Chelsea Prax

Vaccine recommendations from the @ameracadpeds.bsky.social are designed to help children in the United States resist serious illnesses so they can stay healthy, and our communities can stay healthy.

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Nothing beats vaccines for teaching growing bodies about immunization! @aft.org joins 200 orgs in affirming @ameracadpeds.bsky.social guidelines on immunization timing for kids. Talk to your child's pediatrician with questions about when your family should get started.

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Miesha Parker is a parent who navigated family separation thru the child welfare system based on school reports. Parker will explore mandatory reporters' power + share a framework for using power to support families. Practice distinguishing emergency situations vs opportunities for connection.

From Mandatory Reporting to Mandated Support: Understanding Educator Power to Transform Family Crisis Response Educators hold five distinct forms of power when interacting with struggling families: professional authority, daily access to children, documentation power, community trust, and system privilege. But...

JOIN ME March 24, from 3:00 - 4:00p eastern for "From Mandatory Reporting to Mandated Support: Understanding Educator Power to Transform Family Crisis Response," as part of the 2026 Virtual Conference with @sharemylesson.bsky.social

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the delusion of white supremacy is integral to the history of the United States

"Nobody Wins" in NYT: "Should Child Welfare Be Called Over School Absences?" examines the link between missing school + CPS reports for ed neglect, noting "Chronic absence often has causes that can be addressed by offering the family help, not by dragging them into the legal system." bit.ly/3PpE9kE

With liberty and justice for all By Stacy Bartlett

High school teacher and @educationmn.bsky.social member Stacy Bartlett writes in a new AFT Voices piece about the fear and uncertainty ICE has brought to schools.

"So, because educators are natural fixers, doers and healers, we have—once again—stepped into the gaps."
aftvoices.org/with-liberty...

Today, two Senators in the Committee on Finance dropped a 72-page review of one year's worth of "Costs, Chaos & Corruption" from HHS Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. www.alsobrooks.senate.gov/wp-content/u...

Congrats to the United Educators of San Francisco on this incredible win. Our members, their families, and the community will all benefit from this agreement!
uesf.org/news/bargain...

Black History Month at 100: Influence Cannot Be Erased, Even When Credit Is Denied Black influence shapes music, media, sports and technology. As we commemorate 100 years of Black history, how do we make sure students learn not just the impact but also who deserves the credit?

Black influence has shaped music, media, sports and technology—often without credit. In a new @sharemylesson.bsky.social blog, Dr. Lisa Thomas writes about the importance of working to help students analyze how systems respond to Black influence.

Read more here ⤵️
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Building Safety Through Connection: A More Community‑Centered Approach to Mandated Reporting Explore how updated mandated reporter training in New York shifts from reporting to mandated support—helping educators strengthen family and community connections.

After helping 150,000+ NYC educators get new training on mandatory reporting, Amanda Centor says there's more to do: "We need educators to see the aftereffects of system engagement for reported families—good, bad and ugly."

Get her full vision for support that doesn't need a report: bit.ly/3MjrK3Y

Make Play a Part of Learning, Healing and Resilience Play isn’t extra—it’s essential. In this article, Melissa Labossiere shares why play is critical for learning, healing, and resilience, drawing on child welfare research and real classroom examples th...

"Child protection is a community responsibility, not just a government agency," writes Melissa Labossiere. She outlines educators' opportunities to leverage play for learning, healing and resilience - including with family engagement - as part of how to fulfill that responsibility.

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AFT agrees with @ameracadpeds.bsky.social! 21st century digital ecosystems call on parents, educators and healthcare providers to team up in promoting kids' well-being. publications.aap.org/pediatrics/a...

Minnesota teachers sue to keep ICE off school property Two school districts and a teachers union allege that the immigration crackdown has spilled onto campuses and interrupted the functioning of schools across the state.

@educationmn.bsky.social is suing to keep ICE away from schools.

“Students can’t learn, and educators can’t teach, when there are armed, masked federal agents stationed within view of classroom windows, sometimes for days on end." — President Monica Byron
www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...

What a useful resource for organizing.

Mandated Support: Child Safety, Mandated Reporter Guidance, and School Staff Resources Explore mandated support and mandated reporting resources for educators. Find tools to recognize concerns, build trust, and support student safety.

if you're concerned about
- kids being separated from families
- government agencies that operate with little to no attention to due process
- twisted narratives about marginalized groups and community safety ...

be the change with #MandatedSupport

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A Century of Black History Commemorations: Teaching the Legacy Forward What does it mean to teach Black history 100 years after the first commemorations began? This milestone moment invites educators to reflect, reimagine and recommit to honoring Black voices in the clas...

What does it mean to teach Black history 100 years after the first commemoration? In a @sharemylesson.bsky.social blog, Natalie Dean shares that this milestone invites educators to reflect, reimagine and recommit to honoring Black voices in the classroom year-round.
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"A pie chart of play?!" c'mon, I love it

The 5 Cs of Media Use Discover The 5 Cs of Media Use—a simple, research-based framework to help pediatricians guide families on healthy screen habits. Includes age-based handouts for well-child visits, focused on child dev...

Their 5Cs model helps parents (and educators!) make decisions about what media - and when - might boost kids' well-being.

Watch the quick video :)

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Cell phones have been getting a lot of attention lately ... love that AAP situates them here into a broader and thoughtful discussion of adult responsibilities and opportunities for navigating 21st century digital landscapes for kids' well-being.

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Mandated Support: Child Safety, Mandated Reporter Guidance, and School Staff Resources Explore mandated support and mandated reporting resources for educators. Find tools to recognize concerns, build trust, and support student safety.

"Anti-poverty policy is child protection policy." --Kelley Fong, sociology, University of California, Irvine

#MandatedSupport is a long-term solution to child protection challenges, adds Fong.

@aft.org @sharemylesson.bsky.social sharemylesson.com/collections/...

"Oftentimes, the child welfare system is more of a reflection of where the gaps are in the larger society." --Bethany R. Lee, University of Maryland

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📱 Cellphone limits help, but they’re only part of the picture. Student well-being also depends on strong school mental health systems, restorative justice, trauma-informed care, and bullying prevention ❤️ https://bit.ly/4bz4hpI
Build your toolkit https://bit.ly/4tl96tg 😊 @aft.org

How Strong Are States' Student Cellphone Restrictions? New Analysis Grades Them Report about all 50 states brings a changing policy landscape into focus.

“You can’t just put a cellphone ban in place. There are all these other things you need to do, including making sure you have a really robust mental health system that can recognize the impacts of social media and cellphone use and address them.”

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2,600 Copies of The Sum of Us Distributed to Educators Thanks to a generous donation from the REI Co-op, 2,600 copies of Heather McGhee's The Sum of Us were given to teachers, teacher educators, and school librarians.

To help students recognize & not fall for "divide & conquer" purpose of hate speech by US president against Somalis & other immigrants, we recommend "The Sum of Us" book & podcast by Heather McGhee. Thanks to a donation, we gave away 2600 copies of YA edition. ⬇️
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semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003

when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out

obviously not in the sense that it’s stopping everything, but they are being stalled so much by trying to find places where they aren’t watched, wasting so much manpower and resources on crowd control and even arresting observers they know will just get released. i am so proud of everyone

Only a few hours after ICE agent Jonathan Ross shot and killed Minneapolis resident and mother Renee Good on January 7, federal immigration enforcement agents descended onto Roosevelt High School property during school dismissal as students were exiting the building. MFE members say that ICE agents tackled and detained a school staff member and union member who was working at the time. The MFE member was since released, according to a union spokesperson. The agents also deployed a chemical irritant against students and staff on school grounds, MFE says. A school official, speaking to MPR News on condition of anonymity, said many students sheltered in a nearby library.

Kind of wild there has been almost no coverage of the fact that the federal government unleashed chemical weapons against literal kids *at school*.

workdaymagazine.org/minneapolis-...

A 35 year old letter to the editor, written by a very ballsy 15 year old, about the Rodney King verdict.

Remembering today that having your heart broken is a necessary step on the path to becoming fully human. Whichever heartbreak is your first, it’s probably critical that a state break your heart so that you can develop a political imagination. If this is your first, I’m sorry and also welcome.

We don't have to live like this.