Alison Stone
@alisonstonebio.bsky.social
High school life science teacher in Doylestown, PA. West is best! 80% explicit instruction/20% inquiry, #MCP mentor #NBCT #APBiology #anatomy, runner, opinions are my own
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Alison Stone
@alisonstonebio.bsky.social
· Nov 13
How Brain Science Transformed the Way I Teach | Professional Learning Partnerships
Teaching students about how their brains work and then developing lessons around retrieval, spaced practice, and metacognition shifts the burden of learning from the teacher to the learner in the most...
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Hi, I’m new here, hoping to engage with #edusky, hoping we can recreate the bird site a few years ago with lots of great chats. Here’s a blog so you can see what I’m about in education www.learningpartnerships.org/resources/tr...
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The risks of AI in schools outweigh the benefits, report says
"The sweeping study includes focus groups and interviews with K-12 students, parents, educators and tech experts in 50 countries, as well as a literature review of hundreds of research articles."
www.npr.org/2026/01/...
"The sweeping study includes focus groups and interviews with K-12 students, parents, educators and tech experts in 50 countries, as well as a literature review of hundreds of research articles."
www.npr.org/2026/01/...
January 16, 2026 at 5:16 PM
The risks of AI in schools outweigh the benefits, report says
"The sweeping study includes focus groups and interviews with K-12 students, parents, educators and tech experts in 50 countries, as well as a literature review of hundreds of research articles."
www.npr.org/2026/01/...
"The sweeping study includes focus groups and interviews with K-12 students, parents, educators and tech experts in 50 countries, as well as a literature review of hundreds of research articles."
www.npr.org/2026/01/...
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H/T Larry ferlazzo for clueing me in to this @npr.org summary of a @brookings.edu report - premortem - on AI and education.
NPR: www.npr.org/2026/01/14/n...
Report: www.brookings.edu/articles/a-n...
NPR: www.npr.org/2026/01/14/n...
Report: www.brookings.edu/articles/a-n...
The risks of AI in schools outweigh the benefits, report says
A new report warns that AI poses a serious threat to children's cognitive development and emotional well-being.
www.npr.org
January 16, 2026 at 7:53 AM
H/T Larry ferlazzo for clueing me in to this @npr.org summary of a @brookings.edu report - premortem - on AI and education.
NPR: www.npr.org/2026/01/14/n...
Report: www.brookings.edu/articles/a-n...
NPR: www.npr.org/2026/01/14/n...
Report: www.brookings.edu/articles/a-n...
There are few things in the world that can invoke intense horror laced with unbridle playground joy in teenagers than the first day of a fetal pig dissection.
I wish I could bottle and sell it.
I wish I could bottle and sell it.
January 16, 2026 at 12:44 AM
There are few things in the world that can invoke intense horror laced with unbridle playground joy in teenagers than the first day of a fetal pig dissection.
I wish I could bottle and sell it.
I wish I could bottle and sell it.
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“I have asked the clergy of the diocese to make sure their affairs are in order and they have written their wills.,not the time for statements. It is time to put our bodies between the powers of this world and the most vulnerable”. Rob Hirschfeld, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire
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January 10, 2026 at 3:31 PM
“I have asked the clergy of the diocese to make sure their affairs are in order and they have written their wills.,not the time for statements. It is time to put our bodies between the powers of this world and the most vulnerable”. Rob Hirschfeld, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire
@michaelhobbes.bsky.social would love for you to do OutLive by Peter Attia either on @ifbookspod.bsky.social or Maintenance Phase
January 7, 2026 at 1:45 AM
@michaelhobbes.bsky.social would love for you to do OutLive by Peter Attia either on @ifbookspod.bsky.social or Maintenance Phase
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"Educators, educational leaders and unions must continually approach federal, state and local governments to secure funding for technology and training..."
You want teachers to push electeds to give more money to tech corps instead of teachers?
No.
Forget "A.i."
Just pay TEACHERS more.
You want teachers to push electeds to give more money to tech corps instead of teachers?
No.
Forget "A.i."
Just pay TEACHERS more.
December 24, 2025 at 3:59 AM
"Educators, educational leaders and unions must continually approach federal, state and local governments to secure funding for technology and training..."
You want teachers to push electeds to give more money to tech corps instead of teachers?
No.
Forget "A.i."
Just pay TEACHERS more.
You want teachers to push electeds to give more money to tech corps instead of teachers?
No.
Forget "A.i."
Just pay TEACHERS more.
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Some specific points:
The document says "When appropriate, educators and school systems can use technology to create and grade assessments, saving time and allowing immediate feedback."
No. No one wants to be or deserves to be graded by "A.i."
The document says "When appropriate, educators and school systems can use technology to create and grade assessments, saving time and allowing immediate feedback."
No. No one wants to be or deserves to be graded by "A.i."
December 24, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Some specific points:
The document says "When appropriate, educators and school systems can use technology to create and grade assessments, saving time and allowing immediate feedback."
No. No one wants to be or deserves to be graded by "A.i."
The document says "When appropriate, educators and school systems can use technology to create and grade assessments, saving time and allowing immediate feedback."
No. No one wants to be or deserves to be graded by "A.i."
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Amen.
To all of this.
I totally understand how we got to this place and why tech seemed so promising.
Yet it’s time to stop and reflect on the last … like … three decades and consider wtf we’ve done to ourselves in education and how to stop it.
To all of this.
I totally understand how we got to this place and why tech seemed so promising.
Yet it’s time to stop and reflect on the last … like … three decades and consider wtf we’ve done to ourselves in education and how to stop it.
I moved from teaching to tech jobs and back again and I will never not be angry about how fast the entire edtech boom, from mooc to apps and apple/google educator badges, to iPad schools etc.. all of it was ushered in.
None of it with ethics, governance or safety ever done correctly
None of it with ethics, governance or safety ever done correctly
December 21, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Amen.
To all of this.
I totally understand how we got to this place and why tech seemed so promising.
Yet it’s time to stop and reflect on the last … like … three decades and consider wtf we’ve done to ourselves in education and how to stop it.
To all of this.
I totally understand how we got to this place and why tech seemed so promising.
Yet it’s time to stop and reflect on the last … like … three decades and consider wtf we’ve done to ourselves in education and how to stop it.
#amazonsucks Way to ruin Christmas.
December 15, 2025 at 9:48 PM
#amazonsucks Way to ruin Christmas.
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Love this, and the name. On top of the retrieval goodness, students can momentarily 'hold forth' on academic content (and start to see and hear themselves as holder-forthers, I'd bet, which is an extra benefit).
Checking for comprehension:
The days leading up to a summative exam.
Remove scaffolding.
More open ended questions.
Ask questions that encourage formation of connections between concepts.
“Just a minute” is a great model for this…
#teachingtips
The days leading up to a summative exam.
Remove scaffolding.
More open ended questions.
Ask questions that encourage formation of connections between concepts.
“Just a minute” is a great model for this…
#teachingtips
November 25, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Love this, and the name. On top of the retrieval goodness, students can momentarily 'hold forth' on academic content (and start to see and hear themselves as holder-forthers, I'd bet, which is an extra benefit).
I try to be intentional with retrieval practice in my classroom
What is the purpose?
Checking for attention: during direct instruction, whiteboards or cold call, lower difficulty questions that direct attention to the most important information.
#teachertips
What is the purpose?
Checking for attention: during direct instruction, whiteboards or cold call, lower difficulty questions that direct attention to the most important information.
#teachertips
Just teaching kids one time about retrieval isn’t enough. Repeat expectations before every retrieval attempt…
No notes.
No neighbors.
Eyes on your own writing.
And always “let’s acknowledge this is hard, judgement free, just try your best”
low stakes or no stakes
No notes.
No neighbors.
Eyes on your own writing.
And always “let’s acknowledge this is hard, judgement free, just try your best”
low stakes or no stakes
Making retrieval practice work in my classroom is built on solid classroom routines. This starts with explaining why retrieval works. Buy-in on retrieval is so important because retrieval is hard. When Ss have a clear “why”. They are less likely to “cheat” on retrieval tasks.
November 25, 2025 at 2:13 AM
I try to be intentional with retrieval practice in my classroom
What is the purpose?
Checking for attention: during direct instruction, whiteboards or cold call, lower difficulty questions that direct attention to the most important information.
#teachertips
What is the purpose?
Checking for attention: during direct instruction, whiteboards or cold call, lower difficulty questions that direct attention to the most important information.
#teachertips
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This.
I think the shortest version of why LLMs are an anti education technology is that education is fundamentally about making shared context to understand ourselves, each other, and the world
And by design LLMs destroy shared context
And by design LLMs destroy shared context
November 23, 2025 at 3:06 PM
This.
Just teaching kids one time about retrieval isn’t enough. Repeat expectations before every retrieval attempt…
No notes.
No neighbors.
Eyes on your own writing.
And always “let’s acknowledge this is hard, judgement free, just try your best”
low stakes or no stakes
No notes.
No neighbors.
Eyes on your own writing.
And always “let’s acknowledge this is hard, judgement free, just try your best”
low stakes or no stakes
Making retrieval practice work in my classroom is built on solid classroom routines. This starts with explaining why retrieval works. Buy-in on retrieval is so important because retrieval is hard. When Ss have a clear “why”. They are less likely to “cheat” on retrieval tasks.
November 22, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Just teaching kids one time about retrieval isn’t enough. Repeat expectations before every retrieval attempt…
No notes.
No neighbors.
Eyes on your own writing.
And always “let’s acknowledge this is hard, judgement free, just try your best”
low stakes or no stakes
No notes.
No neighbors.
Eyes on your own writing.
And always “let’s acknowledge this is hard, judgement free, just try your best”
low stakes or no stakes
Making retrieval practice work in my classroom is built on solid classroom routines. This starts with explaining why retrieval works. Buy-in on retrieval is so important because retrieval is hard. When Ss have a clear “why”. They are less likely to “cheat” on retrieval tasks.
November 22, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Making retrieval practice work in my classroom is built on solid classroom routines. This starts with explaining why retrieval works. Buy-in on retrieval is so important because retrieval is hard. When Ss have a clear “why”. They are less likely to “cheat” on retrieval tasks.
Retrieval practice has been a game changer in my classroom. Most days my classes start with a brief selection of retrieval questions. I like to start with retrieval because it gives me a good idea of what stuck from our previous lesson. #teachertips
November 22, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Retrieval practice has been a game changer in my classroom. Most days my classes start with a brief selection of retrieval questions. I like to start with retrieval because it gives me a good idea of what stuck from our previous lesson. #teachertips
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Not only is teacher pay far lower than it should be, educators spend their own 💰on their classrooms while billionaires and corporations get tax cuts. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...
November 20, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Not only is teacher pay far lower than it should be, educators spend their own 💰on their classrooms while billionaires and corporations get tax cuts. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...
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it's so deeply rude to answer someone's question with the output from a chatbot, or even to reference prompting the chatbot. they asked a person for a reason. if they wanted to see what output the chatbot would barf out, they could get it themselves.
November 17, 2025 at 10:12 PM
it's so deeply rude to answer someone's question with the output from a chatbot, or even to reference prompting the chatbot. they asked a person for a reason. if they wanted to see what output the chatbot would barf out, they could get it themselves.
If I were a student and I was being asked to write essays that my teacher was going to grade using AI I would absolutely use AI to write that essay. What the hell are we doing???
November 16, 2025 at 1:56 PM
If I were a student and I was being asked to write essays that my teacher was going to grade using AI I would absolutely use AI to write that essay. What the hell are we doing???
Got this idea the other day from a teacher on social media. After a lesson ask students to write 3 questions they have about the material, do a turn and talk, then ask them to turn and talk with a different student. Lastly, ask the class if anyone found similar questions to their own. Worked great!
November 14, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Got this idea the other day from a teacher on social media. After a lesson ask students to write 3 questions they have about the material, do a turn and talk, then ask them to turn and talk with a different student. Lastly, ask the class if anyone found similar questions to their own. Worked great!
Cheating policy in our district:
Student has 48 hours to make up assessment up to 100%
What?
Student has 48 hours to make up assessment up to 100%
What?
November 8, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Cheating policy in our district:
Student has 48 hours to make up assessment up to 100%
What?
Student has 48 hours to make up assessment up to 100%
What?
This is absolutely horrifying. These teachers should not be fearing for their lives or their jobs. Just being a teacher is a risk factor now. www.kjzz.org/politics/202...
Arizona teachers' costumes weren't about Charlie Kirk. They're facing death threats anyway
Math teachers at Cienega High School in southern Arizona are facing death threats and calls that they be fired after a Turning Point USA employee falsely accused them of wearing Halloween costumes moc...
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November 4, 2025 at 8:42 PM
This is absolutely horrifying. These teachers should not be fearing for their lives or their jobs. Just being a teacher is a risk factor now. www.kjzz.org/politics/202...
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Walmart, McDonalds and Amazon are the largest employers of people who require SNAP assistance.
The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.
They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.
Wanna fix fraud and abuse?
Fix that.
The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.
They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.
Wanna fix fraud and abuse?
Fix that.
November 3, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Walmart, McDonalds and Amazon are the largest employers of people who require SNAP assistance.
The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.
They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.
Wanna fix fraud and abuse?
Fix that.
The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.
They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.
Wanna fix fraud and abuse?
Fix that.
Corporatization is one of the biggest problems in education in the US. Districts pay $$$ for devices, LMS software, curriculums (that have plenty of bells and whistles but very little substance), textbooks and testing. Now add AI into the mix and there seems to be no end in sight. #edusky
November 3, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Corporatization is one of the biggest problems in education in the US. Districts pay $$$ for devices, LMS software, curriculums (that have plenty of bells and whistles but very little substance), textbooks and testing. Now add AI into the mix and there seems to be no end in sight. #edusky
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If you have it please donate cash to the food banks. $10 in their hands will feed more people than the $10 worth of canned goods you can buy for retail prices. Also check on your elders. Many of them will not admit they rely on these programs so grocery gift cards or a surprise bag of staples
US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month reut.rs/3WohHMk
US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month
The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Saturday that food benefits under one of the country's biggest social assistance programs will not be issued next month amid the ongoing federal government shutdown.
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October 26, 2025 at 3:37 PM
If you have it please donate cash to the food banks. $10 in their hands will feed more people than the $10 worth of canned goods you can buy for retail prices. Also check on your elders. Many of them will not admit they rely on these programs so grocery gift cards or a surprise bag of staples