Tara Rana
@tr2120.bsky.social
Lawyer Turned Public School Teacher. Global/US History. Traveler. Too Many Books. Knitter. Foodie #LGM #EduSky 🍎 #iteachsocialstudies #teachereducation #historyeducation
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Tara Rana
@tr2120.bsky.social
· Nov 11
For my new followers #edusky #iteachsocialstudies. Global teacher for 21 yrs & teacher of Social Studies Methods for 2 yrs. ❤️s teaching Global from bottom up, interested in better ways to teach writing and research and uses SBG to improve teaching and help students assess themselves. Avid Mets fan.
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This makes complete sense that the biggest public university system should be part of the new NYC government!
Mayor-elect @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social has appointed 20 CUNY faculty and staff to his Transition Committees. CUNY appointees were selected across multiple committees, reflecting the University’s broad expertise and its commitment to public service and community engagement.
CUNY Leaders Named to Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani’s Transition Committees – The City University of New York
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has appointed 20 faculty and staff from the City University of New York to his Transition Committees. They join more than 400 New Yorkers selected to provide critical person...
www.cuny.edu
November 25, 2025 at 11:27 PM
This makes complete sense that the biggest public university system should be part of the new NYC government!
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Exactly this. When I went through the University of Wisconsin system it was top notch. #Edusky
Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.
One of the bragging rights that the US ed system had in the 20th century is that we didn't have education tracks. Essentially, any kid could go to a CC or state school & major in whatever they wanted to (obviously an oversimplification). I fear this aspect of the American dream is dying.
November 23, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Exactly this. When I went through the University of Wisconsin system it was top notch. #Edusky
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My hot take is that over the next 10 years, we're going to see more emphasis on and investment in the humanities at Ivy League and other fancy schools just as state schools and small privates continue to decimate and even eliminate the humanities.
"While other universities report that the humanities are shrinking, at Berkeley, the opposite is true. The music major is the fastest-growing major on campus. We are finding bigger classrooms because film is exploding. English is back to the numbers we saw 15 years ago. We are hiring" bit.ly/4ohKuOe
"The humanities really are a resource — a confidence for living in our times.” Dean Sara Guyer on the modern utility of humanities degrees
This interview originally appeared on the Division of Arts
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November 23, 2025 at 4:13 PM
My hot take is that over the next 10 years, we're going to see more emphasis on and investment in the humanities at Ivy League and other fancy schools just as state schools and small privates continue to decimate and even eliminate the humanities.
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I think my state-school students deserve to learn how to think and analyze for themselves. Will my administrators agree or just tell students they should let a computer think for them?
Who invests in critical thinking and who invests in an AI chatbot to help you think will be really telling.
November 23, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I think my state-school students deserve to learn how to think and analyze for themselves. Will my administrators agree or just tell students they should let a computer think for them?
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This Day in Labor History: November 22, 1909. Approximately 20,000 garment workers in New York City went on strike against the horrendous conditions of their sweatshops. This strike, known as the Uprising of the 20,000, was the largest strike led by women in American history to that time!!!
November 22, 2025 at 3:26 PM
This Day in Labor History: November 22, 1909. Approximately 20,000 garment workers in New York City went on strike against the horrendous conditions of their sweatshops. This strike, known as the Uprising of the 20,000, was the largest strike led by women in American history to that time!!!
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"An experiential research method allows us to envision more things that we want to know about the past." - @sethrockman.bsky.social in @publicbooks.bsky.social
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Cloth and Complicity: Seth Rockman on Plantations, Textiles, and the Art of Weaving - Public Books
“But I had found a set of instructions in the archives of one of New England's leading manufacturers of low-end woollen cloth for enslaved wearers.”
www.publicbooks.org
November 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
"An experiential research method allows us to envision more things that we want to know about the past." - @sethrockman.bsky.social in @publicbooks.bsky.social
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www.publicbooks.org/cloth-and-co...
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Teaching has costs and problems aplenty, but at least I know that every time I go in and all the hours of work are aimed at providing a social good to others directly and primarily rather than making some CEO or stock picker richer.
November 21, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Teaching has costs and problems aplenty, but at least I know that every time I go in and all the hours of work are aimed at providing a social good to others directly and primarily rather than making some CEO or stock picker richer.
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NEW: This is one hell of an opening paragraph from Jim Comey's attorneys in his motion to get the grand jury materials in the case against him.
November 20, 2025 at 10:21 PM
NEW: This is one hell of an opening paragraph from Jim Comey's attorneys in his motion to get the grand jury materials in the case against him.
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These students put every editorial page in the nation to shame! I'm glad to hear Harvard listened to them. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
The Professor and the Pedophile | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson
Summers should choose the most straightforward path and resign. Should he refuse to, though, the University must cut ties with its former president to the greatest extent possible.
www.thecrimson.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:14 AM
These students put every editorial page in the nation to shame! I'm glad to hear Harvard listened to them. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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“We owe it to our young people not to lie to them anymore. A democracy whose citizens operate with fundamentally different understandings of the past and its implications cannot sustain itself.”
I spent October traveling to schools throughout the South talking to students about American history. What I found were young people who understand we can tell a story that includes both the positive and the negative. As one 8th grader in Memphis said, “Doesn’t seem that hard, just say both things.”
Tell Students the Truth About American History
We owe it to Americans of all ages to be honest about the country’s past, including its contradictions.
www.theatlantic.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:18 AM
“We owe it to our young people not to lie to them anymore. A democracy whose citizens operate with fundamentally different understandings of the past and its implications cannot sustain itself.”
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I think the reason romantasy is dwarfing sales of fantasy & sci-fi is that it's a subset of romance.
And romance is the biggest, most profitable category in literature.
Romantasy allowed romance readers, who read very widely, to take cross-genre romance mainstream & it's reaping the rewards.
And romance is the biggest, most profitable category in literature.
Romantasy allowed romance readers, who read very widely, to take cross-genre romance mainstream & it's reaping the rewards.
November 17, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I think the reason romantasy is dwarfing sales of fantasy & sci-fi is that it's a subset of romance.
And romance is the biggest, most profitable category in literature.
Romantasy allowed romance readers, who read very widely, to take cross-genre romance mainstream & it's reaping the rewards.
And romance is the biggest, most profitable category in literature.
Romantasy allowed romance readers, who read very widely, to take cross-genre romance mainstream & it's reaping the rewards.
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Surprise!
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen revealed that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer knew the entire time about the plan for a few Democrats to capitulate to Republicans on the government shutdown. trib.al/rgKrsJC
November 16, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Surprise!
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Someone said back when he was elected that having an English-speaking American pope would mean that Vance et al couldn't twist his words by saying he didn't understand America or that the message got changed in translation. But it has also meant non-RC Americans getting a wider sense of RC views.
Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
November 15, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Someone said back when he was elected that having an English-speaking American pope would mean that Vance et al couldn't twist his words by saying he didn't understand America or that the message got changed in translation. But it has also meant non-RC Americans getting a wider sense of RC views.
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researchED NYC 2026 is May 2nd. Proposals are due December 15.
If you're doing something interesting and evidence-based in a classroom or school, submit a proposal to share it.
I hope to see you there!
#EducationalResearch
#EduSky
If you're doing something interesting and evidence-based in a classroom or school, submit a proposal to share it.
I hope to see you there!
#EducationalResearch
#EduSky
Speaker Proposals: Saturday, May 2, 2026
researchED returns to New York City for the second annual researchED NYC Conference on Saturday, May 2nd.
Sponsored by New York City Public Schools through the Office of Manhattan Superintendent G...
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November 14, 2025 at 5:59 PM
researchED NYC 2026 is May 2nd. Proposals are due December 15.
If you're doing something interesting and evidence-based in a classroom or school, submit a proposal to share it.
I hope to see you there!
#EducationalResearch
#EduSky
If you're doing something interesting and evidence-based in a classroom or school, submit a proposal to share it.
I hope to see you there!
#EducationalResearch
#EduSky
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Under the Trump administration, many NEH programs have been ended, 2/3 of the staff along with the scholarly council fired, and most of the money that has been given out as noncompetitive awards given to handpicked recipients...
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Fired Scholars and Big Grants to Favored Projects: Inside Trump’s N.E.H.
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Under the Trump administration, many NEH programs have been ended, 2/3 of the staff along with the scholarly council fired, and most of the money that has been given out as noncompetitive awards given to handpicked recipients...
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NEWS: Ro Khanna tells us *50 Republicans* may be set to join him, Thomas Massie, and Democrats in voting to release the Epstein files.
Perhaps explains why Trump is now spinning out of control, attacking Republicans like Massie and MTG who are joining Democrats in responding to the public demand.
Perhaps explains why Trump is now spinning out of control, attacking Republicans like Massie and MTG who are joining Democrats in responding to the public demand.
Trump Tries to Cover Up His Epstein Scandal With Wildly Corrupt Bullying
A Trump adviser tells Zeteo the Epstein scandal “really fucking pisses him off.” It’s only getting worse for the president.
zeteo.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
NEWS: Ro Khanna tells us *50 Republicans* may be set to join him, Thomas Massie, and Democrats in voting to release the Epstein files.
Perhaps explains why Trump is now spinning out of control, attacking Republicans like Massie and MTG who are joining Democrats in responding to the public demand.
Perhaps explains why Trump is now spinning out of control, attacking Republicans like Massie and MTG who are joining Democrats in responding to the public demand.
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it's a tail outcome surely, but what's the probability the GOP throws trump under the bus completely based on these files? substantially non-zero, and higher than a weak ago
"Republicans are bracing for a significant chunk of the conference to vote for Rep. Ro Khanna’s (D-Calif.) and Rep. Thomas Massie’s (R-Ky.) Epstein file disclosure bill once it lands on the House floor."
www.politico.com/live-updates...
www.politico.com/live-updates...
Republicans expecting mass defections on Epstein vote
Democrats pushing the discharge petition predicted that Republicans would rush to support the measure once it hit the floor.
www.politico.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:34 AM
it's a tail outcome surely, but what's the probability the GOP throws trump under the bus completely based on these files? substantially non-zero, and higher than a weak ago
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1. BREAKING
The US Conference of Catholic Bishops has issued a statement admonishing the Trump administration’s immigration actions.
The last time they issued such a statement was in 2013 in response to contraception mandates.
The US Conference of Catholic Bishops has issued a statement admonishing the Trump administration’s immigration actions.
The last time they issued such a statement was in 2013 in response to contraception mandates.
November 13, 2025 at 12:30 AM
1. BREAKING
The US Conference of Catholic Bishops has issued a statement admonishing the Trump administration’s immigration actions.
The last time they issued such a statement was in 2013 in response to contraception mandates.
The US Conference of Catholic Bishops has issued a statement admonishing the Trump administration’s immigration actions.
The last time they issued such a statement was in 2013 in response to contraception mandates.
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Here's my honest advice as a teacher: Parents, do whatever you can to prevent your children from becoming reliant on AI in their academics. Within the next decade, when schools finally clue in to the fact that allowing AI use diminishes learning, your kids will be miles ahead.
November 13, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Here's my honest advice as a teacher: Parents, do whatever you can to prevent your children from becoming reliant on AI in their academics. Within the next decade, when schools finally clue in to the fact that allowing AI use diminishes learning, your kids will be miles ahead.
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November 12, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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November 12, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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I’ve read Kim Kelly’s work on labor for years. She’s treated her readers, teenagers and professors, with respect, while breaking it all down so it made sense. Thank you. A travesty to end the very thing, writing on politics and labor, that set Teen Vogue apart from all the others.
“Since 2018, labor columnist Kim Kelly brought the labor beat to teenage readers through her “No Class” column, covering everything from wildcat strikes to general strikes, the Gilded Age labor organizer Mother Jones to contemporary Amazon warehouse conditions.” 💔 thisislaborwise.com/teen-vogues-...
Teen Vogue's Closure and the Quiet Defunding of Worker Consciousness
Teen Vogue’s shutdown marks more than a media loss. This is a warning about how profit-driven consolidation quietly dismantles worker awareness and voice.
thisislaborwise.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:00 PM
I’ve read Kim Kelly’s work on labor for years. She’s treated her readers, teenagers and professors, with respect, while breaking it all down so it made sense. Thank you. A travesty to end the very thing, writing on politics and labor, that set Teen Vogue apart from all the others.
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After yesterday’s surrender, we’re launching the largest Democratic primary program that we’ve ever run.
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
Democratic leaders have failed us again. It's time to get new leaders.
After yet another capitulation by Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats, it's clear we need new leadership capable of mounting a serious opposition to Trump's authoritarian regime. We're launching our la...
www.indivisible2026.org
November 11, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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After three years, workers at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette have had their contract restored. Earlier this year, Tadhg Larabee wrote about their historic strike.
November 10, 2025 at 11:05 PM
After three years, workers at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette have had their contract restored. Earlier this year, Tadhg Larabee wrote about their historic strike.