Columbia grad, Neuroscience & Behavior and Creative Writing. Fascinated with language. 日本語を喋れる! Reader, writer, teacher, flâneur, intersectional feminist, nerd!
New York, NY
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I made a YouTube to help students learn English! youtube.com/channel/UCYRkc_B…
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But, regarding my second point, accommodations are a temporary compromise. That’s when a student hands you a note from the disability office saying they need certain exceptions to succeed in your course.
Access should be built into the syllabus and course from the ground up.
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An anti-CRT movement targeted an accomplished educator — driving her out of two Georgia school districts. The mission began inside a golf community clubhouse on a Sunday afternoon, where parents were coached on how to land a Fox News appearance. propub.li/3VEiNBL
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We're on day three of adamant resistance to the idea that Christmas decorations and/or celebrations in public school classrooms are a problem, so -
A thought experiment thread. Take a deep breath. Relax your shoulders. Limber up your imagination.
95% of Democrats, 80% of independents, and 53% of Republicans are against book bans and will consider book bans when voting.
Find out more in our latest report on Voter Perceptions of Book Banning
everylibraryinstitute.org/bo… follow @everylibrary for more
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Brilliant course from @MadeByDyslexia and @Office Really great strategies for all which helps dyslexic students flourish! @SESTandL
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Just because a student does not raise their hand, does not mean that they are not thinking deeply about the content. We need to broaden what we mean by engagement in our classrooms/schools. This will invite/value more students in the learning process.
Very disappointed in the author of Maximum Ride today. :(
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White authors account for 76% of all books published my major publishing houses from 2019-2021.
White people account for 64% of the overall population. We're still be over-represented.
publishersweekly.com/pw/by-t….
holding space for my students, though all the emotions that are coming up this week without the mask mandate, is so important.
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"We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people, but for the appalling silence of the good people." -Martin Luther King.
Letters From A Birmingham Jail
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Activision-Blizzard's workers alliance group has announced they are going on strike from today, with a Strike Fund setup to support them:
gofundme.com/f/abk-strike-fu…
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I couldn't figure out where the comma(s) in "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" should go, so I hit myself in the face.
I forgot what airports were like. There’s a fully-grown adult eating sushi off the floor, and there are a bunch of people in black praying while one confused guy in a white polo and Mets cap is standing in the middle of them, starting to half-bop along.
