Martha Fay Burtis
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Martha Fay Burtis
@marthaburtis.net
· Feb 3
As a proud close family member of life-long federal civil servants, I cannot abide the lies that are being told about these dedicated folks.
That sinking feeling in New Hampshire is brought to you by the grand illusion newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/04/02/t...
That sinking feeling in New Hampshire is brought to you by the grand illusion • New Hampshire Bulletin
The thousands in debt wasn’t the result of vacations; we never took any. It wasn’t for nights on the town or Amazon splurges. It is just how much extra it cost, added up over the first 15 years of our...
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April 3, 2025 at 2:11 PM
That sinking feeling in New Hampshire is brought to you by the grand illusion newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/04/02/t...
I will be presenting about the CoLab's Design Forward module, "The AI Challenge," later today for this EDUCAUSE Webinar: AI Series Part 4 for @EDUCAUSE! Learn more and join me: events.educause.edu/webinar/2025...
EDUCAUSE Webinar | February 6, 2024 | 12:00–1:00 p.m. ET
EDUCAUSE AI Webinar Series: Supporting Literacy and Effective Practice - Part 4
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February 6, 2025 at 1:17 PM
I will be presenting about the CoLab's Design Forward module, "The AI Challenge," later today for this EDUCAUSE Webinar: AI Series Part 4 for @EDUCAUSE! Learn more and join me: events.educause.edu/webinar/2025...
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"It will come down to whether students come through their formal schooling as more clever vandals of the Earth and of each other or as loving, caring, compassionate, & competent healers, restorers, builders, & midwives to a decent, durable, & beautiful future." - David Orr
August 11, 2024 at 8:26 PM
"It will come down to whether students come through their formal schooling as more clever vandals of the Earth and of each other or as loving, caring, compassionate, & competent healers, restorers, builders, & midwives to a decent, durable, & beautiful future." - David Orr
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USAID= .5% of fed budget. Americans spend more on bubblegum than on aid. ROI in terms of power projection, soft power & institution shaping— never mind lives saved/societies rebuilt— makes it one of smartest things US does. Its why China, despite flat growth, will now increase aid budget. Just watch
February 2, 2025 at 7:50 PM
USAID= .5% of fed budget. Americans spend more on bubblegum than on aid. ROI in terms of power projection, soft power & institution shaping— never mind lives saved/societies rebuilt— makes it one of smartest things US does. Its why China, despite flat growth, will now increase aid budget. Just watch
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And every dollar we spend on USAID saves us $100 wasted on defense contractors
Raskin makes the point that USAID, with a $40 billion budget, is being terminated, while the Pentagon budget, with a $900 billion budget and where top contractor Elon Musk gets his government funding, goes untouched
February 3, 2025 at 6:20 PM
And every dollar we spend on USAID saves us $100 wasted on defense contractors
As a proud close family member of life-long federal civil servants, I cannot abide the lies that are being told about these dedicated folks.
February 3, 2025 at 4:05 PM
As a proud close family member of life-long federal civil servants, I cannot abide the lies that are being told about these dedicated folks.
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If it were legal to fire you, they wouldn't put so much effort into getting you to resign voluntarily.
January 31, 2025 at 8:00 PM
If it were legal to fire you, they wouldn't put so much effort into getting you to resign voluntarily.
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Yes! This isn’t a hard line as much as a framework to guide my work. Our students already live in the ‘real world,’ they’re citizens of, participants in, and victims of it.
Also, when folks talk about the real world they’re too often referring to adherence to an oppressive capitalist machine.
Also, when folks talk about the real world they’re too often referring to adherence to an oppressive capitalist machine.
Both/and rather than either/or, IMHO. An authentic education helps students to understand the “real world” and why it’s organized that way so that they can “dream of a better world” and figure out ways to realize their dreams for themselves and others.
I don’t want my class to prepare students for ‘the real world.’
I want my class to help students dream of a better world.
I want my class to help students dream of a better world.
December 29, 2024 at 8:24 PM
Yes! This isn’t a hard line as much as a framework to guide my work. Our students already live in the ‘real world,’ they’re citizens of, participants in, and victims of it.
Also, when folks talk about the real world they’re too often referring to adherence to an oppressive capitalist machine.
Also, when folks talk about the real world they’re too often referring to adherence to an oppressive capitalist machine.
the first one is always the hardest. . .
February 16, 2024 at 2:19 PM
the first one is always the hardest. . .