True! 😆

Important essay on what’s happening in U.S. schooling by @adamlaats.bsky.social

The hypocrisy guts me

I’m not sure who the bad guy is here

Opinion | I’ve Covered Women in the Workplace for 15 Years. Something Alarming Is Happening.

“The erasure of women from the national narrative has long been a key strategy authoritarian leaders use to destroy democracies.”

Me reading research that deep work is better if phone is in another room🤔

Me unable to log into any of my work applications without passkeys, multifactor authorization, etc. that all happens on my phone 🫠

Liftoff! Great view from our driveway

Feeling unutterably sad today. Was just in a Zoom meeting and heard a former principal say that all he wanted to do was make schools places where kids are psychologically and physically safe. The program was canceled due to politics. Why is making school safe places for kids controversial?

* I wish Bluesky had an option to edit typos!

Education Practice Briefs Visit the post for more.

Teacher well-being ought to matter as much as student well-being. Sadly, neither receive very much priority in schools these days.

Hint for school leaders: Give teachers breaks. Treat them as professional professionals.

New study: Watching a short video that inspired hope was as effective as a brief meditation at mediating stress.

Just received this message from Orange County Public schools about serious declines in enrollment— more than double what was expected. Some students are going to lose their teachers and classes. 2,500 immigrant students are no longer attending school

And unlike charter schools, private schools are not required to have accountability measures in place to monitor student learning nor do they need to hire certified teachers. Further, they are allowed to exclude certain students, such as students with disabilities.

More Florida kids attend a school of choice rather than a neighborhood public school Almost 1.8 million Florida K-12 students attended a school of choice during the 2023-2024 school year.

Instead of providing greater access for lower income families, vouchers are being used by the affluent to help subsidize their children's private school education
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I see this happening all the time. If we only treated (and paid) teachers as professionals, this wouldn’t be happening

“That great, great teacher or school leader who was once so awesome… is now designing CPD or writing a book or is Director of Belonging or somesuch in an edu business de jour”

This doesn’t mean that changing school systems, or any unhealthy system, is unimportant. It is essential to work toward this goal. But this review is a good reminder, that when we are stuck in unhealthy systems, there are resources and practices can help us thrive even in trying times.

Well-being is even more critical in these trying times.
A new scoping review on teacher well-being, just published in EPR, found the mindfulness interventions support well-being and help prevent burnout.

link.springer.com/content/pdf/...

U.S. Department of Education Takes Action to Eliminate DEI The U.S. Department of Education has taken action to eliminate harmful Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives, including references to them in public-facing communication channels and its ...

Press Release: U.S. Department of Education Takes Action to Eliminate DEI

"The U.S. Department of Education has taken action to eliminate harmful Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives..."

www.ed.gov/about/news/p...

This is such a helpful and beautiful perspective. Thank you @mishellbaker.bsky.social

What makes a good teacher? Or coach, facilitator, trainer?

Which of these are difficult, if not impossible, to enact in the current climate of k-12 schooling?

I thought it was a newspaper, not a literary journal

The Hidden Curriculum What are schools really teaching students?

"It's important to know that as a teacher, it is easier to do more harm than good."

-Fendler (2011)

The Paradox of Choice Where to send your kids to school?

School choice. It’s here whether we like it or not. Here are some ways to navigate its complexities.

Wow. I’ve expressed concerns about Frontiers for a long time and won’t submit or review for them, but this suggests things are really bad.

The 10 Most Significant Education Studies of 2024 It’s that time again—our yearly review of the research you should read, from the sneaky ways that inattention can spread in your classroom to the promises and perils of AI.

10 important education studies in 2024 by @edutopia.org Warm demanders, AI that doesn't give answers, learning from peers, Covid's long tail and more
www.edutopia.org/article/the-...

School Culture: Does a Fish Know What Water is Like? A checklist for parents, teachers, and other stakeholders to survey the health of their local school.

A checklist for parents, teachers, and other stakeholders to survey the health of their local school

Colorful design with the words "You belong."

Incredibly excited about a special issue @chrisrozek.bsky.social and I are editing on SCHOOL BELONGING with Ed Psych Review! 🎉

The first paper is out! Once published, all papers can be found here: link.springer.com/collections/...

I’ll update this thread when each article gets posted ⬇️

My Audacious Recommendation 10 guiding principles for schools to make them places where teachers and students thrive

First do no harm… And other guiding principles for K12 schools

How America Got Mean In a culture devoid of moral education, generations are growing up in a morally inarticulate, self-referential world.

“The “research ideal” supplanted the earlier humanistic ideal of cultivating the whole student. As academics grew more specialized…the big questions—What is the meaning of life? How do you live a good life?—lost all purchase. Such questions became unprofessional for an academic to even ask.”

Power, Control, and Politics The not-so-hidden influences on our current educational system

Newest issue of the Transforming Schools newsletter is out today!

Barnes & Noble is making a comeback | CNN Business The world’s largest retail bookseller is expanding at a breakneck pace and is on track to reach its goal of more than 60 planned openings this year. The plan marks a dramatic shift from when it closed...

What if all school leaders were permissioned to have local control of their schools?

“Whereas, in fact, the sensible thing to do is just have fun in each individual store.”

www.cnn.com/2024/11/16/b...