Dr. Cara Berg Powers

They line up perfectly.

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Comptroller @bradlander.bsky.social, a regular court watcher: “This FBI surveillance tactic is ripped straight out of the J Edgar Hoover playbook. Observing immigration court...is a legal and non-violent act, unlike the ICE abductions we have witnessed regularly for months outside of the courtrooms"

I knew we'd get to bloodletting eventually but what in the hell are we doing here? How is this real? I know how, and still...

It's been SO alarming, especially as the millennial mom of a 12 year old daughter.

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Literally the WALLPAPER STORE in my neighborhood has a handmade sign in the window that says "When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty." The little family owned wallpaper store.

To add to the pile of cautionary fictions they misunderstand the message of.

YouTube video by Aislinn Doyle Volunteer policy discussion around who should be allowed to volunteer in Worcester Public Schools

She was snickering during that testimony as well, but yes, the meeting in question was the FOG subcommittee last week. @aislinn.bsky.social clipped the conversation here www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hpV...

this is a stunning piece of data journalism/art/whatever.

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And the question is, metaphorically, what bodies have you all buried together?

It definitely does beg the question though.

Old job an asset for new position Nine years ago, John F. Monfredo seemed an unlikely candidate for School Committee. Then under investigation for child rape, he was on paid leave from his job as principal of Belmont Street Community…

Because they are a crew. I don't get it either. Mariano definitely set a lot of these alliances and they seem to persist. www.worcestermag.com/story/news/l...

"There is a beautiful strength here. The nation is watching North Carolina in awe today. You have proven what it means to show up."

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I do feel like this is the thing that most of us educators have been screaming and people don't seem to understand. Because we've had so many years of people who don't have any training in pedagogy equating regurgitating information with learning.

In my experience so far the kids don't say Google something anymore they say "search it up." Which I sort of love.

People learn through practice and challenge; not by receiving answers.

But a deeper problem is that an essential aspect of teaching is helping someone organize their thinking in new ways. LLMs — systems which cannot think or appreciate thinking — are incapable of doing this in a meaningful way.

Worcester revisits school volunteer policy Public outcry prompts school committee to send volunteer rules back to subcommittee for a deeper overhaul

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However, his alleged victim Heather Prunier has continued to advocate on behalf of students and was a vocal driving force urging the school committee to "do better." “It is clear to me that whatever policy permitted a man with a substantiated claim of child rape to return to work as a principal at a school with one of the most vulnerable student populations in the city was a failure," Prunier said. "Whatever policy allowed him to continue to walk into any school anytime he liked for decades, even after new details of his crimes became public in 2023, also deserves scrutiny."

“This is making a legal decision that affects people’s reputation,” said Binienda. “We’re also making a legal decision that affects parents and whether they can be involved in their child’s school.”

The Guardian's piece does not mention why Binienda would be defending Monfredo so vociferously (he was literally photographed with her at her campaign night party) but at least quotes Heather. It also quotes Binienda's concern about policy changes doing "reputational harm." Not helping her own here.

Here's some coverage of last night. Here is Binienda saying there is "uncomfortableness in the community for some reason" that her friend and ally who has a substantiated 51A for child rape was allowed by her to volunteer in schools. The reason is clear. www.worcestermag.com/story/news/e...

My understanding is that they finished stacking last night so they actually will only have three work days because there's no need for today.

Yes, and the larger point remains which is that her previous experience was being a lawyer for the Worcester police and now she is trying a case as a judge for a political case they pushed for.

Especially as he is someone who owns multiple rental properties.

Bergman's pretty explicit racism and classism in the whole thing makes it even more infuriating. Even my college students clock immediately what "character of the neighborhood" means.

Over 30,000 Charlotte students absent from school in protest of ICE operation, reports say Over 30,000 Charlotte students were absent on Monday, according to school officials.

The kids get it. www.wowt.com/2025/11/18/o...

For me it was roller derby that helped me in this way.

Yes

I had to head out to go to another meeting, but I will say I am looking forward to cutting the video of former Superintendent Binienda's defense of why she ignored a mandated reporter's request to investigate her friend who is an accused child rapist.