Lauren Edmondson
@laurenaedmondson.bsky.social
Reader, writer, mama, wife, professor. College town.
This is unacceptable!
My god…they just took 50 million from the general budget for vouchers going to private religious schools.
Now, another 100 million?
Now, another 100 million?
December 1, 2025 at 4:29 AM
This is unacceptable!
That is a great win for our state!
Huge win for Missouri and for all libraries. Thank you to MASL, MLA, the ACLU, and everyone involved! @la-cac.org #FReadom
www.stlpr.org/government-p...
www.stlpr.org/government-p...
Missouri court strikes down book ban law that pushed libraries to remove hundreds of titles
A law creating a misdemeanor offense for school employees who supply ‘sexually explicit material’ to students is now void.
www.stlpr.org
November 19, 2025 at 5:33 PM
That is a great win for our state!
Love this!
this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
August 22, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Love this!
Writing matters!
Anyway. Writing matters. Your work of teaching matters. Yes, the conditions are hard and maybe even unacceptable. Giving the work over to a non-thinking, non-feeling, non-experiencing machine is not the way. www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/john-...
More Than Words
A veteran writing teacher makes a “moving” (Rick Wormeli) argument that writing is a form of thinking and feeling and shows why it can’t be...
www.hachettebookgroup.com
May 14, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Writing matters!
Reposted by Lauren Edmondson
Hi.
Books are incredibly important.
Please let them be.
Books are incredibly important.
Please let them be.
April 6, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Hi.
Books are incredibly important.
Please let them be.
Books are incredibly important.
Please let them be.
@levarburton.bsky.social loved hearing you speak tonight! So inspiring and uplifting. Thank you!
April 4, 2025 at 2:30 AM
@levarburton.bsky.social loved hearing you speak tonight! So inspiring and uplifting. Thank you!
I love Merriam-Webster! This is the energy I need in my life right now!
“I’ll be 10 min late sorry!!!”
-ashamed
-fragile
-unreliable
“A thousand apologies. The relentless slog of time has overtaken my faculties.”
-powerful
-commanding
-honest
-ashamed
-fragile
-unreliable
“A thousand apologies. The relentless slog of time has overtaken my faculties.”
-powerful
-commanding
-honest
April 2, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I love Merriam-Webster! This is the energy I need in my life right now!
Reposted by Lauren Edmondson
Trump education cuts mean years of work – and millions of dollars – go to waste.
Staffers at US Department of Education say severe cuts in the name of efficiency are having the opposite effect: ‘You can’t even quantify the loss.’
Protect public schools!
#MomSky
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Staffers at US Department of Education say severe cuts in the name of efficiency are having the opposite effect: ‘You can’t even quantify the loss.’
Protect public schools!
#MomSky
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Revealed: Trump education cuts mean years of work – and millions of dollars – go to waste
Staffers at US Department of Education say severe cuts in the name of efficiency are having the opposite effect: ‘You can’t even quantify the loss’
www.theguardian.com
March 20, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Trump education cuts mean years of work – and millions of dollars – go to waste.
Staffers at US Department of Education say severe cuts in the name of efficiency are having the opposite effect: ‘You can’t even quantify the loss.’
Protect public schools!
#MomSky
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Staffers at US Department of Education say severe cuts in the name of efficiency are having the opposite effect: ‘You can’t even quantify the loss.’
Protect public schools!
#MomSky
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I love this!
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
thebetter.news
March 6, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I love this!
Yes. Yes it is! ✨
Peanut butter toast is the the bomb.
February 28, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Yes. Yes it is! ✨
This is absolutely atrocious!
This type of language is an extra slap on the face on top of how funding for research that may help some of us feel better is being attacked.
This commission statement refers to people with Autism, ADHD, asthma, auto-immune disease, and chronic illness as a “dire threat to the American people and our way of life”.
This is a manifesto against disability.
This is the language of eugenics.
This is a manifesto against disability.
This is the language of eugenics.
February 18, 2025 at 1:07 AM
This is absolutely atrocious!
😶
Musk is working on replacing contract workers in the Department of Education with AI chatbots, aiming to use generative AI to handle student and parent inquiries.
February 16, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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This is wrong on so many levels.
Eliminating the Department of Education and sending the onus of educating kids “back to the states” obscures the fact that families, "especially lower-income students in rural, suburban, and urban communities and students with disabilities" would be immeasurably harmed.
www.nea.org/nea-today/al...
www.nea.org/nea-today/al...
How Dismantling the Department of Education Would Harm Students | NEA
Educators and parents will not stand for the destruction of our country’s commitment to equal educational opportunities for all students.
www.nea.org
February 13, 2025 at 8:56 PM
This is wrong on so many levels.
We must make a positive impact every day. No matter how small!
When I was young, the "Think globally, act locally" bumper sticker was quite popular. I think about it still. How we can make a positive impact in our local communities, or even virtual communities, that might have a ripple effect and make the world a better place.
January 27, 2025 at 4:14 AM
We must make a positive impact every day. No matter how small!
I am having trouble watching videos here. The video starts just fine. But, when I click to make them full screen, they go away. And my page refreshes to the top. Any suggestions would be appreciated!
January 22, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I am having trouble watching videos here. The video starts just fine. But, when I click to make them full screen, they go away. And my page refreshes to the top. Any suggestions would be appreciated!
We must teach in a way that reaches all students!
“Research shows that flexibility in teaching methods and curricula allows teachers and students to participate more fully in the learning process” theconversation.com/why-being-fo...
Why being forced to precisely follow a curriculum harms teachers and students
Policymakers commonly suggest that teaching to ‘fidelity’ − following a plan word for word − is best for student learning. However, research suggests the opposite is true.
theconversation.com
January 20, 2025 at 6:55 PM
We must teach in a way that reaches all students!
Reposted by Lauren Edmondson
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Emily Fessler and Liz Wertz, Co-Presidents of the League of Women Voters of Southwest Missouri, encourage readers to invest in, support and use southwest Missouri's public libraries.
Read it: sgfcitizen.org/voices-opini...
Read it: sgfcitizen.org/voices-opini...
January 14, 2025 at 11:11 PM
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Emily Fessler and Liz Wertz, Co-Presidents of the League of Women Voters of Southwest Missouri, encourage readers to invest in, support and use southwest Missouri's public libraries.
Read it: sgfcitizen.org/voices-opini...
Read it: sgfcitizen.org/voices-opini...
I think mine is caring so much I might explode!
Hyperfocus, wordsmithing, and caring! 💥
December 6, 2024 at 12:31 AM
I think mine is caring so much I might explode!
We need to support our students so they don’t get to this point!
A thread of how the MS/HS kids we talk with talk about stress at school:
"My coping mechanism for the stress that you get from school is to just completely stop. You get so overwhelmed that you drop all of it because that's what seems rational."
"My coping mechanism for the stress that you get from school is to just completely stop. You get so overwhelmed that you drop all of it because that's what seems rational."
November 24, 2024 at 2:41 PM
We need to support our students so they don’t get to this point!
Reposted by Lauren Edmondson
Coming up at 4 p.m. Friday on the #FridayHappyHour: Empty spaces. What are your favorite songs about disappearing, vanishing, missing?
Tune in to 98.1 FM in Springfield, MO, or kdruradio.com online to hear the community playlist!
Tune in to 98.1 FM in Springfield, MO, or kdruradio.com online to hear the community playlist!
KDRU Radio – Springfield's community radio
kdruradio.com
November 22, 2024 at 1:48 PM
Coming up at 4 p.m. Friday on the #FridayHappyHour: Empty spaces. What are your favorite songs about disappearing, vanishing, missing?
Tune in to 98.1 FM in Springfield, MO, or kdruradio.com online to hear the community playlist!
Tune in to 98.1 FM in Springfield, MO, or kdruradio.com online to hear the community playlist!
😂😳
November 22, 2024 at 9:55 PM
😂😳
Many people doing wonderful work in the nonprofit world in my community! Gives me hope for the future!
November 19, 2024 at 11:49 PM
Many people doing wonderful work in the nonprofit world in my community! Gives me hope for the future!