Kenie Richards
@kenierichards.bsky.social
CMO @edutopia.org. Community is a verb. Let’s build it by sharing what works in education.
Previously served educators via Teacher2Teacher, Nat Geo Education, Zearn, and TFA.
Previously served educators via Teacher2Teacher, Nat Geo Education, Zearn, and TFA.
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Educators, Edutopia’s research editor has a question for you!
@youkiterada.bsky.social says: “I’ve been hearing a lot about this topic—but I’d love to understand how widespread it is, and what its implications are.”
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@youkiterada.bsky.social says: “I’ve been hearing a lot about this topic—but I’d love to understand how widespread it is, and what its implications are.”
#EduSky #EdChat
November 16, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Educators, Edutopia’s research editor has a question for you!
@youkiterada.bsky.social says: “I’ve been hearing a lot about this topic—but I’d love to understand how widespread it is, and what its implications are.”
#EduSky #EdChat
@youkiterada.bsky.social says: “I’ve been hearing a lot about this topic—but I’d love to understand how widespread it is, and what its implications are.”
#EduSky #EdChat
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In @jen.litandtech.com’s high school ELA classes, generative AI is a tool to help students strengthen their writing—not a replacement for thinking. 💭
In our latest podcast episode, she shares her approach to teaching writing in the age of AI.
Listen on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/4oXsXeO
In our latest podcast episode, she shares her approach to teaching writing in the age of AI.
Listen on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/4oXsXeO
November 11, 2025 at 4:47 PM
In @jen.litandtech.com’s high school ELA classes, generative AI is a tool to help students strengthen their writing—not a replacement for thinking. 💭
In our latest podcast episode, she shares her approach to teaching writing in the age of AI.
Listen on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/4oXsXeO
In our latest podcast episode, she shares her approach to teaching writing in the age of AI.
Listen on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/4oXsXeO
Dang, this is so smart (and FUN!) from Netflix as a way to welcome Sesame Street to their family. I have tons of respect for this level of thinking and creativity.
November 11, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Dang, this is so smart (and FUN!) from Netflix as a way to welcome Sesame Street to their family. I have tons of respect for this level of thinking and creativity.
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Multiple times this week an idea from another teacher multiple time zones away has made its way into our classroom in a positive, impactful way—and I'm reminded, despite all the other stuff, that doing this work in community matters.
It matters a great deal.
It matters a great deal.
November 5, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Multiple times this week an idea from another teacher multiple time zones away has made its way into our classroom in a positive, impactful way—and I'm reminded, despite all the other stuff, that doing this work in community matters.
It matters a great deal.
It matters a great deal.
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In our first Jam Session, teacher Kathy-Ann St. Hill-St. Lawrence (a.k.a. Ms. Saint) will break down how she supports learning across content areas through gamification!
Join us for tips, resources, and advice directly from Ms. Saint, other educators, and the Edutopia team: https://edut.to/3X434xV
Join us for tips, resources, and advice directly from Ms. Saint, other educators, and the Edutopia team: https://edut.to/3X434xV
November 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
In our first Jam Session, teacher Kathy-Ann St. Hill-St. Lawrence (a.k.a. Ms. Saint) will break down how she supports learning across content areas through gamification!
Join us for tips, resources, and advice directly from Ms. Saint, other educators, and the Edutopia team: https://edut.to/3X434xV
Join us for tips, resources, and advice directly from Ms. Saint, other educators, and the Edutopia team: https://edut.to/3X434xV
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Drawing can be a learning superpower, even for students who claim they’re not good at it! 🦸 ✏️
In our latest podcast episode, teacher Selim Tlili shares how to use this strategy to boost content recall and attention stamina—across grade levels and subjects!
Listen here: apple.co/4qvlV2D
In our latest podcast episode, teacher Selim Tlili shares how to use this strategy to boost content recall and attention stamina—across grade levels and subjects!
Listen here: apple.co/4qvlV2D
October 28, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Drawing can be a learning superpower, even for students who claim they’re not good at it! 🦸 ✏️
In our latest podcast episode, teacher Selim Tlili shares how to use this strategy to boost content recall and attention stamina—across grade levels and subjects!
Listen here: apple.co/4qvlV2D
In our latest podcast episode, teacher Selim Tlili shares how to use this strategy to boost content recall and attention stamina—across grade levels and subjects!
Listen here: apple.co/4qvlV2D
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'Astronomers' is an anagram for 'moon starers.'
October 27, 2025 at 3:22 PM
'Astronomers' is an anagram for 'moon starers.'
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Absolutely losing it that the special police unit investigating the Louvre heist is called the Paris Brigade for the Repression of Banditry 😭
October 27, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Absolutely losing it that the special police unit investigating the Louvre heist is called the Paris Brigade for the Repression of Banditry 😭
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Education research you can use! 🔬🌟
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That’s what we deliver in our free, monthly email roundup—and our next edition lands this Sunday.
Subscribe now to get it in your inbox: edut.to/4qmZr3G
#EdResearch #EduSky
October 23, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Education research you can use! 🔬🌟
That’s what we deliver in our free, monthly email roundup—and our next edition lands this Sunday.
Subscribe now to get it in your inbox: edut.to/4qmZr3G
#EdResearch #EduSky
That’s what we deliver in our free, monthly email roundup—and our next edition lands this Sunday.
Subscribe now to get it in your inbox: edut.to/4qmZr3G
#EdResearch #EduSky
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What’s your biggest classroom challenge right now? 🤔
Drop your toughest or most urgent classroom questions on this thread.
Our team will take what we heard, find experts to help us make sense of it all, and produce a live podcast episode of answers. 🎧
Drop your toughest or most urgent classroom questions on this thread.
Our team will take what we heard, find experts to help us make sense of it all, and produce a live podcast episode of answers. 🎧
Call for submissions: What are you wrestling with right now—classroom misbehavior, grading stress, student engagement, discussion norms?
We’re working on a live Ask & Answer for our podcast. Drop your toughest or most urgent classroom questions on this thread, and our team will take what we heard, find experts to help us make sense of…
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October 22, 2025 at 8:38 PM
What’s your biggest classroom challenge right now? 🤔
Drop your toughest or most urgent classroom questions on this thread.
Our team will take what we heard, find experts to help us make sense of it all, and produce a live podcast episode of answers. 🎧
Drop your toughest or most urgent classroom questions on this thread.
Our team will take what we heard, find experts to help us make sense of it all, and produce a live podcast episode of answers. 🎧
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Do your students avoid asking for help—even when you know they need it? Our latest podcast episode is for you!
It's full of teacher-tested strategies that can make help-seeking not just accepted, but *expected* in your classroom. 🙋
Listen on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/4nTfvsr
It's full of teacher-tested strategies that can make help-seeking not just accepted, but *expected* in your classroom. 🙋
Listen on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/4nTfvsr
October 14, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Do your students avoid asking for help—even when you know they need it? Our latest podcast episode is for you!
It's full of teacher-tested strategies that can make help-seeking not just accepted, but *expected* in your classroom. 🙋
Listen on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/4nTfvsr
It's full of teacher-tested strategies that can make help-seeking not just accepted, but *expected* in your classroom. 🙋
Listen on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/4nTfvsr
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I’m gonna say something controversial: I actually don’t think chickpea anxiety is real
October 3, 2025 at 6:00 AM
I’m gonna say something controversial: I actually don’t think chickpea anxiety is real
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This helped me today. Small Kindnesses, by Danusha Laméris
August 16, 2025 at 7:41 PM
This helped me today. Small Kindnesses, by Danusha Laméris
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Introducing School of Practice, our first podcast! 🎧
Join us for 15-minute episodes filled with smart, pedagogy-shifting advice—backed by the research, and test-driven by teachers just like you.
Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4psx6Zv
Subscribe on Spotify: https://bit.ly/47T3Wwg
Join us for 15-minute episodes filled with smart, pedagogy-shifting advice—backed by the research, and test-driven by teachers just like you.
Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4psx6Zv
Subscribe on Spotify: https://bit.ly/47T3Wwg
September 21, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Introducing School of Practice, our first podcast! 🎧
Join us for 15-minute episodes filled with smart, pedagogy-shifting advice—backed by the research, and test-driven by teachers just like you.
Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4psx6Zv
Subscribe on Spotify: https://bit.ly/47T3Wwg
Join us for 15-minute episodes filled with smart, pedagogy-shifting advice—backed by the research, and test-driven by teachers just like you.
Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4psx6Zv
Subscribe on Spotify: https://bit.ly/47T3Wwg
I’m going skating for the first time since 1997 tonight. Wish me luck. (I’m 42 this could lead to a broken hip.)
September 20, 2025 at 11:46 PM
I’m going skating for the first time since 1997 tonight. Wish me luck. (I’m 42 this could lead to a broken hip.)
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Teaching strategies at your fingertips!
With Homeroom, you can build your own personalized educator feed that grows right alongside you. 🌼 Try it out today: edut.to/4n12xry
With Homeroom, you can build your own personalized educator feed that grows right alongside you. 🌼 Try it out today: edut.to/4n12xry
September 15, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Teaching strategies at your fingertips!
With Homeroom, you can build your own personalized educator feed that grows right alongside you. 🌼 Try it out today: edut.to/4n12xry
With Homeroom, you can build your own personalized educator feed that grows right alongside you. 🌼 Try it out today: edut.to/4n12xry
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Remember, birding is there for you.
September 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Remember, birding is there for you.
I wish this was true because I’m struggling in my Auntie Supreme duties and this would help.
September 10, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I wish this was true because I’m struggling in my Auntie Supreme duties and this would help.
Hi there, #EduSky - I’m eager to connect with art teachers so putting out a call! We have a cool project in the works that would give you compensated opportunities to shape some of our visual content at @edutopia.org. Please help me spread the word. My DMs are open to anyone interested!
September 10, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Hi there, #EduSky - I’m eager to connect with art teachers so putting out a call! We have a cool project in the works that would give you compensated opportunities to shape some of our visual content at @edutopia.org. Please help me spread the word. My DMs are open to anyone interested!
So, there’s a rescue pup up for adoption in my town and do we think he is actually Falkor?
September 10, 2025 at 2:09 AM
So, there’s a rescue pup up for adoption in my town and do we think he is actually Falkor?
This thread is a great example of exactly why we’ve built Ask & Answer on @edutopia.org. Please join us to get (and give!) support.
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I'm a new teacher & started teaching middle school history the fifth week of school. Each class has a small, core number of students who are extremely difficult (see below). Thoughts on how to reset?
Some additional context I started teaching two 7th Grade World History classes and two 8th Grade US History classes in the 5th week at an Oakland Charter School this last week. The students had demora...
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September 9, 2025 at 10:06 PM
This thread is a great example of exactly why we’ve built Ask & Answer on @edutopia.org. Please join us to get (and give!) support.
www.edutopia.org/ask-and-answ...
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Looking for research-backed tips for motivating students? @cathleenbeachbd.bsky.social has you covered: www.edutopia.org/article/boos....
3 Ways to Boost Students’ Motivation to Learn
New research suggests that motivation isn’t built on grades but on whether grades match students’ expectations, so showing them evidence of their learning is key.
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September 8, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Looking for research-backed tips for motivating students? @cathleenbeachbd.bsky.social has you covered: www.edutopia.org/article/boos....
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Before leaving one day this past week, I sent home a few positive messages to families of students who had really shown out so far.
One responded with a loud thank you—and a note that “they had never heard anything positive before” about their kid from school.
Reminder: it‘s the little things.
One responded with a loud thank you—and a note that “they had never heard anything positive before” about their kid from school.
Reminder: it‘s the little things.
September 8, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Before leaving one day this past week, I sent home a few positive messages to families of students who had really shown out so far.
One responded with a loud thank you—and a note that “they had never heard anything positive before” about their kid from school.
Reminder: it‘s the little things.
One responded with a loud thank you—and a note that “they had never heard anything positive before” about their kid from school.
Reminder: it‘s the little things.
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Group work and reading and A.I., oh my! Join the conversation and share your tips on Edutopia’s Ask & Answer community forum.
Here are a few questions from the past week—add your ideas or get some new ones!👇
Here are a few questions from the past week—add your ideas or get some new ones!👇
September 5, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Group work and reading and A.I., oh my! Join the conversation and share your tips on Edutopia’s Ask & Answer community forum.
Here are a few questions from the past week—add your ideas or get some new ones!👇
Here are a few questions from the past week—add your ideas or get some new ones!👇
“We can think of school as a place that focuses on producing learning & learning outcomes, but I think that’s not true… It’s to grow thinkers, civic agents, ppl who understand themselves in a way that really positions them to think in evidence-based and systematic ways about complex problems…”
When we think of “learning outcomes” as the purpose of education and stop there, we miss out on the ultimate aim of school—which is to use the learning to build the person.
Read the conversation between neuroscientist Mary Helen Immordino-Yang and @stephenmerrill.bsky.social for more.
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Read the conversation between neuroscientist Mary Helen Immordino-Yang and @stephenmerrill.bsky.social for more.
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Projects, Purpose, and the Teenage Mind
Neuroscientist Mary Helen Immordino-Yang on why adolescent students search for deeper meaning—and what that tells us about designing schools that engage teens.
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September 3, 2025 at 9:31 PM
“We can think of school as a place that focuses on producing learning & learning outcomes, but I think that’s not true… It’s to grow thinkers, civic agents, ppl who understand themselves in a way that really positions them to think in evidence-based and systematic ways about complex problems…”