alecia 🍁🌿
@aleciamarie.bsky.social
teaching, writing & composing, digital spaces & pedagogies, motivation, literacies, arts, poetry, systems & relationships of learning, knitting, forests.
english teaching prof @ unh. all opinions are mine, not my employer’s.
english teaching prof @ unh. all opinions are mine, not my employer’s.
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NH Teachers! Help young writers shine by serving as a judge! Flexible schedule (8–10 hrs total), all online, and you can still judge even if your students submit.
More info: nhcte.org/index.php/co... #EduSky #EduSkyAI @kristinapeterson.bsky.social @aleciamarie.bsky.social
More info: nhcte.org/index.php/co... #EduSky #EduSkyAI @kristinapeterson.bsky.social @aleciamarie.bsky.social
September 8, 2025 at 1:03 AM
NH Teachers! Help young writers shine by serving as a judge! Flexible schedule (8–10 hrs total), all online, and you can still judge even if your students submit.
More info: nhcte.org/index.php/co... #EduSky #EduSkyAI @kristinapeterson.bsky.social @aleciamarie.bsky.social
More info: nhcte.org/index.php/co... #EduSky #EduSkyAI @kristinapeterson.bsky.social @aleciamarie.bsky.social
This is a very helpful explainer about what the federal Dept of Education does. (Short answer: it’s not state curricular guidance.) #EduSky
open.substack.com/pub/aubreyhi...
open.substack.com/pub/aubreyhi...
Some Facts on the Department of Education
because even the president seems to have no idea what they do
open.substack.com
March 19, 2025 at 1:46 AM
This is a very helpful explainer about what the federal Dept of Education does. (Short answer: it’s not state curricular guidance.) #EduSky
open.substack.com/pub/aubreyhi...
open.substack.com/pub/aubreyhi...
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We published as a journalism resource but I know a lot of my #Edusky folks will find this useful too. It has:
- Global perspectives from the journalists keeping you informed about AI
- A break down of pressing AI issues
- A note on the application to education
pulitzercenter.org/hype-reality...
- Global perspectives from the journalists keeping you informed about AI
- A break down of pressing AI issues
- A note on the application to education
pulitzercenter.org/hype-reality...
From Hype to Reality: Demystifying AI Through Baseline Research
Artificial intelligence has transformed the way we live, work, and interact. It has been woven into the fabric of our lives, creating the perception that “intelligent” machines could be a solution for...
pulitzercenter.org
March 18, 2025 at 8:40 PM
We published as a journalism resource but I know a lot of my #Edusky folks will find this useful too. It has:
- Global perspectives from the journalists keeping you informed about AI
- A break down of pressing AI issues
- A note on the application to education
pulitzercenter.org/hype-reality...
- Global perspectives from the journalists keeping you informed about AI
- A break down of pressing AI issues
- A note on the application to education
pulitzercenter.org/hype-reality...
Do you know what happens when graduate student funding is cut? Often, it means we ALL miss out on their new, promising ideas bc the project doesn’t go forward.
Getting a grant like this is incredible! I’m so sorry this happened to you, Megan. Sorry for all of us who could have benefited.
Getting a grant like this is incredible! I’m so sorry this happened to you, Megan. Sorry for all of us who could have benefited.
March 18, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Do you know what happens when graduate student funding is cut? Often, it means we ALL miss out on their new, promising ideas bc the project doesn’t go forward.
Getting a grant like this is incredible! I’m so sorry this happened to you, Megan. Sorry for all of us who could have benefited.
Getting a grant like this is incredible! I’m so sorry this happened to you, Megan. Sorry for all of us who could have benefited.
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With @dahlialithwick.bsky.social on the many implications—all horrifying—of the Trump administration reviving seemingly unconstitutional Red Scare–era laws to abduct and disappear Mahmoud Khalil, without due process, in retaliation against his protected speech. slate.com/news-and-pol...
March 15, 2025 at 4:40 PM
With @dahlialithwick.bsky.social on the many implications—all horrifying—of the Trump administration reviving seemingly unconstitutional Red Scare–era laws to abduct and disappear Mahmoud Khalil, without due process, in retaliation against his protected speech. slate.com/news-and-pol...
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This is who was fired from the union workforce at the Department of Education yesterday. Every single number is a person who served the nation and whose life was wrongly disrupted. That's the first tragedy, but it's clearly not the only one.
March 12, 2025 at 10:52 AM
This is who was fired from the union workforce at the Department of Education yesterday. Every single number is a person who served the nation and whose life was wrongly disrupted. That's the first tragedy, but it's clearly not the only one.
Urgent call for #AERA members whose research uses restricted #NCES datasets: (1) take their survey & (2) call congresspeople ASAP. #EduSky
AERA has just learned that all restricted-use NCES data licenses will be cancelled, possibly as early as March 20. We urgently request that all AERA members and others in the research community with restricted-use licenses take these two actions: www.aera.net/Research-Pol...
March 15, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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Universities: We must, indeed, all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately
Columbia was first, but it seems very likely they're going to effectively use the same playback to retract federal scientific funding. A new hit list from Trump's Dept of Ed. www.ed.gov/about/news/p...
March 14, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Universities: We must, indeed, all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately
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Here’s another win, from our favorite allergist @rubinallergy.bsky.social
We will have a flu vaccine for next season!!! There was a lot of concern that it wasn’t gonna happen but a meeting was held and they did decide which strains to target
So bravo to the amazing fighters who made this happen
We will have a flu vaccine for next season!!! There was a lot of concern that it wasn’t gonna happen but a meeting was held and they did decide which strains to target
So bravo to the amazing fighters who made this happen
We will have influenza vaccines for next season!
But what happened?
drrubin.substack.com
March 14, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Here’s another win, from our favorite allergist @rubinallergy.bsky.social
We will have a flu vaccine for next season!!! There was a lot of concern that it wasn’t gonna happen but a meeting was held and they did decide which strains to target
So bravo to the amazing fighters who made this happen
We will have a flu vaccine for next season!!! There was a lot of concern that it wasn’t gonna happen but a meeting was held and they did decide which strains to target
So bravo to the amazing fighters who made this happen
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i am once again saying that if you allow polling to define rights, you don't have any real rights at all
the problem with the "trans sports participation is a loser / 80-20 issue" framing is that it ignores how it got that way. it didn't just happen out of nowhere. It's been a 5+ year campaign by Republicans to make it an 80-20 issue, and noone fought back.
March 6, 2025 at 7:32 PM
i am once again saying that if you allow polling to define rights, you don't have any real rights at all
I know what my call to @shaheen.senate.gov is going to be tomorrow.
March 6, 2025 at 12:59 AM
I know what my call to @shaheen.senate.gov is going to be tomorrow.
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Every time you see what sounds like a wild claim about woke research, you can assume a) it will fall apart under the most basic of inspection, b) the person making the claim will never be held accountable for lying, and c) it is a cover to gut useful research that we benefit from.
Trump claimed the Biden administration spent $8 million "making mice transgender." The White House tried to back up this number with records of funding for research into cancer, asthma, and HIV, some of which used *transgenic* (genetically modified) mice.
Trump Decried Millions Spent 'Making Mice Transgender.' It Was Cancer and Asthma Research
President Trump falsely claimed that Biden spent $8 million on 'making mice transgender,' but the real research was for human health.
www.rollingstone.com
March 5, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Every time you see what sounds like a wild claim about woke research, you can assume a) it will fall apart under the most basic of inspection, b) the person making the claim will never be held accountable for lying, and c) it is a cover to gut useful research that we benefit from.
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I have warned about the rightwing attack on empathy. It is as dangerous as any attack on democracy. It will accelerate in Musks’ hands. open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
March 5, 2025 at 2:02 PM
I have warned about the rightwing attack on empathy. It is as dangerous as any attack on democracy. It will accelerate in Musks’ hands. open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
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"Free speech is back" says the president who this week posted on social media that he would be banning and criminalizing what he deems "illegal protests" at colleges and universities.
March 5, 2025 at 2:34 AM
"Free speech is back" says the president who this week posted on social media that he would be banning and criminalizing what he deems "illegal protests" at colleges and universities.
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The final vote: 51-45, with 4 people absent.
CLOTURE FAILS, A CONGRESSIONAL SPORTS BAN WILL NOT HAPPEN.
Democrats hold firm, not a single dem voted for cloture.
MAJOR victory for everyone who called in today and this week in support of trans people.
CLOTURE FAILS, A CONGRESSIONAL SPORTS BAN WILL NOT HAPPEN.
Democrats hold firm, not a single dem voted for cloture.
MAJOR victory for everyone who called in today and this week in support of trans people.
March 4, 2025 at 12:04 AM
The final vote: 51-45, with 4 people absent.
CLOTURE FAILS, A CONGRESSIONAL SPORTS BAN WILL NOT HAPPEN.
Democrats hold firm, not a single dem voted for cloture.
MAJOR victory for everyone who called in today and this week in support of trans people.
CLOTURE FAILS, A CONGRESSIONAL SPORTS BAN WILL NOT HAPPEN.
Democrats hold firm, not a single dem voted for cloture.
MAJOR victory for everyone who called in today and this week in support of trans people.
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Dear universities, scientists, lawyers, farmers, workers, artists, doctors...
Being silent won't protect you.
Being silent won't protect you.
March 4, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Dear universities, scientists, lawyers, farmers, workers, artists, doctors...
Being silent won't protect you.
Being silent won't protect you.
Help improve literacy support! The Paraeducator Experience Project is conducting a research study (UNH IRB: IRB-FY2025-73) to better understand how paraeducators support learners & teachers. NH paras & educators, we'd love your input: ~10 mins. #EduSky
Link: unh.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Link: unh.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
March 4, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Help improve literacy support! The Paraeducator Experience Project is conducting a research study (UNH IRB: IRB-FY2025-73) to better understand how paraeducators support learners & teachers. NH paras & educators, we'd love your input: ~10 mins. #EduSky
Link: unh.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Link: unh.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
If you ever want to restore your faith in critical thought and debate, ask a group of undergraduates what they think about AI, social media, and their place in education/learning. Truly.
As faculty & researchers, we haven't yet done nearly enough of this kind of listening. #EduSky
As faculty & researchers, we haven't yet done nearly enough of this kind of listening. #EduSky
March 4, 2025 at 2:48 AM
If you ever want to restore your faith in critical thought and debate, ask a group of undergraduates what they think about AI, social media, and their place in education/learning. Truly.
As faculty & researchers, we haven't yet done nearly enough of this kind of listening. #EduSky
As faculty & researchers, we haven't yet done nearly enough of this kind of listening. #EduSky
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“Don’t join the book burners. Don't think you are going to conceal faults by concealing evidence that they ever existed. Don't be afraid to go in your library and read every book." — Dwight D. Eisenhower at Dartmouth, 1953
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March 4, 2025 at 1:18 AM
“Don’t join the book burners. Don't think you are going to conceal faults by concealing evidence that they ever existed. Don't be afraid to go in your library and read every book." — Dwight D. Eisenhower at Dartmouth, 1953
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Literacy: teaching students about platforms. #EduSky
"When 1000s of fake accounts... flood social media... & algorithms amplify these messages, real people may be fooled into believing that they are seeing opinions of fellow citizens. In contrast, the posts shared by real people are buried."
"When 1000s of fake accounts... flood social media... & algorithms amplify these messages, real people may be fooled into believing that they are seeing opinions of fellow citizens. In contrast, the posts shared by real people are buried."
IU's Observatory on Social Media defends citizens from online manipulation – the opposite of censorship
osome.iu.edu/research/blo...
osome.iu.edu/research/blo...
IU's Observatory on Social Media defends citizens from online manipulation – the opposite of censorship
When thousands of fake accounts controlled by an unknown actor flood social media with some story, and platform algorithms amplify these messages, real...
osome.iu.edu
March 4, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Literacy: teaching students about platforms. #EduSky
"When 1000s of fake accounts... flood social media... & algorithms amplify these messages, real people may be fooled into believing that they are seeing opinions of fellow citizens. In contrast, the posts shared by real people are buried."
"When 1000s of fake accounts... flood social media... & algorithms amplify these messages, real people may be fooled into believing that they are seeing opinions of fellow citizens. In contrast, the posts shared by real people are buried."
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THE KENDRICK SUPER BOWL CURRICULUM!! 🔥
by Linda J.M. Holloway, Ed.D., NCC & April T. Berry, Ph.D.
Legit great stuff here, teachers / professors:
by Linda J.M. Holloway, Ed.D., NCC & April T. Berry, Ph.D.
Legit great stuff here, teachers / professors:
Class is in Session with Kendrick Lamar- Curriculum Study Guide.pdf
drive.google.com
February 24, 2025 at 5:04 PM
THE KENDRICK SUPER BOWL CURRICULUM!! 🔥
by Linda J.M. Holloway, Ed.D., NCC & April T. Berry, Ph.D.
Legit great stuff here, teachers / professors:
by Linda J.M. Holloway, Ed.D., NCC & April T. Berry, Ph.D.
Legit great stuff here, teachers / professors:
Love YOU, Chaucer! 💜✨
Everye daye ys a goode daye to tell your friendes that you love them.
February 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Love YOU, Chaucer! 💜✨
Really useful if you need to explain university finances.
60% of research money for overhead isn’t “siphoning,” it’s “budgeting.” Who do you think pays for heat & upkeep in university buildings? The people who specialize in grant payroll & admin so we can focus on the research? Our grants do.
60% of research money for overhead isn’t “siphoning,” it’s “budgeting.” Who do you think pays for heat & upkeep in university buildings? The people who specialize in grant payroll & admin so we can focus on the research? Our grants do.
New, at Can We Still Govern?
Defenders of draconian federal cuts to research say that university endowments can cover the losses.
@epopppp.bsky.social explains why this won't work. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/no-univers...
Defenders of draconian federal cuts to research say that university endowments can cover the losses.
@epopppp.bsky.social explains why this won't work. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/no-univers...
No, University Endowments Can’t Replace Federal Science Funding
How Endowments Actually Work
donmoynihan.substack.com
February 24, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Really useful if you need to explain university finances.
60% of research money for overhead isn’t “siphoning,” it’s “budgeting.” Who do you think pays for heat & upkeep in university buildings? The people who specialize in grant payroll & admin so we can focus on the research? Our grants do.
60% of research money for overhead isn’t “siphoning,” it’s “budgeting.” Who do you think pays for heat & upkeep in university buildings? The people who specialize in grant payroll & admin so we can focus on the research? Our grants do.
This thread is important bc it means the AFT has brought a case that shows convincingly how DOGE’s seizure of data creates harm, like exposing consequential financial info for our students who have applied for loans.
Private educational data needs to be protected. Thank you, AFT. #EduSky
Private educational data needs to be protected. Thank you, AFT. #EduSky
Breaking news! The court just issued us a TRO in our lawsuit against Elon Musk's DOGE, so that they stop taking the private data of American citizens from the Department of Ed and OPM. More to come.
February 24, 2025 at 7:04 PM
This thread is important bc it means the AFT has brought a case that shows convincingly how DOGE’s seizure of data creates harm, like exposing consequential financial info for our students who have applied for loans.
Private educational data needs to be protected. Thank you, AFT. #EduSky
Private educational data needs to be protected. Thank you, AFT. #EduSky
If you (like me) have wanted to new ideas for local actions to show care for your community (because WE look after us; Trump & Elon obviously don’t), this list from @garrettbucks.bsky.social is very useful.
Thirty lonely but beautiful actions you can take right now which probably won't magically catalyze a mass movement against Trump but that are still wildly important
Why? Because others will see you do them, and it will make it easier for them to take their own (slightly less lonely but equally beautiful) action by your side
open.substack.com
February 23, 2025 at 6:40 PM
If you (like me) have wanted to new ideas for local actions to show care for your community (because WE look after us; Trump & Elon obviously don’t), this list from @garrettbucks.bsky.social is very useful.