Gabrielle Plastrik

Do you think this is like how students who are used to authoritarian discipline struggle initially with restorative justice and choice? Or something bigger?

I read it! I just have never once taught in a school where every English teacher even felt comfortable teaching any poems and have often had to advocate for even including one in a unit. I have taught public speaking at every school. It seems like we have had very different experiences!

Thanks for adding the nuance!

And haiku could be taught meaningfully if it were taught authentically. Age is relevant, too.

To do better w/poetry, check out the poetry club @marcusluther.bsky.social @thevogelman.bsky.social @heymrsbond.com ran this summer

@stevechiger.bsky.social has a list of great poems, levels, and lessons

I think there is a lot of nuance being lost here. Most teachers are actually kind of wary of poetry, which might end up being why lame haiku lessons happen in the first place. Poetry can be done exceptionally well and just as meaningfully as anything else (if not more). 📖 #iteachenglish

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@jewwhohasitall.bsky.social
makes satirical posts to show what Christian holiday normativity sounds like to non-Christians by centering Jewish holidays the same way. E.g.
bsky.app/profile/jeww...

As a Jewish parent w/ a child who is inundated with Christian ideas, iconography, songs, and celebrations, thank you.
The number of Christmas ornaments she has been asked to make in school. 🙄

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50 years after the birth of special education, some fear for its future under Trump The Trump administration has fired, or tried to fire, many of the federal staff members who manage and enforce federal disability law in schools.

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For those who think every school and every teacher is following IEPs and that legal recourse for kids and families is expeditious, please attend to how many claims have been made historically and how few are being processed under this administration.
www.npr.org/2025/12/03/n...
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It sounds like you are doing a lot for a lot of students and also operating in a system where students can fail if they are not doing work, which makes sense.

The post I was responding to was about how students cannot fail if they are doing the work. I have seen students work very hard and fail.

I assure you I wasn't rushing to blame teachers. I apologize if it felt that way. I was saying that the claim about students not being able to fail is only true if the system is built that way.

@populationeducation.org I added you to the #iteachsocialstudies feed! Welcome!

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I added historypod today!

Yes, and...it doesn't have a time limit. I do have to add posters to the iteachsocialstudies feed. It is a curated list. So, if someone posts to #sschat, but isn't on the feed, I try to catch it and add them. I don't think too many people have slipped through. If you notice any, feel free to tag me!

I know active posters are a small group, but several are using the 🗺 and/or tag. The #iteach structure was set up when we arrived.

I don't know how many people it serves to subdivide the group more?

And it feeds into the #iteachsocialstudies feed!

Sorry! I don't know a lot of political texts. I did a lot of reading about charter school organization back in the day, but it has been awhile, and they are often out of the district system.

Historians likely have something about privatizing linear narratives and White culture.

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#specialed #ieps #send Margery sharing her experience with AI IEP writers is a gift in helping educators understand the nuance of AI as a tool for such a person centered task.
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Thank you for sharing this.

It feels like a good reminder of how an expert using a support tool is different than a novice. You can use the tool to tweak your process. People with less expertise may use it to replace labor.

What is an example of what you mean by "democratic forms of school governance"? Like, at what level?

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Thanks! I know a lot of the teachers on Bluesky are the ones giving that support and working toward equitable access and grading.

I have had a teacher tell a high school student I work with, "I could let you use your accommodation, but then I wouldn't be preparing you for the real world."

I think you misunderstood my comment. I offered an example of how some students fail even when completing every assignment in direct response to a post that said no students can fail if they complete every assignment. That is only true in some systems and for some students.

They have to legally, but sometimes they don't. Not all families are ready or know how to fight when it happens.

In Japan, kids mask most of the winter. Is student memory post 2021 better in Japan comparatively?

I definitely saw the effects of repeat covid cases and memory fog. There is a lot of gaslighting about that.

Some schools did improve hvac and have outdoor learning. I wonder if anyone has studied those schools vs. other schools re: student academic skills and success. Or...