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marcusluther.bsky.social
HS English teacher still clinging to what the legendary Gwendolyn Brooks wrote: "we are each other's / harvest:" (though that line break feels heavier than ever these days) Also: I share writings/thoughts on education at thebrokencopier.substack.com!
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These three women are writing dissents like our lives depend on it. I’m grateful for their work documenting the severity of the crises of this moment.

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Tuesday morning we are diving into this slow-read: one poem a day throughout July! #PoemADayJuly List of the poems for the first week here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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One of the trickiest things as a teacher is deciding "when to hold the line"—and then, of course, when to pivot and adjust to where the classroom is at. Summer is a great time to reflect on your "hold the line?" moments of the past year, I think: thebrokencopier.substack.com/p/when-to-ho...

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There are only a handful of authors who feel like home to me, and the late Brian Doyle is generously refreshingly perpetually one of them—especially when I encounter a phrase like "yaw of mortality" and just sit there and stare at it. What an immense gift his words and soul continue to be...

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Taxpayers in Louisiana will be funding schools like this one--religious institutions that are free to discriminate--via its new school voucher program, passed last year.

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Following the SCOTUS rulings today and considering the widespread implications in education, esp. those of Mahmoud v. Taylor, this from @larryferlazzo.bsky.social and his background with community organizing is all the more important, I think. A lot of sleeve-rolling needed, as there is work ahead.

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Studies show school choice programs often lead to negative academic outcomes for participating students. It's not improving education, it's destabilizing it.

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"Call the bluff" is a fantastic, fantastic message (Seriously: everything hinges on people believing this bluff)

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"We're organizing in the world as it is, not as we'd like it to be." A conversation with @larryferlazzo.bsky.social full of wisdom, pragmatism as he shares his wisdom from multiple decades in the classroom as well as work beyond it. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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This sounds absolutely incredible:

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If you want a template for your own upcoming year (seriously: I loved using this myself!) then I've got one you can make a copy of here: thebrokencopier.substack.com/p/your-new-y...

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Very much enjoyed this template for my own reflection as a teacher all year: ⓵ what is one new thing I wanted to try out? ⓶ what is something I want to get better at? ⓷ what is a strength I want to lean into even more? Here's the full reflection document I used! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Does your school have any engaging, unconventional afterschool clubs? I'm not talking chess club... more like.. a cheese-tasting club or a group for kids who knit? 🧀🧶 Working on a story for @edutopia.org & would love to hear from ES, MS, & HS staff about unexpected clubs kids can’t get enough of.

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Want a refresher on trauma-informed practice? How about a deep dive on the opposition to PBIS? Or a reflective session on teacher boundaries? I've got it all, starting next week!! bit.ly/ASVsummer

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Right up there with "If we stop testing right now, we’d have very few cases." If you don't measure the problem, it must not exist. www.chalkbeat.org/tennessee/20...

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The last @edutopia.org chat brought home how much the inner workings of a school are interconnected—a web of relationships and practices, both formal and informal. Reaffirmed was the idea that there are no silver bullets, only sustained effort across many different points in the system.

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It’s important for teachers to actively question their pedagogical beliefs, especially as AI threatens to disrupt. @marcusluther.bsky.social does an excellent job in this post of analyzing different perspectives and reflecting on his own.

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for those interested, good chance at some point next month I'm going to try out some sort of free webinar talking through this system with resources — will let folks know when I have it scheduled!

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Some quick updates to our "Writing Story" document that students use to capture their reflections before/after they get feedback on their longer writings ✔️ beginning the year with a reflection on how they feel about themselves as a writer ✔️ closing the year with a longer, parallel reflection

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When it's about the grade more than the learning in the classroom, it's a problem. Similarly, when it's about the credit more than the learning, it's also a problem. (And this increasingly transactional nature of education? It's a problem.)

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Coming out tomorrow AM: a talk with @larryferlazzo.bsky.social about what it feels like to move into that new stage of teaching life called retirement (!!!) I've been reading Larry's writing since my first year of teaching—so what a privilege it was to have this conversation Cannot wait to share!

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"To look upon the chasm between creator and recipient, to consider and reconsider endlessly how to bridge this, and to revisit our choices in the most flawed, inadequate, inefficient manner possible, in order to produce honest, earnest work that meets us at our point of humanity." 😶🎤🫳🙏

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Also, if you get nothing else from this, check out Station Eleven if you haven't yet. It is one of the most impactful pieces of art—both the book as well as the HBO adaptation—that I've ever seen. We need good art in our lives.

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1. super super kind words here 🙏 2. I knew I had to write something after listening to your important wisdom in your chat with @covingtonedu.bsky.social on @humanrestorationproject.org (if anyone still hasn't listened—go listen to that!)

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Loved this conversation—cannot wait to share it out next month! (that we both enjoy nerding out about the weeds of grading reform says a lot about us, haha)

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Most of the impactful, powerful classrooms I've stepped into were in many ways a result of a teacher genuinely and transparently leaning into what they loved. (Giving teachers a chance to lean into what they love? Often the best way to make better classrooms.)

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“But that couldn’t last. You needed a record. It would be my job to publish the voices, the books, the ideas of African Americans. And that would last.” A fantastic read, and a potentially-fantastic piece to bring into our classrooms as we talk about the power of stories

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This is something I love and definitely intend to do even more in the years ahead

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