Tanya Roth

I love Ben’s commitment to sharing public scholarly writing - take a look at what’s in this week’s share! Includes my piece that coincides with the anniversary of the Voting Rights Act and the 19th amendment this month.

Women’s Work: Votes Won, Rights Denied — The Long Fight for Women’s Suffrage, Part 2 | The Saturday Evening Post The 19th Amendment didn’t guarantee the vote for all women, so their fight continued.

My August column is up @satevepost.bsky.social - www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2025/08/wome...

That series is so much fun!

I actually really liked their statement - but then, I’ve been using AI tools in my classroom for awhile and exploring its use.

And they offer community ed programs that provide so much - like the theatre program my son is in (no theatre at his middle school).

This is the coolest. (Both the book/her interest in it and her interest around the house)

It looks beautiful!

Thank you for your reply! I really appreciate it.

It’s so weird that I still have trauma from it.

I really love that comment - it’s such a good reminder that excellence is not the same as perfection.

Agreed! I love @heymrsbond.com’s questions about what a word means and why they chose a specific sentence structure. That was a big highlight for me.

Congratulations!!

I don’t know if this fits, but last year I shifted my Accelerated US History class to focus on Native, Black, Women, and Immigrant histories. It’s a guiding thread I weave through all year.

Fair. When I posted that I was raising a question, based on my experiences and past and present vantage points.

That’s a fair critique. It’s not the experience at my institution, but I absolutely see how it could be an experience you’re having.

That’s a great point.

I really appreciate your thoughtful approach to responding. Thank you!

Honest opinions are fine. My post was speaking to a larger and longer historical situation of the divide between K12 educators and college educators.

Yes, I understand that. My post was speaking on a larger situation with a longer history - the divide between K12 education and college education.

My spouse is in an engineering field where generative AI is also largely unhelpful - it’s a field that has basically NOT lived online EVER, so the knowledge base isn’t there.

Students also aren’t good at doing back and forths with the tools - like, they just want to ask one Q and be done. My go-to these days to avoid errors or guard against them in some ways, at least, is perplexity, since it provides REAL sources.

Yes to informed choices!! Some of my students looked like their minds were blown when I told them that last year.

I think that’s key - to be able to explain your position and work from it. My school is implementing a K-12 scope and sequence for AI literacy this year, which I personally like. I value what you’re doing and your approach.

I really loved and appreciated your follow up and your initial article too. I take a very different approach but what I found interesting is that the ways you’re working withOUT AI tools mirror things I’m doing WITH AI, particularly the focus on process and the “why”. Thank you for your work.

Intro to Ethics! Also took a great Russian Literature class one semester.

Completely understand your viewpoint. As a K12 teacher, though, I’ve spent the last two years learning about and working with AI tools. I’m not all rah-rah about it and have many critiques, but I’m concerned about anti-AI feels in higher ed will create a bigger divide between them & K12.

I really appreciate your posts here, particularly everything related to AI. I am no longer on X, so I particularly value it here.

What if Everything We Know About Sacagawea Is Wrong?

Did anyone else read this piece yet?? What if Everything We Know About Sacagawea Is Wrong? www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/m...

Congratulations! This is so awesome to hear!

My son is about to start 7th grade and the most-sought-after elective is Family and Consumer Sciences (Facs), which includes cooking and sewing etc. He’ll be devastated if it isn’t on his schedule in a couple of weeks - he made me promise to sign him up for it as soon as the form request came out!