We often say “you can’t pour from an empty cup” but forget to talk about the flip side: All that is possible when your cup is full.

When educators have the capacity to tend to their own wellbeing, everyone benefits from that abundance. We are all connected.

#edusky #edchat #edleader #k12

This is the grant-funded initiative that was cut yesterday. A number of my colleagues will lose their jobs. Hard-to-staff schools will become harder to staff. Just a disaster.

Preparing a brief for my team on policy shifts impacting K-12... to name 3 of MANY:

- Attendance drops due to fears of ICE raids
- Threats to educators supporting nonbinary students
- Probable elimination of federal $ and all equity-driven initiatives

All within a system that was already hurting.

Other things that libraries do or have:

1. Host citizenship classes
2. Host ESL classes.
3. Have seed libraries.
4. Have autism support kits.
5. Have Narcan on hand for overdoses.
6. Have developmental toys
7. Have language learning databases.
8. Lend laptops & hotspots.

#booksky

If you’re in the US and you’d like to know what projects and vital services federal grants currently fund in your state, you can search here: www.usaspending.gov

And you can find the contact information for your elected representatives here: www.usa.gov/elected-offi...

They need to hear from you.

Snow day in Savannah, GA. @laraska110.bsky.social 👏🤩

Leave it to Giannis to keep us all fed

Template for writing your reps, how to find your reps, bill explainer in ASL, Senator press release, and full text of bull available here. open.substack.com/pub/novicnew...

The first bill to dismantle the Department of Education has already been filed. Redistributing DOE functions to other departments, the bill makes no mention of the largest annual K12 investment, Title I. Shocking.

With a block, a steal and a dunk all within ~1 minute…. KP IS BACK & it’s party time🥳🍀