Nick Covington
@covingtonedu.bsky.social
Dad. Iowan. Former HS social studies teacher.
Creative Director @ Human Restoration Project 🛸 www.humanrestorationproject.org
Creative Director @ Human Restoration Project 🛸 www.humanrestorationproject.org
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As a former public school teacher & current public school parent, I want our schools to be able to do more with more.
That's why I'm fighting back with Iowa CCI's Public School Strong campaign and working between now and Dec. 5th to raise $500 to support this important work headed into 2026. 👇
That's why I'm fighting back with Iowa CCI's Public School Strong campaign and working between now and Dec. 5th to raise $500 to support this important work headed into 2026. 👇
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narrator: 50 years ago...
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
November 25, 2025 at 2:11 AM
narrator: 50 years ago...
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
I don't know what it is about the inverse relationship between the quality of the coffeeshop and quality of seating options, but if you want me to hang out for longer than 10 minutes you gotta do better than a half dozen medieval torture devices:
November 25, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I don't know what it is about the inverse relationship between the quality of the coffeeshop and quality of seating options, but if you want me to hang out for longer than 10 minutes you gotta do better than a half dozen medieval torture devices:
Call it. Nov 2025, the pinnacle of white guy culture. We're not doing better than this:
youtu.be/CLVdWyNljP8?...
youtu.be/CLVdWyNljP8?...
Brennan Lee Mulligan Eats His Last Meal
YouTube video by Mythical Kitchen
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Call it. Nov 2025, the pinnacle of white guy culture. We're not doing better than this:
youtu.be/CLVdWyNljP8?...
youtu.be/CLVdWyNljP8?...
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Help us send 2,000 books to readers who are incarcerated this winter through our Books Not Bars program
Books Not Bars 2025 Holiday Campaign
BOOKS NOT BARS FOR THE HOLIDAYS
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In an effort to support those inside who are dealing with the imm...
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November 23, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Help us send 2,000 books to readers who are incarcerated this winter through our Books Not Bars program
Finally print-and-played Galdor's Grip over the weekend and I'm kicking myself for not doing it earlier. 🤦🏼 I've already played it in the car waiting for my kids at gymnastics, in bed, on the couch. Won 1 out of about 12 games so far. Absolutely brilliant.
November 24, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Finally print-and-played Galdor's Grip over the weekend and I'm kicking myself for not doing it earlier. 🤦🏼 I've already played it in the car waiting for my kids at gymnastics, in bed, on the couch. Won 1 out of about 12 games so far. Absolutely brilliant.
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I wrote about why it matters that K-12 education is now moving to the 'Department of the Boss' open.substack.com/pub/educatio...
RIP Department of Education
Why it matters that K-12 education will now be housed within the 'Department of the Boss'
open.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I wrote about why it matters that K-12 education is now moving to the 'Department of the Boss' open.substack.com/pub/educatio...
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This is why I tell people not to feel embarrassed if they fall for fake images. These are extremely realistic.
Silicon Valley has built a world where creating countless realistic fakes is just two clicks away. You literally can't believe your eyes anymore. And it's only going to get worse.
Silicon Valley has built a world where creating countless realistic fakes is just two clicks away. You literally can't believe your eyes anymore. And it's only going to get worse.
Content should come with some kind of certificate of authenticity, so that with one click I can know what was modified. Half of what we see is fake, and it's getting harder to decide. My default now is to assume something's fake unless there's objective reason to believe it.
November 24, 2025 at 4:33 AM
This is why I tell people not to feel embarrassed if they fall for fake images. These are extremely realistic.
Silicon Valley has built a world where creating countless realistic fakes is just two clicks away. You literally can't believe your eyes anymore. And it's only going to get worse.
Silicon Valley has built a world where creating countless realistic fakes is just two clicks away. You literally can't believe your eyes anymore. And it's only going to get worse.
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The great trumph of EduCognitivists has been convincing everyone that there is only one cognitive science in town.
Classical cognitive science may be all the talk in education, but it isn't in the field of cogsci.
Instead, teachers need to hear more about enactive cognitive science.
Classical cognitive science may be all the talk in education, but it isn't in the field of cogsci.
Instead, teachers need to hear more about enactive cognitive science.
November 23, 2025 at 9:12 AM
The great trumph of EduCognitivists has been convincing everyone that there is only one cognitive science in town.
Classical cognitive science may be all the talk in education, but it isn't in the field of cogsci.
Instead, teachers need to hear more about enactive cognitive science.
Classical cognitive science may be all the talk in education, but it isn't in the field of cogsci.
Instead, teachers need to hear more about enactive cognitive science.
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Top tier podcast episode title: “Are we readers or are we players?” 😂
Today's guests argue that the narratives & themes of English class are everywhere for those equipped to see them. 👇
@karismjones.bsky.social
@mraleosays.bsky.social
@virginiak.bsky.social
@nashb.bsky.social
www.humanrestorationproject.org/podcasts/are... #literacies #NCTE2025 #edchat
@karismjones.bsky.social
@mraleosays.bsky.social
@virginiak.bsky.social
@nashb.bsky.social
www.humanrestorationproject.org/podcasts/are... #literacies #NCTE2025 #edchat
November 22, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Top tier podcast episode title: “Are we readers or are we players?” 😂
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Today's guests argue that the narratives & themes of English class are everywhere for those equipped to see them. 👇
@karismjones.bsky.social
@mraleosays.bsky.social
@virginiak.bsky.social
@nashb.bsky.social
www.humanrestorationproject.org/podcasts/are... #literacies #NCTE2025 #edchat
@karismjones.bsky.social
@mraleosays.bsky.social
@virginiak.bsky.social
@nashb.bsky.social
www.humanrestorationproject.org/podcasts/are... #literacies #NCTE2025 #edchat
November 22, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Today's guests argue that the narratives & themes of English class are everywhere for those equipped to see them. 👇
@karismjones.bsky.social
@mraleosays.bsky.social
@virginiak.bsky.social
@nashb.bsky.social
www.humanrestorationproject.org/podcasts/are... #literacies #NCTE2025 #edchat
@karismjones.bsky.social
@mraleosays.bsky.social
@virginiak.bsky.social
@nashb.bsky.social
www.humanrestorationproject.org/podcasts/are... #literacies #NCTE2025 #edchat
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Very Extra broadsides are my favorite letterpress genre to make. You can tell this one isn't done yet from there still being significant white space. (Uses my recent acrylic PC & wood skeleton lasercut blocks, which both came out well, as well as my wood Luddite lasercut block) #DHmakes
November 21, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Very Extra broadsides are my favorite letterpress genre to make. You can tell this one isn't done yet from there still being significant white space. (Uses my recent acrylic PC & wood skeleton lasercut blocks, which both came out well, as well as my wood Luddite lasercut block) #DHmakes
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I am writing about the things that bring me delight as a teacher, but these are also the elements of my teaching practice that I hope teach my students to delight in their writing and the writing of others.
Teaching Delight : Metawriting
This is the sweet spot of the semester where I know my students as people and I have trained them...
metawriting.deannamascle.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:36 AM
I am writing about the things that bring me delight as a teacher, but these are also the elements of my teaching practice that I hope teach my students to delight in their writing and the writing of others.
"...public education has increasingly come to be perceived as a private good that is harnessed to the pursuit of personal advantage; and, on the whole, the consequences of this for both school and society have been profoundly negative." 👀
A ⭐ on your sticker chart if you can guess the year:
"...we have complained that schools have abandoned academic standards, schools have undermined American economic competitiveness, schools are disorderly places that breed social disorder, schools waste massive sums of money..."
"...we have complained that schools have abandoned academic standards, schools have undermined American economic competitiveness, schools are disorderly places that breed social disorder, schools waste massive sums of money..."
November 20, 2025 at 7:45 PM
"...public education has increasingly come to be perceived as a private good that is harnessed to the pursuit of personal advantage; and, on the whole, the consequences of this for both school and society have been profoundly negative." 👀
A ⭐ on your sticker chart if you can guess the year:
"...we have complained that schools have abandoned academic standards, schools have undermined American economic competitiveness, schools are disorderly places that breed social disorder, schools waste massive sums of money..."
"...we have complained that schools have abandoned academic standards, schools have undermined American economic competitiveness, schools are disorderly places that breed social disorder, schools waste massive sums of money..."
November 20, 2025 at 7:17 PM
A ⭐ on your sticker chart if you can guess the year:
"...we have complained that schools have abandoned academic standards, schools have undermined American economic competitiveness, schools are disorderly places that breed social disorder, schools waste massive sums of money..."
"...we have complained that schools have abandoned academic standards, schools have undermined American economic competitiveness, schools are disorderly places that breed social disorder, schools waste massive sums of money..."
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Tapping the chart once again, the conventional wisdom that the SAT is the most equitable aspect of college admissions is completely wrong
November 20, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Tapping the chart once again, the conventional wisdom that the SAT is the most equitable aspect of college admissions is completely wrong
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Members of the Critical Gaming #Literacies study group will be leading a game breakout tomorrow at #NCTE2025! You’ll have the opportunity to create a complex and capable “troublemaker” with us. One of my favorite sessions every year, organized by #MakersInTheMiddle by @alexcorbitt.bsky.social !
November 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Members of the Critical Gaming #Literacies study group will be leading a game breakout tomorrow at #NCTE2025! You’ll have the opportunity to create a complex and capable “troublemaker” with us. One of my favorite sessions every year, organized by #MakersInTheMiddle by @alexcorbitt.bsky.social !
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I'm so sorry!!!!!
"literacy" as a job is just awful. Reading books together, making up goofy rhymes, changing the lyrics of songs, writing on the shopping list....that's how we teach kids to appreciate the joy of language. What hurts the most to me is that I KNOW how to do this, but nobody cares.
"literacy" as a job is just awful. Reading books together, making up goofy rhymes, changing the lyrics of songs, writing on the shopping list....that's how we teach kids to appreciate the joy of language. What hurts the most to me is that I KNOW how to do this, but nobody cares.
November 20, 2025 at 12:36 AM
I'm so sorry!!!!!
"literacy" as a job is just awful. Reading books together, making up goofy rhymes, changing the lyrics of songs, writing on the shopping list....that's how we teach kids to appreciate the joy of language. What hurts the most to me is that I KNOW how to do this, but nobody cares.
"literacy" as a job is just awful. Reading books together, making up goofy rhymes, changing the lyrics of songs, writing on the shopping list....that's how we teach kids to appreciate the joy of language. What hurts the most to me is that I KNOW how to do this, but nobody cares.
November 19, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Wow, this is wild. I had no idea @mistermeyer.bsky.social! Brown's Choice Program was a go-to social studies teaching resource for conscientious educators, that it's just *gone* is a huge loss.
history.brown.edu/community/ch...
history.brown.edu/community/ch...
November 19, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Wow, this is wild. I had no idea @mistermeyer.bsky.social! Brown's Choice Program was a go-to social studies teaching resource for conscientious educators, that it's just *gone* is a huge loss.
history.brown.edu/community/ch...
history.brown.edu/community/ch...
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The evidence is clear: when students apply knowledge through authentic, challenging, and sustained work, achievement rises.
Our new #EdResearch4Action brief shows what makes applied learning succeed and how systems can support it.
🔗bit.ly/applied_learning
Our new #EdResearch4Action brief shows what makes applied learning succeed and how systems can support it.
🔗bit.ly/applied_learning
October 30, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The evidence is clear: when students apply knowledge through authentic, challenging, and sustained work, achievement rises.
Our new #EdResearch4Action brief shows what makes applied learning succeed and how systems can support it.
🔗bit.ly/applied_learning
Our new #EdResearch4Action brief shows what makes applied learning succeed and how systems can support it.
🔗bit.ly/applied_learning
"The fakeness of school is not inevitable...But the places where deep and authentic learning tend to flourish are places where we don't always think to look." - @sarahmfine.bsky.social @humanrestorationproject.org
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3YU... #K12
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3YU... #K12
Lessons in Powerful Learning from the Fringes w/ Dr. Sarah Fine | Keynote | CTRH2025
YouTube video by Human Restoration Project
www.youtube.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:11 PM
"The fakeness of school is not inevitable...But the places where deep and authentic learning tend to flourish are places where we don't always think to look." - @sarahmfine.bsky.social @humanrestorationproject.org
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3YU... #K12
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3YU... #K12
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Not to mention the huge qualitative range in what "work hard" even means. Some kids probably don't have to work as hard as others get juice from the squeeze, and I'm sure Sisyphus works hard pushing that rock all day, but that doesn't mean it's worth doing. 😬
November 19, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Not to mention the huge qualitative range in what "work hard" even means. Some kids probably don't have to work as hard as others get juice from the squeeze, and I'm sure Sisyphus works hard pushing that rock all day, but that doesn't mean it's worth doing. 😬
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This. So much!
I am so tired of the overused, cliched phrase, “students worked hard this year.” They may or may not have (when you’re talking to a group), and it’s not the most important thing.
I am so tired of the overused, cliched phrase, “students worked hard this year.” They may or may not have (when you’re talking to a group), and it’s not the most important thing.
And if I have to hear the phrase "do his work" in relation to schooling for 6yos I'm going to lose my damn mind.
See, learning isn't a problem my son has. It's the construction of school-as-work that he can't tolerate. The message for 1st graders is: school is work, and work sucks, get used to it!
See, learning isn't a problem my son has. It's the construction of school-as-work that he can't tolerate. The message for 1st graders is: school is work, and work sucks, get used to it!
November 19, 2025 at 6:01 PM
This. So much!
I am so tired of the overused, cliched phrase, “students worked hard this year.” They may or may not have (when you’re talking to a group), and it’s not the most important thing.
I am so tired of the overused, cliched phrase, “students worked hard this year.” They may or may not have (when you’re talking to a group), and it’s not the most important thing.
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Just as the purpose of a hammer isn't to hammer, curriculum is also not the stuff of learning: it's a teaching tool. It's all a means to an end.
So what are we building together at school other than a pile of worksheets and assessment scores?
bsky.app/profile/frog...
So what are we building together at school other than a pile of worksheets and assessment scores?
bsky.app/profile/frog...
Toad put his head very close to the ground and shouted, “NOW SEEDS, START GROWING!”
November 19, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Just as the purpose of a hammer isn't to hammer, curriculum is also not the stuff of learning: it's a teaching tool. It's all a means to an end.
So what are we building together at school other than a pile of worksheets and assessment scores?
bsky.app/profile/frog...
So what are we building together at school other than a pile of worksheets and assessment scores?
bsky.app/profile/frog...
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Toad put his head very close to the ground and shouted, “NOW SEEDS, START GROWING!”
November 17, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Toad put his head very close to the ground and shouted, “NOW SEEDS, START GROWING!”