In effect, we are equating what children do to figure things out with what adults do in offices and factories to earn money."
Profound implications, indeed!
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retired educational consultant, early childhood education nerd, and child development nerd. (the last two are probably the same thing...)
In effect, we are equating what children do to figure things out with what adults do in offices and factories to earn money."
Profound implications, indeed!
Facts!
"Every time we talk about βhomeworkβ or βseat workβ or βwork habits,β every time we describe [or assess] a studentβs βworkβ, every time we urge children to βget to workβ or refer to βclassroom management,β we are using a metaphor with profound implications for the nature of schooling.
I don't even understand the reference..free bus ride???
15.02.2026 10:20 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Appreciate the talk about banning ICE masks in shutdown negotiations.
But the non-negotiable should be congressional oversight of ICE detention facilities. Full access, no appointments, no permission slips.
No compromise.
Ditto, friend. And cry all you want...it shows you're human.
15.02.2026 10:13 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0FB comment: I worked as a National Park Service Ranger at Theodore Roosevelt's Birthplace NHS on 20th Street in NYC in the 1990s. The historic site was a reconstruction of the brownstone house that this tragic double death occurred. I recounted the story many times giving tours of the house.
15.02.2026 09:59 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0A generation of children is being trained to hate MAGA.
And MAGA is doing the training.
The trauma of now will live on.
THIS!
14.02.2026 13:26 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Sigh..
14.02.2026 10:16 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The history here! Thank you, William Spivey.
"The irony is that no law actually banned the term [Black]. The chilling effect did the work instead. And thatβs the real story here-not a single email or a single monthβs celebration, but the way power reshapes language long before it reshapes policy."
Well, this is some cool beans!
13.02.2026 22:12 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0π¨ GROUNDBREAKING NEWS! π¨
The Virginia Supreme Court has decided our Redistricting Vote can move forward. Please mark your calendars β‘οΈ Early Voting will begin on Friday, March 6, and Election Day will be Tuesday, April 21. VOTE YES! #virginia #VoteYES #vote
You might think that the inhumane conditions at America's concentration camps is because of this administration's usual lazy incompetence, but, no, it's because of this administration's usual vicious cruelty.
13.02.2026 19:42 β π 7962 π 3028 π¬ 336 π 137I know, right? I keep thinking that, too. And then I remember that he's already confessed to SO many things right out loud, and I wonder what the watershed could possibly be...
13.02.2026 19:16 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thaaat's me!
13.02.2026 16:41 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0By the way, where is Maduro? At this point shouldnβt the Trump Administration provide βproof of lifeβ?
13.02.2026 05:04 β π 749 π 181 π¬ 17 π 3The less voters knew, the more they liked Trump in 2024. Not Anymore
13.02.2026 13:49 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Well, it won't make up for what Thomas Jefferson did in Virginia back in the day, but...gee, hope it works out...
13.02.2026 13:35 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Could she - or some of the others who've resigned - do us one better and share what she knows?
13.02.2026 10:54 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Well, this is me, talking about birding and observation and such - and reality:
Nature is not always pretty, but it's always reality, and we can learn from spending time with those realities how to sit with the realities of our personal worlds.
On the Curiosity Challenge Playlist: loom.ly/XrDUuro
I clocked the start of the film talk at about 38 minutes in, but ALL of it was pleasantly unexpected.
13.02.2026 09:00 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Covered so much interesting territory it's taking me awhile to figure out how to title the sharing!
13.02.2026 08:57 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Kinda cool!
13.02.2026 08:46 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Back to Basics for all y'all ICE folk.
13.02.2026 02:59 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Whew! And, YAY!
"For the second year running, Congress has tried to blow a multi-million dollar hole in DC's local budget.."
And they've failed again!
"This is great news for children and families in DC as well as everyone who pays taxes here."
I'm sorry, Heather, but I'm dying to know if you knew that Abraham Lincoln's son and you both had the same alma mater! (Couple years apart) Or...???
13.02.2026 01:08 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0thanks, John...sorry
12.02.2026 17:53 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0