Mx. Art Teacher
@modernteach.bsky.social
Art Educator. Mistakes Advocate. Pro-Union. Complainer of modern problems. All thoughts and opinions are my own and not a reflection of the values of my employer. Free 🇵🇸
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Got my first “what do I have to do fix my grade” email of the year 🥳
November 17, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Got my first “what do I have to do fix my grade” email of the year 🥳
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Dozens of our world-class museums and cultural institutions have thrown open their doors for #BostonFamilyDays, with 65,000 free visits and counting.
This fall, we launched the inaugural season of free performances at the symphony, ballet, and every other major stage in the city. #BostonSOTS
This fall, we launched the inaugural season of free performances at the symphony, ballet, and every other major stage in the city. #BostonSOTS
October 28, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Dozens of our world-class museums and cultural institutions have thrown open their doors for #BostonFamilyDays, with 65,000 free visits and counting.
This fall, we launched the inaugural season of free performances at the symphony, ballet, and every other major stage in the city. #BostonSOTS
This fall, we launched the inaugural season of free performances at the symphony, ballet, and every other major stage in the city. #BostonSOTS
I do not need an AI based seminar/PD/coach to talk to me about how to better reach students
Because it doesn’t. make. sense.
I don’t need training on how to best use AI in my classroom.
I need people ABOVE ME to recognize that there are problems in the school system that aren’t technological
Because it doesn’t. make. sense.
I don’t need training on how to best use AI in my classroom.
I need people ABOVE ME to recognize that there are problems in the school system that aren’t technological
October 23, 2025 at 3:21 AM
I do not need an AI based seminar/PD/coach to talk to me about how to better reach students
Because it doesn’t. make. sense.
I don’t need training on how to best use AI in my classroom.
I need people ABOVE ME to recognize that there are problems in the school system that aren’t technological
Because it doesn’t. make. sense.
I don’t need training on how to best use AI in my classroom.
I need people ABOVE ME to recognize that there are problems in the school system that aren’t technological
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Today is a #BostonFamilyDay with free museum, zoo, and aquarium access for all school-age children and two guests! Here’s a list of our partners opening their doors to families today! 🧵
Museum of Fine Arts
Institute of Contemporary Art
Museum of Science
Boston Children's Museum
New England Aquarium
Museum of Fine Arts
Institute of Contemporary Art
Museum of Science
Boston Children's Museum
New England Aquarium
July 13, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Today is a #BostonFamilyDay with free museum, zoo, and aquarium access for all school-age children and two guests! Here’s a list of our partners opening their doors to families today! 🧵
Museum of Fine Arts
Institute of Contemporary Art
Museum of Science
Boston Children's Museum
New England Aquarium
Museum of Fine Arts
Institute of Contemporary Art
Museum of Science
Boston Children's Museum
New England Aquarium
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The bill will fund massive tax breaks for the wealthiest people and corporations by stripping 17 MILLION Americans of their health care.
July 3, 2025 at 2:39 PM
The bill will fund massive tax breaks for the wealthiest people and corporations by stripping 17 MILLION Americans of their health care.
This is a gross misunderstanding and misuse of state standards.
Oklahoma education standards say students must identify 2020 election 'discrepancies'
New academic standards in Oklahoma call for the teaching of "discrepancies" in the 2020 election, continuing the spread of a false narrative years after it was first pushed by Trump and his allies.
www.npr.org
May 15, 2025 at 11:08 AM
This is a gross misunderstanding and misuse of state standards.
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Today is #TeacherAppreciationDay! All week long, we're celebrating the incredible educators who inspire, advocate, and lead in their classrooms and communities.
Hear from four amazing AFT members on what teaching means to them. #TeacherAppreciationWeek
Hear from four amazing AFT members on what teaching means to them. #TeacherAppreciationWeek
![THE AFT CELEBRATES TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK
I had one student walk into a print shop with a quinceañera invitation she'd designed for her cousin's 15th birthday, and the print shop owner asked her who had designed it. When she told him she'd done it herself [at school], he offered her a job at his shop. That's why I'm here.
—Letecia Miller, graphic design teacher and chair of the United Teachers Los Angeles CTE Committee](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bpbsj7npsunteidfzbb5mqhj/bafkreibfznutrqdqxt74xfyj6ptpoojrte6joqn5n2geb5qdywknrsbhge@jpeg)
May 6, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Today is #TeacherAppreciationDay! All week long, we're celebrating the incredible educators who inspire, advocate, and lead in their classrooms and communities.
Hear from four amazing AFT members on what teaching means to them. #TeacherAppreciationWeek
Hear from four amazing AFT members on what teaching means to them. #TeacherAppreciationWeek
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Apples and kind words are nice, but fully funded schools and respect are better. If you truly appreciate teachers, contact your legislators. Demand real support for public ed and vote for pro-education candidates. Support your local teachers’ union. #teacherappreciationweek
May 6, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Apples and kind words are nice, but fully funded schools and respect are better. If you truly appreciate teachers, contact your legislators. Demand real support for public ed and vote for pro-education candidates. Support your local teachers’ union. #teacherappreciationweek
“School employees asked for identification. When staff tried to take information down, agents pocketed their IDs and refused to allow staff to write down names and badge numbers.”
Federal officials said they were doing wellness checks on children who arrived unaccompanied at the border. School administrators turned them away.
(via @laist.com)
(via @laist.com)
Homeland Security agents attempted to enter 2 LAUSD schools. Here's what families should know
Federal agents were turned away from two South Los Angeles elementary schools this week, the district’s superintendent says.
laist.com
April 11, 2025 at 1:16 PM
“School employees asked for identification. When staff tried to take information down, agents pocketed their IDs and refused to allow staff to write down names and badge numbers.”
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In an executive order issued Tuesday, President Trump took direct aim at state laws that support environmental justice, greenhouse gas emissions or that disincentivize carbon pollution.
(via @vermontpublic.org)
(via @vermontpublic.org)
Trump executive order calls out Vermont for its climate policies
In an executive order signed Tuesday, President Trump took aim at Vermont and other state climate laws he says are impeding his federal agenda to promote domestic fossil fuel production.
www.vermontpublic.org
April 11, 2025 at 1:06 AM
In an executive order issued Tuesday, President Trump took direct aim at state laws that support environmental justice, greenhouse gas emissions or that disincentivize carbon pollution.
(via @vermontpublic.org)
(via @vermontpublic.org)
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An Idaho teacher was told by her principal to take down an "Everyone is Welcome Here" poster in her classroom. It's a symptom of President Trump's crackdown on discussions of inclusivity in schools.
'What did I say in class today?': Teachers feel watched under Trump's anti-DEI push
An Idaho teacher was told by her principal to take down an "Everyone is Welcome Here" poster in her classroom. It's a symptom of President Trump's crackdown on discussions of inclusivity in schools.
www.npr.org
April 10, 2025 at 10:09 PM
An Idaho teacher was told by her principal to take down an "Everyone is Welcome Here" poster in her classroom. It's a symptom of President Trump's crackdown on discussions of inclusivity in schools.
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President Trump's new executive order ends collective bargaining for wide swaths of federal employees, as part of his broader campaign to reshape the government's workforce. Unions are vowing to sue.
Trump signs order ending union bargaining rights for wide swaths of federal employees
President Trump's new executive order ends collective bargaining for wide swaths of federal employees, as part of his broader campaign to reshape the government's workforce. Unions are vowing to sue.
www.npr.org
March 28, 2025 at 2:35 PM
President Trump's new executive order ends collective bargaining for wide swaths of federal employees, as part of his broader campaign to reshape the government's workforce. Unions are vowing to sue.
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Federal agents have been filmed wearing masks while making arrests in public. When is it legal for police and the public to conceal their faces in an age of digital facial recognition and doxxing?
Masked officers in Tufts student arrest raise fears among immigrants and bystanders
Federal agents have been filmed wearing masks while making arrests in public. When is it legal for police and the public to conceal their faces in an age of digital facial recognition and doxxing?
www.npr.org
March 29, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Federal agents have been filmed wearing masks while making arrests in public. When is it legal for police and the public to conceal their faces in an age of digital facial recognition and doxxing?
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Eliminating the Department of Education means rolling back student protections, gutting school funding, and leaving teachers and families struggling. Trump wants to destroy public schools for billionaire handouts. We must fight back. #Opposition
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
a poster that says " stop bans on an honest education " on it
ALT: a poster that says " stop bans on an honest education " on it
media.tenor.com
March 21, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Eliminating the Department of Education means rolling back student protections, gutting school funding, and leaving teachers and families struggling. Trump wants to destroy public schools for billionaire handouts. We must fight back. #Opposition
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
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The artwork, titled, America, was stolen from the palace where Winston Churchill was born.
UK court finds men who stole $6 million gold toilet guilty
The artwork, titled, America, was stolen from the palace where Winston Churchill was born.
www.npr.org
March 21, 2025 at 12:37 AM
The artwork, titled, America, was stolen from the palace where Winston Churchill was born.
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ICYMI: AFT sued the Department of Education Wednesday over the removal online of income-driven repayment (IDR) student loan applications. IDR plans are the only way for public service workers to benefit from PSLF—a critical lifeline for public service workers across the country.
thehill.com
March 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM
ICYMI: AFT sued the Department of Education Wednesday over the removal online of income-driven repayment (IDR) student loan applications. IDR plans are the only way for public service workers to benefit from PSLF—a critical lifeline for public service workers across the country.
School districts need to have an AI committee of sorts to actually establish what is and isn’t acceptable for students/schools/staff to do when it comes to AI technologies.
March 21, 2025 at 2:15 AM
School districts need to have an AI committee of sorts to actually establish what is and isn’t acceptable for students/schools/staff to do when it comes to AI technologies.
6th grader: “Happy Birthday, Mx. Foster”
It’s not my birthday today.
“Are you sure?”
Yes. Why would I not know when my own birthday is?
(but really, how do I reply to this)
It’s not my birthday today.
“Are you sure?”
Yes. Why would I not know when my own birthday is?
(but really, how do I reply to this)
March 6, 2025 at 1:50 PM
6th grader: “Happy Birthday, Mx. Foster”
It’s not my birthday today.
“Are you sure?”
Yes. Why would I not know when my own birthday is?
(but really, how do I reply to this)
It’s not my birthday today.
“Are you sure?”
Yes. Why would I not know when my own birthday is?
(but really, how do I reply to this)
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My students’ task for when we get back from break is to make some cardboard insects. The teacher example was really fun to make! 🐝
#artteacher #middleschoolteacher #honeybee
#artteacher #middleschoolteacher #honeybee
February 14, 2025 at 2:41 AM
My students’ task for when we get back from break is to make some cardboard insects. The teacher example was really fun to make! 🐝
#artteacher #middleschoolteacher #honeybee
#artteacher #middleschoolteacher #honeybee
My students’ task for when we get back from break is to make some cardboard insects. The teacher example was really fun to make! 🐝
#artteacher #middleschoolteacher #honeybee
#artteacher #middleschoolteacher #honeybee
February 14, 2025 at 2:41 AM
My students’ task for when we get back from break is to make some cardboard insects. The teacher example was really fun to make! 🐝
#artteacher #middleschoolteacher #honeybee
#artteacher #middleschoolteacher #honeybee
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“An unelected billionaire is now bulldozing the research arm of the Department of Education,” Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., said. “Cutting off these investments after the contract has already been inked is the definition of wasteful.”
By @jodiscohen.bsky.social and @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
By @jodiscohen.bsky.social and @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
Elon Musk’s Team Decimates Education Department Arm That Tracks National School Performance
The Trump administration canceled $900 million in contracts overseen by the Institute of Education Sciences, which partners with scientists and education companies to compile and make public data…
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February 14, 2025 at 1:01 AM
“An unelected billionaire is now bulldozing the research arm of the Department of Education,” Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., said. “Cutting off these investments after the contract has already been inked is the definition of wasteful.”
By @jodiscohen.bsky.social and @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
By @jodiscohen.bsky.social and @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
You don’t have to tell me you’re anti-union.
Cause if you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all 🤫
Cause if you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all 🤫
February 14, 2025 at 1:31 AM
You don’t have to tell me you’re anti-union.
Cause if you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all 🤫
Cause if you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all 🤫
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Don’t forget we have some great resources for Black History Month on our site. www.aft.org/black-histor...
Black History Month at the AFT
From our very beginning, the AFT has prided itself on our dedication to civil rights, social justice and a more equal United States. From helping fund the March on Washington, where Dr. Martin Luther ...
www.aft.org
February 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Don’t forget we have some great resources for Black History Month on our site. www.aft.org/black-histor...
So what are we gonna do about this one, eh?
Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling – The White House
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose and
www.whitehouse.gov
January 29, 2025 at 11:00 PM
So what are we gonna do about this one, eh?
Students should get extra points for being able to explain ideas in a succinct and timely manner.
“Extra points on what?”
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
but they should get those points anyway
“Extra points on what?”
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
but they should get those points anyway
January 29, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Students should get extra points for being able to explain ideas in a succinct and timely manner.
“Extra points on what?”
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
but they should get those points anyway
“Extra points on what?”
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
but they should get those points anyway