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DOGE killed TNTP’s grant to prepare teachers in Austin, Baltimore, and Clark County Call your elected officials!

“I’m very confident the government will step in and help farmers like myself who have lost so much — but how soon?” 🤔 wapo.st/3X8jh5N

Out of the 12,000 civil rights complaints the Education Department has put on hold since Trump took office: • 6,000 relate to mistreatment of disabled students • 1,000 are specific to sexual harassment/violence • 3,200 pertain to racial discrimination

Our new Progressive Education Caregiver FAQ is up on the @humrespro.bsky.social website! It will be a continual work in progress, allowing us to be responsive to parent & caregiver needs, so feel free to read, share, & provide feedback. #EduSky www.humanrestorationproject.org/family-careg...

Privileged to present pieces of my project at the inaugural Data Science Education K-12 Conference held in San Antonio, TX! #DSEK12 #DataIsHuman

Histogram question. Is there a mathematical convention to be inclusive of the left (or right) boundary? For example- in this (internet screen grab) is the left "bin" [40,50) or right (90,100]. Anything else would run into boundary problems, no? #mtbos #iteachmath (is there an #itaughtmath?)

“The Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) is CDC’s globally recognized applied epidemiology training program. Established in 1951, EIS has trained over 4,000 disease detectives who have investigated and responded to a wide range of public health challenges and emergencies.”

💕 Sister, Sister 💕 The CDC's Laboratory Leadership program (LLS) is the sister program to the Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS). While it appears that, for now, EIS fellows have narrowly avoided terminations, the LLS fellows were notified of termination yesterday, Feb. 15.

#iTeachMath

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I’d like to stay there just for the sponges #iTeachMath #math

sabotaging government so that you can turn around and tell people government is broken and that’s why we should privatize everything

Welcome to the public domain, IS SEX NECESSARY? OR, WHY YOU FEEL THE WAY YOU DO (1929) by E.B. White & James Thurber. A witty & satirical exploration of love, relationships & attraction. 💕 Learn more ➡️ https://blog.archive.org/2025/01/01/welcome-to-the-public-domain-in-2025 #PublicDomainDay

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NCSM’s Virtual Coaching Labs are a great way to connect with other coaches. Come join our next one! #iteachmath

Seen elsewhere: “Do you think schools are transmitting lore about George Washington, patriotic songs, knowledge of classic American literature, etc?” 🤔

At #EinsteinFellows24 We Love STEM! Happy Valentine’s Day #math #iTeachMath

But the experiment was abruptly terminated this week when the contract was canceled, she said, and the students are no longer getting either of the math interventions. wapo.st/4aZx18E

@nqcliteracy.bsky.social @heymrsbond.com @angelastockman.bsky.social @willbo24.bsky.social @audreywatters.bsky.social @charleswlogan.bsky.social All leading our #CTRH2025 🧭 Quest for Connection, with still more to be announced! Tickets & event info: humanrestorationproject.org/conference

At ProgressED Pathways, we're on a mission to transform STEM education through unwavering support for educators and innovative teaching practices. We believe in the power of PBL to provide all students with rich STEM experiences. #STEMEducation #ProjectBasedLearning #EducationalInnovation"

“We know that we’re preparing for a longer-term fight. This is the beginning.” www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

Under fascism, no one is safe. Universities stayed quiet as the admin targeted DEI & foreign aid, censored research, etc. Now, they face devastating cuts to indirect cost rates, threatening research & operations. Silence won’t protect institutions. It won’t protect people; it never does.

Lieutenant Valeris : Do you not recognize that a turning point has been reached in the affairs of the Federation? Captain Spock : Mmm. History is replete with turning points, Lieutenant. You must have faith. Valeris : Faith? Spock : That the universe will unfold as it should.

"The future of the [DOE]—and of the students with disabilities who depend on it—will likely hinge less on the person appointed to lead it than on the world views of two billionaires who abhor what they perceive as weakness and waste." The plan to "euthanize" pub ed & its impact on the vulnerable.

“Trump and Musk can’t seem to locate much evidence of fraud” @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

We know why they attack it: "Conscientious readers will recognize the focused attacks on CRT and culturally relevant pedagogy as an unusually self-aware admission that programming rooted critical frameworks is an inoculation against authoritarian attitudes..."

Based on the permuations of the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4. Similar to (or contains) the symmetries of a square.

Imagine if @aoc @sanders.senate.gov , every dem, SIMULTANEOUSLY held Town Halls where they allowed grant and contract recipients to explain to the country what it is they do and why it's important Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone Call it a Day Of Transparency

Watching the AP Course Descriptions for "We encourage the elimination of barriers that restrict access to AP for students from ethnic, racial, and socioeconomic groups that have been traditionally underrepresented." cc: @annieabrams.bsky.social

"federal officials take oaths to uphold the Constitution of the United States, not the individual who happens to be president at a particular moment, and they must uphold those laws whether or not consistent with the wishes or executive orders issued by the president."

Want to know more about grants for educators? Join my fellow friend Victoria Thomson and myself as we share ideas and opportunities! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

"The administration's stance is that by electing him president, the country gave Trump total authority to do anything he’d like. But that justification renders Congress superfluous. Why go through the charade of making policy and negotiating budgets if POTUS can just ignore laws when he wants to?"