🚨NEW investigation from me and @jeremykohler.bsky.social
We dug into the past of Ed Martin, Trump's top prosecutor in D.C. What we found is remarkable.
Best of all: We got the receipts.
Pls read and share.
www.propublica.org/article/ed-m...
Requiring REAL IDs and passports and birth certificates to vote?!?
Imagine if these were required to buy a gun.
So. I wrote a dissertation on how economic crises can lead to the breakdown of authoritarian regimes.
Here are three key point to keep in mind as you watch the news this week 🧵
This video, better than stills, illustrates just how many people marched in Boston yesterday.
City hall plaza, filled from the JFK federal building, stretching across Cambridge St and all the way down Tremont St to Boylston.
(From: Reddit)
Yesterday, we sent a historically big message to Trump, Musk, and the GOP — and we also sent a signal to all those who agree with us but have spent the last few months feeling shaken, hopeless, and afraid. #handsoff
"This is a shallow vision of education as achievement without agency that we should question vigorously. Is achievement without agency truly the goal of a literate society? How can we harmonize this with education as a democratic practice?"
www.humanrestorationproject.org/writing/who-...
There was a lot of #AcademicFreedom, good scholarship, and independent thought in German universities before Hitler. After Hitler had risen to power, many academics fled the country. Some resisted the Nazi regime and were persecuted. Most adapted to a new situation. Here are some examples. 1/n
A Brief History of Students Today Aren’t Prepared for College
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Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #27,742!
In elementary school other kids and I traded and shared Atari 2600 game cartridges.
Considering how widespread chronic absenteeism is right now, why don't more school leaders identify it as a top problem? My colleague @jillbarshay.bsky.social explains why absenteeism can be genuinely hard to identify: hechingerreport.org/proof-points... #edusky
Today is an important day
A decisive legal victory for climate scientist Dr. Michael Mann in a defamation case that lasted a decade. Dr. Mann was awarded over $1,000,000 in damages.
The truth mattered today.
The composition of this image powerfully captures the narrative and timely poignancy you share.
The Power Broker, by Robert Caro, after listening to this and wanting to join along in the series this year.
It’s a unique state among New England, but not like what such a headline would suggest. With one of the largest legislative bodies in the world, including 400 representatives, and a system where any one can put forth legislation, the radical fringe sometimes make headlines, but it will never happen
Though it follows roasting, they’re a great part of a quinoa bowl mix.
I imagine this to be delicious!
Why Duke University Libraries is Dropping Basecamp.
blogs.library.duke.edu
Yours is a beaut as well. Properly groomed… now. We tend to let her go until we can’t stay ahead of the matting and then get her in. They’re such great dogs.
A woman with a red vest sits on a slab of granite looking out over a landscape of wooded, low rolling hills with two small lakes in view. A golden doodle wearing a sweater stands by her side looking back at you, the viewer.
Recent pic of ours:
Golden doodle?
Hah! Was just doing this. So many I know I never directly signed up for, and many I did that are now clearly showing me it’s time to part ways.
This is brilliant! Well done!
“You can’t get hurt skiing, unless you fall.” - Warren Miller
Yes, thank you. I always try to start from a place of inquiry: “What were you feeling when you said this? What was your intent?” And then, “Here is what I (or if I have heard from the student - what they) heard and felt.” (Of course, this is a basic script - often more nuanced and specific.)
Yes, agreed on both points. The feedback must be shared, and it can definitely be done in a supportive way with a positive outcome. An element of this is that this particular team of teachers reinforce themselves in being this way with kids. So it is part of a larger work in progress.
Thinking a lot this weekend on how to engage some teachers in conversation and hopefully critical reflection around some ways I have heard them speaking to and about students. #EduSky
Good stuff! My staple is the same, following James Morton’s recipe, from his Brilliant Bread book. We fell in love with him after seeing him on the British Bake Off.
Teacher moves up grades with the same cohort of students, remaining their teacher for multiple years.
