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Brian Zeiszler
@brian-zeiszler.bsky.social
Program Supervisor and Professor for Secondary Education (Traditional & ARL Programs) Proud WestEd Board Member. https://www.wested.org/
Great Basin College https://gbcnv.edu/ Elko, Nevada
A passion for cognitive sciences! Views and posts are my own.
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Trump administration targets Education Department research arm in latest cuts www.npr.org/2025/02/10/n...
Trump administration targets Education Department research arm in latest cuts
The Institute of Education Sciences (IES) is responsible for gathering data on a wide range of topics, including research-backed teaching practices and the state of U.S. student achievement.
www.npr.org
February 11, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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Happy 10th Anniversary of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science! All of us at BSCS believe in the need for full and equal access to and participation in science for women and girls in the US and around the world. 🍎🧪

#EduSky #WomenInScienceDay #February11 #WomenInSTEM #STEMed #SciEd
February 11, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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All practice guides are in the public domain.

Just in case...
osf.io/dk4r5/
February 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Dear friends of BlueSky 🧵

BLACK HISTORY MONTH

Hope you all read and learn of the late great Audre Lorde

A FEARLESS VOICE FOR JUSTICE

Audre was an American writer, professor, philosopher,
poet, feminist, and civil rights activist.
She described herself as a
"Black, lesbian, warrior
February 2, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Genuine question: Does Bluesky allow marketing from entities that conform to the ideals of the platform? I'd be interested in supporting businesses or organizations that are pro-humanity.
January 9, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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New blog post, which is actually an update to a piece from my newsletter this summer: What are some creative ways to use clickable image (aka heatmap) polling questions to engage students and assess their learning?

derekbruff.org/2024/12/19/c...
December 19, 2024 at 7:31 PM
Feeling inspired by our GBC student teaching interns! Their action research projects tackled real classroom challenges with creativity and reflection, showing the power of inquiry in education. How can we keep supporting bold, research-driven teaching? Let’s celebrate their impact!👏🎉
December 10, 2024 at 4:32 PM
“What you appreciate appreciates” (Twist, n.d.).
Came across this quote today and thought it rang true for not only this holiday of Thanksgiving but for our interactions with colleagues and students in our education settings. How can we show appreciation today and always for their contributions?🦃❤️
November 27, 2024 at 4:17 PM
A great article about mental health access in rural Nevada. It features the school where I started my education career. Thank you @thenvindy.bsky.social for highlighting this important issue.
thenevadaindependent.com/article/dist...
Distance, workforce shortages complicate mental health access in rural Nevada communities - The Nevada Independent
As of 2023, nearly 86.9 percent of the state’s population lives in a federally designated mental health professional shortage area.
thenevadaindependent.com
November 26, 2024 at 6:29 PM
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⬆️ in Michigan’s teacher prep enrollment are driven by alt-route programs, with the largest increases coming from two relatively new virtual programs.

Teachers who enter the workforce through alternative certification pathways are more diverse than those from traditional TPPs (1/2)
epicedpolicy.org
November 22, 2024 at 2:24 PM
❤️"Producing learning requires an understanding that our minds are not databases that can simply store whatever info gets thrown at them. Millions of yrs of evolution have molded our minds to retain only information that is meaningful to us."
John Orlando,PhD

Make learning/content meaningful!
November 22, 2024 at 4:33 PM