Alexander Cuenca

"Rebuilding a Democracy in Ruins," including chapters by LaGarrett King and Richard Williams, Li-Ching Ho Tricia Seow and Xian Hui Tan, Jennifer Hauver, Kristen Duncan, Jillian Carter Ford, Kathryn Ellerhoff Engebretson, and Alexandria Hollett

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Paired texts.

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Democrats.

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El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.

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Quite an exchange here between Judge Reyes and DOJ attorney on how "pronoun usage" affects military readiness.

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I will forever be grateful for the opportunity to do my part in advancing civics & social studies education in the U.S. as an IES reviewer. Projects that moved forward synthesized best practices, created new ways of thinking about civic learning, and addressed the civic realities of all students.

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Park Service erases 'transgender' on Stonewall website, uses the term 'LGB' movement The website deleted all mentions of "transgender" and "queer" in its history of the Stonewall riots, and only referred to the riots' impact on lesbian, gay and bisexual people.

“There is that great proverb—that until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.” -Chinua Achebe

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So here we are, ten years later, back in Boston, building a social studies community anew on nascent social media platforms. Cheers to #CUFA24.

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As silly as it seems now, I even went as far as projecting the #CUFA14 feed onto the walls of the hallway where much of the physical action was happening. Those efforts yielded wonderful moments of joy, laughter, and thoughtfulness, captured by a hashtag, which was ultimately the goal…

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Dan and Annie shared an idea on a new platform (to me) called Twitter, that we should use this digital space to collaborate. So, I made an effort to communicate to anyone that would listen or read my emails that #CUFA14 was the place to be during the conference…

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Going back to Boston for #CUFA24 has me all in my feels about #CUFA14 and the parallels ten years later. As program chair for the conference, I wanted to build community in the field, and was learning to play with the nascent social media tools at the time…

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Hey Bluesky fam. What’s up? Just here to share about the things I care about. Other humans. Cultivating caring social studies teachers. And random other things that make me happy. Glad to still have others around to read/listen. ❤️

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