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And if you need access to an article, then please reach out to me via DM or email.

To learn more about Gainer and our conceptualization of the long-Brown Era, check out our article "'Rebel with a Cause': Ruby J. Gainer, Black Educators, and the Long-Brown Era," muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic...

Amato Nocera and I wrote about Ruby J. Gainer, a Black educator and labor organizer, who fought for salary equalization and labor rights in Birmingham, Alabama, beginning in the 1940s. And that's just the beginning of her long career in education and organizing.

I'm excited to share a special issue of Global Black Thought on "Black Women and the Brown Decision." The full issue can be found here: muse.jhu.edu/issue/56462 #Blackhistory #history #education #histed #edhist

Deeply evil and not at all the case when I began teaching in 1999. You wouldn't have much left over, but you could eat without having a side hustle.

Everyone my age and older needs to call out the ridiculously low wages being paid to PK-12 practitioners these days.

Dear Colleagues, We write to share information about a paid summer professional learning experience for teachers that centers histories of education and educational activism in New York City Public Schools. K-12 teachers of all content areas as well as paraprofessionals, school counselors, and school-based administrators (nominated by faculty) are invited to apply for the 2026 Histories of Educational Action & Learning (HEAL) Summer Institute. This professional learning experience invites New York City educators into a community with scholars and organizers to learn about local histories of educational activism and explore the role of advocacy and action in education today. Institute Details: The institute will take place in person Monday-Thursday, 9:30 am - 2:30 pm from July 6th-16th.* Participants (excepting administrators) earn up to 30 CTLE credits and receive a $500 honorarium. We especially encourage teams of classroom-based educators to apply. **** Apply at http://tinyurl.com/HEALSI2026 by April 3rd**** Why HEAL? Teachers rarely learn histories of NYC schooling and activism; yet this context is key to understanding the communities that NYC educators work in and for. With an intensive focus on local educational history and grassroots efforts to advance educational justice, this learning experience invites current educators to see themselves and their students as collective change-makers. What past participants have said about this experience: “I am feeling completely reinvigorated and am very excited to implement what I've learned at my… school!” “[T]he institute was a much needed reminder of why I am still in this career… The institute helped me feel re-inspired to continue working to impact the lives of young people, even though it will never be easy!” “I feel a transformed sense of the importance of studying history, a reaffirmed commitment to grounding activism in one's community, a trust in the importance …

Join us for this incredible learning experience, NYC public school teachers!

2 week summer institute, honorarium & CTLEs, and an ongoing community of critical practitioners for educational justice.

Apply by April 3. tinyurl.com/HEALSI2026

how many times will i say this

"school vouchers are sanctioned embezzlement"

i will say this all of the times

Screenshot reads: She and other publishing specialists question whether LeapSpace’s limited reach is worth the cost. Users will need either an institutional subscription (based in part on the institution’s size and amount of research) or an individual one, which costs $32 a month. Many libraries are already struggling to afford existing subscriptions. And if users want to read the cited content, they will need a separate subscription to that content’s publisher—akin to paying for multiple video-streaming services.

The inevitable next stage of academic publishers profiting from academics' work is here - scraping it for AI then charging subscriptions for access to the AI summaries, and then again for the citations. Academic content assetization as we called it in a recent paper. www.science.org/content/arti...

What Is To Be Done? Historians of Crisis in a Moment of Crisis a special Issue of @jcwe.bsky.social is available to READ FOR FREE now on @projectmuse.bsky.social.

18 Civil War–era historians reflect on scholarship, teaching & today’s political crisis. Read it now👇

muse.jhu.edu/journal/516

Demoralized Democrats Have a Road Map for Success in Trump’s America. It Was Written by Jesse Jackson. Jesse Jackson first ran for president during the national farm bust of the early 1980s. Debt for farmers had exploded from $85 billion in 1976 to $216 ...

and i wrote this a decade ago about jackson as the model response to trump-style politics www.slate.com/articles/new...

It’s no accident that the censored interview is with Talarico, whose brand of politically progressive Christianity offers an alternative to the wealth-driven Christian Nationalism that put Trump back into office

Related: Charles Koch made Milton Friedman required reading in his own household and was his benefactor during Friedman’s lifetime.

These guys always latch on to anything that puts elite—especially intellectual-esq—gloss on everything from their behavior to their economic and financial exploits

Do you want churches to run public schools? Right-wing efforts to create church-run public schools have ramped back up; it's all part of a long-term plan to force states to fund religious education.

Do you want churches to run public schools?

The Right is pushing new court cases to do just that.

My latest newsletter walks through it
open.substack.com/pub/joshcowe...

There's a reality that the AAU is comprised of presidents of institutions, some of whom would rather pretend there is no censorship in 2026. At what point do they deal with the mockery this makes of all the other institutions in the org?

Health Advice From A.I. Chatbots Is Frequently Wrong, Study Shows

Remember last week how Dr. Oz called AI the best solution for rural healthcare shortages?

Well, a new study finds that when patients turn to chatbots for health advice, they end up taking the wrong steps and getting the wrong diagnosis more than half the time.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/w...

#ScholarSunday Thread 262 (2/8/26) – Black and White and Read All Over Whether you’re most excited for the Super Bowl, the Puppy Bowl, or the Superb Owl, start tailgating early with my 262nd #ScholarSunday thread of public scholarly writing, podcasts, new & forthcoming b...

Whether you’re most excited for the Super Bowl, the Puppy Bowl, or the Superb Owl, tailgate with my 262nd #ScholarSunday thread of public scholarly writing, podcasts, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add more below, share widely, & enjoy, team! 🗃️

blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...

AERA Calls for Support of 2026 Annual Meeting Graduate Student Assistance Fund AERA Calls for Support of 2026 Annual Meeting Graduate Student Assistance Fund

As we approach the #AERA2026, we’re looking to double our effort to help graduate students succeed. Donate to the 2026 Annual Meeting Graduate Student Assistance Fund today! www.aera.net/Newsroom/AER...

Y'all. This.

"higher education treats routine pay increases that are common in many other industries as a once-in-a-blue-moon cause for celebration"

Cannot "this" this enough.

#ScholarSunday Thread 261 (2/1/26) – Black and White and Read All Over As we begin this most fraught & most important Black History Month, & amidst every damn thing else, #ScholarSunday threads carry on—here’s my 261st of great public scholarly writing, podcasts, new & f...

As we begin this fraught & crucial Black History Month, & amidst every damn thing else, #ScholarSunday threads carry on—here’s my 261st of public scholarly writing, podcasts, new & forthcoming books from last week. Add more below, share widely, & enjoy, all! 🗃️

blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...

4 Black journalists have been kidnapped by the federal government

Deadline approaching! Apply for a postdoc role studying the politics of education policy at Stanford GSE:
postdocs.stanford.edu/prospective/...

#CallforPapers 🌟
The SWG "Histories of Education Beyond the Human: Debates and Quandaries" invites submissions for #ISCHE47: www.ische.org/kxbc
Deadline: 31 January 2026
Learn more about the SWG: www.ische.org/2mns
Share your insights & join a vibrant #HistEd community!

Higher ed is where we name who we are and dream of who we want to become. That dream is under threat. I’m proud to introduce the @alliancehighered.bsky.social and humbled to serve as its inaugural president. Join the movement in support opportunity and democracy: allianceforhighered.org

What's happening in Minnesota is one reason the Reconstruction Amendments banned insurrectionists from holding office. Unfortunately, the originalists on the Supreme Court interpreted the plain language of the amendment to mean its opposite.

This must be weird news to see if you’re one of the literally hundreds or even thousands of university administrators who preemptively censored faculty, scrubbed websites, changed the names of centers, etc.

That Baker lady is way less optimistic and thinks some real Truth and Reconciliation moves will be necessary

Patti Smith stirred me out of my lethargy this morning as I sat, coffee in hand, ankle elevated in the air, remembering my late brothers, both gone much too soon:

“‘Ah, I’m feeling grief. …’ It’s just more proof that we’re alive and that we’re capable of feeling still a plethora of emotions.”

Thanks for including me and Protest and Pedagogy in your #ScholarSunday thread @ugapress.bsky.social! For those interested in buying a copy of the book, you can use 08PROTEST at checkout: www.ugapress.org/978082037530...

People (esp. government actors) will oppress and harm then soon after call for "peace" whenever a protest or perceived disruption occurs. It's a tactic favored by those in power/those wishing to maintain the status quo. But the peace they desire is actually what Dr. King called "obnoxious peace". /1