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Who Will Bear the Brunt of Trump's Hold on $6.8 Billion in School Funds? The sudden absence of expected federal funds has already cost some educators their jobs.

Who Will Bear the Brunt of Trump's Hold on $6.8 Billion in School Funds? Districts with high concentrations of students of color and students from low-income families. The sudden absence of expected federal funds has already cost some educators their jobs. www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

Join us for conversations with teachers, for teachers. The @ncte.org Classroom Corridors and Community Conversations are an excellent resource for elementary teachers! ncte.org/classroom-co...

How Stressing Preschoolers and Kindergarteners Could Lead to Mental Health Problems - Nancy Bailey's Education Website There has been a pushdown of academic expectations for years, and Americans should be asking how much stress this causes all students, especially our youngest learners. If a child struggles in prescho...

Children are under a lot of stress. This shouldn't include pressure to read before they're developmentally ready. Instead, please read engaging picture books together, especially the funny ones, and back off the academic expectations. nancyebailey.com/2023/03/13/h...

5 Calls Newsletter The 5 Calls Newsletter breaks down what your representatives are voting on and what you can do to influence them. From your friends at 5 Calls

This app makes it so easy to call your representatives & learn about the issues. And they have a 5 Calls Newsletter.

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Indeed. 💔

Such fun! 💙🥶

Such fun! 💙🥶

“Don’t” control children - yikes. Need an edit function!

So exciting! Don it control children. Believe they are capable & competent. (They are.) Try to say “yes” - and if you need to say “no”, really think about why. Can’t wait to hear more about your book!

[Bluesky post featuring photo of Zuckerberg and link to news about Facebook] Meta went to Fox News to announce it's ending its third-party fact checking program. Zuck isn't just kissing the ring, he's slobbering all over it.

Over the ensuing decade, his interest in the paper ebbed and flowed, but he mostly stayed out of the editorial decision-making. Then he pulled the Harris endorsement causing an exodus of top editors, opinion writers, and reporters. But Bezos wasn't done burnishing his rep with the former president. After the election, he pledged $1 million to help pay for Trump's inauguration and agreed to stream it live on Amazon Prime (an additional $1 million in-kind contribution). Just before Christmas, he was seen at Mar-a-Lago, kissing the ring with fellow super-rich guy Elon Musk. And he has green-lit a documentary about Melania Trump to air on Prime. I'm guessing it will be what's known in the trade as a “sweetheart profile.”

Hey, remember way back - like, I dunno, maybe two months ago - when we could focus all our scorn on Musk as if he were uniquely evil?

Are you interested in learning more about reading legislation? Dr. Rachael Gabriel in an expert in this area.
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Amazing.

THIS!!!!

Creamy Make-Ahead Mashed Potatoes - Once Upon a Chef (TESTED & PERFECTED RECIPE) These ultra-creamy mashed potatoes can be made two days ahead of time and reheated in the microwave. Perfect for the holidays!

My life tomorrow will be much simpler with this amazing mashed potato recipe. They are delicious and can be made the day ahead (no last minute potato madness!) and reheated - they are sooooo good. #itsthelittlethings #nostressholiday
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Mark your calendars! NCTE/NCTM Joint Conference for Elementary Literacy and Mathematics. June 16-18, 2025. Proposal deadline: Dec. 16! We need your voices, elementary educators!
Link below for conference and proposal information.

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#ncte24 #edusky the pressure we put on children is unfair who only want to be children alive and fed and full of curiosity. Kindle the light always. Bear witness of this life and extend it through the arts. The younger humans are watching us.

It’s unfair to put the responsibility of transforming this world on children - it should be put on us, the adults. Ada Limon #NCTE24

“The light at the end of the tunnel may be you.” 💫Shelley Rodrigo, President of NCTE #NCTE24

Closing session at #NCTE24 - “you are not alone”. ❤️ Going forward as a community of learners, advocates, teachers and thinkers. You are not alone.

This. ❤️

Practical Reverence – with Robin Wall Kimmerer In this conversation, Potawatomi botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer speaks about embracing a gift economy, and offers a framework for embodying a practical reverence: an ethic of care, reciprocity, and grat...

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#LandBasedLearning #EduSky

Quote to keep in my heart from #NCTE24: “I will always look at them (students) with an expectant (not deficit) lens.” Katherine Bomer & Matt Glover

This panel was poopendously fun! These amazing teachers have great tips for motivating reluctant readers and writers. #ncte24 @gracekchoi.bsky.social @chthompson.bsky.social @kassiaowedekind.bsky.social

My brain is so full of possibilities right now from #NCTE24 - every session I’ve attended has left me with something new to consider. Looking forward to some down time to reflect and think about all of this new learning!

“We should not be measuring school success based on a performance an a test. We should measure school success based on a low level of suspensions. In this way schools are truly trying to teach and reach Ss instead of marginalizing them in the name of ‘academic success.’” - Bryan Stevenson. #NCTE24

So honored to have these two as my dear friends. So grateful for them as thought partners, critical thinking friends and co-presenters - sharing the brilliance of children. #NCTE24 has been fabulous. ❤️

Wow! At the First Timers’ Breakfast - 40% of educators at #NCTE24 are First Timers! That gives me so much hope for our future and the future of education. Welcome to a community of educators to support and encourage our growth and development. 🍀