Jen Newton
@jennewton.bsky.social
Creatively non-compliant, TeachingIsIntellectual dot com, anti ableism, authentic learning and assessing, PhD/associate professor
We do not educate children for labor.
November 20, 2025 at 1:32 AM
We do not educate children for labor.
Filling out paperwork for my kid at @nationwidekids.bsky.social and spotted a checkbox that said something like “Check here if adopted and no biological information is known.” My whole life of being adopted and filling out forms, I’ve never seen anything like this - wow I was THRILLED. More of this!
May 15, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Filling out paperwork for my kid at @nationwidekids.bsky.social and spotted a checkbox that said something like “Check here if adopted and no biological information is known.” My whole life of being adopted and filling out forms, I’ve never seen anything like this - wow I was THRILLED. More of this!
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People who talk about “student behaviors” as if they’ve magically declined without addressing any of the structural inequities in/around education get a side-eye from me.
“Student behaviors” is a dog whistle used to justify mistreatment of children from marginalized backgrounds.
“Student behaviors” is a dog whistle used to justify mistreatment of children from marginalized backgrounds.
May 3, 2025 at 10:58 PM
People who talk about “student behaviors” as if they’ve magically declined without addressing any of the structural inequities in/around education get a side-eye from me.
“Student behaviors” is a dog whistle used to justify mistreatment of children from marginalized backgrounds.
“Student behaviors” is a dog whistle used to justify mistreatment of children from marginalized backgrounds.
I really wish this were getting more attention. What Ohio legislators are doing to higher education should prevent them from getting a moment's peace.
My son just told me Ohio University just announced it’s “sunsetting” the multicultural center, pride center, and women’s center. In the email they explain they’re doing it in order to continue to receive federal funding. (1/2)
April 30, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I really wish this were getting more attention. What Ohio legislators are doing to higher education should prevent them from getting a moment's peace.
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“Sane-washing” isn’t the cute, creative phrase you may think it is. It’s an ableist euphemism.
November 18, 2024 at 9:04 PM
“Sane-washing” isn’t the cute, creative phrase you may think it is. It’s an ableist euphemism.
How do we get just a fraction of the energy there is for the target boycott or starbucks boycott for a Facebook/Meta boycott? If people left Fb/Instagram en masse, what would Zuckerberg have?
April 16, 2025 at 1:46 PM
How do we get just a fraction of the energy there is for the target boycott or starbucks boycott for a Facebook/Meta boycott? If people left Fb/Instagram en masse, what would Zuckerberg have?
I would teach about the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, ableism in school, how to write a good IEP goal, reframing “behavior,” teacher wellness, eliminating bifurcated systems of education . . . Tag me @booker.senate.gov I’m ready!
What would you talk about for 19 hours?
April 1, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I would teach about the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, ableism in school, how to write a good IEP goal, reframing “behavior,” teacher wellness, eliminating bifurcated systems of education . . . Tag me @booker.senate.gov I’m ready!
We realllllly need to stop using the word “un-American.”
April 1, 2025 at 12:22 PM
We realllllly need to stop using the word “un-American.”
The absolute shameless audacity of @housedemocrats.bsky.social asking me for money right now. For what?? What exactly do you need money for?? You’re doing literally nothing! It’s completely free to be as worthless, feckless, and ineffectual as yall are.
March 25, 2025 at 12:28 AM
The absolute shameless audacity of @housedemocrats.bsky.social asking me for money right now. For what?? What exactly do you need money for?? You’re doing literally nothing! It’s completely free to be as worthless, feckless, and ineffectual as yall are.
I won’t let them make me less empathetic. I won’t be “they got what they voted for” when folx lose their jobs or their 401ks. Even if you don’t care what happens to me and my family, I’m still rooting for you. The only way out of this is allowing those who ushered it in a way to course correct.
March 13, 2025 at 2:15 AM
I won’t let them make me less empathetic. I won’t be “they got what they voted for” when folx lose their jobs or their 401ks. Even if you don’t care what happens to me and my family, I’m still rooting for you. The only way out of this is allowing those who ushered it in a way to course correct.
My students just finished reading Troublemakers by @cshalaby.bsky.social and we watched her webinar for @humrespro.bsky.social to put the themes into practice. This is the exact messaging future educators need in this moment. There are no disposable people.
February 24, 2025 at 3:28 PM
My students just finished reading Troublemakers by @cshalaby.bsky.social and we watched her webinar for @humrespro.bsky.social to put the themes into practice. This is the exact messaging future educators need in this moment. There are no disposable people.
A little bit about RFK Jr overseeing IDEA if it moves from ED to HHS www.teachingisintellectual.com/so/71PKLT7p5...
February 17, 2025
What Is Torn Down, Must Be Rebuilt
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February 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
A little bit about RFK Jr overseeing IDEA if it moves from ED to HHS www.teachingisintellectual.com/so/71PKLT7p5...
This is helpful (which I don’t often say about @jillbarshay.bsky.social) for understanding some of the preliminary impacts of DOGE cuts to IES.
February 17, 2025 at 9:49 PM
This is helpful (which I don’t often say about @jillbarshay.bsky.social) for understanding some of the preliminary impacts of DOGE cuts to IES.
It’s hard to know what to even say in this moment but here’s my attempt in this weeks Teaching Is Intellectual newsletter www.teachingisintellectual.com/_files/ugd/0...
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February 16, 2025 at 6:58 PM
It’s hard to know what to even say in this moment but here’s my attempt in this weeks Teaching Is Intellectual newsletter www.teachingisintellectual.com/_files/ugd/0...
My heart has shattered every single day this week. lawrencekstimes.com/2025/02/14/h... I can’t even find words for this destruction. It’s unfathomable.
Haskell Indian Nations University lays off dozens of employees after federal orders
Numerous employees of Haskell Indian Nations University lost their jobs Friday as part of sweeping nationwide cuts ordered by President Donald Trump's administration.
lawrencekstimes.com
February 15, 2025 at 2:00 AM
My heart has shattered every single day this week. lawrencekstimes.com/2025/02/14/h... I can’t even find words for this destruction. It’s unfathomable.
Nick is providing a live feed from Linda McMahon’s sham hearing today. Follow along if you can’t watch live!
I got here just after the building opened at 8 and I'm about 120th in line to get into Linda McMahon's Senate confirmation hearing in the Dirksen Building. 🤞 Ton of NEA folks here too, great group!
February 13, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Nick is providing a live feed from Linda McMahon’s sham hearing today. Follow along if you can’t watch live!
Linda McMahon’s responses in her confirmation hearing are absolutely chilling for public education
February 13, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Linda McMahon’s responses in her confirmation hearing are absolutely chilling for public education
And now they’ve come for us. www.propublica.org/article/depa...
www.propublica.org
February 11, 2025 at 11:36 AM
And now they’ve come for us. www.propublica.org/article/depa...
I’m trying to track state bills proposing ghoulish policies like NH SB 699 stating that any student receiving services and supports under IDEA must receive them in a self contained setting. Any good tracking sites or strategies I’m missing?
February 6, 2025 at 11:06 PM
I’m trying to track state bills proposing ghoulish policies like NH SB 699 stating that any student receiving services and supports under IDEA must receive them in a self contained setting. Any good tracking sites or strategies I’m missing?
Will the department of education make it through the day?
February 4, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Will the department of education make it through the day?
This is what inclusion looks like. Imagine being threatened by this.
February 2, 2025 at 3:05 PM
This is what inclusion looks like. Imagine being threatened by this.
Looking at the ED website this morning is bone chilling. www.ed.gov
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February 1, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Looking at the ED website this morning is bone chilling. www.ed.gov