Darby Hoppenstedt 💙

Hey HHS- shame on you for once again cutting grant funding that had been allocated without notice. The grant totaled $690k. Public Ed is under attack #EduSky

No shame harming kids, especially those in underserved communities 😡

Feds could claw back $42M in pandemic aid from Michigan schools At least 27 districts across Michigan stand to lose $42 million in pandemic aid after Linda McMahon said she would rescind an extended deadline.

Another gut punch to public schools. www.freep.com/story/news/e... #EduSky

Just in NIH grants, It looks like beautiful Iowa City, home of the U of Iowa, will lose $71m in funding. That's almost $1k per resident. And that's before all the other cuts to SSA, FDA, etc.

Anyone in Iowa City that can offer more insight?
scienceimpacts.org
H/T to Prathima !

I can’t keep up, tariffs, no tariffs…I thought Susie Wiles was going to help keep the clown car out of DC 😂

The greatest political scandal today is not what Trump is doing. It is the fact that congressional Republicans have given up their role in the constitutional system as a check on the executive branch. If we are in a constitutional crisis, it is as much on Mike Johnson and John Thune as anyone else.

National Nuclear Security Administration officials are attempting to notify some employees who had been let go that they are now due to be reinstated — but they're struggling to find them because they don't have their new contact information. nbcnews.to/4104StF

This is fascism.

How do all the educators feel about this new Dear Colleague letter?! 😡 #EduSky

www.ed.gov/media/docume...

Michigan Department of Education says Trump’s executive order won’t prompt state policy changes Superintendent of Public Instruction Michael Rice said the state’s curriculum standards won’t change to exclude “equity ideology.”

Michigan is standing strong against Trump’s EO on education👏💙

www.chalkbeat.org/detroit/2025...

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Sending gratitude to school counselors! ♥️ Happy National School Counseling week!! The care and support you provide students and families is beyond measure.

🚨🗣️Calling all public educators! The DoE is next on the list to be dismantled. How do you plan to stand up for kids and public ed?! #EduSky

Harriet Tubman

#Voices4Victory #ProudBlue
#DemocracyWarriors
BAD ASS WOMEN OF HISTORY

Abolitionist Harriet Tubman was the first African-American woman to be honored on a U.S. postage stamp in 1978.

She helped bring other slaves to freedom, including some of her own family.

postalmuseum.si.edu/exhibition/t...

A textured white background with large black text reading, "Minutes" with a special educator aren’t always minutes of intervention. Below, smaller typewriter-style text states: Coteaching isn’t intervention. General push-in help isn’t intervention. These are "luxury goods." Intervention is a basic necessity. A small, simple clock illustration in the top left corner shows the time as 1:05. The "lead inclusion." logo appears in the bottom right corner with the tagline "all belong. all learn. all succeed."

"Minutes" with a special educator are not always minutes of intervention. Coteaching isn't intervention. General push in help isn't intervention. These are "luxury goods." Intervention is a basic necessity!
#LeadInclusion #EduSky #UDL #EdLeaders #Teachers

Our political leaders should treat everyone with honor and dignity, regardless of their identity or immigration status.

Thank you, Bishop Budde, for bravely supporting our community and holding our leaders accountable.

Trump rolls back bedrock 1960s-era civil rights measure The move abolishes decades of government practices on diversity and equal opportunity.

Trump just revoked the Equal Employment Opportunity executive order of 1965, rolling back 60 years of progress on civil rights.

The order had prohibited employment discrimination in federal hiring based on race, religion, and gender.

José Andrés, the founder of World Central Kitchen (WCK), has been awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom — the United States' highest civilian honor.

Chef Andrés is being recognized for his extraordinary contributions to humanitarian work and the culinary world.

The honor was presented…

Arkansas book-censorship law ruled unconstitutional - Arkansas Times The book censorship law had already been put on temporary hold.

Early Christmas present from the Western District of Arkansas in favor of the first amendment and against the ARGOP’s book banning idiocy. arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...

Using Board Games to Teach Math to Young Children Playing board and card games can improve number sense among children as young as 3—and it’s fun!

Playing board and card games can improve number sense among children as young as 3—and it’s fun! 🃏✨ #MathSky

As we move into the holidays, please remember: READING FOR PLEASURE has the biggest impact of any factor on children's life chances. So never stop sharing books with kids, talking about books, making books central to everything you do. Never stop changing their lives! #literacy #EduSky #books

Each year, more than 4,000 children & teens are shot and killed, & more than 17,000 are shot & wounded. Homicides account for roughly 6 in 10 gun deaths among children, & gun suicides are on the rise—a public health crisis that communities & elected officials can prevent.
#EndGunViolenceNow

🚨🚨Just 2 days after the 12 year anniversary of Sandy Hook and we have another school shooting this time in Madison, WI. Now 3 kids will never come home from school again, it’s time #EndGunViolenceNow we don’t have to live like this. Enough is enough!

The 10 Most Significant Education Studies of 2024 It’s that time again—our yearly review of the research you should read, from the sneaky ways that inattention can spread in your classroom to the promises and perils of AI.

We read hundreds of studies in 2024.

We zeroed in on 10 to know about.

From the sneaky ways that inattention can spread in your classroom to the promises and perils of AI, here are 2024’s must-reads in education research. 🔬👇

What ELA Teachers Should Know About AI Detectors Programs designed to identify use of AI in student writing aren’t infallible, but there are other ways to promote authenticity in writing assignments.

🤖 My latest @Edutopia.org article explores why AI writing detectors aren't the answer. As an ELA teacher, I share practical strategies for encouraging authentic student writing. 📝 www.edutopia.org/article/ai-d... #EduSky #EduSkyAI

Don't ask students to share a "Fun Fact" about themselves but instead ask them to share a "Boring Fact" 😃

I can tell you as someone who made the switch a few years back, it results in a ton more "fun" facts and whole lot less anxiety in your students 💜

Great for adults too 😎

#edchat #edusky

Kindergarteners Wounded by School Shooter ID'd Along with Assailant, Who Used Meeting at Building as 'Ruse' The victims, Roman Mendez, 6, and Elias Wolfard, 5, were reported to be in “critical but stable condition" as of Thursday, Dec. 5.

The lives of 5-year-old Elias Wolfard and 6-year-old Roman Mendez, who were shot and critically wounded at their elementary school on Wednesday, will never be the same due to our nation’s preventable gun violence crisis. Text READY to 644-33 if you’re ready to do something about it.

Feared DEI cuts prompt faculty pushback at University of Michigan Faculty have planned multiple protests on the Ann Arbor campus this week after Board of Regents members have internally discussed changes to the university's diversity, equity and inclusion strategy.

University of Michigan considers cutting DEI ahead of Trump stepping into office. If this university backs away from this important work, others will be next…

www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...

What does a defunded school look like?

A constant turnover of new teachers because of the pay rate. No science lab. No band. No track. No real cafeteria, just a warming center for pre-packaged foods. No school nurse. A lack of bus drivers and AP/dual credit classes.

Ask me how I know…