protests" at colleges and universities.

The final vote: 51-45, with 4 people absent. CLOTURE FAILS, A CONGRESSIONAL SPORTS BAN WILL NOT HAPPEN. Democrats hold firm, not a single dem voted for cloture. MAJOR victory for everyone who called in today and this week in support of trans people.

Dear universities, scientists, lawyers, farmers, workers, artists, doctors... Being silent won't protect you.

Help improve literacy support! The Paraeducator Experience Project is conducting a research study (UNH IRB: IRB-FY2025-73) to better understand how paraeducators support learners & teachers. NH paras & educators, we'd love your input: ~10 mins. #EduSky Link: unh.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

If you ever want to restore your faith in critical thought and debate, ask a group of undergraduates what they think about AI, social media, and their place in education/learning. Truly. As faculty & researchers, we haven't yet done nearly enough of this kind of listening. #EduSky

“Don’t join the book burners. Don't think you are going to conceal faults by concealing evidence that they ever existed. Don't be afraid to go in your library and read every book." — Dwight D. Eisenhower at Dartmouth, 1953 🌱📷

Literacy: teaching students about platforms. #EduSky "When 1000s of fake accounts... flood social media... & algorithms amplify these messages, real people may be fooled into believing that they are seeing opinions of fellow citizens. In contrast, the posts shared by real people are buried."

THE KENDRICK SUPER BOWL CURRICULUM!! 🔥 by Linda J.M. Holloway, Ed.D., NCC & April T. Berry, Ph.D. Legit great stuff here, teachers / professors:

Love YOU, Chaucer! 💜✨

Really useful if you need to explain university finances. 60% of research money for overhead isn’t “siphoning,” it’s “budgeting.” Who do you think pays for heat & upkeep in university buildings? The people who specialize in grant payroll & admin so we can focus on the research? Our grants do.

This thread is important bc it means the AFT has brought a case that shows convincingly how DOGE’s seizure of data creates harm, like exposing consequential financial info for our students who have applied for loans. Private educational data needs to be protected. Thank you, AFT. #EduSky

If you (like me) have wanted to new ideas for local actions to show care for your community (because WE look after us; Trump & Elon obviously don’t), this list from @garrettbucks.bsky.social is very useful.

these are the kind of moves that'll eventually move the needle towards shifting power away from tech oligarchs

Know Your Rights Virtual Town Hall: www.youtube.com/live/4UBQW3b...

🔥 op-ed from Stephanie Toliver: “America's children… deserve an education that empowers them to appreciate the humanity of those around them. […] They deserve to be seen for who they are, in all their diversity. Anything less is a betrayal of our responsibility to them & the future of our nation.”

This summer, I visited the Computer History museum & this wall of buttons stopped me cold. Full of porn jokes & misogyny because of course. Zoom in. This IS a wall of buttons, after all. Basically a wall of dank memes. So little has changed, except the direct power they have.

Here's NCTE's newest ELATE Position Statement: Exploring, Incorporating, and Questioning Generative Artificial Intelligence in English Teacher Education. Can be shared without having to seek permission from NCTE.

Department of Education plays a crucial role in making sure disabled kids receive the same access to education across states, and distributes funding for the needed accommodations.

Reminder that whenever someone says "gender ideology," they're referring to the mere existence of trans people, not an ideology. This is eliminationist garbage.

"People who like to sound tough reflexively back the guys with guns over the guys in jeans with sacks of grain or the guys in suits with papers. But take it from someone who spent nearly 1,500 days downrange over the course of 20 years: USAID is worth every penny." www.thebulwark.com/p/usaid-kept...

10am this morning.

JUST IN: The 1st Circuit Court of appeals has *denied* the Trump administration's emergency motion to block a court order that ordered agencies to lift their spending freeze.

ominous assault on the Federal Election Commission

In response to a post on X from @maxwellfrost.bsky.social showing the effort to get into the Department of Education building this morning, Elon Musk replied, "No such department exists in the federal government"

I can’t get over my students. They are becoming beautiful teachers, librarians, informal educators. Not all of them know quite what roles they want to play yet, but trust me: they are bright lights in this darkness. They keep me going every day 🔥 Grateful. #EduSky #AcademicSky

This is terrible: Head Start is a vital resource that supports school readiness in so many communities.

Worried about losing access to US federal data that may go off-line, or already is? You’re not alone—but duplication isn’t the answer. Many ongoing efforts have already archived key datasets and many more are ongoing. Check out these existing resources and, if you can, support their work. 🧵

“Tech platforms encourage us, through their design affordances, to post and seethe and doomscroll into the void, always reacting and never acting. But perhaps the greatest of these sins is convincing ourselves that posting is a form of political activism” www.404media.co/you-cant-pos...

🚨 Due Date Extended! 📢 LR:TMP v. 74 submissions now due Feb. 11, 2025. 🌍 Published works will be considered for the More Just World Award, honoring literacy research that dismantles harmful status quos. 🔗 Submit: mc.manuscriptcentral.com/lrtmp 🔗 Learn More: about.illinoisstate.edu/lrtmp/

New England ELA educators, please come join us for NHCTE’s spring conference! Featuring @shawnacoppola.bsky.social’s Redefining Writing work. 📆 March 13, 8am-2.30pm 📍Manchester, NH @ the Puritan ✨ Local community Registration & more info: nhcte.org/index.php/sp... #EduSky #ITeachEnglish

1) this is so real 2) We’ve got a program for that #edusky pulitzercenter.org/education/jo...

Hey, NH teachers! This grant is for you. #EduSky

Nice work everyone who's been making calls! Keep it up. The congressional switchboard is 202-224-3121, and you can call your reps' local, in-state offices, too.

Now the whole country gets the experience of what it's like when private equity buys the place you work

Elon Musk spent over $280 million to elect Trump and his GOP allies. Now Musk is collecting on that investment—grabbing control of the system that gets your grandpa his Social Security check, pays your mom’s doctor through Medicare, and keeps your kid’s Head Start center open.