Rishm Najm
@rnajm.bsky.social
Educator | Lahore | Washington DC |
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![“Teaching is a creative profession, not a delivery system. Great teachers do [pass on information], but what great teachers also do is mentor, stimulate, provoke, engage.” —Sir Ken Robinson](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4zbgbug4ilc6e6erhwm7tlze/bafkreicnsmnyoeidoz3fdbg4ykxometjy6uny3l2vnll3dofhywbjc5qzm@jpeg)
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Not even a week ago, horrifying new body cam footage showed Americans how 13 prison guards beat a handcuffed man to death
Tonight, near midnight, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed bill into law to charge public for footage from law enforcement, including body cams
This follows a massive bill passed in December at 2 am (via @morgantrau.bsky.social) www.news5cleveland.com/news/politic...
This follows a massive bill passed in December at 2 am (via @morgantrau.bsky.social) www.news5cleveland.com/news/politic...
January 3, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Not even a week ago, horrifying new body cam footage showed Americans how 13 prison guards beat a handcuffed man to death
If anyone looking for a feel good charming read to cozy up to Hwang Bo-Reum’s “Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop” has all the elements to give cozy feels:quaint bookshop, imperfect lovable characters & unlikely group of friends. Bonus element of look into life of everyday people in Korea. #booksky
January 1, 2025 at 11:31 AM
If anyone looking for a feel good charming read to cozy up to Hwang Bo-Reum’s “Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop” has all the elements to give cozy feels:quaint bookshop, imperfect lovable characters & unlikely group of friends. Bonus element of look into life of everyday people in Korea. #booksky
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Trump sides with Elon Musk in MAGA immigration feud over H-1B visas
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Trump sides with Elon Musk in MAGA immigration feud over visas for skilled workers
President-elect says he has always liked H-1B visas, despite moving to restrict them in first term in office, as ‘America First’ rages against immigration
www.independent.co.uk
December 28, 2024 at 9:09 PM
Trump sides with Elon Musk in MAGA immigration feud over H-1B visas
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
RIP Bapsi Sidwha. She was & is by far my favorite Pakistani novelist, The Crow Eaters & Ice Candy Man remaining two books that impact me to this day. One of the most powerful quotes from her, that I absolutely internalized as an educationist in Pakistan is this:
December 26, 2024 at 2:27 AM
RIP Bapsi Sidwha. She was & is by far my favorite Pakistani novelist, The Crow Eaters & Ice Candy Man remaining two books that impact me to this day. One of the most powerful quotes from her, that I absolutely internalized as an educationist in Pakistan is this:
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Students should study the humanities not because it makes them better workers but because it rips you open and breaks your brain and changes everything you thought you knew. I *promise* you this. I *promise* it has this ability, no matter how smart you think you are. I have seen it countless times.
Hearing the president of KU say that the way the humanities can protect itself - a question asked by a humanities professor of Spanish - is that her field should direct its public voice to how the Spanish language can impact AI versus the third study of an obscure play…. Just sigh.
December 5, 2024 at 10:15 PM
Students should study the humanities not because it makes them better workers but because it rips you open and breaks your brain and changes everything you thought you knew. I *promise* you this. I *promise* it has this ability, no matter how smart you think you are. I have seen it countless times.
#BookChallenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 💙📚
Day 19:
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 💙📚
Day 19:
December 7, 2024 at 5:16 AM
#BookChallenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 💙📚
Day 19:
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 💙📚
Day 19:
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It's been 69 years since Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat — a protest for justice that sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott and changed the course of U.S. history.
We must continue to honor her legacy by fighting inequality, oppression, and injustice in all its forms.
We must continue to honor her legacy by fighting inequality, oppression, and injustice in all its forms.
December 6, 2024 at 12:28 AM
It's been 69 years since Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat — a protest for justice that sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott and changed the course of U.S. history.
We must continue to honor her legacy by fighting inequality, oppression, and injustice in all its forms.
We must continue to honor her legacy by fighting inequality, oppression, and injustice in all its forms.
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We tend to think of "brain breaks" as downtime, but a 2021 study says they're "just as important as practice in learning a new skill.” 🧠
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December 6, 2024 at 12:00 AM
We tend to think of "brain breaks" as downtime, but a 2021 study says they're "just as important as practice in learning a new skill.” 🧠
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If the barrier is gaps in basic alphabetic code knowledge, target this.
If the barrier is blending words, target this.
If decoding is fine but the barrier is dysfluency, target this.
Identifying and addressing individual needs will *always outperform general strategies on the basis of labels.
If the barrier is blending words, target this.
If decoding is fine but the barrier is dysfluency, target this.
Identifying and addressing individual needs will *always outperform general strategies on the basis of labels.
December 4, 2024 at 10:08 AM
If the barrier is gaps in basic alphabetic code knowledge, target this.
If the barrier is blending words, target this.
If decoding is fine but the barrier is dysfluency, target this.
Identifying and addressing individual needs will *always outperform general strategies on the basis of labels.
If the barrier is blending words, target this.
If decoding is fine but the barrier is dysfluency, target this.
Identifying and addressing individual needs will *always outperform general strategies on the basis of labels.
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The reality is that dyslexia simply means relatively extreme difficulties with learning to recognise and/or spell words.
The remediation of these difficulties should work in exact the same way for those with and without a diagnosis: identify the barriers to reading development and address them.
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The remediation of these difficulties should work in exact the same way for those with and without a diagnosis: identify the barriers to reading development and address them.
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December 4, 2024 at 10:08 AM
The reality is that dyslexia simply means relatively extreme difficulties with learning to recognise and/or spell words.
The remediation of these difficulties should work in exact the same way for those with and without a diagnosis: identify the barriers to reading development and address them.
>>
The remediation of these difficulties should work in exact the same way for those with and without a diagnosis: identify the barriers to reading development and address them.
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#BookChallenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 💙📚
Day 18:
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 💙📚
Day 18:
December 5, 2024 at 8:54 PM
#BookChallenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 💙📚
Day 18:
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 💙📚
Day 18:
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NEW: Human rights organization Amnesty International has released a 296-page report concluding that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.
The group joins Holocaust historians, United Nations experts, and a growing number of nations worldwide in doing so.
The group joins Holocaust historians, United Nations experts, and a growing number of nations worldwide in doing so.
BREAKING: Amnesty Concludes Israel Is Committing Genocide
“We will look back and say, ‘Why did we not do more earlier?” Amnesty's director tells Zeteo.
zeteo.com
December 5, 2024 at 12:04 AM
NEW: Human rights organization Amnesty International has released a 296-page report concluding that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.
The group joins Holocaust historians, United Nations experts, and a growing number of nations worldwide in doing so.
The group joins Holocaust historians, United Nations experts, and a growing number of nations worldwide in doing so.
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Are you a teacher?
Did you know that 2 pupils in every class of 30 are likely to have Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) ?
Never heard of DLD? This FREE leaflet explains what DLD is and shares some support strategies to use in class. #devlangdis
www.moorhouseinstitute.com/dld-resources/
Did you know that 2 pupils in every class of 30 are likely to have Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) ?
Never heard of DLD? This FREE leaflet explains what DLD is and shares some support strategies to use in class. #devlangdis
www.moorhouseinstitute.com/dld-resources/
DLD RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS & PARENTS – Moor House Research & Training Institute
www.moorhouseinstitute.com
November 27, 2024 at 9:55 PM
Are you a teacher?
Did you know that 2 pupils in every class of 30 are likely to have Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) ?
Never heard of DLD? This FREE leaflet explains what DLD is and shares some support strategies to use in class. #devlangdis
www.moorhouseinstitute.com/dld-resources/
Did you know that 2 pupils in every class of 30 are likely to have Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) ?
Never heard of DLD? This FREE leaflet explains what DLD is and shares some support strategies to use in class. #devlangdis
www.moorhouseinstitute.com/dld-resources/
#BookChallenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books #bapsisidhwa💙📚
Day 17:
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books #bapsisidhwa💙📚
Day 17:
December 4, 2024 at 3:49 AM
#BookChallenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books #bapsisidhwa💙📚
Day 17:
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books #bapsisidhwa💙📚
Day 17:
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"Parents who have been swayed by vaccine skepticism love their children and want to protect them, and we need leaders who will help them do that, not conspiracy theorists who will scare them into decisions that will put their children at risk of disease" www.nytimes.com/2024/12/03/u...
Bloomberg Says RFK Jr. Would Be ‘Beyond Dangerous’ as Health Secretary
Michael R. Bloomberg, the former New York City mayor and a public health advocate, is asking Senate Republicans to persuade President-elect Donald J. Trump to “rethink” Kennedy’s nomination.
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2024 at 4:18 PM
"Parents who have been swayed by vaccine skepticism love their children and want to protect them, and we need leaders who will help them do that, not conspiracy theorists who will scare them into decisions that will put their children at risk of disease" www.nytimes.com/2024/12/03/u...
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#SUDAN: The situation is beyond chaotic. Patients & medical staff are leaving the camp and trying to run for their lives. Our @msf.ca hospital is now empty, with the last three ICU patients - still dependent on oxygen - evacuated under dangerous conditions. #TalkAboutSudan #AidSky #MSF
December 3, 2024 at 12:43 AM
#SUDAN: The situation is beyond chaotic. Patients & medical staff are leaving the camp and trying to run for their lives. Our @msf.ca hospital is now empty, with the last three ICU patients - still dependent on oxygen - evacuated under dangerous conditions. #TalkAboutSudan #AidSky #MSF
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Language teachers, this is an important truth we have to confront about our teaching too
#langchat
#langchat
Being a linguist is inherently political. We know that all language is equal and that being treated differently because of your languaging has to do with the body you inhabit and not the language itself.
#linguistics #language
#linguistics #language
December 2, 2024 at 10:47 PM
Language teachers, this is an important truth we have to confront about our teaching too
#langchat
#langchat
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One of our leading magazines, which most members of Congress, reported that the Trump nominee for Defense Secretary chanted ‘ Kill all Muslims!’ and I haven’t seen loads of (any?) elected Dems condemn him for it yet.
It’s almost as if… Islamophobia has been normalized in DC.
It’s almost as if… Islamophobia has been normalized in DC.
December 2, 2024 at 6:55 PM
One of our leading magazines, which most members of Congress, reported that the Trump nominee for Defense Secretary chanted ‘ Kill all Muslims!’ and I haven’t seen loads of (any?) elected Dems condemn him for it yet.
It’s almost as if… Islamophobia has been normalized in DC.
It’s almost as if… Islamophobia has been normalized in DC.
#BookChallenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 💙📚
Day 16:
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 💙📚
Day 16:
December 2, 2024 at 6:01 AM
#BookChallenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 💙📚
Day 16:
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 💙📚
Day 16:
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Chart: Acts of clemency in the final months of a president's term have been fairly common www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
December 2, 2024 at 3:28 AM
Chart: Acts of clemency in the final months of a president's term have been fairly common www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
#BookChallenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 💙📚
Day 15:
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 💙📚
Day 15:
December 1, 2024 at 7:24 PM
#BookChallenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 💙📚
Day 15:
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 💙📚
Day 15: