chispecialed.bsky.social
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i am on a chicago public schools presentation on school budgets and there is no possibility to chat or submit questions

the budget director, mike sitkowski, is attempting to go through budget calculations and while i'm sending slides to people, we all have questions

let's start with...
May 19, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Despite having moved an ocean away, I can't stop watching the dual dumpster fires of Chicago and US politics. The Right is terrifying. The Left is disappointing (and I still have some lingering PTSD from the abusive behavior within Chicago's Left.) Can't. Look. Away.
January 18, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Me freaking out about the TikTok ban, then remembering, "Girl, you don't live in the US!"

(But seriously will miss my favorite US creators!)

#TikTokban
January 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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People who care abt K-12 ed (rather than profit) should be laser-focused on who's behind push to get “right curriculum” for MA schools & exactly what that “right curriculum” might look like. That road ends in a blind alley outside of the Boston Foundation www.masspoliticsprofs.org/2024/12/13/b...
Behind the Curtain: The Boston Foundation Is Underwriting that “Science of Reading” Lawsuit
The Boston Foundation is underwriting the plaintiffs’ law firm at the center of the Boston Globe’s story Two Mass. families sue famed literacy specialists, claiming reading curriculums were i…
www.masspoliticsprofs.org
December 13, 2024 at 7:38 PM
I'm trying to like this app, but. It's soooooo boring.

I have zero interest in an echo chamber of Leftists who won't take any responsibility for bad actors, bad actions, or bad ideas.

No learning will take place.

But also F the electric car, Spaceman billionaire weirdo.
December 14, 2024 at 9:11 AM
Seeing the news of the United Healthcare CEO and then all the TikToks overlaying the song "Do You Hear the People Sing" is quite something!

No wonder they are moving forward with the TikTok ban...
December 7, 2024 at 10:27 AM
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In case you missed it, a Wisconsin judge this week struck down former Gov. Scott Walker's Act 10 law.

The move will restore public sector workers' collective bargaining rights.

This is a moment of celebration and hope in these troubled times.
Dane County judge strikes down Act 10, restoring public employee union bargaining rights
Public employee collective bargaining rights have been restored by a Dane County judge, who ruled that several sections of Wisconsin's controversial law known as Act 10 are unconstitutional.
www.wpr.org
December 6, 2024 at 11:30 PM
So I opened a Bluesky account. Yes, Elon is terrible.

But also how convenient that the primary extensive progressive social media network that had been aiding protest & organizing for The Left is now gone. It will take to rebuild it here, IF that happens at all.

Feels like we helped the collapse.
December 7, 2024 at 10:22 AM