Caroline Sweet

My punctuation cardigan

Blurry picture of woman in plaid shirt jumping with one arm in the air

This was clearly taken during House of Pain’s Jump Around.

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The group chat as we get ready for a 90s themed outdoor concert- overalls, fanny packs, Spice Girls, and tiny butterfly clips.

Me: Well I guess I’ll wear my purple eyeliner and brown lipstick … like I do everyday.

Also this dragonfly tattoo is permanent … so I guess I’m ready.

Lol! I was coming on here to say Kassia… but she’s on it!

My oldest child (16) just said, “Maybe I’ll be like a high school science teacher cuz I’m in high school and I love my teachers.”

💓😭

I love your teachers too, buddy.

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Service people of a certain young-ish age demographic often pronounce my name as Coraline. Makes me think the book or movie must have been part of their childhood.

Older brother tells him something he heard in Star Wars: Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.

I think they both learned something yesterday. Perhaps a little more than don’t steal your brother’s ball.

when we got home, he kept crying that his older brother (16) had gotten his 🏀 stuck in a rose bush.

Eventually, I mentioned that I didn’t think he was actually crying about the 🏀, that he was still upset about those who yelled mean things.

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My youngest son (10) went to a No Kings peaceful assembly with his grandfather in a suburb outside of the city.

The first thing he wanted to tell me about were the few people that drove by yelling in opposition, one who called him stupid.

He kept his cool, but

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Chobani Flip Yogurt, red, white, and poppin’ flavor

The best part of summer break is…

Chobani Flip’s seasonal Freedom-flavored yogurt.

I know my buddy @mrworthington.bsky.social might tell me something about school board candidates not having a ton of $$ and needing the help they can get.

I think it's easy to respond to overt threats to public education, but we have to stay aware of the covert threats that are silently working.

What's behind the national involvment in local school board races? What's behind the national involvment in local school board races?

I've been watching the $ that comes into my local school board race closely for more than a decade.

And I just don't forget.

The Teat: Is Leadership for Educational Equity getting TFA’s dirty work done? In our last segment of the The Teat, we discussed how education reformers have exploded 501(c)3 organizations to push corporate education reform.  Now we’ll focus on its big bad cousin: 501(c)4 org…

Someone who lost their November bid for a school board seat said today that I spread rumors that she was affiliated with M0ms for L!ber+y.

While that is wholly untrue, I did tell people that she received $ from this org, which is true.

And on the first Tuesday of summer break, I get to sit with the early career teachers I work with and hear them reflect on their challenges and the way they’ve grown.

Thanks, @hablospanglish.bsky.social, for supporting them with me.

#TEXASThrive 🤘🏽

Our brains are constantly on kids and we know we do our best work in community.

Love y'all. @hablospanglish.bsky.social @mssanesteban.bsky.social @holamsjohnston.bsky.social @maestra-landaverde.bsky.social (and all the others that aren't on Bluesky... yet)

I'm constantly reminded of how the most awesome people can be found working in schools.

Today, on the first Monday of summer break, a bunch of teachers gathered in the library of our school to think through how we can better meet the needs of students.

The work never stops.

My 20th last day of school.

I had gotten good at not crying…

But then @carmelavaldez.bsky.social decided she’s gotta go do big things.

❤️

Me and @holamsjohnston.bsky.social right now: 😭😭

Do y’all have an uncrustables drawer in your freezer? Or just me?

Love seeing @holamsjohnston.bsky.social on this list! ❤️🤗

It’s so tempting to work through lunch or eat alone in your classroom. My mentor teacher always made us eat together as a team in the workroom/lounge. I haven’t kept up the practice but it helped me feel connected to others in my early years.

On this day, 12 years ago, I had lunch with friends 😉

Another update: Thank you to @andybrownatx.bsky.social and Travis Co. precinct chairs for voting today to assist with funding through 6/1/25. Emil and friends are so grateful.

Update: They did take the kids camping. A team of adults who didn’t know if they would have a job in a week decided to rally for the kids. ❤️

If you see this, post the most recent photo of yourself from your camera roll.

Just me in my STAAR testing shirt.

Young boy smiling holding a baby goat

This is Emil.

He loves caring for goats with his 4-H after school urban farm program.

But 4-H ended abruptly today. They were about to go camping on Friday.

No more Americorps members.

The kids cried.

This is not ok.

We are devastated.

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PODCAST: What California can learn from Texas about bilingual education We visit an elementary school and a middle school in Austin, Texas, where students learn in Spanish and English and take the AP Spanish exam in 8th grade.

We ❤️ Dual Language Education.

Thanks, @zstavely.bsky.social, for visiting our school and district.

#iTeachDL

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Instructional Coach to Instructional Coach: Community Care to Carry On Instructional coach Caroline Sweet stresses the importance of community in education, providing support and nurturing connection and resilience.

I wrote a little piece for NCTE's Classroom Corridors.

If you're not an NCTE member, maybe it's time to become one. It's one of my favorite professional orgs. ❤️

#EduSky #EduCoach #NCTE #iTeachDL

… cleaning up the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska. Les Romo, a classmate’s dad, stood up and interrupted her speech to say how absurd it was to say that an oil spill shouldn’t be cleaned up.

The next day, I wore a homemade shirt that said, “Save the Otters.”

Thanks, CKMRS, for the memories.

Here’s my Carole Keaton memory from about 25 years ago.

She was the guest speaker at our high school academic excellence ceremony (held in a big mega church). She gave what seemed like a stump speech in which she suggested that government money should be spent vaccinating kids instead of …

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My oncologist and I said goodbye today. She said that I’ve graduated from needing her care.

Bittersweet, as she is my favorite doctor.

Had a little cry in the car. I’d love to never have to return to the cancer center.