Tracy Zager

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LGBTQ+, disabled students face exclusion from private schools - Nashville Banner Some Tennessee private schools receiving state-funded vouchers exclude LGBTQ+ students and those with disabilities, raising concerns about discrimination.

An analysis of available policies and handbooks from schools eligible to receive public funding through TN’s new school voucher program found many cite religious affiliation and limited resources as means to exclude LGBTQ+ students and those with disabilities. nashvillebanner.com/2025/11/17/t...

This should alarm everyone.

On Thursday, Florida, by unanimous vote, became the first state in the country to adopt “The Phoenix Declaration: An American Vision for Education.”
It was written by the Heritage Foundation, the same group behind Project 2025.

THIS IS INDOCTRINATION

Totally get that. It was always meant as a district purchase. I gotta get to sleep now, but I’ll send you something tomorrow. :)

Shelby, do you have a copy of BFF? We talked about it in the teachers guide.

Kindergartners With Chromebooks: 350 Teachers on How Screens Took Over School

So glad to see more teachers voices being elevated on issues they know best -- and to see screens in schools getting attention while AI mania is being pushed on K-12.

Umm, could our students please take some SMP6 and SMP3 thinking to this doublespeak? #ITeachMath

Teachers Value 'Patriotic' Education More Than Most Americans Nearly two thirds of teachers favor presenting America as "fundamentally good."

Teachers Value ‘Patriotic’ Education More Than Most Americans. The findings stand in contrast to conservative rhetoric about ‘indoctrination’ in the social studies.
#NotSurprised www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...

What the heck?! What is the assumption behind this article and headline? Why should it possibly approach HALF?!?!

This is an article of mine from last year, for what it’s worth.

Man oh man have I’ve been driving through Massachusetts a lot lately. Between Wellesley’s 150th celebration, taking Maya back-and-forth to school, and catching as many of her field hockey games as I could, I am 495‘d out!

And then the poodle. I stared right at that poodle for a while.

(I hope the valuation and the crazy pictures would be part of the argument too.)

Fun warmup summing to 20 that’s sure to spark debate… #iteachmath

Palate cleanse. Some humans are terrible, but more of us are great.

For five years running now, CT has held gun buyback events statewide to make our communities safer.

Next one is this Saturday. You can turn in your guns - no questions asked - in exchange for gift cards. They’re giving away gun safes too. Find your local buyback event below.

My kids’ school is on lockdown. Because of ICE. On fucking Halloween.

A brave young woman asks JD Vance: “When you talk about too many immigrants here, when did you guys decide that number? Why did you sell us a dream? You gave us the path and now tell us we don't belong here? Why do you have to be Christian to be American?”

Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DQapzQi...

I Will Vote Be a voter. Find everything you need to vote in your state’s next election.

It’s never been more important to support men and women who respect the Constitution and the rule of law. So make a plan to vote at IWillVote.com/VotingInfo/PA.

Pennsylvania has an important Supreme Court race coming up on Tuesday, November 4. If you live in the Keystone State, or know someone who does, vote YES to retain three justices who will protect your fundamental rights and freedoms.

Opinion | The Empty Promises of Trump’s Imperial Presidency

I got you :) www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/o...

"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"

Don’t mind me, I’m just deeply involved in SMP8 in a hotel bathroom in Framingham, Mass after midnight.

lol how’d I miss the flying saucers?

But then in some rows, I haven’t yet found anything that varies?!

This hotel bathroom wallpaper has me contemplating patterns. Or not patterns? cc @triangleman.bsky.social Is it or not? #tmwyk

😡 The Trump administration’s Dept of Ed is teaming up with extremist groups to force a partisan, "patriotic" curriculum into our schools.

"The regulation does not become law if a simple majority disapproves of it.” Contact Congress today to urge them to take action ➡️ bit.ly/NoCivicsTakeover

👋 @stenhousepub.bsky.social!

Becoming the Math Teacher You Wish You'd Had Reflections on teaching and parenting young mathematicians

Hey #ITeachMath friends. Sorry it's taken me so long, but my website for #BecomingMath is back up! I'll redesign around current work soon, but in the meantime, many of the links for Becoming the Math Teacher You Wish You'd Had are reinstated. Lemme know if you find bum ones? tjzager.com