Nate
@jessenathaniel.bsky.social
Black. Special Education administrator. Holding fast to the belief that education and restorative justice can meet the political moment. Committed to racial justice inside & outside of school.
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"Academics literally cannot make genAI go away" we also can't make underage drinking go away and we're not advocating for installing bar carts in every classroom.
December 27, 2025 at 11:46 PM
"Academics literally cannot make genAI go away" we also can't make underage drinking go away and we're not advocating for installing bar carts in every classroom.
A lot of what I’ve been reading/responding to about AI is from the perspective of a humanities/ed tech perspective … but I love this thread in response to That Union Leader from an art perspective.
I struggle to come up with a counter argument to this: GenAI undermines every aim of art education.
I struggle to come up with a counter argument to this: GenAI undermines every aim of art education.
Hey, speaking as a parent who also teaches art in my kid’s school:
1) I don’t want genAI involved in my child’s learning bc the AI short-circuits the effort & repetition needed to help him cement skills.
2) GenAI art teaches my tiny artists no skills & reinforces what they perceive as inadequacy>
1) I don’t want genAI involved in my child’s learning bc the AI short-circuits the effort & repetition needed to help him cement skills.
2) GenAI art teaches my tiny artists no skills & reinforces what they perceive as inadequacy>
December 28, 2025 at 3:26 AM
A lot of what I’ve been reading/responding to about AI is from the perspective of a humanities/ed tech perspective … but I love this thread in response to That Union Leader from an art perspective.
I struggle to come up with a counter argument to this: GenAI undermines every aim of art education.
I struggle to come up with a counter argument to this: GenAI undermines every aim of art education.
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“On so many levels, this op ed continues Kahn’s commitment to magical thinking about everything and anything related to AI.”
- @larryferlazzo.bsky.social
Stop listening to Sal Khan’s predictions about the future!
- @larryferlazzo.bsky.social
Stop listening to Sal Khan’s predictions about the future!
I’m Pretty Surprised That Sal Kahn Wrote This Op Ed, & Even More Surprised The NY Times Published It larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2025/12/27/i...
I’m Pretty Surprised That Sal Kahn Wrote This Op Ed, & Even More Surprised The NY Times Published It
Though I’ve never been a big fan of Khan Academy (see The Best Posts About The Khan Academy), I do know many teachers and students have found it helpful and, for that, I applaud Sal Ka…
larryferlazzo.edublogs.org
December 27, 2025 at 9:31 PM
“On so many levels, this op ed continues Kahn’s commitment to magical thinking about everything and anything related to AI.”
- @larryferlazzo.bsky.social
Stop listening to Sal Khan’s predictions about the future!
- @larryferlazzo.bsky.social
Stop listening to Sal Khan’s predictions about the future!
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Can someone please respond to Stephen Miller with this message from Frank Sinatra?
December 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Can someone please respond to Stephen Miller with this message from Frank Sinatra?
I can’t help but point this out:
This article mentions five politicians who support this community schools grant being threatened by anti-DEI GOP policy.
All five are republicans.
I truly believe that public schooling can be a unifying issue to defeat the nonsense we’re all besieged by.
This article mentions five politicians who support this community schools grant being threatened by anti-DEI GOP policy.
All five are republicans.
I truly believe that public schooling can be a unifying issue to defeat the nonsense we’re all besieged by.
Idaho rural schools face loss of $30 million grant funds supporting critical services, resources to rural schools
Idaho schools lose $30M in remaining federal grant funds 3 years early. An appeal has been filed to keep the resource program and 60 full-time staff in place.
www.ktvb.com
December 27, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I can’t help but point this out:
This article mentions five politicians who support this community schools grant being threatened by anti-DEI GOP policy.
All five are republicans.
I truly believe that public schooling can be a unifying issue to defeat the nonsense we’re all besieged by.
This article mentions five politicians who support this community schools grant being threatened by anti-DEI GOP policy.
All five are republicans.
I truly believe that public schooling can be a unifying issue to defeat the nonsense we’re all besieged by.
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"The fact that evidence-based education only expects a technical contribution from research—and, in the worst-case scenario, declares everything else 'irrelevant' or even 'unscientific'—is therefore not just limiting for educational practice but also for educational research itself."
December 22, 2025 at 3:14 PM
"The fact that evidence-based education only expects a technical contribution from research—and, in the worst-case scenario, declares everything else 'irrelevant' or even 'unscientific'—is therefore not just limiting for educational practice but also for educational research itself."
The art of teaching in a nutshell 🔥🔥🔥
Reiterating teaching as a non-causal/non-technological action: "Teaching, therefore, is not an intervention upon students, but an encounter with them. This encounter is realized through communication and interpretation, not through physical push and pull."
December 27, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The art of teaching in a nutshell 🔥🔥🔥
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Don't need to imagine, Sinatra had something to say about multicultural liberal democracies 🧵
December 26, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Don't need to imagine, Sinatra had something to say about multicultural liberal democracies 🧵
Such a powerful story at the end of a year when public education, culturally responsive pedagogy, and the entire idea of equity has been under attack.
A beautiful example of what engaged, responsive school leadership can look like; a reminder of the vast inequities public education has to overcome.
A beautiful example of what engaged, responsive school leadership can look like; a reminder of the vast inequities public education has to overcome.
December 27, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Such a powerful story at the end of a year when public education, culturally responsive pedagogy, and the entire idea of equity has been under attack.
A beautiful example of what engaged, responsive school leadership can look like; a reminder of the vast inequities public education has to overcome.
A beautiful example of what engaged, responsive school leadership can look like; a reminder of the vast inequities public education has to overcome.
Yet another reminder: these events are often presented like ancient history to kids, but there are many people still with us who LIVED this…both the real life heroes and villains.
This history directly informs our present…which is valuable to note as those in power are fluent in white nationalism.
This history directly informs our present…which is valuable to note as those in power are fluent in white nationalism.
Jo Ann Allen Boyce Dies at 84; She was one of the Clinton 12, a group of Black students who faced white mobs when desegregating a Tennessee high school in 1956 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/u...
Jo Ann Allen Boyce Dies at 84; Braved Mobs in Integrating a School
www.nytimes.com
December 27, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Yet another reminder: these events are often presented like ancient history to kids, but there are many people still with us who LIVED this…both the real life heroes and villains.
This history directly informs our present…which is valuable to note as those in power are fluent in white nationalism.
This history directly informs our present…which is valuable to note as those in power are fluent in white nationalism.
I’ve seen this article come across my timeline a few times in the last week and the part about core beliefs really caught my eye — for people are naturally more authoritarian or permissive, that often comes with core beliefs about/formative experiences with authority and those can be hard to shake.
December 26, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I’ve seen this article come across my timeline a few times in the last week and the part about core beliefs really caught my eye — for people are naturally more authoritarian or permissive, that often comes with core beliefs about/formative experiences with authority and those can be hard to shake.
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Certainly hopeful news. We lost my father-in-law to dementia. It’s good to see they’re closing in on a cure.
case.edu/news/new-stu...
case.edu/news/new-stu...
New study shows Alzheimer’s disease can be reversed to achieve full neurological recovery—not just prevented or slowed—in animal models | CWRU Newsroom | Case Western Reserve University
For more than a century, people have considered Alzheimer's disease (AD) an irreversible illness. Consequently, research has focused on preventing or ...
case.edu
December 25, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Certainly hopeful news. We lost my father-in-law to dementia. It’s good to see they’re closing in on a cure.
case.edu/news/new-stu...
case.edu/news/new-stu...
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Something that's getting lost in this story is that the "instructor" in question is not a professor with a PhD; she is a Graduate Teaching Assistant, meaning the University of Oklahoma has thrown one of ITS OWN STUDENTS under the bus to appease a right wing grifter who tried to dunk on a trans woman
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.” https://cnn.it/4b6g3rd
Oklahoma instructor removed from teaching for failing a Bible-based gender essay | CNN
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.”
cnn.it
December 24, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Something that's getting lost in this story is that the "instructor" in question is not a professor with a PhD; she is a Graduate Teaching Assistant, meaning the University of Oklahoma has thrown one of ITS OWN STUDENTS under the bus to appease a right wing grifter who tried to dunk on a trans woman
This is brilliant.
Merry Christmas.
Merry Christmas.
What Holiday Magic Teaches Us About Resisting Authoritarianism | This holiday season, let us embrace the art of ambiguity as a form of resistance.
What Holiday Magic Teaches Us About Resisting Authoritarianism
This holiday season, let us embrace the art of ambiguity as a form of resistance.
www.commondreams.org
December 26, 2025 at 1:22 AM
This is brilliant.
Merry Christmas.
Merry Christmas.
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Bari Weiss told her staff in an email (per the WaPo - in an article I read in “The Detroit News”) that she is trying to win back the trust of American viewers.
Dear CBS,
Earning the trust of viewers can only start if you fire Bari.
www.cbs.com/showfeedback...
Dear CBS,
Earning the trust of viewers can only start if you fire Bari.
www.cbs.com/showfeedback...
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www.cbs.com
December 25, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Bari Weiss told her staff in an email (per the WaPo - in an article I read in “The Detroit News”) that she is trying to win back the trust of American viewers.
Dear CBS,
Earning the trust of viewers can only start if you fire Bari.
www.cbs.com/showfeedback...
Dear CBS,
Earning the trust of viewers can only start if you fire Bari.
www.cbs.com/showfeedback...
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"It's A Wonderful Life" isn't just a feel-good holiday classic (and my favorite movie of all time).
It's also a warning about what happens when greed runs the economy.
It's also a warning about what happens when greed runs the economy.
Robert Reich Reacts: “It's a Wonderful Life”
Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
December 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
"It's A Wonderful Life" isn't just a feel-good holiday classic (and my favorite movie of all time).
It's also a warning about what happens when greed runs the economy.
It's also a warning about what happens when greed runs the economy.
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I get that everyone on Bluesky has seen the CECOT video but my question is how does the scale of its spread compare to what might have happened if it had aired on 60 Minutes?
Scanning the media, the story seems to have already disappeared. Bluesky is a specific audience.
Scanning the media, the story seems to have already disappeared. Bluesky is a specific audience.
December 24, 2025 at 11:40 PM
I get that everyone on Bluesky has seen the CECOT video but my question is how does the scale of its spread compare to what might have happened if it had aired on 60 Minutes?
Scanning the media, the story seems to have already disappeared. Bluesky is a specific audience.
Scanning the media, the story seems to have already disappeared. Bluesky is a specific audience.
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This petition is up to 230 signatories. I bet we can get it to their goal of 400 over the next few days! Are you in, friends in NYC???
Reposting this petition for NYC people interested in pushing back rather than partnering up:
actionnetwork.org/petitions/pl...
actionnetwork.org/petitions/pl...
December 25, 2025 at 3:04 AM
This petition is up to 230 signatories. I bet we can get it to their goal of 400 over the next few days! Are you in, friends in NYC???
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"It’s a Wonderful Life is, in part, the story of someone becoming, kicking and screaming, against all intentions and desires, a big man. Mary sees the big man in George from the first, because she is a big woman."
There Is No Mary Problem in ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’
George’s vision of his wife without him is essential to the film, but critics continue to miss its true—and profound—meaning.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 23, 2025 at 2:00 AM
"It’s a Wonderful Life is, in part, the story of someone becoming, kicking and screaming, against all intentions and desires, a big man. Mary sees the big man in George from the first, because she is a big woman."
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You’re not having real conversations on X.
And if you’re finding you’re seeing more hate here than you are on the white nationalist platform that has restored actual Nazis, I’m afraid that’s a you problem.
And if you’re finding you’re seeing more hate here than you are on the white nationalist platform that has restored actual Nazis, I’m afraid that’s a you problem.
No shock. This app has turned my mentions, and others, into mostly hate. But there are a few people worth connecting with
CRAZY how it's easier these days to have a real discussion on X, or threads, than on here.
CRAZY how it's easier these days to have a real discussion on X, or threads, than on here.
December 25, 2025 at 12:25 AM
You’re not having real conversations on X.
And if you’re finding you’re seeing more hate here than you are on the white nationalist platform that has restored actual Nazis, I’m afraid that’s a you problem.
And if you’re finding you’re seeing more hate here than you are on the white nationalist platform that has restored actual Nazis, I’m afraid that’s a you problem.
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After buying it for $18.8 billion, Walgreens' new private equity owner has eliminated paid holidays for all hourly workers on Christmas and New Year's.
Last year, Walgreens had a CEO-to-Worker pay gap of 410 to 1.
Corporate greed that would make even Scrooge blush.
Last year, Walgreens had a CEO-to-Worker pay gap of 410 to 1.
Corporate greed that would make even Scrooge blush.
December 24, 2025 at 8:01 PM
After buying it for $18.8 billion, Walgreens' new private equity owner has eliminated paid holidays for all hourly workers on Christmas and New Year's.
Last year, Walgreens had a CEO-to-Worker pay gap of 410 to 1.
Corporate greed that would make even Scrooge blush.
Last year, Walgreens had a CEO-to-Worker pay gap of 410 to 1.
Corporate greed that would make even Scrooge blush.
“Sick?”
“No, worse — discouraged.”
“No, worse — discouraged.”
a close up of a man 's face with the word bars in yellow letters
Alt: A close up of a LeBron James talking with the word “BARS” in all capital yellow letters
media.tenor.com
December 25, 2025 at 7:26 AM
“Sick?”
“No, worse — discouraged.”
“No, worse — discouraged.”
Many HS Ss I’ve worked with have clinically significant anger issues due to complex trauma.
Something I talk to them about: walking away is fine, but it’s a coping skill that depends on time/place. I don’t agree with the “grow up” talk, but Martin has a point here about Green managing emotions.
Something I talk to them about: walking away is fine, but it’s a coping skill that depends on time/place. I don’t agree with the “grow up” talk, but Martin has a point here about Green managing emotions.
Kenyon Martin On The Draymond Green & Steve Kerr Situation #nba #basketball #nbabasketball
YouTube video by The Casual Take
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December 25, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Many HS Ss I’ve worked with have clinically significant anger issues due to complex trauma.
Something I talk to them about: walking away is fine, but it’s a coping skill that depends on time/place. I don’t agree with the “grow up” talk, but Martin has a point here about Green managing emotions.
Something I talk to them about: walking away is fine, but it’s a coping skill that depends on time/place. I don’t agree with the “grow up” talk, but Martin has a point here about Green managing emotions.
I kept a classroom set of dictionaries in my classroom (as well as an etymological dictionary!). Actively encouraged kids to use them.
First year teacher half my age took my room this year and said, “Why do you have these? People still use these things?” Lol
Pay your last respects-the end is near.
First year teacher half my age took my room this year and said, “Why do you have these? People still use these things?” Lol
Pay your last respects-the end is near.
December 25, 2025 at 2:56 AM
I kept a classroom set of dictionaries in my classroom (as well as an etymological dictionary!). Actively encouraged kids to use them.
First year teacher half my age took my room this year and said, “Why do you have these? People still use these things?” Lol
Pay your last respects-the end is near.
First year teacher half my age took my room this year and said, “Why do you have these? People still use these things?” Lol
Pay your last respects-the end is near.