Teaching & learning guy, proud soccer dad, recovering education journalist, #LFC supporter, explorer, poet in training, etc.!
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Really love this Alison Davis #poem. It captures something lovely about being a parent, working with kids, and the importance of staying positive in these dark times. Please pass it on! rattle.com/chit-chat-by... #poetry #writing #k12
Yes, I say,
while I braid her hair, and I believe us both.
—Alison Davis
rattle.com/chit-chat-by-alis…
Teachable question: what happens when you reduce job safety inspections?
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Here's what it looks like when government regulation fails, from a lesson I wrote for the NYT Learning Network :
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#HandsOff #K12 #sschat #OSHA #workersafety
Here’s my latest from the Mekong Review, enjoy and pass it on! #Cambodia #Publishing #Reading #SoutheastAsia mekongreview.com/growing-rea…
Must read! Really, take a moment and take this in. theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv…
Thanks for this @Zadie Smith on the magic of Tracy Chapman: ‘She didn’t just look like us – she was singing our songs’ theguardian.com/music/2025/m…
Great read!
“ To many people, the idea that Kriol is a legitimate form of speech is unfamiliar, and even absurd. It reminded me of the American public’s reaction to Ebonics — i.e., Black English — in 1996…”
#Australia
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Afraid to RT this? Be as brave as #Lucy was and pass it on! 😍 nytimes.com/2025/03/05/style… via @NYTimes
Inspiring work by #EAL teachers in the US, please pass it on! ❤️
A soccer ball, a T-shirt: teachers scramble to say goodbye to students fleeing under Trump. theguardian.com/us-news/2025…
Great read! chinafile.com/reporting-opin…
Amen and good luck to the locals in hanging on to their mountain! 🙏😍 ⛷️
nytimes.com/2025/01/23/us/mt… via @NYTimes
I very much appreciate this Republican governor’s nuanced and thoughtful views on immigration. This is what bipartisanship looks like! #immigration #border nytimes.com/2024/09/20/opini…
Education That Moves: How #TimWalz’ Teaching Aligns With Research on Emotions and Learning #K12 #politics #neuroscience medium.com/educreation/educa…
Tom Marshall retweeted
What can you achieve in 5 minutes with a teacher? Some meaningful trust-building, suggests @caselorg.
ALT A table walking through steps of a school leader's effective 5-minute chat with a teacher.
via @NYTimes ““In retrospect Sandy Hook marked the end of the US gun control debate,” Dan Hodges, a British journalist, wrote. “Once America decided killing children was bearable, it was over.” nytimes.com/2017/11/07/world…
Pass it on and follow @Hoont, folks!
