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Stuart Rhoden
@chitownstu.bsky.social
SemiNewbie to BlueSky('23)
Parent, Educator (Ph.D), Author, Activist, Empath, Pragmatist.

“Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming.” - John Wooden

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I've created an opportunity for rising high school and college students to help prepare them for their next academic stage. If you’re a school, student organization, or nonprofit working with youth or know those who are message me for information. #BlueSkyEdu #BlackEduSky #PublicEdu
Hopefully one day I’ll be lucky enough to be in person. Until then, I enjoy and look forward to the #AERABrownLecture livestream every year.
#EduSky #Blackedusky

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2025 Brown Lecture in Education Research (Post-Production)
YouTube video by American Educational Research Association
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November 12, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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We all deserve the right to travel freely with dignity, with respect.
“The Fight Is Not Over”: LGBTQ Advocates Challenge Supreme Court’s Anti-Trans Passport Ruling
In an unsigned order on Thursday, the Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to require U.S. passports to list travelers’ sex assigned at birth, another blow to the rights of transgender, nonb...
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November 10, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Grateful and humbled to be able to present 2 separate papers at AERA 2026 in LA. It’s been a busy summer. Looking forward to being part of an amazing community of scholars!! #EduSky #BlackEduSky #AERA2026
November 8, 2025 at 12:52 AM
I've created an opportunity for rising high school and college students to help prepare them for their next academic stage. If you’re a school, student organization, or nonprofit working with youth or know those who are message me for information. #BlueSkyEdu #BlackEduSky #PublicEdu
August 9, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Brilliant analysis of the extremely complex issue of equity, diversity and inclusion by Dr. Shaun Harper
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor... #BlackEduSky
#EduSky
Contributor: What Congress needs to know about DEI (but doesn't want to hear)
'Should race be considered in hiring?' is the wrong question, because the reality is that it is considered, mostly in favor of white men.
www.latimes.com
July 8, 2025 at 6:58 PM
My latest Substack. It perhaps answers some of the questions some of you may have been thinking.
Please read, comment and share. And as always, thanks for your support.
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Pride: In the Name of Love
What Pride Shows Us About America Beyond the LGBTQ+ Community
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June 30, 2025 at 7:58 PM
My latest Substack. Please read and feel free to chime in. #BlackEduSky #EduSky

And as always, thanks for your support.

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“Am I the Problem?”: A Black Dad and Educator in Suburban School Spaces
I’ve been in education for several decades—as a teacher, professor, policy advisor—but nothing prepared me for the challenge of being a Black father in a mostly White, upper-middle-class school distri...
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June 10, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Coming Monday my second Substack post. But until then, if you haven’t seen or followed yet, here is my first post on the site. Enjoy… #BlackeduSky #EduSky

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I've Got Something to Say...
After seeing a few of my colleagues and friends come into this space and thrive, I thought; let me stop lurking and say what’s on my mind and contribute to the discourse.
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June 8, 2025 at 1:17 AM
This used to be the norm not the exception. How can we get back to this being the norm and not the exception?!? #EduSky #BlackEduSky #DiversityMatters #Discoursenotdiscord
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High school students learn how to participate in civil political debate in an uncivil age
YouTube video by NBC News
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May 17, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Delayed but not denied? At least in LAUSD. Kudos to them for doing what I did decades ago when I taught social studies in South Central LA.

www.latimes.com/california/s... #EduSky #BlackEduSky
How a funding pause and renewed controversies could tank California’s ethnic studies mandate
A high school ethnic studies requirement was to take effect in the fall, but a lack of funding — and antisemitism allegations — appear likely to derail it.
www.latimes.com
May 15, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Ok #Cali, you know I love you. But y’all are the ones who wanted term limits. What’s he gonna do, run for mayor of Oakland? 😉 Since when did being ambitious count against someone. I’m undecided, but y’all need to end term limits if you want folk to stay put.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Californians say Newsom is more focused on boosting presidential prospects than fixing state
In a new poll, registered voters gave Gov. Gavin Newsom less than stellar marks on his focus and his ability to look out for California's interests.
www.latimes.com
May 7, 2025 at 8:49 PM
April 13, 2025 at 12:26 AM
#BlackEduSky Very interesting discussion by the always interesting @jemelehill.bsky.social about "Why are young Black men rejecting college?" This clip speaks on the idea that they are "uninterested." Thoughts? youtube.com/clip/UgkxwNF...?
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April 3, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I wrote a book chapter about this a while back…One class doesn’t begin to cover the sense of belonging centered on identity that is absent in so many courses, majors and yes colleges. #BlackeduSky #EduSky

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Arizona bill to ban DEI from higher education reaches House floor
A bill that would withhold state funds from any Arizona college or university that actively has at least one course on “diversity, equity and inclusion” heads for a full House vote.
www.kjzz.org
April 3, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Reposted by Stuart Rhoden
In 1957, Strom Thurmond held the Senate for 24 hours and 18 minutes to block the passage of a Civil Rights bill.

In 2025, Cory Booker held the Senate for 24 hours and >19+ minutes to defend freedom & democracy.

Courage over fear; liberty over tyranny. #goodtrouble www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2ut...
Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and America’s Moral Moment on the Senate Floor | Senator Cory Booker
YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker
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April 1, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Reposted by Stuart Rhoden
Sen. Booker just broke the record for the longest floor speech in Senate history—a record set by Strom Thurmond trying to block the Civil Rights Act. The irony ain’t lost on us. From fighting against justice to fighting for it. This is what courage & being on the right side of history looks like!
April 2, 2025 at 12:13 AM
L.A. teachers union pursues big salary hike and bold ideals in opposition to Trump agenda…While I’ve had my disagreements with #UTLA, this is, for the most part, SPOT on!! #Blackedusky #Edusky

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L.A. teachers union pursues big salary hike and bold ideals in opposition to Trump agenda
The L.A. teachers union unveils a contract proposal for big raises and activism that leaders say are more necessary than ever. But will it make LAUSD a Trump target?
www.latimes.com
March 28, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Wonderful discussion with @davidaxelrod and #susanrice was everything I thought it would be other than, unfortunately in this climate, they took no questions and there was no public discourse. The topics and intellectual heft is something I sorely miss!! #RedStateBlues
March 26, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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Among those removed from WH website are Bayard Rustin, posthumously awarded Medal of Freedom by Pres. Obama.

404 error: www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-of...

We must defend right to #TeachTruth in K-12 about Rustin, March on Washington for Jobs & Freedom, & more www.zinnedproject.org/materials/tr...
March 20, 2025 at 4:14 AM