Rick Wormeli
@rickwormeli.bsky.social
Education consultant, trainer. Author of Fair Isn't Always Equal, 2nd Ed.; Metaphors & Analogies: Power Tools for Teaching any Subject; Summarization in any Subject, 2nd Ed, Differentiation: From Planning to Practice. Website: www.rickwormeli.com
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Rick Wormeli
@rickwormeli.bsky.social
· Nov 25
Let's walk together, finding every opportunity & making our own if none are found to confront oppression, become aware, & do the heavy lifting needed. Let's cultivate hope, summon courage, extend compassion & spark creative endeavor. There's a wonderful generation coming up, looking for our example.
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Cost estimate of the House-passed "Big Beautiful Bill" is out
It'd be the largest cut to Medicaid+CHIP and SNAP in history while still increasing deficits by $2.4 trillion due to $3.8 trillion in tax cuts
This'd be the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in a single law in history
It'd be the largest cut to Medicaid+CHIP and SNAP in history while still increasing deficits by $2.4 trillion due to $3.8 trillion in tax cuts
This'd be the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in a single law in history
June 4, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Cost estimate of the House-passed "Big Beautiful Bill" is out
It'd be the largest cut to Medicaid+CHIP and SNAP in history while still increasing deficits by $2.4 trillion due to $3.8 trillion in tax cuts
This'd be the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in a single law in history
It'd be the largest cut to Medicaid+CHIP and SNAP in history while still increasing deficits by $2.4 trillion due to $3.8 trillion in tax cuts
This'd be the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in a single law in history
Proud of my hometown airport here in the Washington, DC area, Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD), and their support of the World Pride 2025 events happening here!
June 4, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Proud of my hometown airport here in the Washington, DC area, Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD), and their support of the World Pride 2025 events happening here!
Members of LGBTQA+ community will find a ready advocate, & ceaselessly supportive colleague/friend in me. I stand w/you as you live yr authentic selves & navigate civic, religious, educ, legal, & political challenges. Know that you are deeply valued just as you are & that you are welcome in my life.
May 30, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Members of LGBTQA+ community will find a ready advocate, & ceaselessly supportive colleague/friend in me. I stand w/you as you live yr authentic selves & navigate civic, religious, educ, legal, & political challenges. Know that you are deeply valued just as you are & that you are welcome in my life.
One of the most repulsive acts of the current admin is asking/requiring, employees & others to report individuals and organizations that promote DEIA policies/programs. From the The Emancipator, Ibram X. Kendi explains how this has been a strategy for racists for years: youtube.com/shorts/o2LbJ...
How does the government want Americans to respond to antiracist activity?
YouTube video by The Emancipator
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May 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
One of the most repulsive acts of the current admin is asking/requiring, employees & others to report individuals and organizations that promote DEIA policies/programs. From the The Emancipator, Ibram X. Kendi explains how this has been a strategy for racists for years: youtube.com/shorts/o2LbJ...
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I am grateful for @biblioracle.bsky.social’s latest book. His steady examination of AI reassures & affirms my belief that the best way to grow our students is to lean into our humanity. More Than Words is a thoughtful and excellent rumination; one I will be revisiting often. #EduSky
May 29, 2025 at 11:51 PM
I am grateful for @biblioracle.bsky.social’s latest book. His steady examination of AI reassures & affirms my belief that the best way to grow our students is to lean into our humanity. More Than Words is a thoughtful and excellent rumination; one I will be revisiting often. #EduSky
Moving piece by Carl Hendrick, "The Humility of the Page: The Lost Ethics of Deep Reading-Why attention to words is attention to others and why it matters." 'Might help all of us invest in our own deeper reading and in sharing the experience with others. carlhendrick.substack.com/p/the-humili...
The Humility of the Page: The Lost Ethics of Deep Reading
Why attention to words is attention to others and why it matters
carlhendrick.substack.com
May 29, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Moving piece by Carl Hendrick, "The Humility of the Page: The Lost Ethics of Deep Reading-Why attention to words is attention to others and why it matters." 'Might help all of us invest in our own deeper reading and in sharing the experience with others. carlhendrick.substack.com/p/the-humili...
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An estimated 4,000 fatal unintentional drownings happen every year in the United States — an average of 11 drowning deaths per day — according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Drowning is the leading cause of death in young kids. Here’s how to prevent it | CNN
Drowning is the top cause of death in young kids. As pools and beaches reopen for the summer, emergency physician Dr. Leana Wen discusses important water-safety tips.
www.cnn.com
May 24, 2025 at 6:53 PM
An estimated 4,000 fatal unintentional drownings happen every year in the United States — an average of 11 drowning deaths per day — according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Please teach children how to swim. And yes, Black children have the highest rate of drowning when we look at stats. My wife & I help with lessons for my daughter's kids, taking them to lessons & later, swimming w/them. Important article here on the topic: www.cnn.com/2025/05/24/h...
Drowning is the leading cause of death in young kids. Here’s how to prevent it | CNN
Drowning is the top cause of death in young kids. As pools and beaches reopen for the summer, emergency physician Dr. Leana Wen discusses important water-safety tips.
www.cnn.com
May 24, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Please teach children how to swim. And yes, Black children have the highest rate of drowning when we look at stats. My wife & I help with lessons for my daughter's kids, taking them to lessons & later, swimming w/them. Important article here on the topic: www.cnn.com/2025/05/24/h...
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Just utter lawlessness from the Trump Administration, with no goal other than to punish institutions for refusing to bend the knee. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/u...
Trump Administration Halts Harvard’s Ability to Enroll International Students
www.nytimes.com
May 22, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Just utter lawlessness from the Trump Administration, with no goal other than to punish institutions for refusing to bend the knee. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/u...
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Supreme Court Shuts Down Oklahoma’s Catholic Charter School via @palan57.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/peterg...
Supreme Court Shuts Down Oklahoma’s Catholic Charter School
For the moment, the remaining bit of wall between church and state will stand.
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May 22, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Supreme Court Shuts Down Oklahoma’s Catholic Charter School via @palan57.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/peterg...
ICYMI: New piece, candid and practical, hopefully useful: "When Our Grading Philosophies Conflict With Those of Our Faculty," Principal Leadership from NASSP, May 2025 www.nassp.org/publication/...
Viewpoint: May 2025
The “Wild West” nature of grading is troubling. Standardized test scores don’t always reflect report card grades. Some teachers count homework as 20% of the grade while others don’t count it at all. R...
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May 21, 2025 at 1:18 AM
ICYMI: New piece, candid and practical, hopefully useful: "When Our Grading Philosophies Conflict With Those of Our Faculty," Principal Leadership from NASSP, May 2025 www.nassp.org/publication/...
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It should have never happened, but the @chicago.suntimes.com response to this is pretty decent, including owning the fuck-up and working to make sure it doesn't happen again. That said, in 2025 there is no excuse for "advertorial" not being clearly marked.
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Chicago Sun-Times response to May 18 special section
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May 20, 2025 at 9:10 PM
It should have never happened, but the @chicago.suntimes.com response to this is pretty decent, including owning the fuck-up and working to make sure it doesn't happen again. That said, in 2025 there is no excuse for "advertorial" not being clearly marked.
chicago.suntimes.com/press-room/2...
chicago.suntimes.com/press-room/2...
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This likely AI-hallucinated reading list is part of a ~60-page summer supplement, and in an initial spot-check, I'm having trouble confirming any of the quotes. But it's all such transparent filler that I can't help feeling sympathy for the lone freelancer apparently saddled with producing it.
This was just posted by @tbretc.bsky.social on another platform. The Chicago Sun-Times obviously gets ChatGPT to write a ‘summer reads’ feature almost entirely made up of real authors but completely fake books. What are we coming to?
May 20, 2025 at 1:05 PM
This likely AI-hallucinated reading list is part of a ~60-page summer supplement, and in an initial spot-check, I'm having trouble confirming any of the quotes. But it's all such transparent filler that I can't help feeling sympathy for the lone freelancer apparently saddled with producing it.
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This is horrid. Either she doesn’t know or she knows and this is a vicious lie. Neither is good. 👀⚖️👇🏾
HASSAN: What is habeas corpus?
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
May 20, 2025 at 3:15 PM
This is horrid. Either she doesn’t know or she knows and this is a vicious lie. Neither is good. 👀⚖️👇🏾
This is deeply ignorant of what DEI actually is & operating from ignorance often results in cruelty & regret. Let's do our hmwrk b4 succumbing to gaslit myths. And the Parents Rights in Education group mentioned? ' Far more abt imposing their religion upon everyone else than about parents' rights.
Ohio’s public K-12 schools are now the focus of legislative effort by state lawmakers to ban diversity, equity & inclusion. Senate Bill 113 is similar to different legislation already passed the legislature banning DEI in Ohio's public colleges & universities
www.ideastream.org/2025-05-19/a...
www.ideastream.org/2025-05-19/a...
A new bill aims to ban 'DEI' in K-12 schools
A bill to ban diversity, equity and inclusion efforts in schools is in the Ohio Senate. A companion piece of legislation has been introduced in the Ohio House.
www.ideastream.org
May 20, 2025 at 12:50 PM
This is deeply ignorant of what DEI actually is & operating from ignorance often results in cruelty & regret. Let's do our hmwrk b4 succumbing to gaslit myths. And the Parents Rights in Education group mentioned? ' Far more abt imposing their religion upon everyone else than about parents' rights.
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Ohio’s public K-12 schools are now the focus of legislative effort by state lawmakers to ban diversity, equity & inclusion. Senate Bill 113 is similar to different legislation already passed the legislature banning DEI in Ohio's public colleges & universities
www.ideastream.org/2025-05-19/a...
www.ideastream.org/2025-05-19/a...
A new bill aims to ban 'DEI' in K-12 schools
A bill to ban diversity, equity and inclusion efforts in schools is in the Ohio Senate. A companion piece of legislation has been introduced in the Ohio House.
www.ideastream.org
May 20, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Ohio’s public K-12 schools are now the focus of legislative effort by state lawmakers to ban diversity, equity & inclusion. Senate Bill 113 is similar to different legislation already passed the legislature banning DEI in Ohio's public colleges & universities
www.ideastream.org/2025-05-19/a...
www.ideastream.org/2025-05-19/a...
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Three years later and still doesn't stop being cool to see this sharing with @cultofpedagogy.bsky.social show up in classrooms (seriously: this makes for the best day ever in the classroom!)
www.cultofpedagogy.com/poetry-galle...
www.cultofpedagogy.com/poetry-galle...
Power Lesson: Poetry Gallery Walk | Cult of Pedagogy
This peer feedback approach has the potential to build empathy and community, as long as you set it up with intention.
www.cultofpedagogy.com
May 20, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Three years later and still doesn't stop being cool to see this sharing with @cultofpedagogy.bsky.social show up in classrooms (seriously: this makes for the best day ever in the classroom!)
www.cultofpedagogy.com/poetry-galle...
www.cultofpedagogy.com/poetry-galle...
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Took a page from @marcusluther.bsky.social and had my 10th graders do a gallery walk & leave affirming comments on each others’ found poems before reflecting on powerful word choice they noticed. 2 of 3 sections so far. Ungraded. Near total buy in. Great day in the classroom.
May 20, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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Jason Stanley's Erasing History is a compelling source in educators' efforts against ignorant & racist re-writing of history. @zinnedproject.bsky.social released an interview w/him, also providing a helpful list of resources for educators navigating all of this: www.zinnedproject.org/news/erasing...
Erasing History: How Fascists Rewrite the Past to Control the Future
Scholar Jason Stanley, in conversation with Rethinking Schools editor Jesse Hagopian, discussed his book, Erasing History: How Fascists Rewrite the Past to Control the Future, which exposes the ways a...
www.zinnedproject.org
May 20, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Jason Stanley's Erasing History is a compelling source in educators' efforts against ignorant & racist re-writing of history. @zinnedproject.bsky.social released an interview w/him, also providing a helpful list of resources for educators navigating all of this: www.zinnedproject.org/news/erasing...
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I don't know what to call this, a cautionary tale? An obituary? Columbia appears to have been uniquely vulnerable to the internal dysfunction and outside attacks and in response, they caved. It's horrible all around. nymag.com/intelligence...
How Trump Defeated Columbia
The inside story of an unconditional surrender.
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May 19, 2025 at 12:31 PM
I don't know what to call this, a cautionary tale? An obituary? Columbia appears to have been uniquely vulnerable to the internal dysfunction and outside attacks and in response, they caved. It's horrible all around. nymag.com/intelligence...
Helpful (and free!) 11-page publication from cognitiveresonance.net to use when considering generative AI use in schools, including what LLM's can and cannot do, insights abt grading, instruction, tutoring, policy decisions for administrators, and more: www.cognitiveresonance.net/EducationHaz...
www.cognitiveresonance.net
May 13, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Helpful (and free!) 11-page publication from cognitiveresonance.net to use when considering generative AI use in schools, including what LLM's can and cannot do, insights abt grading, instruction, tutoring, policy decisions for administrators, and more: www.cognitiveresonance.net/EducationHaz...
“In the long run, every writer is misunderstood”
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“In the long run, every writer is misunderstood”
In this edition of the Weekender: a new pope, seeking the perfect West Village girl, and the lies we tell our kids
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May 13, 2025 at 1:34 PM
“In the long run, every writer is misunderstood”
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Behind every book borrowed is a story of resilience. Free for All: The Public Library shines a light on the librarians and advocates who've championed access to information against all odds. It's a powerful reminder of the role libraries play in shaping informed communities.
Free for All: The Public Library - Independent Lens
The story of how public libraries shaped America and how libraries continue to be a sanctuary for Americans everywhere.
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May 7, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Behind every book borrowed is a story of resilience. Free for All: The Public Library shines a light on the librarians and advocates who've championed access to information against all odds. It's a powerful reminder of the role libraries play in shaping informed communities.
Yes, we can push back on the intolerance, ignorance, and cruel censorship in misguided schools and districts. Thankful for this author! @slj.com
www.slj.com/story/My-Sch...
www.slj.com/story/My-Sch...
My School Visit was Cancelled. I Fought Back and Won. | Opinion
A parent complaint about a nonbinary snail led a Virginia elementary school principal to cancel a visit by author Erica S. Perl. A former trial attorney, Perl offers a lesson in smart booking contract...
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May 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Yes, we can push back on the intolerance, ignorance, and cruel censorship in misguided schools and districts. Thankful for this author! @slj.com
www.slj.com/story/My-Sch...
www.slj.com/story/My-Sch...
"Utah Bans 18th Book from All Public Schools Statewide" via Kelly Jensen's new post at www.bookriot.com @bookriot.bsky.social This time it's Water for Elephants banned statewide. South Carolina among other states doing the same. 'Worth the read.
BOOK RIOT
Book Riot celebrates all things books! Find the best books for your next read or book club, including new books in all genres. Get more books in your face.
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May 7, 2025 at 2:49 PM
"Utah Bans 18th Book from All Public Schools Statewide" via Kelly Jensen's new post at www.bookriot.com @bookriot.bsky.social This time it's Water for Elephants banned statewide. South Carolina among other states doing the same. 'Worth the read.