From Edutopia: Creating Moments of Calm in the Weeks Before Winter Break www.edutopia.org/article/crea...

From Education Week: Don’t 86 the Six-Seven: Those Annoying Kid Trends Actually Have a Purpose www.edweek.org/leadership/d...

To register for this webinar, taking place Dec. 7 at 6:15 p.m. ET, click here: sharemylesson.com/webinars/aft...

From The New York Times: I’m a Professor. A.I. Has Changed My Classroom, but Not for the Worse. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/m...

From Education Week: A Principal Publicly Thanked Each Staff Member. Here’s What Happened www.edweek.org/leadership/a...

From Edutopia: 3 Ways to Prime Students’ Brains for Achievement www.edutopia.org/article/usin...

From Education Week: What a New Dyslexia Definition Could Mean for Schools www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...

From Inside Higher Ed: Trump’s Effort to Break Up Education Dept. Part of Long History www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

From Education Week: Is There a Right Age for a Child’s First Cellphone? Educators Weigh In www.edweek.org/technology/i...

Congrats to AFTNJ President Jennifer S. Higgins and Rutgers Adjunct Faculty Union President Heather Pierce for being named to Gov.-elect @mikiesherrill.bsky.social’s education and fiscal responsibility/govt. accountability transition action teams, respectively: www.nj.gov/govelect/act... @aft.org

“I have not heard them get up and say one thing that they’re going to do that helps children.” — @aft.org President Randi Weingarten on the Trump administration dismantling the Department of Education www.youtube.com/watch?v=gR0q...

From Edutopia: Reinforcing SEL in Physical Education Classes www.edutopia.org/article/rein...

Join AFT President Randi Weingarten and others today (Nov. 20) at 6 p.m. ET for the webinar “Our Healthcare, Our Fight — How Washington’s Actions Threaten Working Families.” To register, click here: aft.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

“[Spreading education services across various federal departments will] undermine public schools as places where diverse voices come together and where pluralism, the bedrock of our democracy, is strengthened.” — @aft.org President Randi Weingarten www.aft.org/press-releas...

From NorthJersey.com: NJ community colleges brace as DOJ declines to protect minority-serving grants www.northjersey.com/story/news/e...

“One thing as true today as decades ago is the need to fund and strengthen public schools. Today’s AFT understands what [late AFT President Al] Shanker’s did: Teachers want what students need.” — @aft.org President Randi Weingarten in The Washington Post www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

“From our perspective, these are proposals. We do not accept that they can unilaterally change the terms and conditions of the faculty bargaining unit.” — Jeff Halpern, Rider AAUP’s contract administrator and chief grievance officer reader.sl.nj.com/university-p... @aft.org @aaup.org

Share My Lesson offers an engaging collection of Thanksgiving lesson plans, historical accounts and more for PreK-12 students. Click here: sharemylesson.com/collections/...

From K-12 Dive: Building lesson plans to help students with autism thrive www.k12dive.com/news/student...

From K-12 Dive: Advocates ask to keep data collection for special education racial disparities www.k12dive.com/news/special...

From The New York Times: Kindergartners With Chromebooks: 350 Teachers on How Screens Took Over School www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...

To register for this hourlong webinar, which begins at 5 p.m. ET on Nov. 17, click here: sharemylesson.com/webinars/sup...

From The EDU Ledger: U.S. College Enrollment Rises 2 Percent This Fall, Led by Community College Gains www.theeduledger.com/institutions...

From Edutopia: The Power of Microlearning in Professional Learning Communities www.edutopia.org/article/micr...

From Education Week: Should Kids Miss School for Vacation? Parents Say Yes, Teachers Aren’t So Sure www.edweek.org/leadership/s...

SOLIDARITY ALERT: Show your support for Starbucks baristas in Starbucks Workers United, who have voted to authorize a strike this week at corporate stores, by signing their No Contract, No Coffee Pledge: starbucksworkersunited.controlshift.app/petitions/no...

Up to 40 full-time faculty members at Rider University will be let go effective Dec. 31, the remaining faculty will be given extra work, and pay for all employees will be cut by 14%, reports The Star-Ledger’s Rob Jennings: reader.sl.nj.com/rider-univer... @aft.org @aaup.org @rweingarten.bsky.social

From The EDU Ledger: College Tuition Rises Above Inflation for First Time in Five Years as Student Aid Landscape Shifts www.theeduledger.com/students/art...

Rider University administrators plan to lay off 25 percent of full-time faculty by Dec. 31, reports The Rider News’ Grace Bertrand: theridernews.com/rider-set-to... @aft.org @rweingarten.bsky.social @aaup.org

From The Associated Press: States are pushing for more scrutiny of antisemitism in schools apnews.com/article/scho...