AFT agrees with @ameracadpeds.bsky.social! 21st century digital ecosystems call on parents, educators and healthcare providers to team up in promoting kids' well-being. publications.aap.org/pediatrics/a...

@educationmn.bsky.social is suing to keep ICE away from schools. “Students can’t learn, and educators can’t teach, when there are armed, masked federal agents stationed within view of classroom windows, sometimes for days on end." — President Monica Byron www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...

What a useful resource for organizing.

if you're concerned about - kids being separated from families - government agencies that operate with little to no attention to due process - twisted narratives about marginalized groups and community safety ... be the change with #MandatedSupport bit.ly/4caFE2L

What does it mean to teach Black history 100 years after the first commemoration? In a @sharemylesson.bsky.social blog, Natalie Dean shares that this milestone invites educators to reflect, reimagine and recommit to honoring Black voices in the classroom year-round. sharemylesson.com/blog/century...

Cell phones have been getting a lot of attention lately ... love that AAP situates them here into a broader and thoughtful discussion of adult responsibilities and opportunities for navigating 21st century digital landscapes for kids' well-being. publications.aap.org/pediatrics/a...

"Oftentimes, the child welfare system is more of a reflection of where the gaps are in the larger society." --Bethany R. Lee, University of Maryland www.usnews.com/news/best-st...

📱 Cellphone limits help, but they’re only part of the picture. Student well-being also depends on strong school mental health systems, restorative justice, trauma-informed care, and bullying prevention ❤️ https://bit.ly/4bz4hpI Build your toolkit https://bit.ly/4tl96tg 😊 @aft.org

“You can’t just put a cellphone ban in place. There are all these other things you need to do, including making sure you have a really robust mental health system that can recognize the impacts of social media and cellphone use and address them.” www.edweek.org/technology/h...

To help students recognize & not fall for "divide & conquer" purpose of hate speech by US president against Somalis & other immigrants, we recommend "The Sum of Us" book & podcast by Heather McGhee. Thanks to a donation, we gave away 2600 copies of YA edition. ⬇️ www.zinnedproject.org/news/sum-of-...

semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003 when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out

obviously not in the sense that it’s stopping everything, but they are being stalled so much by trying to find places where they aren’t watched, wasting so much manpower and resources on crowd control and even arresting observers they know will just get released. i am so proud of everyone

Kind of wild there has been almost no coverage of the fact that the federal government unleashed chemical weapons against literal kids *at school*. workdaymagazine.org/minneapolis-...

Remembering today that having your heart broken is a necessary step on the path to becoming fully human. Whichever heartbreak is your first, it’s probably critical that a state break your heart so that you can develop a political imagination. If this is your first, I’m sorry and also welcome.

We don't have to live like this.

"Providing the help needed to a family before making a report to CPS is vital to keeping children safe, without traumatizing children simply because their families lack resources and have needs." --Valerie L'Herrou, Deputy Director, VA Poverty Law Center Start by talking to families: bit.ly/491eNTK

David Friedman, kindergarten teacher at PS 69 in Queens, lead about 25 fellow members at a “Demystifying Disability” workshop on Dec. 3 at the union’s Queens borough office. The lesson is based a workshop he developed at his school after experiencing disability-based discrimination.

I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.

How can schools best support students with significant medical needs? 💙 This @AFT.org publication offers practical guidance for teachers, nurses & staff on training, safety & legal responsibilities. 👉 https://sharemylesson.com/teaching-resource/serving-medically-fragile-child-school-setting-406060

to find news local to you, a convenient starter pack: go.bsky.app/2Fq4P6e

my unpopular opinion is that #adoption is not an alternative to abortion. And it is certainly not a solution to the lack of access to safe and affordable abortions. Compelling vulnerable people to relinquish their own children by ignoring their material needs is just another way to oppress them.

What A Friend We Have In Cheeses 🙏🏾🧀

The numbers are in! 2025 activity on @sharemylesson.bsky.social shows a clear pattern: Educators are looking for new ways to "protect and support the students who needed it most—and to do it with care, equity and community trust."

"System-engaged families are clear: They wish someone had spoken to them before taking concerns to an unknown [child protective services] agent with the power to take their kids." --Jim Arey, retired teacher & union pres 4 steps to talk directly w/ families about suspected neglect: bit.ly/491eNTK

I commissioned @radicalemprints.bsky.social to make this letterpress print for me. I think that it turned out beautifully. You should check out their other work: www.radicalemprints.com - this is my twist on a @ladyofsardines.bsky.social comrade card. A few folks are receiving a print.

Help us send 2,000 books to readers who are incarcerated this winter through our Books Not Bars program

Buying my copy! 📕 We Are Each Other's Liberation: Black & Asian Feminist Solidarities edited by Rachel Kuo, Jaimee A. Swift, and TD Tso is available now at @haymarketbooks.org This is a call for us to build a just future together!

Let's not immediately assume AI is the solution to every problem, especially in health, where AI cause harm and has the potential to amplify existing health inequities. Let’s listen to communities first.

Thee UFT has compiled resources on the rights of immigrants, the current threat of deportation and how we as educators can support our immigrant students and their families. NYC public schools have extra city and state protections, regardless of federal policy. Read more: https://bit.ly/4iLJpgp

"Families don’t need more scrutiny—they need more support. Trauma grows in systems built on punishment, but healing happens in systems built on trust." --Kim Ochs, RI SEL coach, shares lessons from this year's "Call to Action to Change Child Welfare" Kempe conference Her blog: bit.ly/3KzXlNY

we keep us safe 💛

this is disappointing new brief suggests that schools should innovate around mandatory reporting ... by more carefully integrating AI www.aipolicylab.org/post/ai-chat...

This is a gift. Thank you to @siembranc.bsky.social for sharing this new toolkit with what they did when Border Patrol showed up in NC: docs.google.com/document/d/1... - share far and wide especially with our comrades in MN and LA (New Orleans esp).

Quinta Brunson has launched a fund to provide free field trips for public school students in Philadelphia. The Emmy-winning actress also donated $25,000 for students experiencing food insecurity. 🔗: form-renderer-app.donorperfect.io/give/fundsdp...

One bad decision as a teen shouldn’t cost young Californians decades of opportunities. #CDFCA’s Milinda Kakani warns CapRadio News how a new state law treats youth like adults and expands surveillance instead of addressing root causes. Read more: https://bit.ly/4iisBxfx

Florida is moving toward eliminating vaccine requirements for school enrollment - an open door to infectious disease. Educators worry first about their students. www.aft.org/news/florida...

New brief from UCLA explores how schools can balance technology use with focus, well-being, and equity. Read the report to explore thoughtful, community-centered cell phone + personal device policies for today’s classrooms at transformschools.ucla.edu/research/str...

The average SNAP recipient gets a $6 daily boost - about the equivalent of working 38min at minimum wage. Even brief lapses in benefits distribution are related to increased risk of child welfare system engagement. imprintnews.org/law-policy/h...

New evidence: "Across [countries of all income statuses], safe and enabling school environments (whole-school approaches) have the strongest evidence for reducing youth violence." www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Blog on what makes a (Lowell, MA) community school: health van to boost vax; insurance enrollment support; civic debate instruction; on-site barber, laundry + food pantry; garden; MS college mentors; before-school programming; early warning data tracker www.communityschools.org/news/buildin...

Children's Grief Awareness Day is this Thursday, November 20. Check out free, self-paced resources from the Coalition to Support Grieving Students to know what to say (and not say) to bereaved kids - just after a loss + for the 'long haul' of mourning thereafter. sharemylesson.com/partner/coal...

Listened to these @workingclasshistory.com podcasts today. Really great lessons on using whats at hand to defeat the oppressors. workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e53-...

Across the U.S., various organizations work to ensure that people who are incarcerated have access to literature.

Alice Wong taught us that disabled people don’t just leave memories behind—they leave infrastructure. Lineages of care. Methods of collectivity, survival. She named the connective tissue that holds our communities together, even across death, even across the losses that come too fast and too often.

The people Who were never going to vote for you Are not convinced By your abuse of the people who will

If you have to get permission to teach in your area of expertise from people who are definitionally not qualified to adjudicate your expertise then you are no longer working at a university. You’re working at a state propaganda factory.

The People Want to Read: on the massive budget cuts proposed for Chicago Public Library. What's at stake and what you can do, whether or not you live in Chicago. buttondown.com/wellsourced/...

absolutely incredible data on what's being reported to the Administration for Children's Services in NYC familypolicynyc.org/data-brief/h...