Instructional coaches, these three free tools can help you balance trust with accountability: edut.to/49Wq8Xa #InstructionalCoach #EduSky

Great first day at NYSCATE

So far, Republicans would rather shut down the government. So Americans face flight delays, reduced services, and mounting economic damage. It's time for Trump and Republicans to change course on health care and reopen the government.

Dear NYC: 1. The last day to register to vote is October 25, 2025. 2. There will be two mayoral debates, on Thursday, October 16 and Wednesday, October 22.

My statement on Donald Trump's threat to deport me and his praise for Eric Adams, who the President "helped out" of legal accountability.

How are the MAGAs liking Musk today? 😂 We agree the bill is an abomination, but don’t get it twisted, Musk. It only took an international boycott to get you to change your tune. We’re still boycotting you. We haven’t forgotten. Foxtrot Echo Mike.

When something in the news makes me furious, I see if there's something I can *do*, even if it's as small as spending on time on books they don't want us reading or writing. (author friends, join @authorsabb.bsky.social, publisher friends get involved w/ anti book banning efforts in your houses!)

My tulips and petunias. #bloomscrolling #spring #findthejoyinthedarkness

I didn’t give a wit about new pope coverage, but the first American pope being a man with Black ancestry born in Chicago by way of New Orleans by way of Haiti. Names his self after the pope who condemned slavery? In the Trump era? Oh, baebae, I am HERE for it. www.wwltv.com/article/news...

See also Joy Buolamwini’s #AlgorithmicJusticeLeague

The Institute for Racial Equity in Literacy is BACK! Join @sonjacherrypaul.bsky.social and I on July 9 and 10 for an ONLINE gathering focused on our most urgent challenges as educators right now. Register at TheIREL.org. ⬇️ #IREL25

What a disgusting soulless man.

Keep posting

Tomorrow, April 1, is Election Day in Wisconsin and Florida, and don’t be fooled: the stakes could not be higher. Luckily, Team Big Picture is here with all you need to stay informed.

We have each other. We are the Resistance now. All of us.

This isn’t about fixing bureaucracy in Washington. This is about defunding your local public school. amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/03/...

Link to Senate resolution text and list of cosponsors: www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...

Write to urge your representatives to support Ukraine by co-sponsoring House and Senate resolutions. House resolution is H. Res. 154. Link to House resolution text and list of cosponsors: www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...

To Presidents Zelenskyy from embarrassed Americans - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/to...

Sorry, 1 x 2 5/8", as someone pointed out! But most of these are 2x4"

Took 5 min today and whipped up simple designs in Canva. Sized to fix 2 x 4" and 1 x 1 5/8" mailing labels. Print them by the sheet and stick them up: lampposts, parking meters, sidewalks. (Just don't be a jerk.) Remind people this isn't normal & they're not alone, and encourage them to act.

A Ph.D. Read that again. Most people can’t endure what it takes to complete a bachelor’s degree under the best circumstances. #BlackHerStory #KnowHerName Anna Julia Cooper nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stor...

Resist.

If you dis not know Audre Lorde (1934–1992) was a poet, essayist, librarian, feminist, and equal rights activist. #BlackHerStoryMonth

Despite being "socialized to respect fear more than our own needs for language and definition," she concludes that "it is not difference which immobilizes us, but silence. And there are so many silences to be broken." Such an important insight in the struggle against fascism. ❤️✊

This is a quote that we should be thinking about. Will we be silent?

It’s the rule.

The rules are the rules.#TomHollandUmbrellaLaw

Public education is the backbone of American democracy. In the richest country in the history of the world, we cannot abandon our teachers and our public schools.

This gives me Hope. Continue to resist. www.headsupnews.org/p/what-you-c...

This is a really useful collection of pieces written in defense of the U.S. Department of Education. Nice work, @newamerica.org

Join us for our fantastic March event. Learn, network, and grow. www.mylearningplan.com/WebReg/Activ...

Join me for an evening if networking and learning. Registration www.mylearningplan.com/WebReg/Activ...

“If you are in a blue state or a Democratic district, you need to push your representatives to engage the battle relentlessly, to “leave no power on the table,” and to use all of the tools available to them to resist.” sherrilyn.substack.com/p/democracy-... 2/2

Keep calling.

Call your reps (again!)--find their info at reps.fyi. Tell them to join AOC. 👇

I called Rep. Nicholas Langworthy 5calls.org/issue/protec...

It only takes a moment to call. Resist.

NY residents go to this link: www.votervoice.net/mobile/CFEC/... We cannot let this happen to our children.

There is so much right now. You can't do everything. But you don't have to. There are a lot of us and we are going to share the load. We make progress *together*. Ask yourself honestly: what can I do to help TODAY? Then do it. Tomorrow, try to do a little more. You got this. ❤️👊

I can’t believe we are here.

You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.

Here is a script you can use for any issue. Find your reps' # at reps.fyi or 5calls.org. Every time you see a news story that horrifies you: call, or something else about it. It matters to say what you believe. You are setting a norm.

Listen to Secretary Pete. And remember, these are our funds. These are our courts. And these are our streets.

I stand with the trans community. Pass it along.