David Berliner passed away yesterday morning. He was incredibly kind, smart & funny, w/a deep sense of what’s right. Last month, facing his illness, he told me he really wanted people to read his personal essays abt schls & democracy - a new book that's reviewed here: edrev.asu.edu/index.php/ER...

Just FYI you need to watch Superman before Peacemaker. Which has a great plot twist

ho hum

In the faculty leadership class, the lady told us that we needed to let go of the expert mind even though we have expertise. It didn't go well. lol

We did an event with him in June. I’m tired

Education researchers warn budget proposals from the White House and House Republicans would impose steep cuts on some of the nation's most vulnerable students and disadvantaged school communities.

Womp

A sonnet: Can you reopen the quiz Can you reopen the quiz Can you reopen the quiz Dr Lindsay - Confusion Can you reopen the quiz 😭

This may be the most important paper ever published about NIH funded research. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

They do not pay me enough to chase after grown people in this EdD program. I promise you

This is not what I thought Kate looked like in my head

I'm sitting in the woods, contemplating

I told yall on Twitter/X she was insane

I do not care about Ashley & Derek at all #BeyondtheGates

If you lose/push out tenured faculty of color, and replace them with more precarious folks...

JordOn has got to be stopped

Our 15 year Duke reunion was here. Shame on these folks

A Swedish nationwide study published in JAMA in 2024 found NO causal link between acetaminophen use during pregnancy and increased risk of autism, ADHD, or intellectual disability in children. It examined data on 2.5 MILLION children born between 1995 and 2019. ENOUGH ALREADY.

I’m back on AirPods punishment. The pods are in Carrboro and the case is in the District of Columbia 😭😭😭😭

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*As I talk about in Holding It Together, this kind of Supermom role often feels most empowering for moms who have limited opportunities to feel valued and empowered in other parts of their lives, such as in their relationships and their careers. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/697130...

You don’t say?

Congress is debating changes to the Department of Education’s budget that could impact how federal funds support #students. Urban's new #tool lets you explore how different funding scenarios might affect your K-12 school district. Access the #data today.

This is my last week at the Wall Street Journal. I'll be returning to Chalkbeat to launch a new section focused on the big ideas and debates in American education. More on this soon! You can sign up to keep following my work here: www.chalkbeat.org/newsletters/...

Dog. I wanted the eagles to lose

SCARY TERRY

Oh!

My family and friends pissed me off last night. I’m this close to cancelling the crab reservation but I’m also hungry

Jesus was talking about the capacity of Black women’s brains to process information? I didn’t learn that in CCD

Now Chief of War is a program

Vinny has got to stop crying. For real #bb27

I'm trying to do my paperwork but I got stuck so I don't feel guilty

Everybody did

so many dead canaries and we just keep on mining

And again

reads in horror

False alarm! It arose while I was on the way to the Apple Store

I want to connect this Ed reform somehow but I have need to sit in a quiet room and think about it

RIP my Apple Watch 😭

Oh dear

I have a soccer player in my class. They have a game today. I told him I'm praying for him as a child of God, but not for the team to win per se

Mm

I've hit my level of passive aggressive energy absorption

We have an area retreat today. The last one was over a year ago and it ended with half us getting cussed out over whether a class should be required or an elective. Keep us in your prayers

@joyannreid.bsky.social is asking the right question.This may be the most dangerous period.When the dog catches the car & realizes he can’t open the doors or satisfy its hunger. Now there’s rage, snarling and vicious humiliation at having exhausted itself pursuing something that has no real meaning.

Which means the neoclassical model of economics probably shouldn’t be the preferred model for approaching policy problems

Did Canelo get the red hair from the conquistadors? I am so confused

Father God

That’s all they do is lie. And serious people believed them because that’s society’s orientation toward Black women