Beau Dickenson

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I don’t think there are many things more satisfying than sipping on a whiskey cocktail and just listening to old blues artists wail away their troubles. Tonight, it’s a Vieux Carre with Elmore James singing “Held My Baby Last Night.”

Enough said.

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Indigenous Peoples Day removed, then re-added, to board-approved Va. education standards • Virginia Mercury Groups of Virginia education leaders want answers about why Indigenous Peoples’ Day was removed from state standards dictating what students should learn about American history since the Board of Educ...

Indigenous Peoples Day removed, then re-added, to board-approved Va. education standards virginiamercury.com/2025/03/21/i...

The Every Student Succeeds Act states: “No officer or employee of the Federal government shall…mandate, direct, or control a State, local educational agency, or school’s specific instructional content and academic standards.” The Executive Order is illegal. #DemoracyMatters

My name is Gabriel and I'm so grateful for the 14,000 + educators that are part of our Social Studies Network on Facebook. Are you a #historyteacher ? Involved in #historyeducation ? #iteachsocialstudies and our community is open to all on #EduSky www.facebook.com/groups/socia...
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Welcome! It’s a breath of fresh air over here ☀️

We agree on so much, but I will die on the hill of the O.C.

Plans to restore 1776 Commission recall efforts to revise Virginia’s K-12 history standards • Virginia Mercury Some educators say there are similarities between how the 1776 Commission's report and the Youngkin administration’s proposed education standards were created.

Grateful to have been interviewed for this article on the 1776 Commission and VA’s education policies. Both attempted to distort and sanitize history and push a narrow, ideological narrative. Many thanks to Nathaniel Cline at the VA Mercury for discussing this. virginiamercury.com/2024/11/15/p...

That would be amazing

The first time I met Joan, she told all kinds of stories about “Uncle Vernon.” It was fascinating.

You better #SecondLine

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It feels like my first post has to be: “You’re my blue sky, you’re my sunny day…”