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Sarah Mulhern Gross

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NBCT, English @ High Tech, past chair @alanorg Walden, AIP MAT Bio @ WCS, NYTimes Learning Network, #nerdcampNJ organizer

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#ThesisoftheWeek for Week 3 of October is inspired by a beautiful poem by Marjorie Saiser entitled "Crane Migration: Platte River." Find this prompt & others on the Poetry as Practice Blog! (Photo credits: Chris Helzer/The Nature Conservancy & USGS) poetryaspractice.blogspot.com/2025/09/intr...

18.10.2025 08:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Check out our upcoming #CEL virtual session open to all NCTE members & literacy leaders. @tanisleads.bsky.social @oonziela.bsky.social @hcodymiller.bsky.social @bnjmnkwdcck.bsky.social @sjeducate.bsky.social @thereadingzone.bsky.social @teachkate.bsky.social @angelastockman.bsky.social

23.09.2025 23:09 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
screenshot of tweet from rose lavelle:

@roselavelle: 13 yrs ago today Mary got chased down the street by a vicious neighbor dog & to this day it is still the funniest thing I have ever witnessed

screenshot of tweet from rose lavelle: @roselavelle: 13 yrs ago today Mary got chased down the street by a vicious neighbor dog & to this day it is still the funniest thing I have ever witnessed

feels like the holidays start earlier every year

20.09.2025 21:03 β€” πŸ‘ 169    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The memes are the ideology. I really wish more people understood that over the past decade.

Every time I reported a student using a meme like Pepe as a school avatar I was told to calm down because β€œit’s just a joke”.

The jokes are a meme and the memes are the ideology now.

14.09.2025 20:37 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Introducing Thesis of the Week for the 2025-2026 School Year I've created Thesis of the Week as a resource for teachers to utilize as they wish. It is intended to offer students low-risk practice oppo...

Launching a resource that I hope helps ELA teachers! Thesis of the Week = low-risk formative literary analysis practice. Weekly poems & practice w/ thesis statements are NOT for a formal grade, but intended to grow students' writing efficacy. poetryaspractice.blogspot.com/2025/09/intr...

01.09.2025 12:29 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 8

β€œDon’t say thoughts and prayers. These kids were literally praying. They were in church.”- Mayor Jacob Frey

27.08.2025 16:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€˜No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens theonion.com/no-way-to-pr...

27.08.2025 15:16 β€” πŸ‘ 746    πŸ” 188    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 5

Again. 😭 I’m so tired of being angry while politicians send thoughts and prayers.

Do. Something.

27.08.2025 15:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The freemium versions always let you use it for a limited time/number of users that’s not at all helpful in practice. And teachers can’t afford (nor should they pay for!) subscriptions to dozens of apps. πŸ« πŸ˜΅β€πŸ’«πŸ˜­

25.08.2025 18:34 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You know what’s great about the state of education? Every single tech company advertises an app/extension to teachers, lets them use it for free, and then makes it a paid subscription.

25.08.2025 18:34 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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a nun says you terrify me in front of a chalkboard ALT: a nun says you terrify me in front of a chalkboard

Rewatching Derry Girls; it’s just as funny as the first time I watched it.

16.08.2025 01:40 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I am not at all surprised to learn that the most right-wing NJ teacher influencers are also pro-AI and pro-standardized testing.

15.08.2025 22:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

All these Hamilton videos reminded me that the Schuyler sisters were just as messy as the Fisher brothers. #tsitp #hamilton

15.08.2025 18:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A lot of folks not in the classroom making decisions negatively impacting the classroomβ€”folks who will face absolutely zero consequences for these decisions while students and teachers do.

Make education worse, climb the ladder = education in America

15.08.2025 02:52 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My FYP is currently Taylor Swift, Bonrad edits, Gilded Age behind the scenes, 90s-2000s music, and the fall of democracy. As they say in John Proctor is the Villain, β€œI contain frickin’ multitudes!”

15.08.2025 02:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This fall we are getting new Taylor Swift music, Wicked: For Good, new Ed Sheeran music, and the finale of The Summer I Turned Pretty? 😍πŸ₯°

15.08.2025 02:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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As an OG elder Swiftie this is wild and amazing. (Why yes, I did start a free trial of YouTube Premium so I could watch this ad free on my TV).

15.08.2025 02:03 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I know a lot of millennial women are watching the series, but I think Han is doing such important work in presenting the story in this way to the young adult audience. 2/2

15.08.2025 02:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

*English teacher hat on*
I am so fascinated by how Jenny Han is centering the female gaze in this season of TSITP (esp the last 2 eps). It’s jarring how the relationship b/w Belly + Conrad is so different from what we see in the majority of media. 1/2

15.08.2025 02:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

We are so back. 🀑 #taylorswift

11.08.2025 15:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I saw John Proctor is the Villain for the second time yesterday. I can not stress enough how incredible this production is. I cried again, and my friends who were seeing it for the first time were stunned by the production. You have until Sept 7 to see this show. It should be mandatory viewing.

07.08.2025 14:34 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Do people not remember the sexist manboys in Home Improvement or Everyone Loves Raymond, Girls Gone Wild during every commercial break after 10pm, or cancelling Ellen because her character came out as gay? Any feminist, queer, or trans representation could only be found at the small indie theater.

02.08.2025 23:50 β€” πŸ‘ 124    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0
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#CopaAmΓ©ricaFemenina

Tell me you are watching this game without telling me.

02.08.2025 23:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Flashbacks to the Eras Tour tonight as I frantically search TikTok for clips from the performance of Jesus Christ Superstar at the Hollywood Bowl.

My reaction so far is OH. MY. GOD.

02.08.2025 04:19 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Someone in my neighborhood is setting off huge fireworks at 10:45pm. No warning. Nothing earlier. Just a whole lot of house-shaking booms at almost 11pm. Now I’m sitting in the bathroom w/a terrified dog. Why are fireworks a thing on any day, let alone random non-holidays?!

02.08.2025 02:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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July reading!

01.08.2025 14:10 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m on the hold list at the library!

01.08.2025 14:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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For high school teachers: penguinrandomhousesecondaryeducation.com/wp-content/u...

31.07.2025 19:38 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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