Sarah Fine
@sarahmfine.bsky.social
Assistant professor of education leadership at University of California San Diego. Founding director of San Diego Teacher Residency. Trail-runner, musician, mama. In search of deeper learning: my/our book from 2019, still an accurate tagline.
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Sarah Fine
@sarahmfine.bsky.social
· Nov 13
Hello, blue-skied world!
By way of introduction: I’m a teacher, teacher-educator, scholar, academic mama. I’m also a bread-maker, a musician, and a trail runner. I care a lot about public schools and what happens in them.
For my politics, see: Bernie, Reich, AOC.
And Freire. Always Freire.
By way of introduction: I’m a teacher, teacher-educator, scholar, academic mama. I’m also a bread-maker, a musician, and a trail runner. I care a lot about public schools and what happens in them.
For my politics, see: Bernie, Reich, AOC.
And Freire. Always Freire.
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Hot off the press, new research brief: design principles & evidence for Applied Learning (AL) in K-12 schools, with @annarsaavedra.bsky.social and @sarahmfine.bsky.social
The evidence is clear: when students apply knowledge through authentic, challenging, and sustained work, achievement rises.
Our new #EdResearch4Action brief shows what makes applied learning succeed and how systems can support it.
🔗bit.ly/applied_learning
Our new #EdResearch4Action brief shows what makes applied learning succeed and how systems can support it.
🔗bit.ly/applied_learning
November 1, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Hot off the press, new research brief: design principles & evidence for Applied Learning (AL) in K-12 schools, with @annarsaavedra.bsky.social and @sarahmfine.bsky.social
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The entire right-wing propaganda machine came after Zohran Mamdani.
The president and his allies came after him.
Democratic leaders, by and large, did not have his back until the last minute.
He still won, turning out historic numbers and inspiring young voters.
His politics can win anywhere.
The president and his allies came after him.
Democratic leaders, by and large, did not have his back until the last minute.
He still won, turning out historic numbers and inspiring young voters.
His politics can win anywhere.
November 5, 2025 at 2:36 AM
The entire right-wing propaganda machine came after Zohran Mamdani.
The president and his allies came after him.
Democratic leaders, by and large, did not have his back until the last minute.
He still won, turning out historic numbers and inspiring young voters.
His politics can win anywhere.
The president and his allies came after him.
Democratic leaders, by and large, did not have his back until the last minute.
He still won, turning out historic numbers and inspiring young voters.
His politics can win anywhere.
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Instead of starting with a lecture, we're kicking things off with dialogue.
#CTRH2025 participants get access to this flipped keynote ahead of time to listen & watch at their own pace before joining @sarahmfine.bsky.social in a live Q&A!
www.humanrestorationproject.org/conference #EduSky
#CTRH2025 participants get access to this flipped keynote ahead of time to listen & watch at their own pace before joining @sarahmfine.bsky.social in a live Q&A!
www.humanrestorationproject.org/conference #EduSky
July 8, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Instead of starting with a lecture, we're kicking things off with dialogue.
#CTRH2025 participants get access to this flipped keynote ahead of time to listen & watch at their own pace before joining @sarahmfine.bsky.social in a live Q&A!
www.humanrestorationproject.org/conference #EduSky
#CTRH2025 participants get access to this flipped keynote ahead of time to listen & watch at their own pace before joining @sarahmfine.bsky.social in a live Q&A!
www.humanrestorationproject.org/conference #EduSky
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It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this
June 22, 2025 at 12:47 AM
It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this
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That one person can drag us into a war without consulting or even notifying Congress, or our allies, or fully explaining to the American people why this is necessary, is absolutely bonkers.
Reminder that Congress has the power to stop all of this. Where the hell are they? Hello?
Reminder that Congress has the power to stop all of this. Where the hell are they? Hello?
June 22, 2025 at 3:53 AM
That one person can drag us into a war without consulting or even notifying Congress, or our allies, or fully explaining to the American people why this is necessary, is absolutely bonkers.
Reminder that Congress has the power to stop all of this. Where the hell are they? Hello?
Reminder that Congress has the power to stop all of this. Where the hell are they? Hello?
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Are you at #AERA2025 today? Join @sarahmfine.bsky.social and me as we share fresh off-the oven findings on how some districts in California are #LiberatingLearning in high schools. Today at 1:30pm, Colorado Convention Center. More details here: tinyurl.com/26kcl3th
AERA Annual Meeting 2025
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April 25, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Are you at #AERA2025 today? Join @sarahmfine.bsky.social and me as we share fresh off-the oven findings on how some districts in California are #LiberatingLearning in high schools. Today at 1:30pm, Colorado Convention Center. More details here: tinyurl.com/26kcl3th
On Monday, I will be running the @bostonmarathon.bsky.social with my sister in honor of our mother, who was diagnosed last year with grade IV brain cancer and had been receiving exceptional care at @danafarber.bsky.social. We are thrilled to have raised 30K for DFCI in her honor. Now, 26.2!!!
April 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
On Monday, I will be running the @bostonmarathon.bsky.social with my sister in honor of our mother, who was diagnosed last year with grade IV brain cancer and had been receiving exceptional care at @danafarber.bsky.social. We are thrilled to have raised 30K for DFCI in her honor. Now, 26.2!!!
The revolution will not be televised…. and it won’t be covered by the Washington Post, either.
Jeff Bezos declares opinions questioning “free markets” no longer welcome at The Washington Post
Months after insisting he would never allow his personal interests to influence the Post's content, one of the world's richest men decides opinions contrary to his "will be left to be published by oth...
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February 26, 2025 at 8:27 PM
The revolution will not be televised…. and it won’t be covered by the Washington Post, either.
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Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Them
Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Them
WASHINGTON—With the elected officials trying their hardest not to move a muscle, reports confirmed Monday that top Democratic leaders in Congress were standing real still in hopes that the American pe...
theonion.com
February 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Them
I’m thinking it’s time to revive @johnkrasinski04.bsky.social’s “Some Good News” from the last time the world felt this scary and dark (March 2020).
I’ll start:
This is my dog. She’s 106 in dog years. Good news!!! She still loves her daily walks.
I’ll start:
This is my dog. She’s 106 in dog years. Good news!!! She still loves her daily walks.
February 20, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I’m thinking it’s time to revive @johnkrasinski04.bsky.social’s “Some Good News” from the last time the world felt this scary and dark (March 2020).
I’ll start:
This is my dog. She’s 106 in dog years. Good news!!! She still loves her daily walks.
I’ll start:
This is my dog. She’s 106 in dog years. Good news!!! She still loves her daily walks.
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@sarahmfine.bsky.social's '“But Money Makes It Real!”: Problematizing Capitalist Logic in Project-Based Learning' is a powerful and thorough argument for why, in her words, "Dewey needs Freire, and vice versa." #EduSky
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
February 6, 2025 at 1:04 PM
@sarahmfine.bsky.social's '“But Money Makes It Real!”: Problematizing Capitalist Logic in Project-Based Learning' is a powerful and thorough argument for why, in her words, "Dewey needs Freire, and vice versa." #EduSky
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Divider-in-chief. I'd forgotten how nauseating it is to listen to a president politicize a tragedy, to debase and disparage his opponents at a moment that calls for reflection and healing.
January 30, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Divider-in-chief. I'd forgotten how nauseating it is to listen to a president politicize a tragedy, to debase and disparage his opponents at a moment that calls for reflection and healing.
Apropos of nothing, stopped to spend some time with this poster today. It’s on the wall of the office I share with my spouse.
January 21, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Apropos of nothing, stopped to spend some time with this poster today. It’s on the wall of the office I share with my spouse.
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Conservatives are sharing a video about a cultural competence training that was part of new employee orientation for LA firefighters. I have news for them about the efficacy of one-time, one hour workshops.
January 8, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Conservatives are sharing a video about a cultural competence training that was part of new employee orientation for LA firefighters. I have news for them about the efficacy of one-time, one hour workshops.
My manifesto (er, article) is out in AERA Open today! It’s about how #neoliberal & #racial capitalist logic worms its way into far too many project-based learning experiences, and what #educators can do about it. Come for the righteous anger. Stay for the solutions!
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January 2, 2025 at 5:59 PM
My manifesto (er, article) is out in AERA Open today! It’s about how #neoliberal & #racial capitalist logic worms its way into far too many project-based learning experiences, and what #educators can do about it. Come for the righteous anger. Stay for the solutions!
@aeraedresearch.bsky.social
@aeraedresearch.bsky.social
Hands-down the best thing about not being Christian is taking the late flight cross-country on Christmas Eve and having the flight attendants shower you with kindness and sympathy and extra snacks and drinks because you’re “missing out.”
December 24, 2024 at 11:56 PM
Hands-down the best thing about not being Christian is taking the late flight cross-country on Christmas Eve and having the flight attendants shower you with kindness and sympathy and extra snacks and drinks because you’re “missing out.”
If nothing else, I will celebrate the gradual return of the light.
December 22, 2024 at 1:17 AM
If nothing else, I will celebrate the gradual return of the light.
Weird to share my recent piece about running as one of my first posts here, but there you have it.
Trigger warning: the piece is about terminal illness & the prospect of losing a parent.
Oh, and running! It’s also about #running. And the ways that the body, and the land, can be #teachers too.
Trigger warning: the piece is about terminal illness & the prospect of losing a parent.
Oh, and running! It’s also about #running. And the ways that the body, and the land, can be #teachers too.
How Ultra-Running Helped Me Find My Footing When the World Turned Upside Down
I was a low-key road runner for 25 years. Then my mom got sick.
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December 18, 2024 at 3:19 PM
Things I made today: fresh sourdough pitas, crispy fried tofu, curried peanut sauce, sautéed kale, spicy greenbeans, pumpkin cheezecake.
Plant-based Thanksgiving is delicious — and sustainable!
Plant-based Thanksgiving is delicious — and sustainable!
November 29, 2024 at 3:37 AM
Things I made today: fresh sourdough pitas, crispy fried tofu, curried peanut sauce, sautéed kale, spicy greenbeans, pumpkin cheezecake.
Plant-based Thanksgiving is delicious — and sustainable!
Plant-based Thanksgiving is delicious — and sustainable!
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Donald Trump chose Chris Wright, the CEO of a fracking company who’s a climate change denier, the Secretary of Energy.
MAkE CaNcEr CluSterS GreAt AgaiN.
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MAkE CaNcEr CluSterS GreAt AgaiN.
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November 16, 2024 at 11:22 PM
Donald Trump chose Chris Wright, the CEO of a fracking company who’s a climate change denier, the Secretary of Energy.
MAkE CaNcEr CluSterS GreAt AgaiN.
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MAkE CaNcEr CluSterS GreAt AgaiN.
🙄
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Once you realize that Trump isn’t nominating cabinet members to RUN agencies but DESTROY them, it makes more sense.
November 20, 2024 at 2:08 AM
Once you realize that Trump isn’t nominating cabinet members to RUN agencies but DESTROY them, it makes more sense.
Unexpected beauty on my trail run this morning: fresh snow!!!
There is so much in this world still worth savoring and saving. 💙
There is so much in this world still worth savoring and saving. 💙
November 16, 2024 at 10:59 PM
Unexpected beauty on my trail run this morning: fresh snow!!!
There is so much in this world still worth savoring and saving. 💙
There is so much in this world still worth savoring and saving. 💙
Chew on this: Trump's #education agenda includes project-based learning -- because, duh, capitalism:
"President Trump will support project-based learning inside the classroom to help train students for fulfilling work outside the classroom."
PBL folx, how do we jump on this train and hijack it?
"President Trump will support project-based learning inside the classroom to help train students for fulfilling work outside the classroom."
PBL folx, how do we jump on this train and hijack it?
Agenda47: President Trump’s Ten Principles For Great Schools Leading To Great Jobs | Donald J. Trump For President 2024
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November 15, 2024 at 7:31 PM
Chew on this: Trump's #education agenda includes project-based learning -- because, duh, capitalism:
"President Trump will support project-based learning inside the classroom to help train students for fulfilling work outside the classroom."
PBL folx, how do we jump on this train and hijack it?
"President Trump will support project-based learning inside the classroom to help train students for fulfilling work outside the classroom."
PBL folx, how do we jump on this train and hijack it?