Mrs. D. room C-14
@thepolkadotteacher.bsky.social
Wife to the surfing chaplain.
Mom to 3 amazing adults.
Teacher to middle school humans.
Lover of beaches, walking, reading, thrifting, and polka dots.
Act justly. Love mercy. Walk humbly.
Mom to 3 amazing adults.
Teacher to middle school humans.
Lover of beaches, walking, reading, thrifting, and polka dots.
Act justly. Love mercy. Walk humbly.
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Only 50 years....
November 20, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Only 50 years....
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The Trump administration is breaking the law by transferring critical work to federal agencies that lack the expertise to lead education policy.
Congress must immediately intervene to stop this illegal restructuring and protect our students' right to an education.
Congress must immediately intervene to stop this illegal restructuring and protect our students' right to an education.
US education department reassigns many powers to other federal agencies
Move marks further dismantling of the department and Democrats criticized administration for ‘slashing resources’
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:32 AM
The Trump administration is breaking the law by transferring critical work to federal agencies that lack the expertise to lead education policy.
Congress must immediately intervene to stop this illegal restructuring and protect our students' right to an education.
Congress must immediately intervene to stop this illegal restructuring and protect our students' right to an education.
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ICYMI: I took a shot at explaining why Democrats have been slow to put forward a positive vision for education—and the opportunity there if they do.
We need to resist the urge to make policy on—rather than with—parents and educators.
With comments from @rweingarten.bsky.social & others.
We need to resist the urge to make policy on—rather than with—parents and educators.
With comments from @rweingarten.bsky.social & others.
November 19, 2025 at 12:06 PM
ICYMI: I took a shot at explaining why Democrats have been slow to put forward a positive vision for education—and the opportunity there if they do.
We need to resist the urge to make policy on—rather than with—parents and educators.
With comments from @rweingarten.bsky.social & others.
We need to resist the urge to make policy on—rather than with—parents and educators.
With comments from @rweingarten.bsky.social & others.
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Donald Trump's plan to dismantle the Department of Education doesn't streamline or reform education - it abandons America's students.
Tell your lawmakers to protect public education for all.
Tell your lawmakers to protect public education for all.
Tell your lawmaker: Protect public education!
Donald Trump's plan to dismantle the Department of Education doesn't streamline or reform education - it abandons America's students. Tell your lawmakers to protect and strengthen American public educ...
actionnetwork.org
November 19, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Donald Trump's plan to dismantle the Department of Education doesn't streamline or reform education - it abandons America's students.
Tell your lawmakers to protect public education for all.
Tell your lawmakers to protect public education for all.
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What’s happening now with Trump’s plan to disperse the Dept of Education isn’t about slashing red tape. Teachers know how to make the federal role more effective, efficient and supportive of real learning—if only the administration would listen. www.aft.org/press-releas...
November 19, 2025 at 12:28 AM
What’s happening now with Trump’s plan to disperse the Dept of Education isn’t about slashing red tape. Teachers know how to make the federal role more effective, efficient and supportive of real learning—if only the administration would listen. www.aft.org/press-releas...
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"He who obtains has little. He who gives away has much."
— Lao Tzu.
Wishing you a lovely evening and a fantastic start to the new week with this adorable, edible, orange pansy.🧡
#ColorADay #OrangeSun
#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
— Lao Tzu.
Wishing you a lovely evening and a fantastic start to the new week with this adorable, edible, orange pansy.🧡
#ColorADay #OrangeSun
#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
November 17, 2025 at 2:44 AM
"He who obtains has little. He who gives away has much."
— Lao Tzu.
Wishing you a lovely evening and a fantastic start to the new week with this adorable, edible, orange pansy.🧡
#ColorADay #OrangeSun
#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
— Lao Tzu.
Wishing you a lovely evening and a fantastic start to the new week with this adorable, edible, orange pansy.🧡
#ColorADay #OrangeSun
#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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May the God of love fill Your heart with peace and send You into the world to live it.
And the blessing of God Almighty, our Creator, Redeemer, and Sustainer, be with You and those You love, this day and always.
Amen.
And the blessing of God Almighty, our Creator, Redeemer, and Sustainer, be with You and those You love, this day and always.
Amen.
November 15, 2025 at 3:28 PM
May the God of love fill Your heart with peace and send You into the world to live it.
And the blessing of God Almighty, our Creator, Redeemer, and Sustainer, be with You and those You love, this day and always.
Amen.
And the blessing of God Almighty, our Creator, Redeemer, and Sustainer, be with You and those You love, this day and always.
Amen.
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"There's a storm coming across California, but the storm I'm talking about is being fueled by decades of disinvestment in public education and decades of top-down decision making..."
CTA President David Goldberg on the moment we're in and the fight ahead.
#WeCantWaitCA #WeCantWait #WeAreCTA
CTA President David Goldberg on the moment we're in and the fight ahead.
#WeCantWaitCA #WeCantWait #WeAreCTA
November 15, 2025 at 3:31 PM
"There's a storm coming across California, but the storm I'm talking about is being fueled by decades of disinvestment in public education and decades of top-down decision making..."
CTA President David Goldberg on the moment we're in and the fight ahead.
#WeCantWaitCA #WeCantWait #WeAreCTA
CTA President David Goldberg on the moment we're in and the fight ahead.
#WeCantWaitCA #WeCantWait #WeAreCTA
THIS!!!👇👇👇
When I ask my 8th grade students if they need help on their homework...
It's okay, Miss. I'll just use AI. 🤦♀️🤷♀️
We are going to have an entire generation that will not have effective critical thinking skills.
When I ask my 8th grade students if they need help on their homework...
It's okay, Miss. I'll just use AI. 🤦♀️🤷♀️
We are going to have an entire generation that will not have effective critical thinking skills.
The ability of the tech bros to indoctrinate children while making them illiterate via genAI doesn't get enough discussion.
November 12, 2025 at 2:36 PM
THIS!!!👇👇👇
When I ask my 8th grade students if they need help on their homework...
It's okay, Miss. I'll just use AI. 🤦♀️🤷♀️
We are going to have an entire generation that will not have effective critical thinking skills.
When I ask my 8th grade students if they need help on their homework...
It's okay, Miss. I'll just use AI. 🤦♀️🤷♀️
We are going to have an entire generation that will not have effective critical thinking skills.
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"Wiggins says that the gravedigging was so traumatising that no one talked during the day, except for the few who would pray over the graves and some who quietly cried."
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 4:39 PM
"Wiggins says that the gravedigging was so traumatising that no one talked during the day, except for the few who would pray over the graves and some who quietly cried."
Doom to you who legislate evil,
who make laws that make victims—
Laws that make misery for the poor,
that rob my destitute people of dignity,
Exploiting defenseless widows,
taking advantage of homeless children.
-Isaiah 10
who make laws that make victims—
Laws that make misery for the poor,
that rob my destitute people of dignity,
Exploiting defenseless widows,
taking advantage of homeless children.
-Isaiah 10
November 4, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Doom to you who legislate evil,
who make laws that make victims—
Laws that make misery for the poor,
that rob my destitute people of dignity,
Exploiting defenseless widows,
taking advantage of homeless children.
-Isaiah 10
who make laws that make victims—
Laws that make misery for the poor,
that rob my destitute people of dignity,
Exploiting defenseless widows,
taking advantage of homeless children.
-Isaiah 10
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If you’re ok with vouchers being used for ski trips or piano lessons but not ok with SNAP benefits being used for pizza or cupcakes, it’s not the use of public money you have a problem with.
It’s that you think wealthy people deserve perks and poor people deserve to be poor.
It’s that you think wealthy people deserve perks and poor people deserve to be poor.
November 2, 2025 at 3:07 PM
If you’re ok with vouchers being used for ski trips or piano lessons but not ok with SNAP benefits being used for pizza or cupcakes, it’s not the use of public money you have a problem with.
It’s that you think wealthy people deserve perks and poor people deserve to be poor.
It’s that you think wealthy people deserve perks and poor people deserve to be poor.
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I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.
October 31, 2025 at 8:19 AM
I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.
What?! I only help those who like me?
What kind of a leader is this?!
What kind of a leader is this?!
Tomorrow, the Trump-Vance admin will publish a new rule allowing the Dept of Ed to disqualify employers from Public Service Loan Forgiveness that disagree w/ their right-wing agenda.
It’s an unlawful attack on nurses, teachers, first responders & public service workers.
We will see them in court.
It’s an unlawful attack on nurses, teachers, first responders & public service workers.
We will see them in court.
October 30, 2025 at 1:43 PM
What?! I only help those who like me?
What kind of a leader is this?!
What kind of a leader is this?!
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Good morning, beloved.
You cannot save the world.
But you can help.
Today is a great day to overcome evil with good.
You cannot save the world.
But you can help.
Today is a great day to overcome evil with good.
October 28, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Good morning, beloved.
You cannot save the world.
But you can help.
Today is a great day to overcome evil with good.
You cannot save the world.
But you can help.
Today is a great day to overcome evil with good.
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When did making kids go hungry become a Christian value?
October 27, 2025 at 11:17 PM
When did making kids go hungry become a Christian value?
"But business and education don't mix. Schools like this one focus on marketing their "innovations" rather than on applying tested pedagogy..."
Read the whole thread. 🧵👀
Read the whole thread. 🧵👀
There is so much to unpack here, I don't know where to begin.
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Parents Fell in Love With Alpha School’s Promise. Then They Wanted Out
In Brownsville, Texas, some families found a buzzy new school’s methods—surveillance of kids, software in lieu of teachers—to be an education in and of itself.
www.wired.com
October 27, 2025 at 1:43 PM
"But business and education don't mix. Schools like this one focus on marketing their "innovations" rather than on applying tested pedagogy..."
Read the whole thread. 🧵👀
Read the whole thread. 🧵👀
"Open the border both ways". - Ronald Reagan
Want to see how far right the Republican Party has gone?
Watch George H. W. Bush and Ronald Reagan answer a question about illegal immigration during a 1980 debate.
They wouldn’t even be allowed in today’s Republican Party.
Watch George H. W. Bush and Ronald Reagan answer a question about illegal immigration during a 1980 debate.
They wouldn’t even be allowed in today’s Republican Party.
October 26, 2025 at 3:40 AM
"Open the border both ways". - Ronald Reagan
💔😢
PAYCHECK $0.00
A single dad holding back tears on national TV because his federal paycheck can’t cover food and rent, while Trump’s building a $350 million ballroom at the White House.
Is America great yet?
A single dad holding back tears on national TV because his federal paycheck can’t cover food and rent, while Trump’s building a $350 million ballroom at the White House.
Is America great yet?
October 26, 2025 at 3:27 AM
💔😢
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SNAP is not the reason your taxes are high.
SNAP recipients don’t need to “just go get a job”.
Most of them work. The rest are disabled, elderly, children or caregivers.
People need & deserve assistance
Your taxes fund wars and tax cuts for the ultra rich
Be mad about that
SNAP recipients don’t need to “just go get a job”.
Most of them work. The rest are disabled, elderly, children or caregivers.
People need & deserve assistance
Your taxes fund wars and tax cuts for the ultra rich
Be mad about that
October 25, 2025 at 8:18 PM
SNAP is not the reason your taxes are high.
SNAP recipients don’t need to “just go get a job”.
Most of them work. The rest are disabled, elderly, children or caregivers.
People need & deserve assistance
Your taxes fund wars and tax cuts for the ultra rich
Be mad about that
SNAP recipients don’t need to “just go get a job”.
Most of them work. The rest are disabled, elderly, children or caregivers.
People need & deserve assistance
Your taxes fund wars and tax cuts for the ultra rich
Be mad about that
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One of my hotter takes is someone trying to save men and also win back the working class is to increase teachers and care workers pay; run a big marketing campaign to rebrand them as good union jobs, & get more men in those roles.
right. given the numbers, “how to win back the working class” should be as much about care and service workers as hard hats. and yet.
October 25, 2025 at 12:21 PM
One of my hotter takes is someone trying to save men and also win back the working class is to increase teachers and care workers pay; run a big marketing campaign to rebrand them as good union jobs, & get more men in those roles.
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The average age of U.S. homebuyers is now 56, up from 49 last year.
In 1981, the year trickledown economics began, it was 31.
In 1981, the year trickledown economics began, it was 31.
October 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The average age of U.S. homebuyers is now 56, up from 49 last year.
In 1981, the year trickledown economics began, it was 31.
In 1981, the year trickledown economics began, it was 31.
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$40 billion to bailout Argentina
$250 million for a White House ballroom
Who knows how much wasted to deploy the National Guard where there’s no need
But the Agriculture Department says there’s no money for SNAP-which feeds 42 million Americans
The Trump administration doesn’t care if we all die
$250 million for a White House ballroom
Who knows how much wasted to deploy the National Guard where there’s no need
But the Agriculture Department says there’s no money for SNAP-which feeds 42 million Americans
The Trump administration doesn’t care if we all die
October 22, 2025 at 2:23 AM
$40 billion to bailout Argentina
$250 million for a White House ballroom
Who knows how much wasted to deploy the National Guard where there’s no need
But the Agriculture Department says there’s no money for SNAP-which feeds 42 million Americans
The Trump administration doesn’t care if we all die
$250 million for a White House ballroom
Who knows how much wasted to deploy the National Guard where there’s no need
But the Agriculture Department says there’s no money for SNAP-which feeds 42 million Americans
The Trump administration doesn’t care if we all die