Ansley Erickson
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Ansley Erickson
@ansleyerickson.bsky.social
US cities & schools, historically.
Books: Making the Unequal Metropolis; Educating Harlem.
Thoughts here represent me, not my employer.
www.tc.columbia.edu/faculty/ate11
nyccivilrightshistory.org
Also 🌱 🪴 and 🏊‍♀️ 🏊‍♀️ and I♥️NYC.
Oh jeez @bcdreyer.social Lay ahead? Lie ahead? Can never remember.
November 11, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Reposted by Ansley Erickson
In the @scholarslab.bsky.social, @literaturegeek.bsky.social and I try to practice what we call "gossip for good," performative and outspoken gratitude and appreciation to people's faces and also behind their back. Hear someone praising the work of someone else? They should know about.
November 7, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Reposted by Ansley Erickson
Would you still believe me if I told you that folks seriously argued that teachers were still needed because students didn't all have access to the same textbook editions due to the war's paper shortage?
November 10, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Me too, but your place has yet more fun and more treats! Enjoy!
November 8, 2025 at 2:56 PM