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Damon Rainie
@mrrainie.bsky.social
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Middle school educator—grades 5-8—public school principal in southeastern MA, previously English Language Arts teacher
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mrrainie.bsky.social
Please dissect, @dieworkwear.bsky.social , please!
donald trump walking down a hallway with a leather portfolio tucked in one of his tiny, delicate hands. His jacket is snugly buttoned, set to burst; both pant legs are riding up significantly; and his well-polished shoes appear to have substantial heels.
October 18, 2025 at 5:09 PM
mrrainie.bsky.social
Key word missing from this headline:
“Push for Military Coverage of I.V.F. Faces REPUBLICAN Challenge in Congress”

Why does “paper of record” continually tag Democrats when they’re terrible or ineffective, but shield GOP from same naming & shaming?
Accusations of liberal bias prompt self-censoring?
New York Times headline, reading “Push for Military Coverage of I.V.F. Faces Challenge in Congress”
October 5, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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juliet.social
I'm starting to think we need to bring back a constructive form of shame, which @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social makes a great case for in this excellent piece:

www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
September 30, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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pwh3.bsky.social
Summer sunset sky as seen from the 6 Train in New York City.
July 22, 2025 at 12:30 PM
mrrainie.bsky.social
"Don't negotiate with terrorists," the theory goes, because it incentivizes criminal acts.
trump admin rerouted migrants to El Salvador & used them as leverage in negotiations with Venezuela?
So, now the US govt is terror org, incentivized to direct deportees to CECOT to coerce their home countries?
July 23, 2025 at 3:15 PM
mrrainie.bsky.social
My District is managing the transition from a #BalancedLiteracy elementary reading program to one incorporating #ScienceOfReading. After panicking that I had no idea how to teach kids to read, I came across this 101 on the debate: "A Right Way to Read?" harvardmagazine.com/2024/09/harv... 🧵
A Right Way to Teach Reading? | Harvard Magazine
The science, art, and politics of teaching an essential skill
harvardmagazine.com
March 5, 2025 at 1:33 PM
mrrainie.bsky.social
Bookmarking this!
February 15, 2025 at 12:59 AM
mrrainie.bsky.social
Had the opportunity to participate in a book chat webinar through MA DESE with @afrikaafeni.bsky.social yesterday. I read her wonderful book “Open Windows, Open Minds” & wrote a review on @thestorygraph.com: app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/cf83...

Affiliate link: amzn.to/3EBWeKk

#WhatImReading
Open Windows, Open Minds: Developing Antiracist, Pro-Human Students (Corwin Literacy)
Amazon.com: Open Windows, Open Minds: Developing Antiracist, Pro-Human Students (Corwin Literacy): 9781071852897: Mills, Afrika Afeni: Books
amzn.to
February 12, 2025 at 5:41 PM
mrrainie.bsky.social
I just finished reading “Our History Has Always Been Contraband” & reviewed it on the StoryGraph:
app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/1027...
@thestorygraph.com #WhatImReading
Review by drainie - Our History Has Always Been Contraband: In Defense of Black Studies
This anthology serves as a vigorous defense of the field of American American Studies—and an e...
app.thestorygraph.com
February 3, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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melissacreate23.bsky.social
Does your picture book collection for 3 to 8 year olds need refreshing? Special offer from #ReadersthatCare coming soon. Comment below if interested or tag someone who might be. @smithsmm.bsky.social @hazelmpinner.bsky.social @openingdoors.bsky.social @teresacremin.bsky.social @mattobin.bsky.social
January 19, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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leeannjung.bsky.social
📚 Steps to mastery of a skill: 1. acquisition (I did it once) 2. fluency (I can do it consistently) 3. maintenance (I can keep doing it) 4. transfer (I can use it in new ways) (Hanson, et al., 1978) and still true. #LeadInclusion #EdLeaders #Teachers #UDL #SBLchat #TG2Chat
Wooden cubes stacked to create a staircase. Each column has an arrow pointing up text reads steps to mastery. Under each of the four arrows is a word: acquisition, fluency, maintenance, transfer,
January 16, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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foxnic.bsky.social
“Poor parental mental health has overtaken domestic violence as the most commonly reported factor in social worker assessments into whether a child is at risk of serious harm or neglect, according to new research.”
January 15, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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mguhlin.bsky.social
Love this-> "...as one of my tenth-graders put it in a survey, “there’s no growing as a writer in having something else write it for you. I ‘grew as a writer’ [this semester] by writing it myself.” " #EduSky brettvogelsinger.com/artificial-i...
Artificial Intelligence and Writing: Four Things I Learned Listening to my High School Students
Originally published on John Warner’s Engaged Education Newsletter Preface by John Warner: Because I am something of a skeptic when it comes to the utility of the tools of generative AI when …
brettvogelsinger.com
January 11, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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teachals.bsky.social
In the Hall at lunchtime we display a PPT: school events, clubs, news, weather etc. We also show things to prompt convos - dingbats, jokes, facts... I'm sharing 100 days' worth here in case they are of use to anyone else! Please feel free to use/ chuck/ change! tinyurl.com/ae6p2r7c
November 17, 2024 at 7:41 PM
mrrainie.bsky.social
2024 in books! I finished 24 books this year
I’m just a kid with an IEP by Jordan Toma; Capitalism: a ghost story by Ahrundati Roy; Searching for stars on an island in Maine by Alan Lightman; We are not free by Traci Chee; Body happy kids by Molly Forbes; Bigger than Bernie: how we get to democratic socialism by Meagan Day and Micah Uetricht; They Called Us Enemy by George Takei; A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara; The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams by Stacy Schiff; The Stories of Breece D’J Pancake; Black Lives Matter at School edited by Denisha Jones and Jesse Hagopian; Turtle Diary by Russell Hoban; School Culture Rewired by Steve Gruenert and Todd Whitaker; Grace Notes by Brian Doyle; Discipline with dignity by Richard L. Curwin, Allen N. Mendler, and Brian D. Mendler; The Candidate by Samuel Popkin; Honest to God by John Hamilton; How Teachers Can Turn Data Into Action by Daniel Venables; Wobblies & Zapatistas by Staughton Lynd and Andrej Grubacic; Atomic Habits by James Clear; Thinking Fast & Slow by Daniel Kahneman; I want to keep smashing myself until I am whole: an Elias Canetti reader edited by Joshua Cohen; The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin; Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston
January 1, 2025 at 2:30 AM
mrrainie.bsky.social
Love this! Proof that writing improves mindfulness when you review & recall all the stuff you would otherwise have forgotten
December 22, 2024 at 3:56 PM
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slj.com
From a bilingual book about Cuba to a graphic novel poetry collection, these diverse titles are sure to delight a wide range of young readers.
8 Poetry Books for Dreamers, Animal Lovers, and Mistake-Makers
From a bilingual book about Cuba to a graphic novel poetry collection, these diverse titles are sure to delight a wide range of young readers.
www.slj.com
December 17, 2024 at 6:37 PM
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kimkelly.bsky.social
Preorders are live for my new book, ‘Fight to Win! Heroes of American Labor (The Young Readers Edition of Fight Like Hell)’!!! It’s for ages 10-14, and I’m so excited to share these stories with the next generation of troublemakers!

www.simonandschuster.com/books/Fight-...

Check out the cover!
Cover for Fight to Win! Heroes of American Labor (The Young Readers Edition of Fight Like Hell) - an illustrated group of young people with different skin tones holding a sign with the book title
December 12, 2024 at 8:33 PM
mrrainie.bsky.social
Sitting with this

#EduSky #SchoolCounselor #SCChat
#SchoolCounseling
mmelockhart.bsky.social Mme Lockhart @mmelockhart.bsky.social · Dec 9
“If they can read, they have a chance to find success.” ~Steve Dykstra
#SchoolTrauma #Dyslexia #RightToRead
December 9, 2024 at 3:15 PM
mrrainie.bsky.social
“Teaching is a profession that could do with a bit more honesty” Agree! The candor rings through in the concrete examples that model how to implement the strategy. #EdLeadership #EdLead #EduSky
December 9, 2024 at 10:55 AM
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shannonmmiller.bsky.social
It's CSEdWeek and Hour Of Code Week, December 9-13, 2024.🤖

Here are the 3 coding choice boards and lots of resources for all teachers and students, TK-12.

Have fun celebrating and coding together, friends.

buff.ly/3B7OPkz

#EduSky #SkyLib #tlchat #futurereadylibs #HourofCode
December 3, 2024 at 6:55 PM
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joannakolota.bsky.social
Rosenshine's Principles of Instruction can have a profound impact on all students, including multilingual learners. However, for multilingual learners to fully benefit, adaptations are often necessary ⬇️ (1/2)

#edusky #EAL #multilingual #MLs
November 28, 2024 at 9:52 PM
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joannakolota.bsky.social
(2/2)
November 28, 2024 at 9:53 PM
mrrainie.bsky.social
Shop online all weekend & support local booksellers! bookshop.org/shop/rainiet... (affiliate link)
Through Sunday, 10% rebate gift cards available @bookshop-org.bsky.social

I support @harvardbookstore.bsky.social & Grolier Poetry Bookshop
#SmallBusinessSaturday #ShopLocal
Bookshop.org Black Friday Sale! Through Sunday, get $10 when you spend $100. Get $20 when you spend $200. Plus free shipping! Shop now: https://bookshop.org/shop/rainietreatment (affiliate link)
November 30, 2024 at 5:19 PM
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rastokke.bsky.social
Automaticity with math facts is the foundation for later success in math! 🚀 Check out my popular how-to episode, packed with tips for teachers & parents. 🎙️ Big thanks to
Brian Poncy & Amanda VanDerHeyden for their help with this episode! podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/c...
How to Build Automaticity with Math Facts: A Practical Guide (Ep 36)
Podcast Episode · Chalk & Talk · 2024-11-08 · 27m
podcasts.apple.com
November 19, 2024 at 1:51 PM