Kate Roberts

Shifts in Seasons, Joy in the Everyday It’s fall, and you can feel it.

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teaching kids about reading and writing is too important to outsource to corporations

These Supreme Court oral arguments on conversion therapy are going to be painful. No matter what is said, know that trying to force someone to be what they're not is psychological torture with measurable negative consequences, and anyone trying to defend such efforts is a bigoted monster.

Folks, you can't report the United States to its manager. There's no superhero coming to save us.

We don't need one giant act of heroism. We need millions of small acts of solidarity. Help one person in your community for nothing in return. Then, do it again. And again.

That's the revolution.

You demonstrate a nuanced, critical comparison of Khan and Warner, showing clear independent thinking and a command of both their arguments. Your thesis is thoughtful and sustains the essay’s direction, and your development of ideas is well-supported by concrete reference to the texts. One opportunity for revision could be to further foreground your own perspective and curiosity in the introduction—this would help the reader see not just what Khan and Warner argue, but why their debate personally matters or provokes questions for you. Doing so could provide a

for revision could be to further foreground your own perspective and curiosity in the introduction—this would help the reader see not just what Khan and Warner argue, but why their debate personally matters or provokes questions for you. Doing so could provide a stronger sense of self-discovery and engagement, which aligns with course goals for reflective and original writing.

Tried out Grammarly's AI grade predictor. Didn't want to use actual student work, so I had ChatGPT write a paper for one of my assignments and gave that to Grammarly. Grammarly promises to use publicly available info about your instructor to predict what they will say. The advice was *not* what I /1

I love this:)

Build, Don’t Burn The problem with building a thing is that, once it’s built, folks will try to burn it down. Burning down seems to be in vogue these days. We are seeing, in real time, institutions that have i…

ICYMI - This week's post: Build, Don't Burn

Some folks are arguing that school is irrevocably broken.

But if we burn it all down, where is the will or the way to build anything new in it's place?

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Today is the last day of my first (and I keep hoping only) fundraising campaign and as of today, I'm just about 4/5ths of the way there. I am enterally grateful to everyone who donated, signal boosted, or reached out with encouragement.

Hey Northeast educators - We are running our summer institute again this year, partnering with Milford CT to offer three days of focused, problem solving PD around our most urgent topics. Plus a day for coaches! Sign up and join us:)

Kurt Vonnegut tells his wife he's going out to buy an envelope: "Oh, she says, well, you're not a poor man. You know, why don't you go online and buy a hundred envelopes and put them in the closet? And so I pretend not to hear her. And go out to get an envelope because I'm going to have a hell of a good time in the process of buying one envelope. I meet a lot of people. And see some great looking babies. And a fire engine goes by. And I give them the thumbs up. And I'll ask a woman what kind of dog that is. And, and I don't know. The moral of the story is — we're here on Earth to fart around And, of course, the computers will do us out of that. And what the computer people don't realize, or they don't care, is we're dancing animals. You know, we love to move around. And it's like we're not supposed to dance at all anymore."

Kurt Vonnegut man

The people that I get to meet - and share car rides with - is the joy of this job, and the time with you two one of the peaks of @TCTELA. Yall are inspiring✨

A vintage photo from the National Archives shows smog hanging over the New York skyline

A vintage photo from the National Archives shows damaged oil drums piled high at an Exxon refinery.

A vintage photo from the National Archives shows cars driving down a road as smoke spews from factories in the distance and air pollution hangs over everything.

A vintage photo from the National Archives shows smog in Los Angeles taken from a high vantage point.

Just thinking about what the US looked like before the EPA existed

How to Keep Teaching Well When DEI is Under Attack | Cult of Pedagogy You may be able to keep much more than you think.

We can still prioritize diversity, equity, and inclusion if we look to the work of Zaretta Hammond, @teachbk.bsky.social, @gholdym.bsky.social, @jamiladugan.bsky.social, @nqcliteracy.bsky.social, @novakeducation.bsky.social, Shane Safir, & Common Sense Media.
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Same. Download all data now before everything disappears. This is not a drill.

ICE arrests Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia student protests, attorney says | CNN Mahmoud Khalil, a prominent Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia University’s student protest movement demanding a ceasefire in Gaza, was arrested Saturday night by federal immigration author...

Judge temporarily blocks effort to deport Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia student protests

really wish a literary critic would write about what it means for so many children to be reading the exact same books with the exact same worksheets all across the country, year after year

for profit

an archival black and white photograph of the KKK marching in Washington DC with the capitol behind them

In light of everything happening, I wrote about how the KKK in the 1920s felt unstoppable, about the people that fought against them anyway, and about how fascism always fails. dansinker.com/posts/202…

Public comment is now open for passport gender marker changes.

You can go here to go to each of the three proposed passport rules, and submit comment.

My suggestion: be unique, argue for trans-inclusive policies, against the constitutionality of the changes, etc.

www.reddit.com/r/Passports/...

I have some time, so let’s take a look at the latest education op-ed in The Times. First, I want to make it clear I work at a magnet-like public school, so I know my experience is not universal; even I know writing about the problems of education from the viewpoint of a $60,000/yr day school is wild

Over 2,000 webpages containing LGBTQ+ information have been removed from federal government websites.

News Round-Up: Obeying in Advance Edition Higher Ed institutions aren't going to survive by ducking and covering.

One of the regular features at Academic Freedom on the Line the newsletter for the Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom is going to be themed news round-ups. This week, the obeying in advance edition. academicfreedomontheline.substack.com/p/news-round...

It was so fun to sign today. What a great conference:)

Hell yeah. Hold the line. This is what we need people to do.

Slow things down, don’t comply in advance so the courts have time to stop them. It’s starting to work.

Photo of a fragment of a clay tablet shaped a bit like a diamond. Although it is only a fragment, the cuneiform text on it is well-preserved. There is a vertical line down the centre which indicates it once had at least two columns. The colour is reddish brown

“Do not bend your neck for that which cuts necks.”

A Sumerian proverb, as relevant today as it was thousands of years ago.

We see you, Galveston ISD! Educator Ashley Hart shares her key takeaways from today’s morning session facilitated by @teachkate.bsky.social on unit design with students at the center of our planning efforts.

#TCTELA2025

It’s a full house at #TCTELA2025 this morning as @teachkate.bsky.social takes the stage to express the legacy of beliefs that guide her practices.

Honored and excited to speak at @tctela.bsky.social #TCTELA today. Can’t tell you how beautiful a huge room full of educators ready to be in community is these days. 🙏❤️☀️

It’s important to know that a lot of productive activity is happening in person and offline, too.

Not all of it can be broadcast online, but we’ve had hundreds of people showing up to our trainings, mobilizations, and more.

Keep going. Tyranny is eroded by a sea of small acts. Everything matters.

It’s amazing, and also the game that showed me just how mid I am as a player haha. Every once in awhile I turn it on again just to humble myself 😉