John Walcott
@jrwalcott.bsky.social
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I've learned from and am thrilled to share the work of Multicultural Classroom and Roberto and Lorena German. Thank you for the shout it in this episode. It was a thrill for me to meet Justin at my workshop and learn of his connection with you!
I've learned from and am thrilled to share the work of Multicultural Classroom and Roberto and Lorena German. Thank you for the shout it in this episode. It was a thrill for me to meet Justin at my workshop and learn of his connection with you!
Episode 138 | When the Work Reaches Places You've Never Been
In this episode of Our Classroom, Roberto Germán shares a powerful testimony from community member Justin Luttrull about a moment that unfolded in a breakout session at Calvin University.
A professor ...
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November 13, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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I've learned from and am thrilled to share the work of Multicultural Classroom and Roberto and Lorena German. Thank you for the shout it in this episode. It was a thrill for me to meet Justin at my workshop and learn of his connection with you!
I've learned from and am thrilled to share the work of Multicultural Classroom and Roberto and Lorena German. Thank you for the shout it in this episode. It was a thrill for me to meet Justin at my workshop and learn of his connection with you!
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OPINION: Jesus preached that one of the two greatest commandments from God is to love one’s neighbor. Compare this to Kirk’s show of antagonizing transgender people, broadcasting anti-Blackness, stoking Islamophobia and more.
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Kirk's rise as a Christian hero exposes the faith's perilous path
(RNS) — Attempts to sanitize Kirk demonstrate a perilous consensus among many Christians to make the faith the bedrock of authoritarianism.
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November 2, 2025 at 1:01 PM
OPINION: Jesus preached that one of the two greatest commandments from God is to love one’s neighbor. Compare this to Kirk’s show of antagonizing transgender people, broadcasting anti-Blackness, stoking Islamophobia and more.
religionnews.com/2025/10/14/k...
religionnews.com/2025/10/14/k...
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This billionaire is trolling hardworking educators—and making jokes about gutting supports for special needs kids.
October 31, 2025 at 10:00 PM
This billionaire is trolling hardworking educators—and making jokes about gutting supports for special needs kids.
"Whether you call it 'school choice' or vouchers, privatization of education socializes all of the costs of education, but it privatizes all the benefits." (Becky Glover). Great start to the article!
School choice in Mississippi: A false promise raising taxes and undermining public education www.natchezdemocrat.... #SchoolVoucherScam
School choice in Mississippi: A false promise raising taxes and underm...
Mississippi’s school choice policies shift public funds to private schools, raising taxes and draining resources from public education while benefiting only a select few families.
www.natchezdemocrat.com
October 30, 2025 at 6:35 PM
"Whether you call it 'school choice' or vouchers, privatization of education socializes all of the costs of education, but it privatizes all the benefits." (Becky Glover). Great start to the article!
A call to engage
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A call to engage
Putting our working faith into action as the perennial midwife
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October 25, 2025 at 1:43 PM
A call to engage
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worth repeating
Their mission is to destroy public schools. Here is why and how. @lincolnproject.us @dianeravitch.bsky.social @itpi.bsky.social @texasaft.org @rweingarten.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 6:25 PM
worth repeating
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A master class from MIT in responding to authoritarian overreach:
Your “premise … is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone.
… America’s leadership in science & innovation depends on independent thinking & open competition for excellence.
Your “premise … is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone.
… America’s leadership in science & innovation depends on independent thinking & open competition for excellence.
October 10, 2025 at 2:47 PM
A master class from MIT in responding to authoritarian overreach:
Your “premise … is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone.
… America’s leadership in science & innovation depends on independent thinking & open competition for excellence.
Your “premise … is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone.
… America’s leadership in science & innovation depends on independent thinking & open competition for excellence.
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To insist that the soldiers of the 7th Cavalry “deserve those medals” is to frame the massacre at Wounded Knee as a moment of valor rather than atrocity. For Native communities, this declaration is not about honor, but erasure and cruelty that reopen and deepen a wound that has never healed.
With Wounded Knee Medals, Trump Admin Suggests There’s Valor in Genocide
The call to rescind those medals is not about erasing history, but about refusing to let lies and conquest define it.
truthout.org
September 30, 2025 at 7:28 PM
To insist that the soldiers of the 7th Cavalry “deserve those medals” is to frame the massacre at Wounded Knee as a moment of valor rather than atrocity. For Native communities, this declaration is not about honor, but erasure and cruelty that reopen and deepen a wound that has never healed.
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The White House Press Secretary, the official spokesperson for the Trump administration, told reporters in an official briefing that the president wants to invade "every Democrat-run city" with troops.
Any media still pretending that this is about "crime" is making a conscious choice to lie to you.
Any media still pretending that this is about "crime" is making a conscious choice to lie to you.
Leavitt: "These are the bad guys that we are picking up in Washington DC every day. The president would love to do this in every Democrat-run city across the country."
September 10, 2025 at 11:35 AM
The White House Press Secretary, the official spokesperson for the Trump administration, told reporters in an official briefing that the president wants to invade "every Democrat-run city" with troops.
Any media still pretending that this is about "crime" is making a conscious choice to lie to you.
Any media still pretending that this is about "crime" is making a conscious choice to lie to you.
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The party of “family values” is attacking our kids.
August 31, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The party of “family values” is attacking our kids.
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One could say Trump has blown thru nation’s constitutional & political guardrails; more accurate assessment is both Congress and SCOTUS— who have rolled over and played dead when it comes to their constitutional duty to exert checks & balances — removed guardrails www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Slouching into fascism
Are we already past the tipping point?
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August 31, 2025 at 12:24 PM
One could say Trump has blown thru nation’s constitutional & political guardrails; more accurate assessment is both Congress and SCOTUS— who have rolled over and played dead when it comes to their constitutional duty to exert checks & balances — removed guardrails www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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I debated writing this. It can feel tempting, upon encountering yet another instance of this administration’s racism, to let it be. How many ways can you say the same thing over and over again? And yet we have to write it down, if for nothing else, so those who come after us know we were against it.
Actually, Slavery Was Very Bad
The president’s latest criticism of museums is a thinly veiled attempt to erase Black history.
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August 22, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I debated writing this. It can feel tempting, upon encountering yet another instance of this administration’s racism, to let it be. How many ways can you say the same thing over and over again? And yet we have to write it down, if for nothing else, so those who come after us know we were against it.
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We’ve said it repeatedly — the Trump assault on the Department of Education is an assault on kids with disabilities.
This Ohio district is violating the clear letter of the IDEA but with the Dept of Ed eviscerated and the courts turning a blind eye, parents are on their own.
This Ohio district is violating the clear letter of the IDEA but with the Dept of Ed eviscerated and the courts turning a blind eye, parents are on their own.
Ohio parents of kids with disabilities are receiving letters from the school board demanding they pay “extra” for their disabled children.
This is ableism and discrimination at its finest.
They weren’t even given adequate warning. Just 17 days to pay up.
This is ableism and discrimination at its finest.
They weren’t even given adequate warning. Just 17 days to pay up.
August 13, 2025 at 9:17 PM
We’ve said it repeatedly — the Trump assault on the Department of Education is an assault on kids with disabilities.
This Ohio district is violating the clear letter of the IDEA but with the Dept of Ed eviscerated and the courts turning a blind eye, parents are on their own.
This Ohio district is violating the clear letter of the IDEA but with the Dept of Ed eviscerated and the courts turning a blind eye, parents are on their own.
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This is time-for-the-men-in-little-white-coats material. He is clinical
Trump: Since 1978 the Kennedy Center honors have been amongst the most prestigious awards. I wanted one, never able to get one. I would have taken it. I waited and waited and waited and I said to hell with it, I'll become chairman. I will give myself an honor. Next year we'll honor trump, okay?
August 13, 2025 at 5:37 PM
This is time-for-the-men-in-little-white-coats material. He is clinical
Why PragerU Doesn’t Belong in the White House
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Why PragerU Doesn’t Belong in the White House
When propaganda gets a presidential platform, historical truth pays the price.
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August 13, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Why PragerU Doesn’t Belong in the White House
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Listening to @ibramxk.bsky.social on @revealnews.org. Clear statement of the battle we are in: "the battle is ... between equality and inequality ...between justice and injustice, between democracy and dictatorship. And we all have to figure out what side of that battle that we're going to be on."
August 7, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Listening to @ibramxk.bsky.social on @revealnews.org. Clear statement of the battle we are in: "the battle is ... between equality and inequality ...between justice and injustice, between democracy and dictatorship. And we all have to figure out what side of that battle that we're going to be on."
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Donald Trump talked a big game on the economy, promising a new “Golden Era.”
But unemployment is up.
Economic growth has slowed.
Inflation is increasing.
This is the ugly reality of Trump’s economy.
But unemployment is up.
Economic growth has slowed.
Inflation is increasing.
This is the ugly reality of Trump’s economy.
August 3, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Donald Trump talked a big game on the economy, promising a new “Golden Era.”
But unemployment is up.
Economic growth has slowed.
Inflation is increasing.
This is the ugly reality of Trump’s economy.
But unemployment is up.
Economic growth has slowed.
Inflation is increasing.
This is the ugly reality of Trump’s economy.
I took this picture of a quote by Erasmus of Rotterdam a couple of months ago. Unfortunately the accuracy of this statement is confirmed each day when observing Trump and his Republican enablers.
July 25, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I took this picture of a quote by Erasmus of Rotterdam a couple of months ago. Unfortunately the accuracy of this statement is confirmed each day when observing Trump and his Republican enablers.
Another example of people in power in our country willingly supporting an administration that is sewing chaos and harm every day. This quote from "Racecraft" (Fields & Fields) seems really important: "Ultimately, the only check upon oppression is the strength and effectiveness of resistance to it."
“Turns out its easy to sell out your principles for purse profit.” As part of the deal, Paramount/CBS agreed to end all DEI. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
July 25, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Another example of people in power in our country willingly supporting an administration that is sewing chaos and harm every day. This quote from "Racecraft" (Fields & Fields) seems really important: "Ultimately, the only check upon oppression is the strength and effectiveness of resistance to it."
Thank you @schoolfinance101.bsky.social for sharing - and for your commitment to our schools, and to honest research!
Summary of deceitful garbage that just won't die: schoolfinance101.com/2025/07/24/r...
Revisiting Deceitful Claims about School Funding and Outcomes (a thread)
I’ve had enough. This has to stop. I’ve explained on at least a few occasions that there exists a cottage industry for whom their bread and butter is telling state legislatures and judg…
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July 25, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Thank you @schoolfinance101.bsky.social for sharing - and for your commitment to our schools, and to honest research!
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Since day one, the Trump administration has attacked public education, undermining both K-12 & higher education, and with it opportunity in America. This is another illegal usurpation of the authority of the Congress. Plus it directly harms the children in our nation. www.edweek.org/policy-polit...
Trump Tells States He's Holding Back $6.8 Billion for Schools
Schools nationwide won't see funding earmarked for English learners, migrant students, professional development, and more.
www.edweek.org
July 2, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Since day one, the Trump administration has attacked public education, undermining both K-12 & higher education, and with it opportunity in America. This is another illegal usurpation of the authority of the Congress. Plus it directly harms the children in our nation. www.edweek.org/policy-polit...
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The bill weaponizes working-class families’ reliance on debt to finance their college dreams with such intensity that not only will it push millions to the financial brink, it will push them out of higher education altogether. dianeravitch.net/2025/06/30/t...
The New Republic: The GOP Plot to Un-Educate America
This is a startling and frightening article about the poison pill embedded in Trump’s One Big Ugly Budget Bill. It contains a plan for destroying the student aid program that has subsidized t…
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June 30, 2025 at 1:18 PM
The bill weaponizes working-class families’ reliance on debt to finance their college dreams with such intensity that not only will it push millions to the financial brink, it will push them out of higher education altogether. dianeravitch.net/2025/06/30/t...