I’m going to be occasionally using #sschat our tag for discussions about social studies. Feel free to include the tag on anything related to teaching social studies at any time. Even though we aren’t regularly chatting at this time, all are welcome to use the tag for good purposes.

This doesn’t seem like a real thing to me, but nobody should agree to this process. This would prevent any responsiveness to student questions. This would also prevent instructors from making their courses more interesting or up-to-date. It will bury everyone in endless red tape instead of learning.

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On the quiet=learning claim:

Learners benefit from quiet at times.
Distraction-free doesn’t necessarily mean quiet.
Silence doesn’t ensure concentration.
Classrooms can be calm without being silent.

Learning occurs in a variety of circumstances. We need some nuance here

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It looks beautiful, thanks for sharing I had no idea this existed! The craftsmanship/sturdiness of a book is a must!

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The fever could cause that for sure, but it’s also just the Covid itself. Covid impacts children long-term despite what is often accepted as common-knowledge based on incorrect information put out during the beginning of the pandemic.

Great, glad we are on the same page!

Since we have the beginning of some Twitter style teacher wars here, let me just say there are many people for which your rubric will never be clear enough. The rubric isn’t the thing the learning is the thing and we have to get past gaming the system and get to the learning.

Oh I love this!

Worth reading.

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OK, thanks for clarifying. We just have a difference of opinion because nobody’s pretending about anything. Have a good day!

Yes, if the hvac is improved that will help those kids.

That would be great to know!

I would guess that places where there is ventilation and masking that kids and everyone have a lot fewer problems with memory, reading, and thinking.

Hi John, I’m not sure what you’re saying here. I’m saying when people say “just fail them all” that that solution isn’t something we can do and ignores the problem.

Such a good point. I’ve had people tell me the same with high school, and I just don’t understand anyone who doesn’t realize how unrealistic that is. And I mean, does it even really solve the problem?

That‘s a good point to put this in context. Something I’m finding though is that it is not getting better with those other classes, it’s simply continuing. The repeated Covid infections are taking a toll as well as all the other things people normally talk about.

I used to do something like this all the time 5 to 10 years ago. In my experience, there have been too many challenges since that time to effectively do this in my current situation. It was awesome when we could, though.

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Appears is a word doing a lot of work these days in major newspapers.

That was really cool!

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PITTSBURGH'S Public Source Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh journalists return to their jobs at the Post-Gazette after three years on strike After a court ruling in their favor, long-striking journalists declared victory and returned to a pivotal Southwestern Pennsylvania newsroom. They return as union organizing continues throughout the region. Stephanie Strasburg November 24, 2025

Natalie Duleba, local secretary of the guild, hugs Jon Schleuss, president of the NewsGuild Communications of America, as she hands him the mic. "The first day of this strike, our folks went over across the street and they sat down at a table, and they started talking about that they were going to take care of each other," said Schleuss, acknowledging the guild could not have known how long the path back to work would be. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/Pittsburgh's Public Source)

This is so incredible. You have to see the photos. These workers held the line for THREE YEARS www.publicsource.org/post-gazette...

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Comics in the Classroom: Teachers and Librarians Share Their Best Practices We spoke with three educators about the innovative ways they’re utilizing comics and graphic novels to teach visual literacy and create lifelong readers, one panel at a time.

My newest interview is up from Publishers Weekly - honored to be alongside these inspiring librarians! www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Episode 167: Ken Burns' The American Revolution (Historians' Commentary) Podcast Episode · Reckoning with Jason Herbert · 11/23/2025 · 2h 13m

Surprise! We took last week's Historians At The Movies Watch Party on Ken Burns' The American Revolution and turned it into a podcast. So join me, @lizcovart.bsky.social, @michaelhattem.bsky.social @craigbrucesmith.bsky.social & the #HATM community right here.
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a man and woman are standing next to each other and the man is saying i should have thought about that . Alt: A man and woman are standing next to each other and the man is saying I should have thought about that.

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I feel the same way. Thank you for posting here. #sschat