Diana Laufenberg
@dlaufenberg.bsky.social
Farm kid, long time teacher, exec dir of inquiryschools.org - often found frolicking in nature with the pup, Brin
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Diana Laufenberg
@dlaufenberg.bsky.social
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Longtime classroom teacher in WI, KS, AZ and PA. Now leading Inquiry Schools as we work to start up and redesign learning environments that are inquiry based, project driven.
I spend most of my free time outside with my pup Brin in rural Wisco.
Longtime classroom teacher in WI, KS, AZ and PA. Now leading Inquiry Schools as we work to start up and redesign learning environments that are inquiry based, project driven.
I spend most of my free time outside with my pup Brin in rural Wisco.
Simple. Direct. Clear.
Data visualization by the people, for the people
Brother Warnock lays it plain.
November 7, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Simple. Direct. Clear.
I feel as though I would be remiss of me to not make sure you had seen this - @thejosevilson.com from The Pudding. pudding.cool/2025/07/stre...
NYC’s Urban Textscape
Analyzing All of the Words Found on NYC Streets
pudding.cool
October 17, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I feel as though I would be remiss of me to not make sure you had seen this - @thejosevilson.com from The Pudding. pudding.cool/2025/07/stre...
I spent a summer in China teaching 'American teaching methods' which were often defined by the underpinnings of democracy - I was always curious about that choice. This - this makes more sense to me - www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/w...
Russia’s Ban on I.B. Schools Deepens Its Rupture With the West
www.nytimes.com
September 28, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I spent a summer in China teaching 'American teaching methods' which were often defined by the underpinnings of democracy - I was always curious about that choice. This - this makes more sense to me - www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/w...
I'm not sure it gets more real world than this... oof. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICHn...
Lithuanian schoolchildren taught to fly drones in order to strengthen defense capabilities
YouTube video by FRANCE 24 English
www.youtube.com
September 28, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I'm not sure it gets more real world than this... oof. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICHn...
"art historian ShiPu Wang felicitously characterizes as “imagery of the Other by the Other”: a counter archive of American Indian representation produced by an eccentric, educated Japanese immigrant, whose motives for relocating to Okanogan remain undetermined." #sschat
Glen Mimura on the groundbreaking work of Frank S. Matsura: “ Unlike his more prestigious white male counterparts, Matsura did not impose any particular interpretive frame onto his subjects...”
How Photographer Frank S. Matsura Challenged White America’s Hegemonic View of the West
This story is well-worn local lore, yet still little known beyond the territories of present-day north-central Washington State. But the story bears significance well beyond the remoteness and seem…
buff.ly
September 26, 2025 at 3:25 PM
"art historian ShiPu Wang felicitously characterizes as “imagery of the Other by the Other”: a counter archive of American Indian representation produced by an eccentric, educated Japanese immigrant, whose motives for relocating to Okanogan remain undetermined." #sschat
This is just some of the most thoughtful, reflective and grounded writing about the challenge inherent in the art and practice of teaching today. Thank you for taking the time to write for us, @mrneibauer.bsky.social. #edusky
To be the best teacher I can, I look for ways to restore balance in my classroom, teach in ways that protest the restrictions I face, and protect my students’ humanity. #TeacherSky #EduSky #SubstackSky
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The Redress of Teaching
What Teaching is Supposed to Do
open.substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 2:06 PM
This is just some of the most thoughtful, reflective and grounded writing about the challenge inherent in the art and practice of teaching today. Thank you for taking the time to write for us, @mrneibauer.bsky.social. #edusky
I could totally see this working at SLAMS with Humanities/Tech/Engineering mash up - looking at the historic West Philly neighborhood. @timothymboyle.bsky.social
The Big Map is up in the Kent Free Library! This is a project highlighting the history of our South End, a neighborhood of immigrants, Black southern migrants, and railroad workers. communitygeography.kent.edu/index.php/20...
September 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I could totally see this working at SLAMS with Humanities/Tech/Engineering mash up - looking at the historic West Philly neighborhood. @timothymboyle.bsky.social
No one else is available! That means it's time for the D- farmer... Roughly 40 years ago I put a tractor in the ditch (I was 10). I've never really lived that down. Always amuses me when my Dad lets me be helpful. It's a sign that he's asked everyone else first. #Dminusfarmer
September 1, 2025 at 11:48 PM
No one else is available! That means it's time for the D- farmer... Roughly 40 years ago I put a tractor in the ditch (I was 10). I've never really lived that down. Always amuses me when my Dad lets me be helpful. It's a sign that he's asked everyone else first. #Dminusfarmer
It's tragedies like this that should haunt this nation. Especially in an era where the top 'legal' figures are ignoring procedure and process left, right and center. www.propublica.org/article/loui...
An Unconstitutional “Jim Crow Jury” Sent Him to Prison for Life. A New Law Aims to Keep Him There.
Five years ago, the Supreme Court decided that nonunanimous jury verdicts are unconstitutional. But for this Louisiana prisoner — and hundreds of others — “tough on crime” state leaders have ensured t...
www.propublica.org
August 31, 2025 at 3:27 PM
It's tragedies like this that should haunt this nation. Especially in an era where the top 'legal' figures are ignoring procedure and process left, right and center. www.propublica.org/article/loui...
Justin is asking a really interesting question here - one that many have been asking a version of for a very long time. My take... How do we use learning to learn as the ultimate tool for an unknown future? #edusky
August 27, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Justin is asking a really interesting question here - one that many have been asking a version of for a very long time. My take... How do we use learning to learn as the ultimate tool for an unknown future? #edusky
It was one of the very first things I did with my first class of SLA students ... I was unprepared for the raw honesty. Proud and heartbroken sums it up well.
The great @dlaufenberg.bsky.social mentioned an assignment she did: she asked students to bring in and present on an image that depicted what America means to them and I did it.
I’ve never been more proud and heartbroken in my entire career.
The children are not alright and they shouldn’t be.
I’ve never been more proud and heartbroken in my entire career.
The children are not alright and they shouldn’t be.
August 21, 2025 at 1:33 AM
It was one of the very first things I did with my first class of SLA students ... I was unprepared for the raw honesty. Proud and heartbroken sums it up well.
For those of you diving into middle school this year - this from @puddingviz.bsky.social - pudding.cool/2025/02/midd... - things to think about. If you are admin and have new staff, this might be something to have them scroll through. #edusky
The Middle Ages
Follow hundreds of kids as they navigate their treacherous middle school years.
pudding.cool
August 14, 2025 at 3:23 PM
For those of you diving into middle school this year - this from @puddingviz.bsky.social - pudding.cool/2025/02/midd... - things to think about. If you are admin and have new staff, this might be something to have them scroll through. #edusky
Love this idea for pushing against potential AI slop for essay writing - thinking @heymrsbond.com might find something useful in here.
I Wonder If This Idea Of Writing A Short Essay About Each Year Of Your Life Could Be Adapted To The Classroom? larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2025/08/14/i...
I Wonder If This Idea Of Writing A Short Essay About Each Year Of Your Life Could Be Adapted To The Classroom?
The creator of the Universal Turing Machine has written a short essay about each year of his life, and will shortly be opening it up for others to contribute their own versions of it. ItR…
larryferlazzo.edublogs.org
August 14, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Love this idea for pushing against potential AI slop for essay writing - thinking @heymrsbond.com might find something useful in here.
I've been working with these folks for a while now... Always happy to share what I think is interesting in the world of primary sources and inquiry! Check out the other minutes, fascinating work. #edusky #sschat
“Just One Day” uses the front pages of historical newspapers to contextualize momentous events, both joyous and heinous.
What happened the day before the Tulsa Race Massacre?
Learn more here: tpsconsortiumcreatedmaterials.org/primary-sour...
#ChronAm #TeacherSky #sschat #MediaLiteracy
What happened the day before the Tulsa Race Massacre?
Learn more here: tpsconsortiumcreatedmaterials.org/primary-sour...
#ChronAm #TeacherSky #sschat #MediaLiteracy
Primary Source Minute - Just One Day - Historical Newspaper Activity
YouTube video by TPS Western Region at MSU Denver
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August 5, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Reading @audreywatters.bsky.social Friday post that linked out to this Ocean Vuong interview clip - www.instagram.com/reel/DMRuChL... and thinking about the conversation @heymrsbond.com had with my class of pre-service teachers last week. Will be using it this week... #edusky
July 25, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Reading @audreywatters.bsky.social Friday post that linked out to this Ocean Vuong interview clip - www.instagram.com/reel/DMRuChL... and thinking about the conversation @heymrsbond.com had with my class of pre-service teachers last week. Will be using it this week... #edusky
Thrilled to be in Salt Lake City with @nmangum.bsky.social @dhudgins.bsky.social and @leadingedgelearn.bsky.social for the UEN Leading Schools Summit. In addition to working with top notch school leaders - I get to frolic in the mtns a bit. #edusky
June 25, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Thrilled to be in Salt Lake City with @nmangum.bsky.social @dhudgins.bsky.social and @leadingedgelearn.bsky.social for the UEN Leading Schools Summit. In addition to working with top notch school leaders - I get to frolic in the mtns a bit. #edusky
I don't write much, but I always seem to meet the challenge when Larry asks.
What Advice Would You Offer School Superintendents? with @dlaufenberg.bsky.social www.edweek.org/leadership/o...
June 23, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I don't write much, but I always seem to meet the challenge when Larry asks.
Always a delight to listen to @timothymboyle.bsky.social talk about SLAMS with @scottmcleod.bsky.social and Liz Garden. www.naesp.org/resource/cou... I will always put the work I did with this team as some of the most rewarding (non classroom based) work of my career. #edusky
The Courage to Innovate - NAESP
The risks and rewards of taking a new approach to learning at your school.
www.naesp.org
June 11, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Always a delight to listen to @timothymboyle.bsky.social talk about SLAMS with @scottmcleod.bsky.social and Liz Garden. www.naesp.org/resource/cou... I will always put the work I did with this team as some of the most rewarding (non classroom based) work of my career. #edusky
Always impressed with the hard work of these teachers, students and admin!
If you read the Inquirer, you’ll see that SLA-MS has the 3rd highest PSSA ELA proficiency for elementary/middle schools. These scores are not the tail that wags the dog with us, and, they are one of the ways we know we’d stack our Humanities department up against any department in the State
June 4, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Always impressed with the hard work of these teachers, students and admin!
A really thoughtful and impactful project in NC with @pulitzercenter.bsky.social and youth. Connecting their world to the Pulitzer Center reporting. Could be an interesting end of the year activity in classrooms. #edusky #sschat pulitzercenter.org/blog/nc-stud...
NC Student Photos Connect Global Reporting to Local Issues
"I never understood why my mother always liked having a midwife, but after reading this article I now have a better understanding.I took a photo of my mom and her three-month-old baby. This relates to...
pulitzercenter.org
May 29, 2025 at 4:12 PM
A really thoughtful and impactful project in NC with @pulitzercenter.bsky.social and youth. Connecting their world to the Pulitzer Center reporting. Could be an interesting end of the year activity in classrooms. #edusky #sschat pulitzercenter.org/blog/nc-stud...
Always a delight to collaborate with @mrchase.bsky.social! We are 17 years into doing stuff together in the edu world... Wishing he and Stephanie all the best with this new endeavor. #edusky
And we're live! The first episode of Academic Distinctions dropped today. Listen as Stephanie and I talk AI EOs and Weaponizing Federal Education Funding with @dlaufenberg.bsky.social academicdistinctions.buzzsprout.com #edusky #AI #education #learning #teaching #podcast
Academic Distinctions: A Podcast to Fix America's Schools
Hosted by Stephanie Melville and Zac Chase, "Academic Distinctions" is a podcast for educators that tackles the reading and research teachers often don't have time for. With experience as classroom te...
academicdistinctions.buzzsprout.com
April 30, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Always a delight to collaborate with @mrchase.bsky.social! We are 17 years into doing stuff together in the edu world... Wishing he and Stephanie all the best with this new endeavor. #edusky
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Media inquiries around the Trump EO on AI are coming in... ed tech law and policy is exactly my wheelhouse, so if you know of any members of the media looking for input, feel free to send them my way.
April 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Media inquiries around the Trump EO on AI are coming in... ed tech law and policy is exactly my wheelhouse, so if you know of any members of the media looking for input, feel free to send them my way.
Reposted by Diana Laufenberg
5 Cost-Free Ways to Make Life Better for Teachers (Downloadable) www.edweek.org/leadership/o... by @dlaufenberg.bsky.social
5 Cost-Free Ways to Make Life Better for Teachers (Downloadable) (Opinion)
Two educators offer school leaders simple suggestions for improving the lives of teachers and students in this guide.
www.edweek.org
April 22, 2025 at 8:10 PM
5 Cost-Free Ways to Make Life Better for Teachers (Downloadable) www.edweek.org/leadership/o... by @dlaufenberg.bsky.social
Dan has been and continues to be one of the sharpest, smartest voices to breakdown the world of edtech (as well as math) ... Thank you for this, Dan. #edusky
Damn, @ddmeyer.bsky.social went IN on AI in education at ASU+GSV. Amen, Dan:
The AI Rapture Ain’t Nigh: What To Do When You Stop Waiting
YouTube video by Dan Meyer
youtu.be
April 9, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Dan has been and continues to be one of the sharpest, smartest voices to breakdown the world of edtech (as well as math) ... Thank you for this, Dan. #edusky
Reposted by Diana Laufenberg
Americans (and the world) aren't ready for the economic disaster that is about to happen (and how the administrations' lack of mathematical understanding will make it way worse). We need more funding for social studies education, including economics education ASAP. www.axios.com/2025/04/03/h...
How Trump calculated tariffs with surprisingly simple math
Essentially, any country with which the United States experiences a trade deficit gets payback tariffs.
www.axios.com
April 3, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Americans (and the world) aren't ready for the economic disaster that is about to happen (and how the administrations' lack of mathematical understanding will make it way worse). We need more funding for social studies education, including economics education ASAP. www.axios.com/2025/04/03/h...