Casey Stockstill

who’s ready for my 6 social media posts of the year?? I’m almost here for #ess2025! so happy for a very close conference

OPINION: Instead of panicking over test scores, let’s rethink how we measure learning and student success - The Hechinger Report For decades, education policy has lurched from one student test score panic to the next, diverting attention from what truly matters. Instead of obsessing over test scores, we should focus on the broa...

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Declassified CIA Guide to Sabotaging Fascism Is Suddenly Viral The World War II-era "Simple Sabotage Field Manual" is full of steps that office workers can take to resist leadership.

Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet:

www.404media.co/declassified...

It's been 11 days since I've unclenched my teeth.
It's been 30 days since my household was healthy.
It's been 84 years since I started writing this paper.

Keep sharing your JOY ✨

Keep celebrating your PhD defenses, job offers, and awards! Keep telling us ALL the good things.

Joy & Hope are what keep us going when things look bleak. They are also forms of resistance.

As a Sociologist who has studied families and schools for nearly two decades, there are many things I want to say (or yell) about the new EO on Education. But for now I'll just say--if you want to achieve the (longstanding GOP) goal of privatizing public schooling, this is a great place to start. 1/

Time for America To Get Over Our Ivy League Obsession | Opinion Schools like Harvard, Yale, and UPenn have long served as finishing schools for the wealthiest and the whitest of the old-money American elite.

From an op-ed I wrote for Newsweek on the role elite schools played in creating people like Vance by promoting the meritocracy myth.

www.newsweek.com/time-america...

I had no hail-mary requests for grade bumps this fall, and I just would like to thank the gods for that. A lovely way to end the fall term!

this is the last item from my dissertation research bucket list...I have a whole coded file of field notes just sitting there, laughing at me.

I am seeking a coauthor who wants to write about jokes in preschool classrooms. Must: love Spencer Cahill's work and have a symbolic interactionist sensibility. Preferred: a qualitatively-included graduate student seeking coauthorship opportunities.

I'm not joking!!!!!

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ok WOW Rev.com pricing for transcription went up! It used to be $1.25 per minute and is now $2 a minute. Does anyone know why? And any suggestions for alternatives?

The Elite College Students Who Can’t Read Books To read a book in college, it helps to have read a book in high school.

What books did you read in high school that stuck with you, and why? No one reads books in hs anymore! www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc... so we're remembering what books did to our teenage selves. If you have one, send us a voice memo: radioatlantic@theatlantic.com

***these thoughts are mine alone as an untenured, powerless individual. they do not reflect the values of my employer or colleagues.

My workplace just basically banned departments from making public statements, UNLESS they follow a highly articulated process. I have a lot of thoughts***, including that the policy prescribes an unusual amount of collective action for a place with no shared governance.

it was really lovely. it's always nice to have some community when writing.

a room with wooden tables and Christmas decorations.

It’s the third and last day of the coziest writing retreat in Vermont. I’m so fortunate to be here with colleagues-turned-friends ❄️

But…then how does Quebec punish parents for daring to have a baby??

My nervous, gobsmacked laugh yesterday when folks mentioned that the infant ratio in public child care is 2:1.

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Anonymous Donor Gifts $3.54 M. to Milwaukee Art Museum to Make Admission Free for Kids The donation will mean free admission for kids 12 years of age and under in perpetuity.

I wrote about how the Milwaukee Art Museum received an anonymous gift of $3.54 million that will fund admission for kids 12 and under in perpetuity: www.artnews.com/art-news/new...

I like to spend 6 days designing a custom planner on Plum Paper and then shove it in my desk.

oh yes. I know he’s a cultural icon.

My bus home to Concord has heat 🙌🏽

Burlington VT is so cute.

The vibes have no relation to the coat factory though…

barred from interstate fucking travel. anyone with a uterus is a second class citizen in potentia

Spotify Wrapped feels like a mirror for our narcissism. They know we love learning things about ourselves. It’s genius, really: make people feel special for having the most generic habits imaginable. Wrapped is a data-driven ego boost for a society desperate to feel unique.

We’re stopped in Burlington and this lady is pacing the aisle of the bus spraying Axe body spray everywhere.

Is she a retired middle school teacher??

and now half the passengers are coughing so that’s great.

a close up of an older woman eating a tomato . Alt: a close up of an older man eating a tomato.

damn Lord Denethor was unhinged

I do not donate to my employer because we are already in a labor for compensation relationship. I'm very confused by these emails.

Watching the extended edition of Return of the King is warming me up on this cold bus.

At least I’m not approaching the fires of Mordor…

HDFS @ Purdue is hiring a research professor (assistant/associate level) focused on early childhood education. This position is a non-tenure, but promotable, track. View the ad and submit your materials at: careers.purdue.edu/job/Professo.... We will begin reviewing applications after January 2nd.