If we’re debating how, not if, to use AI in our schools, we’ve already lost.

Most teaching days are chaotic and stressful and weirdly rewarding Some days are just bad. It’s so, so hard to see a kid suffer and not be able to fix it for them

The DOE decided to throw NYC students to the winds today and offer no real protections on their right to an education free of AI. We need to speak out - we need your help.

Amanda Pascali

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"Dismantling the fledgling harm-reduction effort, defense analysts say, is among several ways the Trump administration has reorganized national security around two principles: more aggression, less accountability."

Worth reading!

"If Microsoft is going to continue working with ICE, teachers are rightfully concerned about using Microsoft's AI tools in the classroom while their students are being deported. But Microsoft refuses to answer to them." Mayor Mamdani, we need AI out of schools now. 2/2

@mayor.nyc.gov This is what Rep Summer Lee is saying. We need AI out of schools--now. ICE is using data from AI-based school surveillance to aid and abet their mass deportation efforts. 1/2

Accommodate students when and how you can. They will appreciate it more than you know

Ramadan Reminders for Teachers: 1. The basics: Islam is a global religion. Religious practices differ depending on cultural and historical traditions. Language and terminology also vary. However, core beliefs (5 Pillars) are non-negotiable. That includes observing Ramadan.

"In Warm Demander classrooms, relationship-building is not an incidental side effect of good teaching; it’s central to the curriculum." www.cultofpedagogy.com/warm-demande...

JUST IN: A federal judge has barred Gov DeSantis from designating CAIR as a terrorist organization and punish those who associate with the group. “Once again, Florida chooses political posturing over the First Amendment,” Judge Walker writes. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Phonics. COVID. Screens. All of these are factors, sure. But keep looking for simplistic explanations, keep having complex problems. It's never just one thing. Time for some open+ honest conversations about what's happening in our schools, and with our children. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

The racist element in NYC school system is rarely so blatantly expressed in public spaces, but make no mistake, it’s always there. pix11.com/news/local-n...

This is HUGE

Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick

Bring back the humanities

I really wish teachers would be involved in the decisions made that depend on their labor.

taking care of this kitten & I noticed something. when he first got home he was anxious, scared, hiding, didn’t want to play. 2 days later he is letting us pick him up & pet him AND he is relaxed enough to play. kittens learn through play. as do children. lesson for teachers.

this, and we should let go of the expectation of achieving peace in this world. aim for purpose instead

We’d love to hear your thoughts!!!

On curriculum presentations: if they can’t tell you specifically & in detail how the curriculum is culturally relevant or affirming, it’s not.

The Supreme Court forced schools to educate Black children. Education has always been political.

This district found a 4-step formula to boost AP scores: ➡️ Focusing on summative assessment ➡️ Designing instruction to match the assessment ➡️ Providing opportunities for formative practice that mirrored assessment ➡️ Allowing retakes with more practice Here’s how it happened! #EduSky

let me not say anything because it's not going to be nice

Breaking the 🧊 with 3 questions for Rep Grace Meng

How do I know NYC Reads needs a radical reworking? Well, for one, I can't teach a lesson from HMH with fidelity AND receive a highly effective rating on my observation. In fact, the more I depart from the teachers' guide, the better my rating gets.

“Teach students to read. Period.” Oh wow. Why didn’t we think of that before

Zohran just went out and fixed the Williamsburg Bridge bike entrance. Just did it. No faffing, no nonsense. Bam. Fixed.

Every teacher I talked to today said they had a restful break. We got nothing done. But we rested and that's something

So many in media are ill-equipped to interview officials about what’s happening because they begin with the presumption of legitimacy and don’t know enough about history or U.S. foreign policy to foment intelligent pushback and hold officials accountable.

An idea from Alfie Kohn

The wealthy are always so GD worried some poor people are gonna commit some small time fraud. Meanwhile, big corporations are committing HUGE afraid. Just look at defense contractors. Why? Because we have all been taught to see the wealthy as virtuous and to see the poor as lazy and unworthy.

Something that I think would be really helpful in building a broader coalition here: a substantive conversation about what the "newer era" of the canon can/should be? Like, which 10-12 books should be part of the canon from the past 50 years? That should be a conversation!

Some of us teach social studies what are we supposed to say to the kids tomorrow

On X, a senior U.S. Justice Department official is promoting a post that praises colonization as “one of the greatest things that ever happened to the backwards parts of the world.”👇

Protesting is one concrete action we can take, among many. On its own it’s not enough

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Jamaal Bowman presents an equity and justice model of leadership that prioritizes people over bureaucracy. NYC Educators for Palestine is proud to stand in support of him as our next chancellor. @nycschools.bsky.social @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social @council.nyc.gov www.change.org/p/support-dr...

just passed a billboard ad for scungilli only in #NewJersey

Teachers who believe it’s their responsibility to prepare their students for an AI future— it’s their future more. And they think it’s cringe

Thanks for sharing this document, @rweingarten.bsky.social. I read it, and I believe it's inexcusably inadequate and will not prepare teachers or schools to confront the very real dangers of the "A.i." products pushed by your partners, including OpenAI. A few thoughts for your consideration...

Chalkbeat asked dozens of experts, students, parents, educators, and nonprofit leaders to share bold ideas for the incoming mayor to consider as he crafts an agenda for New York City’s public schools. www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025...

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