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Exploring and learning. Class of 2020 ASCD Emerging Leaders
#SelfDeterminedLearning
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How Administrators Can Help Prevent Teacher Burnout
By communicating schoolwide expectations, supporting teacher decisions, and protecting instructional time, administrators can help avoid teacher burnout.
https://staging.edutopia.org/article/how-administrators-can-help-prevent-teacher-burnout/
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Marc Elias
3 months ago
Donald Trump is planning to use his attack on Iran to justify a power grab over voting in the 2026 midterms. The fact that the attack violates the Constitution won’t stop him from trying. It is our job to expose this plot and ensure that it does not succeed.
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...
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Trump’s attack on Iran and the plot against your vote
Donald Trump is planning to use his attack on Iran to justify a power grab over voting in the 2026 midterms.
https://www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trumps-attack-on-iran-and-the-plot-against-your-vote/
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Peter Greene
5 months ago
On Vacations and “Learning Loss”
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On Vacations and “Learning Loss”
This piece is available for free at the Center for Educator Wellness and Learning.
https://open.substack.com/pub/otherduties/p/on-vacations-and-learning-loss?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
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Edutopia
9 months ago
Students who wrote short explanations after learning about greenhouse gases outscored their peers by 49% on a follow-up test of comprehension. 🚀
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How Declining Enrollments Can Become An Opportunity For School Transformation
While enrollment declines provide a real challenge, the response can be transformative if districts use them as an opportunity to reimagine schools.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/lindadarlinghammond/2025/08/22/how-declining-enrollments-can-become-an-opportunity-for-school-transformation/
9 months ago
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Ira Socol
11 months ago
Let's replace all US Democratic leadership and all
@teamlabouruk.bsky.social
leadership. Let's go to what the people need
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One week ago today, we shocked the establishment and redrew the political map of New York City with a campaign relentlessly focused on the needs of working people. Let's break it down.
TikTok video by Zohran Mamdani
https://www.tiktok.com/@zohran_k_mamdani/video/7522149864805797150
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jamelle
12 months ago
very fun to read frederick douglass accurately describe the problem with the pardon power in 1867
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Does Immigration Enforcement Exacerbate Racial Inequality Under the Law? | American Journal of Sociology: Vol 0, No ja
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Does Immigration Enforcement Exacerbate Racial Inequality Under the Law? | American Journal of Sociology: Vol 0, No ja
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/736606
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The Importance of Teaching and Learning Conditions url:https://learningpolicyinstitute.org/product/leandro-teaching-and-learning-conditions-brief?utm_source=LPI+Master+List&utm_campaign=e16757bffa-LPIMC_MayDeepDive_2025_05_08_09&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_7e60dfa1d8-e16757bffa-223683479
about 1 year ago
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Pam Moran
about 1 year ago
imagine if showing evidence of learning and using inquiry competencies was an end in mind for assessing and reporting progress- consider how different teaching and learning would be.
#Edusky
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about 1 year ago
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Carla Meyrink
about 1 year ago
Our LA team has been rewriting our curriculum using Heidi Hayes Jacob's storyboarding approach. Today, an LA teacher showed me how she's using storyboards for her lesson plans, saying “At a glance, you can see what my class is like. Lesson plans make so much more sense this way.”
#EduSky
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Just Jack
about 1 year ago
It’s a recalibration of economic control. Oligarchs don’t live paycheck to paycheck. They have the capital to buy market dips and recoup faster, acquiring more assets at fire sale prices along the way. When the dust finally settles, they will own more. The rest of us will own less. A lot less.
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Pam Moran
about 1 year ago
reading why the very act of trying to get a dyslexic, ADHD kid to square with the normative expectations of school / to learn how to cram their square peg persona into a round hole setting is at odds w human-valued learning
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Nick Covington
about 1 year ago
I really need to go to bed but I just keep coming back to the utter and abject failure of imagination that exists in this particular discourse about learning & schooling. My god, people, schooling and learning can look like ten thousand different things and all be good and right and effective!
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Virginia Association for Teaching, Learning, and Leading
about 1 year ago
Managing the push and pull of school leadership with humor
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Managing the push and pull of school leadership with humor - SmartBrief
With so much to juggle, the best leaders model perseverance but don’t take themselves too seriously, Principal Michael Gaskell writes.
https://www.smartbrief.com/original/managing-the-push-and-pull-of-school-leadership-with-humor
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Julian Simpson
over 1 year ago
Watching Joffrey and Reek trying to bully Jon Snow was quite a thing.
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Pam Moran
over 1 year ago
@peterkindfield.bsky.social
what better way to learn than forest-centered learning for little humans? Why indigenous peoples understand systems and cycles anchor all of the Earth their respect and understanding of the natural world is sustainability at work
#environmentaleducationmatters
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Senator Bernie Sanders
over 1 year ago
Public education is the backbone of American democracy. In the richest country in the history of the world, we cannot abandon our teachers and our public schools.
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A3: This past summer I designed an immersive summer academy to offer middle school students an opportunity to explore CTE programs and career paths. We infused hands-on learning activities with field trips to local industries and guest speakers. Just an amazing collaboration.
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A2: Community partners (higher education, economic development orgs., industry, etc) play such a vital role in a strong, responsive, vibrant school community. Our CTE programs, faculty, and students thrive because of the support, guidance, & engagement of these people & businesses.
over 1 year ago
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A1: Good evening! I serve as Student Pathways Coach in my school district’s Office of Curriculum & Development. Any chance we can connect student-interest & strengths with possible career pathways, is an incredible opportunity to increase motivation & engagement.
over 1 year ago
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#Rethink_Learning
Good evening, friends! Saw Q1 about resilience in educators, and wanted to share my thoughts. It’s pretty simple. As an educator, I have an unwritten contract with the students and families I serve. I must be as courageous as my students.
over 1 year ago
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batman begin
over 1 year ago
I went to post about the National Japanese American Memorial in D.C., which is beautiful but usually missed by tourists. It is a deeply staggering admission of guilt and a warning to future Americans. I went to link to the inscriptions and- Well, they took the site down.
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#GoCommanders
#JD5
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over 1 year ago
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Lúl Rýzooo
over 1 year ago
Updated DEI list of companies committed to DEI Costco, Meijer,Kroger,Giant Grocery,Ben & Jerry’s,Ulta,Macy’s, Old Navy,Nordstrom’s,TJ Maxx,GoTo Foods (includes Moe’s Southwest Grill, Mcalister’s, Auntie Anne’s, Jamba, Cinnabon, and more…),Dollar Tree, Walgreens, Wegmans (for those on the east coast)
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Thinking about schools trying to communicate information and give support to students and families regarding changed immigration policies. 💔
over 1 year ago
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“Representative democracy – a system of give and take in which you cannot guarantee that every battle will be won, requires empathy and compassion, and a set of baseline values that protect the dignity and humanity of its people.”
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It Is MLK Day. Do Not Despair. This Year Especially, We Have Work To Do.
With delicious anticipation, we imagined it.
https://sherrilyn.substack.com/p/it-is-mlk-day-do-not-despair-this
over 1 year ago
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Why Students Need A Civic Education to Navigate Today’s World
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Why Students Need A Civic Education to Navigate Today’s World
Trivers and Duroseau: Amid shifting politics and policies, students need to know how to thrive in a world that doesn’t always prioritize their needs.
https://www.the74million.org/article/why-students-need-a-civic-education-to-navigate-todays-world/
over 1 year ago
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Jennifer Gonzalez
over 1 year ago
Once I figured this out, it dramatically reduced the number of times I felt the need to yell at a class. 🫢
www.cultofpedagogy.com/edutips/edut...
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EduTip 23: Calm an out-of-control class with a notebook.
Sponsored by Grouper . Watch a video version of this tip on Instagram. This is a classroom management trick that saved me multiple times. As a newer teacher, I would have moments when my classroom sta...
https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/edutips/edutip-23/
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Pam Moran
over 1 year ago
Good morning - if we want to find the strengths of learners, they need different experiences and spaces to activate their interests, curiosities, passions, and capabilities that we otherwise won’t discover as their teachers
#EduSky
#spacematters
#experiencematters
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Pam Moran
over 1 year ago
@cordovatech.bsky.social
Caitlin -great to see
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moving here!
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@kswilkens.bsky.social
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over 1 year ago
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Ira Socol
over 1 year ago
"The chief said the 911 call came from a second-grader: “I’m going to let that soak in for a minute: A second-grade student called 911 ... to report a shooting at school.” That’s the America Americans voted for.
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15-year-old girl named as shooter at Christian school in Wisconsin
One teacher and one student were killed by a shooter who later killed themselves, police said.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/12/16/wisconsin-school-shooting-abundant-life-christian-madison/
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A2: Formerly a Social Studies/History teacher, and now in my new role, I know without a doubt that designing open-ended learning experiences that promote self-direction and creativity is where we find magic. Allowing Ss to show their learning in their own way is it!
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#EduSkyChat
A1: In my role as CTE Pathways Coach, I designed and implemented a 3 week summer program for middle school students to explore career related interests through hands-on, experiential learning opportunities. Our community partners played a crucial role!
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Good evening
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community! I’m part of our district CTE Department. I have the coolest job supporting our CTE students, faculty, programs, and community around career pathways. Happy to be here tonight!
over 1 year ago
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Dismantling the Department of Education is dangerous & threatens the future of our society. Privatization breeds inequality. Protect our schools and students, not our profits.
#PublicEducation
over 1 year ago
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Pam Moran
over 1 year ago
so glad @vste has moved into the community—-
#vste24
@jaysonrichardson.bsky.social
@kswilkens.bsky.social
@awf1.bsky.social
@tannenbaumtech.bsky.social
@katiefielding.com
@jilliande.bsky.social
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Mine was delivered today!
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over 1 year ago
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Glad you’re here!
over 1 year ago
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Sarah Kendzior
over 1 year ago
From THE VIEW FROM FLYOVER COUNTRY:
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Charles Hansen ♾️ 🗳️🏛️ 🧮
over 1 year ago
go.bsky.app/RVYQ4PF
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Please repost! Roll call Virginia educators! Please reply to connect with others! Share something about your corner of education.
#VaEduBlueSky
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over 1 year ago
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A Mandate and A Framework for Action — What School Could Be
by: Tony Wagner
https://www.whatschoolcouldbe.org/blog/a-mandate-and-a-framework-for-action
over 1 year ago
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Knowledge is power! Hey, check out this event: 2025 Legislative Prep Session: Education Challenges and Solutions on 12/03/2024 @03:00(EST), interested?
events.zoom.us/ev/AvD0AHwPZ...
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2025 Legislative Prep Session: Education Challenges and Solutions
https://events.zoom.us/ev/AvD0AHwPZ8ydj8u9egcWIk_neQoU0LHk5N1BSzNCMrZf1AAjbmXW~AqWZwm0bYNpoX2qrSKyIXuNUnYXrVXoKeJgilU_WewfAIDBeP17XTYcG4A?lmt=1731687600000
over 1 year ago
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Paul 🌍
almost 2 years ago
Where are all the
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over 1 year ago
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over 1 year ago
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