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When I was student teaching, the university observer asked me if I realized how much I sigh during instruction. She asked “what’s that about?” I told her to pull up a chair. I don’t think she laughed.
Nowadays I can’t imagine what my ratio of sighs:class must be.
Nowadays I can’t imagine what my ratio of sighs:class must be.
I’m mostly off of other social media, and not really missing it. Yet I feel kinda out of loop if I’m not on something. Otherwise what am I supposed to do? Talk to friends irl? Write in my notebook? Please.
November 1, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I’m mostly off of other social media, and not really missing it. Yet I feel kinda out of loop if I’m not on something. Otherwise what am I supposed to do? Talk to friends irl? Write in my notebook? Please.
When I was student teaching, the university observer asked me if I realized how much I sigh during instruction. She asked “what’s that about?” I told her to pull up a chair. I don’t think she laughed.
Nowadays I can’t imagine what my ratio of sighs:class must be.
Nowadays I can’t imagine what my ratio of sighs:class must be.
November 1, 2025 at 7:03 PM
When I was student teaching, the university observer asked me if I realized how much I sigh during instruction. She asked “what’s that about?” I told her to pull up a chair. I don’t think she laughed.
Nowadays I can’t imagine what my ratio of sighs:class must be.
Nowadays I can’t imagine what my ratio of sighs:class must be.
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Thinking about the Jill Lepore “students got difficult in 2016” thing: there’s a point for all of us when “youth opinion,” such as it is, no longer feels intuitive. It happened for me in the last few years. To understand where they’re coming from, you might have to do a little research.
November 1, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Thinking about the Jill Lepore “students got difficult in 2016” thing: there’s a point for all of us when “youth opinion,” such as it is, no longer feels intuitive. It happened for me in the last few years. To understand where they’re coming from, you might have to do a little research.
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This AFT state council delegate agrees 1000%. Historically, one drawback to the "union of professionals" branding is that it has often provided cover for collaborations with management that are bad for education and bad for education *workers*. No need for my union to boost AI in this way.
surely the most shameful thing in my 15 years as an AFT member organizer bargainer and leader
The American Federation of Teachers, the US' second-largest teachers' union, plans to start an AI training hub with $23M from Microsoft, OpenAI, and Anthropic (Natasha Singer/New York Times)
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July 8, 2025 at 12:18 PM
This AFT state council delegate agrees 1000%. Historically, one drawback to the "union of professionals" branding is that it has often provided cover for collaborations with management that are bad for education and bad for education *workers*. No need for my union to boost AI in this way.
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A message from the striking municipal workers of Philadelphia:
July 2, 2025 at 4:31 PM
A message from the striking municipal workers of Philadelphia:
I found a great spreadsheet template to track my running. Managed to mess up *something* and it may be the event that triggers a complete mental breakdown. Stay tuned.
February 20, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I found a great spreadsheet template to track my running. Managed to mess up *something* and it may be the event that triggers a complete mental breakdown. Stay tuned.
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funniest highlights of the philly police scanner, a thread
February 10, 2025 at 3:12 AM
funniest highlights of the philly police scanner, a thread
Starting to hear fireworks
February 10, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Starting to hear fireworks
Still mad we don’t have a delay tomorrow!
February 10, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Still mad we don’t have a delay tomorrow!
Philadelphia, I love you.
February 10, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Philadelphia, I love you.
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"They are the apotheosis of the American project, of settler-colonial patriarchy... the only way they can think to show they love something is by owning it; the only way to own something, they understand deep in their bones, is by killing it." -Vicky Osterweil www.cawshinythings.com/we-will-outl...
We Will Outlive Them
But it will be easiest if we attack now
www.cawshinythings.com
February 3, 2025 at 7:56 PM
"They are the apotheosis of the American project, of settler-colonial patriarchy... the only way they can think to show they love something is by owning it; the only way to own something, they understand deep in their bones, is by killing it." -Vicky Osterweil www.cawshinythings.com/we-will-outl...
At tonight’s Philly School Board meeting, they tried to make people show ID to get in, tried to say only registered speakers could sit in the auditorium, and I believe they set up rows of 6 chairs compared to previous meetings having 8-9.
January 30, 2025 at 9:54 PM
At tonight’s Philly School Board meeting, they tried to make people show ID to get in, tried to say only registered speakers could sit in the auditorium, and I believe they set up rows of 6 chairs compared to previous meetings having 8-9.
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BREAKING: South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has been formally indicted. Yoon is the first sitting South Korean president to be indicted and criminally investigated.
This is a breaking story that will be updated. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
This is a breaking story that will be updated. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
S. Korean president indicted on insurrection charges after martial law attempt
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, who has been impeached and is now in detention, was indicted on charges relating to his attempt to declare martial law.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 26, 2025 at 10:48 AM
BREAKING: South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has been formally indicted. Yoon is the first sitting South Korean president to be indicted and criminally investigated.
This is a breaking story that will be updated. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
This is a breaking story that will be updated. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
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stop making predictions and start making plans.
January 26, 2025 at 5:07 AM
stop making predictions and start making plans.
Some of my colleagues were in buildings that couldn’t warm up past 50 last week
You can't be on the "forefront" of using AI in schools and use "best practices."
You also can't “be on the leading edge” and "mitigating against any risks.”
This is all wasteful, unethical BS distracting schools from their core missions.
You also can't “be on the leading edge” and "mitigating against any risks.”
This is all wasteful, unethical BS distracting schools from their core missions.
Philly schools could be on the forefront of using AI. Here’s what that means.
The district already has guidelines in place, but “Pioneering AI in School Systems,” scheduled to begin in March, will train staff in best practices and possible risks.
www.inquirer.com
January 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Some of my colleagues were in buildings that couldn’t warm up past 50 last week
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every single president should be arrested
January 15, 2025 at 2:15 AM
every single president should be arrested
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Ohhhhh my god china is going to steal my data? should we tell Kaiser Permanente? Should we throw a party?should we invite ticketmaster
“enjoy getting your data stolen by china” girl i have a google account there is nothing you could do to my data that hasn’t already been done
January 14, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Ohhhhh my god china is going to steal my data? should we tell Kaiser Permanente? Should we throw a party?should we invite ticketmaster
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The president has used his final days in office to guarantee the continuation of Israel’s genocidal assault in Gaza.
Biden Approves Another $8 Billion Arms Sale to Israel as Genocide Continues
The president has used his final days in office to guarantee the continuation of Israel’s genocidal assault in Gaza.
truthout.org
January 4, 2025 at 7:39 PM
The president has used his final days in office to guarantee the continuation of Israel’s genocidal assault in Gaza.
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This is an unbelievably shameful list to appear on.
January 4, 2025 at 11:06 AM
This is an unbelievably shameful list to appear on.
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There’s no “responsible incorporation” of a technology that demonstrates every single bad habit that education is supposed to wean out of students - from making things up to citing sources you haven’t read to using other people’s work without proper permission to even just reading broadly.
👇 Students will be using AI (heavily) whether you like it or not. The challenge for us as educators is to incorporate AI responsibly into our classroom to facilitate learning. We can have a debate on what method is best, but the response "AI is bad, don't use it" doesn't engage with reality.
Yeah, the big issue I’m running into is that students will just go to mainstream LLMs to get explanations rather than find other resources or ask *me* questions - and the LLMs are trained on 2010s LinkedIn/Medium data science slop so they end up with the wrong understanding.
December 16, 2024 at 9:40 AM
There’s no “responsible incorporation” of a technology that demonstrates every single bad habit that education is supposed to wean out of students - from making things up to citing sources you haven’t read to using other people’s work without proper permission to even just reading broadly.
Ignoring my typo-- are there any historians/philosophers of education on here?
Are there historians and philosophers of history on here?
December 15, 2024 at 9:12 PM
Ignoring my typo-- are there any historians/philosophers of education on here?
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Say his name: Mohamed Baalusha.This one really hurts. He discovered the massacred babies as Al Nasar hospital. Many months ago Mohamed was shot. Then, he was unable to move w an infection. He bravely returned to reporting , only to be killed today. He is abt the 200th journalist killed by US-Israel
December 15, 2024 at 5:11 AM
Say his name: Mohamed Baalusha.This one really hurts. He discovered the massacred babies as Al Nasar hospital. Many months ago Mohamed was shot. Then, he was unable to move w an infection. He bravely returned to reporting , only to be killed today. He is abt the 200th journalist killed by US-Israel