@geogrrl.bsky.social
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Are you reading THE ONE AND ONLY IVAN in your classroom or library? ❤️🦍
Jodi Carrigan, Ivan's primary care specialist and friend, offers a great virtual classroom program about the real Ivan, western lowland gorillas, and her work at @zooatl.bsky.social.
Learn more:
Jodi Carrigan, Ivan's primary care specialist and friend, offers a great virtual classroom program about the real Ivan, western lowland gorillas, and her work at @zooatl.bsky.social.
Learn more:
Ivan - Wild Within - Zoo Atlanta
Students will have the opportunity to see photos and video and hear recorded stories about Ivan’s upbringing and time at Zoo Atlanta.
zooatlanta.org
November 9, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Are you reading THE ONE AND ONLY IVAN in your classroom or library? ❤️🦍
Jodi Carrigan, Ivan's primary care specialist and friend, offers a great virtual classroom program about the real Ivan, western lowland gorillas, and her work at @zooatl.bsky.social.
Learn more:
Jodi Carrigan, Ivan's primary care specialist and friend, offers a great virtual classroom program about the real Ivan, western lowland gorillas, and her work at @zooatl.bsky.social.
Learn more:
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NEW on my blog: what does unconditional positive regard look like for the parents and caregivers of our students?
www.unconditionallearning.org/blog/uprcare...
www.unconditionallearning.org/blog/uprcare...
We Care About Your Kid And We Care About You Too: Unconditional Positive Regard for Caregivers and Parents — Unconditional Learning
In a trauma-informed school environment, we recognize that kids have a better chance of experiencing safety and healing when the adults in their lives form a connected web of support. And kids don’t b...
www.unconditionallearning.org
November 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
NEW on my blog: what does unconditional positive regard look like for the parents and caregivers of our students?
www.unconditionallearning.org/blog/uprcare...
www.unconditionallearning.org/blog/uprcare...
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We've raised almost $700 so far!!! I would love to see us hit $1000 by the end of the week!!!!
Education community, let's show everyone what we really mean by community care. Please participate, repost, and share with your networks! #EduSky
bit.ly/EdBooksAgain...
bit.ly/EdBooksAgain...
November 2, 2025 at 9:30 PM
We've raised almost $700 so far!!! I would love to see us hit $1000 by the end of the week!!!!
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Hot take but I always see videos of the butterfly method go viral but I would *never* teach this method and here's why.
November 1, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Hot take but I always see videos of the butterfly method go viral but I would *never* teach this method and here's why.
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Given the hunger and fear that this administration is inflicting upon so many children across the country, it has never been a more difficult time for schools to be good places for kids to walk into and it has never been a more important time, too.
And that both/and is overwhelming.
And that both/and is overwhelming.
October 26, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Given the hunger and fear that this administration is inflicting upon so many children across the country, it has never been a more difficult time for schools to be good places for kids to walk into and it has never been a more important time, too.
And that both/and is overwhelming.
And that both/and is overwhelming.
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Debbie Allen and Misty Copeland after Copeland’s final performance with the American Ballet Theater on October 22, 2025.
Copeland is an alumna of the Debbie Allen Dance Academy.
Copeland is an alumna of the Debbie Allen Dance Academy.
October 25, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Debbie Allen and Misty Copeland after Copeland’s final performance with the American Ballet Theater on October 22, 2025.
Copeland is an alumna of the Debbie Allen Dance Academy.
Copeland is an alumna of the Debbie Allen Dance Academy.
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Join me for some perfect poems and short writing activities to get us through the dark days.
It's 10 fresh ideas in 30 minutes, and once you've got the link, you can watch it at any time that's good for you.
Department leader? Go for the group rate and enjoy the learning experience together :)
It's 10 fresh ideas in 30 minutes, and once you've got the link, you can watch it at any time that's good for you.
Department leader? Go for the group rate and enjoy the learning experience together :)
Exciting news!
The days are getting darker 😔
How about a replay of a 30 minute webinar with 10 Poetry Pauses for the Dark Days?
Webinar includes a link library to every poem mentioned + use tomorrow lessons to see is through the dark.
movingwriterspd.gumroad.com/l/darkdayspo...
The days are getting darker 😔
How about a replay of a 30 minute webinar with 10 Poetry Pauses for the Dark Days?
Webinar includes a link library to every poem mentioned + use tomorrow lessons to see is through the dark.
movingwriterspd.gumroad.com/l/darkdayspo...
Poetry for the Dark Days
This offering is only available until November 1, 2025. If this time of the year with its short days, long nights, and troubling news stories feels bleak to you, know that you are not alone. Our stude...
movingwriterspd.gumroad.com
October 25, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Join me for some perfect poems and short writing activities to get us through the dark days.
It's 10 fresh ideas in 30 minutes, and once you've got the link, you can watch it at any time that's good for you.
Department leader? Go for the group rate and enjoy the learning experience together :)
It's 10 fresh ideas in 30 minutes, and once you've got the link, you can watch it at any time that's good for you.
Department leader? Go for the group rate and enjoy the learning experience together :)
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Reading Rainbow emphasis is encouraging kids to read. The focus is not on teaching them to read. The mission is reading should be fun!
We are all readers, worthy of literacy. LeVar Burton said “but you don’t have to take my word for it” because he wanted us to look to the books. That’s the beauty 💚
We are all readers, worthy of literacy. LeVar Burton said “but you don’t have to take my word for it” because he wanted us to look to the books. That’s the beauty 💚
Reading Rainbow Is Back With a New Host -- @mychal3ts.bsky.social -- And The Same Mission
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/s...
‘Reading Rainbow’ Comes Back With a New Host, but the Same Mission
www.nytimes.com
October 4, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Reading Rainbow emphasis is encouraging kids to read. The focus is not on teaching them to read. The mission is reading should be fun!
We are all readers, worthy of literacy. LeVar Burton said “but you don’t have to take my word for it” because he wanted us to look to the books. That’s the beauty 💚
We are all readers, worthy of literacy. LeVar Burton said “but you don’t have to take my word for it” because he wanted us to look to the books. That’s the beauty 💚
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The 2025 Global Read Aloud kicks off on October 6, 2025. This is one of our favorite reading events every year.📚
You can click on each book cover to find the Global Read Aloud Books in @follettcontent.bsky.social Titlewave.❤️
buff.ly/NkBk8bL
#TLSky #EduSky #tlchat #futurereadylibs #edchat
You can click on each book cover to find the Global Read Aloud Books in @follettcontent.bsky.social Titlewave.❤️
buff.ly/NkBk8bL
#TLSky #EduSky #tlchat #futurereadylibs #edchat
May 13, 2025 at 10:05 PM
The 2025 Global Read Aloud kicks off on October 6, 2025. This is one of our favorite reading events every year.📚
You can click on each book cover to find the Global Read Aloud Books in @follettcontent.bsky.social Titlewave.❤️
buff.ly/NkBk8bL
#TLSky #EduSky #tlchat #futurereadylibs #edchat
You can click on each book cover to find the Global Read Aloud Books in @follettcontent.bsky.social Titlewave.❤️
buff.ly/NkBk8bL
#TLSky #EduSky #tlchat #futurereadylibs #edchat
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Mychal Threets To Host ‘Reading Rainbow’ Reboot
www.slj.com/story/Mychal...
www.slj.com/story/Mychal...
Mychal Threets To Host
The new episodes will air every Saturday in October onKidZuko on YouTube and the Reading Rainbow website.
www.slj.com
October 1, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Mychal Threets To Host ‘Reading Rainbow’ Reboot
www.slj.com/story/Mychal...
www.slj.com/story/Mychal...
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"There is no sharp line between humans and the rest of the animal kingdom. It’s a very blurry line, and it’s getting more blurry all the time."
A tremendous loss. 💔
A tremendous loss. 💔
JUST IN: Jane Goodall, primatologist who transformed our understanding of the lives of apes, has died, according to an announcement from the Jane Goodall Institute.
Jane Goodall, legendary primatologist, has died at age 91
Jane Goodall, primatologist who transformed our understanding of the lives of apes, has died, according to an announcement from the Jane Goodall Institute.
n.pr
October 1, 2025 at 6:41 PM
"There is no sharp line between humans and the rest of the animal kingdom. It’s a very blurry line, and it’s getting more blurry all the time."
A tremendous loss. 💔
A tremendous loss. 💔
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Audre Lorde wrote, “Poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence. It forms the quality of the light within which we predicate our hopes and dreams toward survival and change, first made into language, then into idea, then into more tangible action.”
Assata Shakur embodied this.
Assata Shakur embodied this.
September 28, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Audre Lorde wrote, “Poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence. It forms the quality of the light within which we predicate our hopes and dreams toward survival and change, first made into language, then into idea, then into more tangible action.”
Assata Shakur embodied this.
Assata Shakur embodied this.
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George Hardy, last of the Tuskegee Airmen's World War II combat pilots, dies at 100
George Hardy, last of the Tuskegee Airmen's World War II combat pilots, dies at 100
Hardy, a lieutenant colonel, became the youngest Tuskegee fighter pilot at 19, and was among the first Black military pilots in the United States.
www.nbcnews.com
September 27, 2025 at 10:24 PM
George Hardy, last of the Tuskegee Airmen's World War II combat pilots, dies at 100
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I know this seems simple, but bread-and-butter teaching:
⓵ have students write stuff that matters
⓶ read that stuff and take notes/leave feedback
⓷ design next lesson in response to what you notice
Yes, this takes time. But it's worth it.
⓵ have students write stuff that matters
⓶ read that stuff and take notes/leave feedback
⓷ design next lesson in response to what you notice
Yes, this takes time. But it's worth it.
September 27, 2025 at 10:10 PM
I know this seems simple, but bread-and-butter teaching:
⓵ have students write stuff that matters
⓶ read that stuff and take notes/leave feedback
⓷ design next lesson in response to what you notice
Yes, this takes time. But it's worth it.
⓵ have students write stuff that matters
⓶ read that stuff and take notes/leave feedback
⓷ design next lesson in response to what you notice
Yes, this takes time. But it's worth it.
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Can’t wait to celebrate this book’s publication in the DMV tomorrow. 2pm at MLK library. Free and open to all. RSVPs still available. Hope to see you there!
loyaltybookstores.com/wordtothekids
loyaltybookstores.com/wordtothekids
September 27, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Can’t wait to celebrate this book’s publication in the DMV tomorrow. 2pm at MLK library. Free and open to all. RSVPs still available. Hope to see you there!
loyaltybookstores.com/wordtothekids
loyaltybookstores.com/wordtothekids
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Happy September 21st to those that celebrate!!! 😃 💃🏾🕺🏾
September 21, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Happy September 21st to those that celebrate!!! 😃 💃🏾🕺🏾
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Important.
Really important @TimothySnyder column open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
Free Speech and Me Speech
A helpful distinction
open.substack.com
September 14, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Important.
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I know this is an unpopular opinion but what if we wrote fraction division like this, at least a couple times? Here's why:
September 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I know this is an unpopular opinion but what if we wrote fraction division like this, at least a couple times? Here's why:
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I joined Victoria Reese Brathwaite, an MS warrior, to discuss Autism Awareness and Acceptance on her podcast Patient In You.
open.spotify.com/episode/0wcl...
open.spotify.com/episode/0wcl...
September 2, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I joined Victoria Reese Brathwaite, an MS warrior, to discuss Autism Awareness and Acceptance on her podcast Patient In You.
open.spotify.com/episode/0wcl...
open.spotify.com/episode/0wcl...
So excited to own this and share it with my students. Thank you for your all your work and your ever-thought provoking words.
The young readers edition of How the Word Is Passed comes out in just 4 weeks and for this book tour I’m focusing primarily on cities in the South, visiting states where people have attempted to ban or challenge the adult version of the book.
Hope to see you out there!
www.clintsmithiii.com/events
Hope to see you out there!
www.clintsmithiii.com/events
September 4, 2025 at 2:32 AM
So excited to own this and share it with my students. Thank you for your all your work and your ever-thought provoking words.
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When students ask "why everything is about race" I have them select a noun.
Any noun.
"Air?"
Factories are built next to Black neighborhoods...
"Cars"
Interstates...
"Football"
Few if any minority coaches...
"Dirt"
Slavery and the entire US economy...
It takes a minute but they get it.
Any noun.
"Air?"
Factories are built next to Black neighborhoods...
"Cars"
Interstates...
"Football"
Few if any minority coaches...
"Dirt"
Slavery and the entire US economy...
It takes a minute but they get it.
August 30, 2025 at 4:16 PM
When students ask "why everything is about race" I have them select a noun.
Any noun.
"Air?"
Factories are built next to Black neighborhoods...
"Cars"
Interstates...
"Football"
Few if any minority coaches...
"Dirt"
Slavery and the entire US economy...
It takes a minute but they get it.
Any noun.
"Air?"
Factories are built next to Black neighborhoods...
"Cars"
Interstates...
"Football"
Few if any minority coaches...
"Dirt"
Slavery and the entire US economy...
It takes a minute but they get it.
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"We're there to be humans in the room with other humans talking about ideas"
The case by @mattrkay.bsky.social in this conversation: never more than now have classroom discussions been needed, in both quantity and quality.
(And that quantity and quality? Not an easy thing.)
The case by @mattrkay.bsky.social in this conversation: never more than now have classroom discussions been needed, in both quantity and quality.
(And that quantity and quality? Not an easy thing.)
August 1, 2025 at 1:14 PM
"We're there to be humans in the room with other humans talking about ideas"
The case by @mattrkay.bsky.social in this conversation: never more than now have classroom discussions been needed, in both quantity and quality.
(And that quantity and quality? Not an easy thing.)
The case by @mattrkay.bsky.social in this conversation: never more than now have classroom discussions been needed, in both quantity and quality.
(And that quantity and quality? Not an easy thing.)
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Trans kids are not
•disposable
•the reason Dems lose
•a threat
Trans kids are
•deserving of basic human rights
Trans kids should be
•protected, always
•disposable
•the reason Dems lose
•a threat
Trans kids are
•deserving of basic human rights
Trans kids should be
•protected, always
July 29, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Trans kids are not
•disposable
•the reason Dems lose
•a threat
Trans kids are
•deserving of basic human rights
Trans kids should be
•protected, always
•disposable
•the reason Dems lose
•a threat
Trans kids are
•deserving of basic human rights
Trans kids should be
•protected, always
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Service Journalism - News you can use.
The Big Bad Bill ends Federal tax credits for residential rooftop solar but if you install it by December 31, 2025 you can still get the 30% rebate for the project cost!
The Big Bad Bill ends Federal tax credits for residential rooftop solar but if you install it by December 31, 2025 you can still get the 30% rebate for the project cost!
July 22, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Service Journalism - News you can use.
The Big Bad Bill ends Federal tax credits for residential rooftop solar but if you install it by December 31, 2025 you can still get the 30% rebate for the project cost!
The Big Bad Bill ends Federal tax credits for residential rooftop solar but if you install it by December 31, 2025 you can still get the 30% rebate for the project cost!
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When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.
July 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.