Katie
@kquizzo.bsky.social
Mom, wife, district elementary literacy specialist, Swiftie, horror movie aficionado, advocate for research- and evidence-based literacy instruction for all students, aspiring home cook, occasional existential crisis-haver.
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Today was a very fun, very good day to be a Swiftie. Way to go, Taylor. You win! You own EVERYTHING!
May 31, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Today was a very fun, very good day to be a Swiftie. Way to go, Taylor. You win! You own EVERYTHING!
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Taylor Swift now owns her masters for her first six albums.
May 30, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Taylor Swift now owns her masters for her first six albums.
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Okay, I'll say it: Tonight has been an absolute DRUBBING for Texas book banners. Texas voters stood up and said clearly that they're sick of trustees demonizing teachers. They rejected the absurd policing of libraries & books that has plagued our state for years.
And here’s how my tracker looks right now. That’s a lot of green!
May 4, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Okay, I'll say it: Tonight has been an absolute DRUBBING for Texas book banners. Texas voters stood up and said clearly that they're sick of trustees demonizing teachers. They rejected the absurd policing of libraries & books that has plagued our state for years.
I had the literal best time at #TRLSummit2025 today! I felt affirmed in things that I'm doing, challenged in my thinking, pushed to continue to grow, and rejuvenated by my teammates and the ridiculously brilliant and inspiring panelists. This is urgent work, so let's go!
April 24, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I had the literal best time at #TRLSummit2025 today! I felt affirmed in things that I'm doing, challenged in my thinking, pushed to continue to grow, and rejuvenated by my teammates and the ridiculously brilliant and inspiring panelists. This is urgent work, so let's go!
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Want a good series that isn’t written by a transphobe?
Try Percy Jackson by Rick Riordan
The Supernatural Investigations series by B.B Alston
Shadowshaper & the sequels by Daniel José Older
They’re all fabulous
Try Percy Jackson by Rick Riordan
The Supernatural Investigations series by B.B Alston
Shadowshaper & the sequels by Daniel José Older
They’re all fabulous
I think it’s fine to bully people for reading Harry Potter in 2025 actually
If you want to read your old Harry Potter books, you should do it in secret and shamefully - you know, in the way that J.K. Rowling wants to force trans people to live.
If you want to read your old Harry Potter books, you should do it in secret and shamefully - you know, in the way that J.K. Rowling wants to force trans people to live.
April 18, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Want a good series that isn’t written by a transphobe?
Try Percy Jackson by Rick Riordan
The Supernatural Investigations series by B.B Alston
Shadowshaper & the sequels by Daniel José Older
They’re all fabulous
Try Percy Jackson by Rick Riordan
The Supernatural Investigations series by B.B Alston
Shadowshaper & the sequels by Daniel José Older
They’re all fabulous
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Checking in from Chicago suburbs!
April 5, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Checking in from Chicago suburbs!
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I hope being able to publicly say the r word again is worth it.
April 4, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I hope being able to publicly say the r word again is worth it.
I heard this too. It's just still too much for me to hope for any sort of real action or vocal pushback.
Heard Ron Johnson - extremely Trumpy senator - on NPR this morning and even he couldn't defend the tariffs. The most generous thing he could bring himself to say was "I have concerns" and "we'll see what happens." You can bet that privately Republicans are freaking out.
April 3, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I heard this too. It's just still too much for me to hope for any sort of real action or vocal pushback.
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Madison Square Garden banned a fan for life over a t-shirt he made criticizing Knicks owner James Dolan — even though he didn't wear the shirt to the venue. MSG won't say how they identified the fan, who suspects facial recognition played a part.
www.theverge.com/news/637228/...
www.theverge.com/news/637228/...
Madison Square Garden’s surveillance system banned this fan over his T-shirt design
MSG uses tools like facial recognition on attendees.
www.theverge.com
March 28, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Madison Square Garden banned a fan for life over a t-shirt he made criticizing Knicks owner James Dolan — even though he didn't wear the shirt to the venue. MSG won't say how they identified the fan, who suspects facial recognition played a part.
www.theverge.com/news/637228/...
www.theverge.com/news/637228/...
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imagine being accidentally added to a second, slightly smaller group chat where they're talking about how to handle this scandal
March 26, 2025 at 6:18 PM
imagine being accidentally added to a second, slightly smaller group chat where they're talking about how to handle this scandal
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The Good Place Committee needs to be run out of their jobs, one by one, until none of them are left.
March 14, 2025 at 11:48 PM
The Good Place Committee needs to be run out of their jobs, one by one, until none of them are left.
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Directing REVENGE and THE SUBSTANCE as your first two films is probably the coolest thing any Director has ever done.
March 12, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Directing REVENGE and THE SUBSTANCE as your first two films is probably the coolest thing any Director has ever done.
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So much of this is illegal. We can fight back. Let’s go educators, parents and decent humans. We have been fighting and we will keep fighting.
SCOOP: Now that Linda McMahon is confirmed/sworn in as secretary, Trump will be imminently issuing an executive order eliminating the Department of Education.
I’ve obtained a draft of an email that McMahon will be sending to staff re: the EO and the department’s “final mission”.
Here is a portion:
I’ve obtained a draft of an email that McMahon will be sending to staff re: the EO and the department’s “final mission”.
Here is a portion:
![After President Trump's inauguration last month, he has steadily signed a slate of executive orders to keep these education promises: combatting critical race theory, DEl, gender ideology extremism, and discrimination in admissions. President Trump has also been focused on eliminating wasteful bureaucracy and harmful programs in the federal government. To that end, today he signed [Executive Order XYZ, entitled "Eliminating the Department of Education,] which has given us a clear and final mission.
We are to identify which of the Department's functions, programs, and offices are not mandated by statute, and eliminate them. This reorganization will impact staff, budgets, reporting, and more —and in coming months, we will determine how it can be accomplished with minimal delay and disruption. The President further tasked us with creating a plan to reallocate and reassign functions of the Department of Education that would be more effectively managed by other agencies. This plan will offer Congress a road map toward fulfilling the expectations of the President and the American people.
The new vision—which I hope each of you will embrace going forward—can be expressed as four main convictions:
Parents are the primary decision makers in their children's education.
Students deserve to be protected from physical violence, racial discrimination, medical tyranny, and gender extremism ideology on campus.
Postsecondary education should be a path to a well-paying career aligned with workforce needs.
Taxpayer-funded education should refocus on meaningful learning: proficiency in math, reading, and core subjects, and patriotism in American history and civics.
As we move to reduce the Department's middleman role in education, these four convictions must guide us toward conscientious and pragmatic action. The elimination of bureaucracy should free us, not limit us, in our pursuit of these goals
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March 4, 2025 at 12:26 AM
So much of this is illegal. We can fight back. Let’s go educators, parents and decent humans. We have been fighting and we will keep fighting.
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Either transgender Americans are important enough to warrant year after year of breathless coverage questioning their healthcare and existence, or they're so insignificant that destroying their rights is the "least consequential" action of a presidency. www.readtpa.com/p/not-exactl...
"Not Exactly Consequential": NYT Dismisses Trump's War on Trans Americans
After years of trans panic coverage, the paper now claims attacks on trans rights barely matter.
www.readtpa.com
March 3, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Either transgender Americans are important enough to warrant year after year of breathless coverage questioning their healthcare and existence, or they're so insignificant that destroying their rights is the "least consequential" action of a presidency. www.readtpa.com/p/not-exactl...
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Has he even said thank you to Vermont since he arrived?
Wow: JD Vance is apparently skiing in Vermont this weekend and the locals aren’t having it. Thousands have lined the streets in protest.
March 2, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Has he even said thank you to Vermont since he arrived?
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I think a massive opportunity for children with additional needs would be to scrap the Friday spelling test. I cannot emphasise the amount of anticipatory anxiety and stress this can cause our children who (in a lot of cases) don’t benefit from it. Often they have memory difficulties. #EdChatIE
February 24, 2025 at 9:10 PM
I think a massive opportunity for children with additional needs would be to scrap the Friday spelling test. I cannot emphasise the amount of anticipatory anxiety and stress this can cause our children who (in a lot of cases) don’t benefit from it. Often they have memory difficulties. #EdChatIE
I'm crying about an anglerfish.
February 16, 2025 at 1:20 AM
I'm crying about an anglerfish.
Cool, cool, cool, cool.
Hearing from a govt contractor that Dept of Education is terminating What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) contracts.
WWC is a website that rigorously evaluates education policies, programs, and products to determine what's effective and not. It's an invaluable tool for school, district, state leaders
WWC is a website that rigorously evaluates education policies, programs, and products to determine what's effective and not. It's an invaluable tool for school, district, state leaders
February 11, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Cool, cool, cool, cool.
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i'm tired of being told to stop doomscrolling. i'm just scrolling, it's not my fault there's doom on there
January 30, 2025 at 12:05 PM
i'm tired of being told to stop doomscrolling. i'm just scrolling, it's not my fault there's doom on there