Jackie Gardner 🏳️🌈
@jgardner.bsky.social
🍎MS Science Teacher
🌲Co-Chair of the Environmental Education Collaborative
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Queer Educator and Youth Advocate
*views expressed are my own.
🌲Co-Chair of the Environmental Education Collaborative
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Queer Educator and Youth Advocate
*views expressed are my own.
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Jackie Gardner 🏳️🌈
@jgardner.bsky.social
· May 21
Seeds to Solutions – Seeds to Solutions
www.seedstosolutions.org
I'm super excited to announce that Seeds to Solutions, the Climate Change and Environmental Justice curriculum I've been contributing to for the past couple of years, has finally been published! Download this free curriculum for Kinder-12th grade at www.seedstosolutions.org
#EduSky ##iteachscience
#EduSky ##iteachscience
Attention artists! The deadline is almost here to submit your SPACE themed art for the 2025 Environmental Art Contest. Visit the bitly link below to submit your piece by Thursday June 5th:
Bit.ly/eec2025art
#EduSky #iteachscience ##STEAMEDUCATION #art #artcontest
Bit.ly/eec2025art
#EduSky #iteachscience ##STEAMEDUCATION #art #artcontest
June 1, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Attention artists! The deadline is almost here to submit your SPACE themed art for the 2025 Environmental Art Contest. Visit the bitly link below to submit your piece by Thursday June 5th:
Bit.ly/eec2025art
#EduSky #iteachscience ##STEAMEDUCATION #art #artcontest
Bit.ly/eec2025art
#EduSky #iteachscience ##STEAMEDUCATION #art #artcontest
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I shared this in November, but it also applies to May in the classroom. At this time of year, we can all benefit from a short memory.
Stay strong, teacher friends. #EduSky
youtu.be/cLC7vnMuhL0?...
Stay strong, teacher friends. #EduSky
youtu.be/cLC7vnMuhL0?...
Ted Lasso's Secret to Teaching: Embrace Forgetfulness
YouTube video by Why Edify - Jeremy Jorgensen
youtu.be
May 21, 2025 at 3:06 AM
I shared this in November, but it also applies to May in the classroom. At this time of year, we can all benefit from a short memory.
Stay strong, teacher friends. #EduSky
youtu.be/cLC7vnMuhL0?...
Stay strong, teacher friends. #EduSky
youtu.be/cLC7vnMuhL0?...
I'm super excited to announce that Seeds to Solutions, the Climate Change and Environmental Justice curriculum I've been contributing to for the past couple of years, has finally been published! Download this free curriculum for Kinder-12th grade at www.seedstosolutions.org
#EduSky ##iteachscience
#EduSky ##iteachscience
Seeds to Solutions – Seeds to Solutions
www.seedstosolutions.org
May 21, 2025 at 3:50 AM
I'm super excited to announce that Seeds to Solutions, the Climate Change and Environmental Justice curriculum I've been contributing to for the past couple of years, has finally been published! Download this free curriculum for Kinder-12th grade at www.seedstosolutions.org
#EduSky ##iteachscience
#EduSky ##iteachscience
Not trying to be a hero with my twisted knee, but I didn't realize ahead of time that it would be a march instead of a stationary demonstration. None the less I have no regrets, it was awesome to be out there with my husband supporting #publicschools!
#EduSky #FightForSchools @wearecta.bsky.social
#EduSky #FightForSchools @wearecta.bsky.social
May 18, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Not trying to be a hero with my twisted knee, but I didn't realize ahead of time that it would be a march instead of a stationary demonstration. None the less I have no regrets, it was awesome to be out there with my husband supporting #publicschools!
#EduSky #FightForSchools @wearecta.bsky.social
#EduSky #FightForSchools @wearecta.bsky.social
Taking time for myself is a real struggle but it felt so good to get on the field again after a 3 year hiatus from the #highlandgames. It hurt so gooood. 😅 But seriously, I love and appreciate my body so much when I see how strong it can be!
May 11, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Taking time for myself is a real struggle but it felt so good to get on the field again after a 3 year hiatus from the #highlandgames. It hurt so gooood. 😅 But seriously, I love and appreciate my body so much when I see how strong it can be!
The misty weather is calling to these kids. They just have to walk in the rain, and I completely get it.🥰 So nice to soak up the gift of water.🩵🌧
#EduSky #rain #petrichor #touchgrass
#EduSky #rain #petrichor #touchgrass
May 7, 2025 at 12:46 AM
The misty weather is calling to these kids. They just have to walk in the rain, and I completely get it.🥰 So nice to soak up the gift of water.🩵🌧
#EduSky #rain #petrichor #touchgrass
#EduSky #rain #petrichor #touchgrass
I might cry.💙😭 It's been a really hard week but I got my first teacher appreciation gift of the year. A student knocked on my door after school and said she had a surprise for me. A 🌈sticker and croc charms 🥰 #EduSky
May 3, 2025 at 1:42 AM
I might cry.💙😭 It's been a really hard week but I got my first teacher appreciation gift of the year. A student knocked on my door after school and said she had a surprise for me. A 🌈sticker and croc charms 🥰 #EduSky
It's that time of year again! I know it can be controversial to incubate eggs in classrooms but with responsible methods it can be so enriching to a life science curriculum. All ducklings will come back home to our farm to join our growing flock! #EduSky #iteachscience
May 3, 2025 at 1:03 AM
It's that time of year again! I know it can be controversial to incubate eggs in classrooms but with responsible methods it can be so enriching to a life science curriculum. All ducklings will come back home to our farm to join our growing flock! #EduSky #iteachscience
I'm really enjoying our Springtime Chinampa project for our #ecosystem unit. S's learned about axolotls and Lake Xochimilco and were then given timber (craft sticks) and rope (yarn) and they built their own #chinampas. The cilantro is growing in nicely and we even added goldfish to a pond! #EduSky
April 26, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I'm really enjoying our Springtime Chinampa project for our #ecosystem unit. S's learned about axolotls and Lake Xochimilco and were then given timber (craft sticks) and rope (yarn) and they built their own #chinampas. The cilantro is growing in nicely and we even added goldfish to a pond! #EduSky
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“The rulings block the administration, at least for now, from carrying out efforts to cut off billions of dollars that pay for teachers, counselors and academic programs in schools that serve low-income children.” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
Courts Block Trump From Withholding School Funds Over D.E.I., for Now
In three cases, federal judges paused the administration’s effort to cut off money from public schools with diversity and equity programs.
www.nytimes.com
April 25, 2025 at 11:47 PM
“The rulings block the administration, at least for now, from carrying out efforts to cut off billions of dollars that pay for teachers, counselors and academic programs in schools that serve low-income children.” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
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The Dept. of Education exists to level the playing field. Trying to abolish it and its Office for Civil Rights sends a message that the president doesn’t care about opportunity for all kids. truthout.org/articles/as-...
As Trump Guts Support for Disabled Students, Their Families Are Fighting Back
Disability rights advocates are filing lawsuits as students, teachers and parents organize to protect education.
truthout.org
April 23, 2025 at 12:10 AM
The Dept. of Education exists to level the playing field. Trying to abolish it and its Office for Civil Rights sends a message that the president doesn’t care about opportunity for all kids. truthout.org/articles/as-...
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Reposted by Jackie Gardner 🏳️🌈
In today’s atmosphere, it’s obvious why a book warning of totalitarian censorship would be in the American Library Association’s list of most commonly challenged books
April 17, 2025 at 5:54 PM
In today’s atmosphere, it’s obvious why a book warning of totalitarian censorship would be in the American Library Association’s list of most commonly challenged books
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RFK is not a doctor. He does not understand physiology, research methodology, or diagnostic criteria. He does not understand infectious disease and he sure as hell does not understand autism. Autistic people are not a problem to be eliminated. They are people.
Signed, an actual doctor
#medsky #RFK
Signed, an actual doctor
#medsky #RFK
April 17, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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How Sand Dunes Change Into a Forest? Take a hike with me in #indianadunesnationalpark to learn about ecological succession in our latest OutSCIder Video! #edusky #skyenceteacher #educhat youtu.be/kgojhuSnwo4
How Sand Dunes Change Into a Forest - Ecological Succession | Indiana Dunes National Park
YouTube video by OutSCIder Classroom
youtu.be
April 15, 2025 at 7:24 PM
How Sand Dunes Change Into a Forest? Take a hike with me in #indianadunesnationalpark to learn about ecological succession in our latest OutSCIder Video! #edusky #skyenceteacher #educhat youtu.be/kgojhuSnwo4
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Let's smash the stereotypes! The school library is evolving! Librarians are at the forefront, driving learning with tech & teamwork. #skybrarian #EduSky #TLSky #NationalSchoolLibrariesMonth
April 15, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Let's smash the stereotypes! The school library is evolving! Librarians are at the forefront, driving learning with tech & teamwork. #skybrarian #EduSky #TLSky #NationalSchoolLibrariesMonth
For the 1st time in over a decade of teaching in Southern California, we had an earthquake in the middle of the school day! A hearty 5.2 about 11 miles away from us. The best part about it was all the excitement and curiosity from every class period that followed, asking a million questions! #EduSky
April 15, 2025 at 6:52 AM
For the 1st time in over a decade of teaching in Southern California, we had an earthquake in the middle of the school day! A hearty 5.2 about 11 miles away from us. The best part about it was all the excitement and curiosity from every class period that followed, asking a million questions! #EduSky
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Now accepting submissions for the 2025 Environmental Art Contest! *SPACE Edition* Contest is open to residents of all ages in Riverside and San Bernardino Counties and the deadline to submit art is 6/5/25. Submission form and contest guidelines: bit.ly/eec20205art
April 13, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Now accepting submissions for the 2025 Environmental Art Contest! *SPACE Edition* Contest is open to residents of all ages in Riverside and San Bernardino Counties and the deadline to submit art is 6/5/25. Submission form and contest guidelines: bit.ly/eec20205art
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Was not expecting to open the main CBC page this morning and see this!
In today’s climate, I feel our message is even more relevant than even just a few months ago when the interview was recorded.
www.cbc.ca
@christelvaneck.bsky.social @lydiamessling.bsky.social
In today’s climate, I feel our message is even more relevant than even just a few months ago when the interview was recorded.
www.cbc.ca
@christelvaneck.bsky.social @lydiamessling.bsky.social
April 13, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Was not expecting to open the main CBC page this morning and see this!
In today’s climate, I feel our message is even more relevant than even just a few months ago when the interview was recorded.
www.cbc.ca
@christelvaneck.bsky.social @lydiamessling.bsky.social
In today’s climate, I feel our message is even more relevant than even just a few months ago when the interview was recorded.
www.cbc.ca
@christelvaneck.bsky.social @lydiamessling.bsky.social
DM me for a google invitation to tonight's meeting! 5pm PST
There's a lot to discuss at tonight's Community Connections meeting including the launch of our art contest and special summer edition of our annual symposium! Please email eecollaborative@gmail.com if you would like to join us. 😊🌿
#EduSky #EnviroEd #OutdoorEd #ArtContest #Riverside #SanBernardino
#EduSky #EnviroEd #OutdoorEd #ArtContest #Riverside #SanBernardino
April 10, 2025 at 9:22 PM
DM me for a google invitation to tonight's meeting! 5pm PST
Spring Break is bringing me a welcome reprieve. The semester is pushing into the final lap and everyone is burning out but it's been a good run. Flowers are blooming, students are researching their favorite biomes, and we're getting muddy in the garden. #iteachscience #EduSky
April 9, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Spring Break is bringing me a welcome reprieve. The semester is pushing into the final lap and everyone is burning out but it's been a good run. Flowers are blooming, students are researching their favorite biomes, and we're getting muddy in the garden. #iteachscience #EduSky
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Here's why "leave it to the states" isn't a great idea when it comes to civil rights.
Before the federal role in public education was established in the 1970s, students with disabilities were routinely turned away from schools. The Trump/Musk Administration is jeopardizing these students’ access to a quality education.
What Was School Like for Students With Disabilities Before IDEA? | NEA
The landmark law ushered in an era of inclusion and equity. The current assault on public schools could unravel that progress, leaving students without the support they need.
www.nea.org
March 26, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Here's why "leave it to the states" isn't a great idea when it comes to civil rights.
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All your ridiculousness about getting rid of DEI has added countless barriers! Do you folks ever think before you post?
March 22, 2025 at 1:32 AM
All your ridiculousness about getting rid of DEI has added countless barriers! Do you folks ever think before you post?
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NEW: Californians Together Executive Director Martha Hernandez talked to @taragarciam.bsky.social about the importance of new grants for expanding #bilingual education programs and meeting the California's ambitious language goals.
Read more from @calmatters.org: buff.ly/47GrjsU
Read more from @calmatters.org: buff.ly/47GrjsU
California wants more kids in bilingual classes — but won’t spend enough to expand them
Dual language immersion programs have become sought after by parents of all backgrounds wanting their children to become bilingual.
buff.ly
March 18, 2025 at 9:11 PM
NEW: Californians Together Executive Director Martha Hernandez talked to @taragarciam.bsky.social about the importance of new grants for expanding #bilingual education programs and meeting the California's ambitious language goals.
Read more from @calmatters.org: buff.ly/47GrjsU
Read more from @calmatters.org: buff.ly/47GrjsU
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📚 The Department of Education is crucial for shaping a brighter future for our children and our communities! ✨ It provides essential resources, promotes equity in education, and ensures every student has the opportunity to succeed.
March 18, 2025 at 2:25 AM
📚 The Department of Education is crucial for shaping a brighter future for our children and our communities! ✨ It provides essential resources, promotes equity in education, and ensures every student has the opportunity to succeed.