Alice Wong made the world a better place with her fierce advocacy and insight and action. What a loss.

Listen to students! Trust them too.

This is horrifying.

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A high school freshman takes transphobic Maine politicians to task for bullying the trans girl who beat her in a race.

Kudos to you, Anelise Feldman.

This might indeed be happening, but we should also keep in mind that “technology is ruining the children!” is a perpetual moral panic. The effect of AI on kids is way too early and amorphous to say anything definitive yet.

We are not in a literacy crisis. We are in a moment that calls us to be intentional about teaching and learning. And as @badtoss.bsky.social's excellent thread notes: we know a lot about teaching and learning writing.

The Trump administration is really, really concerned that the IMLS was spending "$140,000 to strengthen librarians' understanding of LBTQIA+ health." (All these sound like awesome programs, btw!) /1

Since it apparently needs to be said: As a Jew who works on a university campus, I am safest in a country that protects academic freedom and liberal values of due process of law. Anyone who supports extrajudicial detention of students for "wrong" ideological opinions is not doing it for my safety.

Spent some time today talking about A Wrinkle in Time with a group of friends from so many parts of my life. It's a great read in this moment, and the company of smart friends fills me with comfort and hope.

Folks who like crosswords, this is a great new podcast. Fun to get a peek behind the curtain and remember that these puzzles we love are made by real people

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Happy Christmas Ellen! Years ago, my wife Ellen (whose sister is Eve) asked her dad why Eve had a holiday named for her but she, Ellen, did not. Her dad had the perfect answer: Dec 23 is Christmas Ellen, a day we now celebrate with loving gratitude for people who just see & love our quirky selves.

Nobody came to our Destressing in Crafty Company event at the CTL, but I enjoyed making some bracelets. I made GIVERS GAIN in honor of my just-finished seminar in which students all said that our peer review was the most significant learning strategy.

Completely agree: Laila McCloud's essay is fabulous and an important look at the racialized power dynamics shaping instructor experiences--we need to look beyond the student/teacher dynamics.

I don't know that there was one moment I knew I had to shift my grading practices. I came into teaching when writing portfolios were on the rise. Portfolios can create so much ungraded space for revision, rethinking, and invention. It shaped everything about my teaching #SlowChatting #UngradingChat

I've tried ungrading (w/a final portfolio, or with a midterm + final portfolio), labor-based grading, contract grading, and sorta funky continuum-rubric grading. The more clarity I have about my expectations, and how student expectations can shape grades, the better. #UngradingChat

Good morning #ungradingchat Q2: what alternative grading paradigms have you tried? How’d they work out?

My grading philosophy: make meaningful assignments and create conditions that invite engagement: flexibility, community, transparency. #UngradingChat #contracts #LaborBasedGrading