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Dani B. Charbonneau 🏳️‍🌈
@danicharbonneau.bsky.social
Writer, Teacher, Speaker, impatiently waiting for/fighting for a better future!
My new piece on Medium is bringing out the old white male haters in the comments. I must be doing something right… medium.com/educreation/...
On Frogs, Teachers & the Disappearing Middle Class
As a teenager, the first time I picked out a book I wanted to read, on my own, it was Another Roadside Attraction by Tom Robbins. I was…
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April 23, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Sharing my newest piece on Medium to help those of you trying to get your work up on that app and make the most of their program (not to mention earn a little money- which is exactly what we deserve for putting quality content into the universe!)

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Medium for Humans!
Earn Income & Find Your Audience by Supporting Other Creators
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February 20, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Reposted by Dani B. Charbonneau 🏳️‍🌈
It’s almost as if we shouldn’t use an educational model that perpetually rewards thoughtless obedience.
February 15, 2025 at 3:26 PM
My wife willingly moved up to Massachusetts with me in 2014. I told her one of the best things about winter on Cape Cod was that when it snows at all it’s never much and it doesn’t stick around! Nature keeps proving me wrong but at least we know how to enjoy it! Happy Valentine’s Day!
February 14, 2025 at 6:16 PM
RIP to author Tom Robbins: for many years my favorite author. I used to joke that his books were like umbrellas: you just borrowed them from the universe until they found a new home.

www.npr.org/2025/02/09/1...
Bestselling novelist Tom Robbins dies at 92
Robbins dazzled readers with the whimsy and imagination in his books, including Jitterbug Perfume, Skinny Legs and All and Even Cowgirls Get the Blues.
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February 11, 2025 at 1:31 PM
February 1, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Check out my Awesome friend Robyn at her school in Vermont doing the good stuff that looks like a better future!

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This School Keeps Kids Moving All Day. See How It Works
Inside a school where movement is woven into academics throughout the day.
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January 30, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Sick in bed with the flu these past few days…watching way too much news. This song made me feel better. There is an optimism here I aspire to. Optimism in the face of despair is a form of resistance- and it might be all that gets us through.
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Alex Kautz @ National Sawdust, Nov 1st, 2024.
This is "Alex Kautz @ National Sawdust, Nov 1st, 2024." by National Sawdust on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
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January 29, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Hello to Bluesky!

My newest piece for the Boston Globe is in this Sunday’s magazine or online right now.

Read, comment, share!

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/01/14/m...
I’m a high school teacher. Freed of MCAS, here’s my wish list. - The Boston Globe
The way forward needs to offer both high expectations and changes to engage the next generation of learners.
www.bostonglobe.com
January 18, 2025 at 2:52 AM