Karine Kelley
@kekse24.bsky.social
Longtime NYC teacher, mother, learner and maker.
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NEW: Crisis as distraction and erasure: How SOR fails diversity and urban students (Journal of Literacy and Urban Schools) radicalscholarship.com/2025/10/12/n...
NEW: Crisis as distraction and erasure: How SOR fails diversity and urban students (Journal of Literacy and Urban Schools)
Thomas, P.L. (2025, Spring). Crisis as distraction and erasure: How SOR fails diversity and urban students. Journal of Literacy and Urban Schools, (1), 6-23. Abstract: The current reading crisis, t…
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November 9, 2025 at 1:10 PM
NEW: Crisis as distraction and erasure: How SOR fails diversity and urban students (Journal of Literacy and Urban Schools) radicalscholarship.com/2025/10/12/n...
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Did a recent Supreme Court decision take the first step to making public schools unconstitutional, I ask in this piece.
How the Supreme Court Is Making Public Education Itself Unconstitutional (Opinion)
In a recent ruling, the high court took a step toward effectively outlawing public schools.
www.edweek.org
July 9, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Did a recent Supreme Court decision take the first step to making public schools unconstitutional, I ask in this piece.
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This is a staggering amount of money. It’s bigger than the Department of Transportation spending on all infrastructure. It’s bigger than all of the federal R&D done for both the military and all federal science agencies. Disgusting.
Where we are as a country:
"The funding in the bill will make ICE the largest jailer in the world, with $200 billion at their disposal."
newrepublic.com/article/1975...
"The funding in the bill will make ICE the largest jailer in the world, with $200 billion at their disposal."
newrepublic.com/article/1975...
The Grand Opening of an American Concentration Camp
The Republicans are proudly calling it “Alligator Alcatraz.” Let’s call it what it is.
newrepublic.com
July 2, 2025 at 12:21 PM
This is a staggering amount of money. It’s bigger than the Department of Transportation spending on all infrastructure. It’s bigger than all of the federal R&D done for both the military and all federal science agencies. Disgusting.
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Teachers don't need more tech. They need smaller classes and more (paid) time for prep and instruction. But alas, the tech option means more profit for billionaires, while the latter would cost billionaires more in taxes. And so, in our current kleptocracy, tech is what teachers are going to get...
🧵 addressing the argument: "AI won’t replace teachers, but it will save them time and make them more effective.”
Adding edtech doesn't necessarily save teachers time. A recent study found that LMSs sold to schools over the past decade+ as time-savers aren’t delivering on making teaching easier.
Adding edtech doesn't necessarily save teachers time. A recent study found that LMSs sold to schools over the past decade+ as time-savers aren’t delivering on making teaching easier.
Technology is supposed to decrease teacher burnout – but we found it can sometimes make it worse
Efforts to simplify teachers’ jobs through technology can backfire without a strong focus on teacher well-being.
theconversation.com
June 29, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Teachers don't need more tech. They need smaller classes and more (paid) time for prep and instruction. But alas, the tech option means more profit for billionaires, while the latter would cost billionaires more in taxes. And so, in our current kleptocracy, tech is what teachers are going to get...
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The assassination of a sitting congressperson and her husband should be headline news every day for the rest of this presidency.
Every single fucking day.
Every single fucking day.
Mark and Melissa lie peacefully at the center of our state and our hearts today. Their memorial, guarded by service dogs and men and women in uniform, casts a momentary shadow over L'Étoile du Nord as we honor their life’s work to make Minnesota shine brighter for all.
June 27, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The assassination of a sitting congressperson and her husband should be headline news every day for the rest of this presidency.
Every single fucking day.
Every single fucking day.
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Polls are about to close, but if you’re in line by 9:00 PM, STAY IN LINE! They must let you vote!
June 25, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Polls are about to close, but if you’re in line by 9:00 PM, STAY IN LINE! They must let you vote!
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The billionaire Palantir CEO —the company building a database to track Americans, and helping ICE abduct immigrants, who proudly admits that his company kills people…
… is a Big Money Andrew Cuomo donor.
You won’t be an opposition leader when you’re owned by the opposition.
… is a Big Money Andrew Cuomo donor.
You won’t be an opposition leader when you’re owned by the opposition.
June 18, 2025 at 9:12 PM
The billionaire Palantir CEO —the company building a database to track Americans, and helping ICE abduct immigrants, who proudly admits that his company kills people…
… is a Big Money Andrew Cuomo donor.
You won’t be an opposition leader when you’re owned by the opposition.
… is a Big Money Andrew Cuomo donor.
You won’t be an opposition leader when you’re owned by the opposition.
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This is exactly the right tone when privileged people suffer minor or temporary consequences standing up for powerless people. It’s still about the powerless people.
ICE is Gestapo trash.
ICE is Gestapo trash.
"I'm happy to report I'm just fine. I lost a button. But I'm gonna sleep in my bed tonight, safe, with my family... At that elevator, I was separated from someone named Edgardo... Edgardo is in ICE detention and he's not going to sleep in his bed tonight."
June 17, 2025 at 9:37 PM
This is exactly the right tone when privileged people suffer minor or temporary consequences standing up for powerless people. It’s still about the powerless people.
ICE is Gestapo trash.
ICE is Gestapo trash.
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if hochul is jumping on this story people in the democratic machine see the narrative here very clearly going in a specific direction.
NY Governor Kathy Hochul inside 26 Federal Plaza now, seeking answers from DHS/ICE about the arrest of NYC Comptroller Brad Lander, who is still being detained. @thecity.nyc "How long is this going to take, I don't think he has a long rap sheet," Hochul says to agents.
June 17, 2025 at 8:27 PM
if hochul is jumping on this story people in the democratic machine see the narrative here very clearly going in a specific direction.
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While we’re rallying around Lander, who’s been a lock for my top 2 as long as he’s been in the race, I love this video he did about disability access on NYC transit
Whether visible or invisible, permanent or temporary, almost all of us will have or know someone with a disability.
As Mayor, I’ll fight like hell for truly accessible public transit.
As Mayor, I’ll fight like hell for truly accessible public transit.
June 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
While we’re rallying around Lander, who’s been a lock for my top 2 as long as he’s been in the race, I love this video he did about disability access on NYC transit
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Just days ago, Brad Lander called me to interpret for an Arabic-speaking asylee whose case was approved, yet ICE was still harassing him inside the building. Brad personally escorted him out to safety. He does this kind of work quietly, every day.
Lander just got detained by federal agents as he tried to escort a man out of the courtroom. Lander was taken in an elevator with masked agents, along with one member of his NYPD security detail.
June 17, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Just days ago, Brad Lander called me to interpret for an Arabic-speaking asylee whose case was approved, yet ICE was still harassing him inside the building. Brad personally escorted him out to safety. He does this kind of work quietly, every day.
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Case for Lander as mayor is he has been organizing on behalf of working New Yorkers like this for decades
Just days ago, Brad Lander called me to interpret for an Arabic-speaking asylee whose case was approved, yet ICE was still harassing him inside the building. Brad personally escorted him out to safety. He does this kind of work quietly, every day.
Lander just got detained by federal agents as he tried to escort a man out of the courtroom. Lander was taken in an elevator with masked agents, along with one member of his NYPD security detail.
June 17, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Case for Lander as mayor is he has been organizing on behalf of working New Yorkers like this for decades
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Notable how many different candidates for NYC mayor are coming together to support Lander for supporting New Yorkers targeted by ICE and which candidates evidently do not see themselves as part of the same movement or community
June 17, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Notable how many different candidates for NYC mayor are coming together to support Lander for supporting New Yorkers targeted by ICE and which candidates evidently do not see themselves as part of the same movement or community
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Yes, it would be a good stunt even if that's all it was -- but in fact Lander has been accompanying immigrants through the courts for weeks with no publicity because his presence typically helps prevent THEM from getting arrested
@bradlander.bsky.social has been regularly doing accompaniments and volunteering as a legal observer. ICE clearly singled him out to punish him for bringing attention to what they are doing. This is political persecution.
A reporter from The City had overheard one agent say to another minutes before Lander’s arrest, “Do you want to arrest the Comptroller?”
www.thecity.nyc/2025/06/17/b...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/06/17/b...
June 17, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Yes, it would be a good stunt even if that's all it was -- but in fact Lander has been accompanying immigrants through the courts for weeks with no publicity because his presence typically helps prevent THEM from getting arrested
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FYI: Adrienne Adams, Michael Blake, Zohran Mamdani, Zellnor Myrie, and Scott Stringer have all turned up at Federal Plaza to protest Lander's arrest.
I deleted my other skeet because it was shared before Myrie spoke so I didn't know he was there
I deleted my other skeet because it was shared before Myrie spoke so I didn't know he was there
June 17, 2025 at 7:55 PM
FYI: Adrienne Adams, Michael Blake, Zohran Mamdani, Zellnor Myrie, and Scott Stringer have all turned up at Federal Plaza to protest Lander's arrest.
I deleted my other skeet because it was shared before Myrie spoke so I didn't know he was there
I deleted my other skeet because it was shared before Myrie spoke so I didn't know he was there
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June 12, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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Zohran is up. Keep going.
Mamdani surges in new poll, leading Cuomo for first time in New York mayor's race
The former governor has topped every voter survey since entering the race, but the democratic socialist is gaining on him.
www.politico.com
June 12, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Zohran is up. Keep going.
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"Hey, here are some cool AI tools we bought as a district that you can try out" definitely feels like the prologue to "Hey, why aren't you using the AI tools that we bought and expect everyone to use?"
May 3, 2025 at 12:51 PM
"Hey, here are some cool AI tools we bought as a district that you can try out" definitely feels like the prologue to "Hey, why aren't you using the AI tools that we bought and expect everyone to use?"
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Mid-career shift for me as a teacher: realizing that how I return feedback to students is way more important than what the feedback actually is
In other words, no matter how much time/effort I spend on the feedback itself, it doesn't matter if I'm not intentional about how students receive it
In other words, no matter how much time/effort I spend on the feedback itself, it doesn't matter if I'm not intentional about how students receive it
April 12, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Mid-career shift for me as a teacher: realizing that how I return feedback to students is way more important than what the feedback actually is
In other words, no matter how much time/effort I spend on the feedback itself, it doesn't matter if I'm not intentional about how students receive it
In other words, no matter how much time/effort I spend on the feedback itself, it doesn't matter if I'm not intentional about how students receive it
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Boston folks--rally this evening to support the Tufts PhD student, here on a visa, nabbed off the street yesterday 👇👇👇
Show up.
March 26, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Boston folks--rally this evening to support the Tufts PhD student, here on a visa, nabbed off the street yesterday 👇👇👇
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AI in education is:
- A political project to get even more private tech into schools and universities
- Habituating children and students to industry-defined and -demanded "jobs of the future"
- Often not actually "AI" ...
- A political project to get even more private tech into schools and universities
- Habituating children and students to industry-defined and -demanded "jobs of the future"
- Often not actually "AI" ...
March 15, 2025 at 12:52 AM
AI in education is:
- A political project to get even more private tech into schools and universities
- Habituating children and students to industry-defined and -demanded "jobs of the future"
- Often not actually "AI" ...
- A political project to get even more private tech into schools and universities
- Habituating children and students to industry-defined and -demanded "jobs of the future"
- Often not actually "AI" ...
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Wow!
@erinentrada.bsky.social is launching THE LAST RESORT, an interactive, multi-platform middle grade series of ghost stories written by different authors. Erin Entrada Kelly is writing the first book. Jasmine Warga is writing the second book.
We cannot wait!
people.com/scholastic-a...
@erinentrada.bsky.social is launching THE LAST RESORT, an interactive, multi-platform middle grade series of ghost stories written by different authors. Erin Entrada Kelly is writing the first book. Jasmine Warga is writing the second book.
We cannot wait!
people.com/scholastic-a...
Scholastic Announces Interactive Mystery Series The Last Resort — See the Cover! (Exclusive)
Scholastic is giving kids a chance to see "ghosts" rise from the pages of its forthcoming mystery series, 'The Last Resort' — and PEOPLE is exclusively revealing the first book's cover.
people.com
March 8, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Wow!
@erinentrada.bsky.social is launching THE LAST RESORT, an interactive, multi-platform middle grade series of ghost stories written by different authors. Erin Entrada Kelly is writing the first book. Jasmine Warga is writing the second book.
We cannot wait!
people.com/scholastic-a...
@erinentrada.bsky.social is launching THE LAST RESORT, an interactive, multi-platform middle grade series of ghost stories written by different authors. Erin Entrada Kelly is writing the first book. Jasmine Warga is writing the second book.
We cannot wait!
people.com/scholastic-a...
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I say this to myself every single day. 💛
March 6, 2025 at 1:03 AM
I say this to myself every single day. 💛
This explains a lot about what I feel these days.
The time to work together, learning and growing - without worrying about the comprehensive list of topics and activities that we have to cover by a certain date.
The time to work together, learning and growing - without worrying about the comprehensive list of topics and activities that we have to cover by a certain date.
"When I put away my curriculum maps, I noticed my students more; I saw them as actual human beings."
This was one of those “let me pause for a second and soak in what I just read” moments for sure. 🙏
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This was one of those “let me pause for a second and soak in what I just read” moments for sure. 🙏
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The Choreography of My Classroom
When I first started teaching, I always felt like I was racing against the clock.
substack.com
January 29, 2025 at 12:48 AM
This explains a lot about what I feel these days.
The time to work together, learning and growing - without worrying about the comprehensive list of topics and activities that we have to cover by a certain date.
The time to work together, learning and growing - without worrying about the comprehensive list of topics and activities that we have to cover by a certain date.