Folks, you can't report the United States to its manager. There's no superhero coming to save us. We don't need one giant act of heroism. We need millions of small acts of solidarity. Help one person in your community for nothing in return. Then, do it again. And again. That's the revolution.

Tried out Grammarly's AI grade predictor. Didn't want to use actual student work, so I had ChatGPT write a paper for one of my assignments and gave that to Grammarly. Grammarly promises to use publicly available info about your instructor to predict what they will say. The advice was *not* what I /1

ICYMI - This week's post: Build, Don't Burn Some folks are arguing that school is irrevocably broken. But if we burn it all down, where is the will or the way to build anything new in it's place? practicaltheory.org/blog/2025/08...

Today is the last day of my first (and I keep hoping only) fundraising campaign and as of today, I'm just about 4/5ths of the way there. I am enterally grateful to everyone who donated, signal boosted, or reached out with encouragement.

Hey Northeast educators - We are running our summer institute again this year, partnering with Milford CT to offer three days of focused, problem solving PD around our most urgent topics. Plus a day for coaches! Sign up and join us:)

Kurt Vonnegut man

The people that I get to meet - and share car rides with - is the joy of this job, and the time with you two one of the peaks of @TCTELA. Yall are inspiring✨

Just thinking about what the US looked like before the EPA existed

We can still prioritize diversity, equity, and inclusion if we look to the work of Zaretta Hammond, @teachbk.bsky.social, @gholdym.bsky.social, @jamiladugan.bsky.social, @nqcliteracy.bsky.social, @novakeducation.bsky.social, Shane Safir, & Common Sense Media. www.cultofpedagogy.com/dei-under-at...

Same. Download all data now before everything disappears. This is not a drill.

Judge temporarily blocks effort to deport Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia student protests

really wish a literary critic would write about what it means for so many children to be reading the exact same books with the exact same worksheets all across the country, year after year for profit

In light of everything happening, I wrote about how the KKK in the 1920s felt unstoppable, about the people that fought against them anyway, and about how fascism always fails. dansinker.com/posts/202…

Public comment is now open for passport gender marker changes. You can go here to go to each of the three proposed passport rules, and submit comment. My suggestion: be unique, argue for trans-inclusive policies, against the constitutionality of the changes, etc. www.reddit.com/r/Passports/...

I have some time, so let’s take a look at the latest education op-ed in The Times. First, I want to make it clear I work at a magnet-like public school, so I know my experience is not universal; even I know writing about the problems of education from the viewpoint of a $60,000/yr day school is wild

Over 2,000 webpages containing LGBTQ+ information have been removed from federal government websites.

One of the regular features at Academic Freedom on the Line the newsletter for the Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom is going to be themed news round-ups. This week, the obeying in advance edition. academicfreedomontheline.substack.com/p/news-round...

It was so fun to sign today. What a great conference:)

Hell yeah. Hold the line. This is what we need people to do. Slow things down, don’t comply in advance so the courts have time to stop them. It’s starting to work.

“Do not bend your neck for that which cuts necks.” A Sumerian proverb, as relevant today as it was thousands of years ago.

We see you, Galveston ISD! Educator Ashley Hart shares her key takeaways from today’s morning session facilitated by @teachkate.bsky.social on unit design with students at the center of our planning efforts. #TCTELA2025

It’s a full house at #TCTELA2025 this morning as @teachkate.bsky.social takes the stage to express the legacy of beliefs that guide her practices.

Honored and excited to speak at @tctela.bsky.social #TCTELA today. Can’t tell you how beautiful a huge room full of educators ready to be in community is these days. 🙏❤️☀️

It’s important to know that a lot of productive activity is happening in person and offline, too. Not all of it can be broadcast online, but we’ve had hundreds of people showing up to our trainings, mobilizations, and more. Keep going. Tyranny is eroded by a sea of small acts. Everything matters.

This is my favorite picture of Stonewall. They knew they were getting arrested just for being LGBTQ+. Yet... they're still here, standing outside of the boarded up Stonewall Inn, smiling as the world was at a fever pitch of hatred against them. I think about it a lot in moments like this.

I’m not at all surprised. 💙

Don't look away. Keep track of it all. Normalize NONE of this. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Hey kids, have fun with the amazing Creative Writing Teacher Torture Wheel! You'll drive 'em wild!

Pin this, save it, we’ll need it. “When a prison camp opens in your town…when a DREAMer is disappeared from your classroom…when the President destroys what’s left of the Constitution…They will all say they didn’t know this was coming. And I want the American people to know that they did.” AOC 🔥🎯

I got to be a guest on 3 Questions with @teachkate.bsky.social Check it out. Also, go and buy The Heart of Fiction. It is awesome. #LiftingLiteracy www.youtube.com/watch?v=KslV...

These sessions have been a bright light. Brent is no exception: passionate, smart, brave, down to earth. Listen in!

“Research shows that flexibility in teaching methods and curricula allows teachers and students to participate more fully in the learning process” theconversation.com/why-being-fo...

SHARE WIDELY. KNOW YOUR RIGHTS. With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights. You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one. (1/3)

Menopause, Gen X, libraries and literacy. I will always treasure this conversation with @teachkate.bsky.social. If you’d like to hang out w/ two nerdy and awesome middle school teachers for an hour, listen in!

There aren’t many educators I enjoy talking to like I enjoy talking to @donalynbooks.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/0Nhk...

Cat Clinging To Side Of Christmas Tree Admits That Was Extent Of Plan theonion.com/cat-clinging...

Struck by how quick and insightful this poem by Perry Levitch in the new @newenglandreview.bsky.social is— “fishbowl / of unparticular malaise. like everywhere.” #poetry #amreading #poets #poem

sometimes feels futile or ridiculous but on balance I think it's still a good idea to keep saying it, in lots of different ways

December’s full moon (Cold Moon, the Longest Night Moon, Drift Clearing Moon, Frost Exploding Trees Moon , Moon of the Popping Trees (Oglala), Hoar Frost Moon, Snow Moon, Winter Maker Moon, Moon When the Deer Shed Their Antlers, Little Spirit Moon, Oak Moon) will be in Gemini. Ready your haiku!

This fell out of a book I hadn’t opened in years, and I can’t help but marvel at my confidence twinned with a dramatic lack of talent. Anybody else have shots of your younger moves?

Yet another "gender clinic whistleblower" account falls apart as soon as reporters talk to actual patients. www.bostonglobe.com/2024/12/03/m...

I'm sharing strategies, lesson plans, and a unit plan for teaching grammar with mentor texts! #English #EduSky movingwriters.org/2024/12/05/t...

Hint: it’s the library. They’ve worked hard to be your third space since before the term existed. Go to the library. You don’t have to spend money, you can just sit and exist.

I had a really phenomenal three days in Kansas City. Teachers really are something else. Committed. Real. Funny. I feel so lucky to do what I do ❤️😊✨

love love love this essay today from Jessica Dawn. everything about it. https://www.havehashad.com/rb6al

Just wondering: is this the precedent to set? So in a few years when kids can sound out words but not make meaning (like we saw the last time the pendulum swung this way) we sue? And we will just go back and forth suing each other? Cool cool. Sounds like this will be GREAT for kids.