Emily Garrick
@emilyjanegarrick.bsky.social
millennial, Girl Scout, Unitarian Universalist, naturalist, teacher, nerd (she/her; ella)
Views posted are my own, not those of my employer(s).
Views posted are my own, not those of my employer(s).
Anyway, I hope you get out there and protest today!
April 5, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Anyway, I hope you get out there and protest today!
What a depressing state public education is in these days. We must continue to unequivocally name the harm being done to our students and families, faculty and staff. This is not okay. This is not normal. Call your representatives and tell them we need a functional Department of Education!
March 23, 2025 at 12:13 PM
What a depressing state public education is in these days. We must continue to unequivocally name the harm being done to our students and families, faculty and staff. This is not okay. This is not normal. Call your representatives and tell them we need a functional Department of Education!
"President Donald Trump has declared English the official language of the United States.
But his admin. has fired nearly every Education Department staffer who ensured states and schools properly spent the hundreds of millions of dollars earmarked to help over 5 million students learning English."
But his admin. has fired nearly every Education Department staffer who ensured states and schools properly spent the hundreds of millions of dollars earmarked to help over 5 million students learning English."
March 23, 2025 at 12:13 PM
"President Donald Trump has declared English the official language of the United States.
But his admin. has fired nearly every Education Department staffer who ensured states and schools properly spent the hundreds of millions of dollars earmarked to help over 5 million students learning English."
But his admin. has fired nearly every Education Department staffer who ensured states and schools properly spent the hundreds of millions of dollars earmarked to help over 5 million students learning English."
But the more we make those people ashamed of their own languages and cultures, the more we force them to assimilate and forget their first languages (a real phenomenon which occurs when a student fails to feed their home language), the less successful they will be at learning English.
March 1, 2025 at 12:12 PM
But the more we make those people ashamed of their own languages and cultures, the more we force them to assimilate and forget their first languages (a real phenomenon which occurs when a student fails to feed their home language), the less successful they will be at learning English.
I am all for everyone learning any languages they want or need to, and for many people living in the United States there is a definite need to learn English.
March 1, 2025 at 12:12 PM
I am all for everyone learning any languages they want or need to, and for many people living in the United States there is a definite need to learn English.
I feel this way for many reasons, perhaps most importantly, ::English learners need their home language in order to get better at English::!
March 1, 2025 at 12:12 PM
I feel this way for many reasons, perhaps most importantly, ::English learners need their home language in order to get better at English::!
3) Do not support efforts to move toward "school choice," which would defund public schools. While charter schools are not all bad, they are by nature designed to serve the few, not the many. This change would cause students with disabilities, English Learners, and others to fall through the cracks.
February 8, 2025 at 3:01 PM
3) Do not support efforts to move toward "school choice," which would defund public schools. While charter schools are not all bad, they are by nature designed to serve the few, not the many. This change would cause students with disabilities, English Learners, and others to fall through the cracks.
2) Condemn any attempts to close the Department of Education, or to allow DOGE to dismantle it. People's livelihoods, federal grants, student loans, and DEI programs are at stake, among other things.
February 8, 2025 at 2:59 PM
2) Condemn any attempts to close the Department of Education, or to allow DOGE to dismantle it. People's livelihoods, federal grants, student loans, and DEI programs are at stake, among other things.
1) Do not confirm Linda McMahon as Secretary of Education. She is not an educator, nor has she ever been one. she has no experience in the field. What's more, she is under investigation for allegedly enabling child sexual abuse and exploitation.
February 8, 2025 at 2:58 PM
1) Do not confirm Linda McMahon as Secretary of Education. She is not an educator, nor has she ever been one. she has no experience in the field. What's more, she is under investigation for allegedly enabling child sexual abuse and exploitation.