"Mandating some literacy instruction approaches and outlawing others is not about science, quality, or equity: It’s about tightening state control over which education companies are awarded contracts and which test outcomes matter." — Dr. Rachel Gabriel

The radicalisation of the American liberal How US liberalism found the will to fight Trump—and what we can learn from it

“Kristol, whose somewhat unusual vantage point on all this comes from having started outside the Democrat team, tells me that US ‘liberals have done a good job of being at once militant, but also a big tent’.”

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The Supreme Court’s Shadow Docket Signaling and the Racial Politics of Immigration Enforcement | Stanford Law School This post is part of Challenging Precedent, a blog of the Stanford Center for Racial Justice examining race, law, and regulation in the Trump era. Whe

The Supreme Court is fundamentally corrupt & after the NYT reporting there's a big opening for Democrats to make a huge stink about the shadow docket and that it was born to stop the first Black POTUS's climate agenda. We must talk about how the shadow docket has become a racially weaponized tool.

New York is taxing the rich.

NYC Mayor Mamdani and Gov. Kathy Hochul announced a tax on second homes worth over $5 million.

While Trump rolls out the red carpet for his billionaire friends, states and cities are leading the charge to tackle out-of-control inequality. Let’s keep it up.

It seems counterintuitive that selloff in the luxury market lowers all real estate prices/rents, but studies have shown that as unit supply at the top grows and luxury prices fall, demand rolls upward, increasing unit supply and thus lowering prices in lower tiers—a phenomenon called “filtering”

Hochul Proposes Tax on N.Y.C. Second Homes That Are Worth $5 Million Gov. Kathy Hochul, who has opposed raising taxes, favored a “pied-à-terre” luxury tax because it largely targets the ultrawealthy who primarily live outside New York City.

Gov. Kathy Hochul has decided to push for a so-called pied-à-terre tax aimed at the ultrawealthy who primarily live outside New York City. She's set to propose a yearly tax surcharge on second homes in the city that are worth $5 million or more. nyti.ms/4ensGja

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This is a fantastic resource for high school and college educators. #historyteacher #sschat

From @kimlanelaw.bsky.social

“lots of lessons here for the US - in particular that Magyar went to Orban strongholds for years and persuaded Orban supporters in person that their lives could be better. He knew he had the cities -- and he needed the villages to win this sort of victory.

Hungarian election: BBC reports from Budapest as Orbán concedes Rajini Vaidyanathan broadcasts from outside Hungary's parliament as crowds hear about the prime minister's concession.

Hungarian election: BBC reports from Budapest as Orbán concedes

Huge victory, too big to fight. Orban concedes.

Now the thing to watch while thinking about Trump and a we-should-have-such-problems scenario is whether the combo of Orban mischief in transition and failure of new majority to consolidate a governing coalition leaves room for Orban to sneak back in.

Majorities in US say historical failures and successes are important to talk about Wide majorities of Republicans and Democrats alike view both the positive and negative aspects of the nation’s history as important to focus on.

When students explore both the successes and failures of U.S. history, they build critical thinking, not just opinions.

Most Americans say both matter. That’s a reminder that teaching honest, balanced history isn’t the problem. It’s the goal. #sschat #iteachsocialstudies #historyteacher

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I missed this post several months ago but discovered it for myself when I tried to access a bookmarked lesson plan yesterday. This is a HUGE loss for educators at all levels. (fwiw I could access the lesson I wanted on the Internet Archive) 🗃️ cc @oah.org @ncph.bsky.social @historians.org

Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo. Read parts of it with my 9th graders in January and used it to discuss globalization, poverty, global inequalities, and hope. Students found it accessible, memorable, and most of voices were those of children and women

This is an incredible resource if you're following the ongoing immigration habeas disaster

Adults Lose Skills to AI. Children Never Build Them. | Psychology Today Discussions of cognitive offloading often miss a critical distinction: What AI does to a 45-year-old's brain is categorically different from what it does to a 14-year-old's.

THIS THIS THIS. Districts need to stop pushing AI into the curriculum. There is no good pedagogical or developmental reason to give K-12 students access to AI tools.

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This is a fantastic idea for a lesson. Tagging it so more educators see it #edusky

This is particularly excellent because one of the arguments against congestion pricing was that it would offload a lot of emissions outside the zone, especially in the Bronx. While those fears did not materialize, helping reduce emissions in this borough further is a great use of funds.

The Supreme Court hears arguments on birthright citizenship this Tuesday. You might have forgotten about this with the flood of news but the legal history here is wild, the stakes are enormous, and the outcome is genuinely uncertain. Let's talk about where we are. 🧵

This, a thousand times, this.

God this is so awesome

Yo, what

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The Gaza Doctrine | Neve Gordon On Friday, March 13, nearly two weeks into the Lebanese front of “Operation Roaring Lion,” Israeli forces bombed Burj Qalaouiyah, a village in the

Fabulous piece by @gordonneve.bsky.social—one of the authors of UC Press title HUMAN SHIELDS—in @nybooks.com. In the essay, Gordon lays out how Israel is using its Gaza playbook, and namely the destruction of health care systems, to destabilize Lebanon & Iran. www.nybooks.com/online/2026/...

Judge Allows DOGE Deposition Videos Back Online “We are pleased to see today's ruling in defense of the First Amendment rights of all Americans,” one of the plaintiffs in the DOGE-related lawsuit said. The videos previously went viral when a DOGE...

“We are pleased to see today's ruling in defense of the First Amendment rights of all Americans,” one of the plaintiffs in the DOGE-related lawsuit said. The videos previously went viral when a DOGE member was unable or unwilling to define DEI.

‘We must not allow our history to be erased’: Tara Hong calls attention to film removed from Lowell National Historical Park LOWELL — The city of Lowell often celebrates the women and immigrants that helped shape the city as it developed into an industrial powerhouse in the 19th century, and for nearly 50 years the Lowell N...

A new front in Trump's war on history: documentary videos about historic cotton textile mills removed from Lowell National Historic Park.
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1.31 – Runaway Year(s) Discussed: 1773-1848 On May 21st, 1796, Ona/Oney Judge slips out of the President’s House in Philadelphia, PA in a bid to obtain her freedom from enslave…

Ona Judge was a young Black woman enslaved by the Washingtons until she escaped to freedom in May 1796. Learn more about her life and fight against efforts to return her to slavery by listening to this episode of the Washington series. #WomensHistoryMonth www.presidenciespodcast.com/131-runaway/

I feel like it should be bigger news that Trump is now openly considering a military draft. Young men haven't been called up for a draft since 1972. Not during the Gulf War. Not during Iraq or Afghanistan. He received five draft deferments but is now open to drafting your kids.