Keira Ballantyne
@keiraballantyne.bsky.social
Educational linguist and lover of languages. Views are my own.
Know Your Rights: English Learner Students -- now available in 10 languages, courtesy of Asian Americans Advancing Justice. www.advancingjustice-aajc.org/publication/...
Fact Sheets: The Rights of Students Who are English Learners
Printable FAQs for Educators, Students, Family Members, and Community Leaeders
www.advancingjustice-aajc.org
December 5, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Know Your Rights: English Learner Students -- now available in 10 languages, courtesy of Asian Americans Advancing Justice. www.advancingjustice-aajc.org/publication/...
@clairegcoleman.bsky.social Heya old friend - looked you up & trying to connect! Heading to your part of this spinning orb at the end of the year - shoot me a message if you are around?
December 3, 2025 at 2:48 PM
@clairegcoleman.bsky.social Heya old friend - looked you up & trying to connect! Heading to your part of this spinning orb at the end of the year - shoot me a message if you are around?
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Dismantling the Department of Education is nothing less than an abandonment of the future of our country. That's why AFT has joined a lawsuit against the Trump administration to stop its unlawful actions that will hurt students and schools.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
School Groups Sue to Stop Dismantling of the Education Department
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Dismantling the Department of Education is nothing less than an abandonment of the future of our country. That's why AFT has joined a lawsuit against the Trump administration to stop its unlawful actions that will hurt students and schools.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
From New America - impacts of the carve-up of the Education Department will (surprise!) hit disadvantaged students the most www.newamerica.org/education-po...
Damage to Come From Dismembering the U.S. Dept. of Ed
Moving education programs around, while adding in the back-and-forth communication and red ink required by complicated new partnerships, will create unnecessary confusion and delay for states and loca...
www.newamerica.org
November 26, 2025 at 11:51 AM
From New America - impacts of the carve-up of the Education Department will (surprise!) hit disadvantaged students the most www.newamerica.org/education-po...
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NEWS: Lawmakers Launch Master ICE Tracker
Historic congressional data tool documents abuse and systemic violence in federal immigration enforcement.
migrantinsider.com/p/news-lawma...
Historic congressional data tool documents abuse and systemic violence in federal immigration enforcement.
migrantinsider.com/p/news-lawma...
NEWS: Democrats Launch Master ICE Tracker
Historic congressional data tool documents abuse and systemic violence in federal immigration enforcement.
migrantinsider.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:51 PM
NEWS: Lawmakers Launch Master ICE Tracker
Historic congressional data tool documents abuse and systemic violence in federal immigration enforcement.
migrantinsider.com/p/news-lawma...
Historic congressional data tool documents abuse and systemic violence in federal immigration enforcement.
migrantinsider.com/p/news-lawma...
An ode to the spot where this immigrant learned about what a diner is. youtu.be/OZsmgXuqYp0?...
Wailana Coffee House
YouTube video by Jae Dubya - Topic
youtu.be
November 7, 2025 at 12:09 AM
An ode to the spot where this immigrant learned about what a diner is. youtu.be/OZsmgXuqYp0?...
Trappings of authoritarianism getting you down? Put on a chicken suit, grab your rainbow umbrella, and dance with a few thousand of your neighbors. Joy and solidarity.
October 18, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Trappings of authoritarianism getting you down? Put on a chicken suit, grab your rainbow umbrella, and dance with a few thousand of your neighbors. Joy and solidarity.
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Most amazing thing today happened even before the #NoKings
After we got on the Metro in DC the driver announced the following in his beautiful voice
(Note: this is what I remember, so not verbatim)
After we got on the Metro in DC the driver announced the following in his beautiful voice
(Note: this is what I remember, so not verbatim)
October 18, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Most amazing thing today happened even before the #NoKings
After we got on the Metro in DC the driver announced the following in his beautiful voice
(Note: this is what I remember, so not verbatim)
After we got on the Metro in DC the driver announced the following in his beautiful voice
(Note: this is what I remember, so not verbatim)
Love some multimodal math expression. Don't need to be proficient in English to understand this video!
Learning this relationship this way blew my mind.
Pythagorean theorem water demo
YouTube video by 00000000130
youtu.be
September 16, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Love some multimodal math expression. Don't need to be proficient in English to understand this video!
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Indiana is seeking unprecedented flexibility in spending federal ed funds. Anne Hyslop of All4Ed warns: “These waivers have not been requested before.” What it means for equity + accountability:
🔗 https://bit.ly/3ZgWJ7e
#EdPolicy #ESSA #EDUSky
🔗 https://bit.ly/3ZgWJ7e
#EdPolicy #ESSA #EDUSky
3 big questions as Indiana prepares to ask for school funding flexibility
Indiana wants a waiver from the Trump administration for education funding. But education groups want to know how the state will support rural students, English learners, and students who attend under...
www.chalkbeat.org
September 15, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Indiana is seeking unprecedented flexibility in spending federal ed funds. Anne Hyslop of All4Ed warns: “These waivers have not been requested before.” What it means for equity + accountability:
🔗 https://bit.ly/3ZgWJ7e
#EdPolicy #ESSA #EDUSky
🔗 https://bit.ly/3ZgWJ7e
#EdPolicy #ESSA #EDUSky
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Today is Octidi the 28th of Fructidor in the year 233.
Fructidor is the month of fruitfulness.
Today we celebrate corn.#JacobinDay
More information on corn
Fructidor is the month of fruitfulness.
Today we celebrate corn.#JacobinDay
More information on corn
September 13, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Today is Octidi the 28th of Fructidor in the year 233.
Fructidor is the month of fruitfulness.
Today we celebrate corn.#JacobinDay
More information on corn
Fructidor is the month of fruitfulness.
Today we celebrate corn.#JacobinDay
More information on corn
Bravo Michigan for standing up for students! www.bridgedetroit.com/michigan-edu...
Michigan introduces new English teaching requirements
The Trump administration rescinded federal guidance on legal protections for English learners. Michigan will have a new oversight.
www.bridgedetroit.com
September 10, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Bravo Michigan for standing up for students! www.bridgedetroit.com/michigan-edu...
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The right is coming for Plyler v. Doe, state by state. @all4ed.org breaks down how they are attacking children's right to public school and the protective measures states like IL and CA are taking. all4ed.org/blog/the-fig...
August 28, 2025 at 5:09 PM
The right is coming for Plyler v. Doe, state by state. @all4ed.org breaks down how they are attacking children's right to public school and the protective measures states like IL and CA are taking. all4ed.org/blog/the-fig...
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imagine coming up with the allegory of the cave and all you get for it is some children's clay named after you
August 31, 2025 at 11:53 PM
imagine coming up with the allegory of the cave and all you get for it is some children's clay named after you
Bravo Illinois!! Could this be a model for other states? www.edweek.org/policy-polit...
How This State Is Protecting Undocumented Students’ Right to an Education
Illinois lawmakers passed a bill locally codifying the 1982 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Plyler v. Doe.
www.edweek.org
August 29, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Bravo Illinois!! Could this be a model for other states? www.edweek.org/policy-polit...
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Here's what the third day of elementary school looked like in Mount Pleasant, Washington DC.
August 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Here's what the third day of elementary school looked like in Mount Pleasant, Washington DC.
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🚨 Big changes in federal education policy:
The Trump admin wants to shift funding from the Dept. of Ed to the Dept. of Labor.
All4Ed is sounding the alarm—and here's why it matters for CTE, adult education, and marginalized students.
📺 Watch now: youtube.com/shorts/inWDJ...
#EDUSky
The Trump admin wants to shift funding from the Dept. of Ed to the Dept. of Labor.
All4Ed is sounding the alarm—and here's why it matters for CTE, adult education, and marginalized students.
📺 Watch now: youtube.com/shorts/inWDJ...
#EDUSky
July 16, 2025 at 5:26 PM
🚨 Big changes in federal education policy:
The Trump admin wants to shift funding from the Dept. of Ed to the Dept. of Labor.
All4Ed is sounding the alarm—and here's why it matters for CTE, adult education, and marginalized students.
📺 Watch now: youtube.com/shorts/inWDJ...
#EDUSky
The Trump admin wants to shift funding from the Dept. of Ed to the Dept. of Labor.
All4Ed is sounding the alarm—and here's why it matters for CTE, adult education, and marginalized students.
📺 Watch now: youtube.com/shorts/inWDJ...
#EDUSky
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Reposted by Keira Ballantyne
Working families can't afford $1.5 trillion in cuts to the services they need.
Visit go.aft.org/BigUglyBill and tell your lawmakers to reject these cuts!
Visit go.aft.org/BigUglyBill and tell your lawmakers to reject these cuts!
June 28, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Working families can't afford $1.5 trillion in cuts to the services they need.
Visit go.aft.org/BigUglyBill and tell your lawmakers to reject these cuts!
Visit go.aft.org/BigUglyBill and tell your lawmakers to reject these cuts!
An underground impact of book bans is that districts faced with book challenges must devote resources to vetting books. The likelihood that there are multilingual staff available to review books is slim - and so multilingual books just don't make it into the library. www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
Supreme Court rules Maryland parents can pull their children from public school lessons that use LGBTQ storybooks
Supreme Court rules Maryland parents can pull their children from public school lessons that use LGBTQ storybooks.
www.pbs.org
June 27, 2025 at 9:06 PM
An underground impact of book bans is that districts faced with book challenges must devote resources to vetting books. The likelihood that there are multilingual staff available to review books is slim - and so multilingual books just don't make it into the library. www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
There are around $5.5B in education funds that Congress has directed the US Department of Education to spend that have a July 1 deadline to be allocated to states. They appear to be ... missing? Where are our tax dollars going?
June 25, 2025 at 4:49 PM
There are around $5.5B in education funds that Congress has directed the US Department of Education to spend that have a July 1 deadline to be allocated to states. They appear to be ... missing? Where are our tax dollars going?
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I found this article about them. Sounds like they were very excited to come. :( frontpageafricaonline.com/education/si...
Six LIKE Students Qualify to Represent Liberia at International Quizzing Tournament in the U.S. - FrontPageAfrica
Monrovia – The Liberia Institute for Knowledge and Excellence (LIKE) has announced that six of its students have qualified to represent Liberia at the 2025 edition of the International Quizzing Associ...
frontpageafricaonline.com
June 22, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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“If we don’t teach them this history, then that positive change is less likely to happen.” -Raphael Bonhomme
aftvoices.org/reviving-los...
#Juneteenth
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#Juneteenth
Reviving lost history: Teaching Juneteenth
What is Juneteenth?
aftvoices.org
June 19, 2025 at 3:28 AM
“If we don’t teach them this history, then that positive change is less likely to happen.” -Raphael Bonhomme
aftvoices.org/reviving-los...
#Juneteenth
aftvoices.org/reviving-los...
#Juneteenth
Apres le deluge.
June 18, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Apres le deluge.