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Ilana Horn @ilanahorn.bsky.social · 2h

this is so deeply upsetting

David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 4h

The end of federal enforcement of special ed laws. Some states - including MN - will likely be ok. But a lot of disabled kids in a lot of states are going to lose the education that federal law and decades of jurisprudence say they are owed.

Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

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Ilana Horn @ilanahorn.bsky.social · 1d

it's giving

a man in a white coat and tie is talking on a cell phone .

ALT: a man in a white coat and tie is talking on a cell phone .

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Ilana Horn @ilanahorn.bsky.social · 1d

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Ilana Horn @ilanahorn.bsky.social · 2d

i read a history of jim crow in high school, and it forever changed my politics and understanding of u.s. history

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Working Families Party 🐺 @workingfamilies.org · 2d

Let's redefine what keeps us safe.

Funding national security should mean funding housing, food, healthcare, clean air and water for all.

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Ilana Horn @ilanahorn.bsky.social · 2d

that is ... confusing

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3d

#WarRavagedPortland

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Ilana Horn @ilanahorn.bsky.social · 4d

💯 agree

best part of my job

Tobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 4d

It’s unfortunate that the general aging population doesn’t get as much interaction with curious, hardworking young people as college professors do. They really will give you hope about the future on a daily basis 🤔

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Ilana Horn @ilanahorn.bsky.social · 5d

a close up of a man 's face with his mouth open and a surprised look on his face .

ALT: a close up of a man 's face with his mouth open and a surprised look on his face .

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JB_AU @jbau.bsky.social · 13d

AI is the asbestos we are shoveling into the walls of our society and our descendants will be digging it out for generations”

Mike Dickison @adzebill.bsky.social · 13d

Doctorow on the impending economic collapse when the AI bubble bursts. pluralistic.net/2025/09/27/e...

Pluralistic: The real (economic) AI apocalypse is nigh (27 Sep 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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David Hull 胡大衛 @hushuo.bsky.social · 5d

"“All our tech businesses are turning awful,” Doctorow writes in the book. “And they’re not dying. We remain trapped in their carcasses, unable to escape.”"

Ilana Horn @ilanahorn.bsky.social · 5d

[GIFT LINK] Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy) on enshittification www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/b...

A Powerhouse Writer Found One Word to Change the Debate About Tech

www.nytimes.com

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Ilana Horn @ilanahorn.bsky.social · 5d

this is the succinct definition of enshittification in the article.

this process is why i am so deeply wary of much ed tech -- this process would be absolutely toxic in education, and there are no guardrails to ensure it wouldn't happen #EduSKy

a screenshot of the article with the text:

"Here's the quick version.

First, a platform is good to its users. That may look like Facebook connecting you to all of your friends, or Amazon providing a giant, reliable marketplace for goods. Then when enough people have joined a platform that there aren't any alternatives, the platforms start exploiting their own users to entice businesses. That may look like Facebook providing personal data about its customers to advertizers, or Google prioritizing paid ads over organic search. Then when those business customers are also stuck on one dominant platform, the platform puts the screws to them, too: Ad rates skyrocketing on Facebook amid reports of ad fraud, or Amazon sellers having to pay Amazon to be featured on Prime, just to appear high up in search results."

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Ilana Horn @ilanahorn.bsky.social · 5d

[GIFT LINK] Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy) on enshittification www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/b...

A Powerhouse Writer Found One Word to Change the Debate About Tech

www.nytimes.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 6d

Some good advice SPOTTED over I-440 in Nashville…

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Ilana Horn @ilanahorn.bsky.social · 6d

"I regularly share aspects of my practice on social media as a way of modeling intentional, culturally responsive literacy teaching."

I can say for myself that I learn from you all the time, and it is delightful.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 8d

Universities considering capitulating to the Trump “conditions” should use this real world example to understand they will simply be destroying their own institution. bsky.app/profile/nich...

Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 8d

Chris Rufo's disastrous takeover of New College in Florida shows what universities would become if they sign the Trump regime's extortionary "compact."

New College was supposed to model the anti-woke conservative higher-ed Americans crave. Instead, it showed the opposite, and serves as a warning.

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Ilana Horn @ilanahorn.bsky.social · 8d

oooh.... that perfect acorn cap crunch!! 🍂

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Jennifer Berkshire @jenniferberkshire.bsky.social · 8d

If you want to understand why Zohran Mamdani is talking about phasing out NYC's gifted & talented program for kindergarteners, latest episode of Have You Heard is a great place to start. Hint: inequality in school translates to inequality in the world soundcloud.com/haveyouheard...

#205 Schools as Sorting Machines

Forget all that talk about education as the great equalizer. Public schools and inequality are joined at the hip. But must it be that way? We talk to the authors of a recent book called Schooled and S

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Ilana Horn @ilanahorn.bsky.social · 10d

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Ilana Horn @ilanahorn.bsky.social · 10d

i was writing a yom kippur text to someone and wanted to use the cohen hand sign emoji.

"cohen" didn't pull it up, but "vulcan" did 🤦‍♀️

IYKYK

#jewsky #shanatovah

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Vulcan salute - Wikipedia

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Nathan Holbert @snowdaylearninglab.org · 10d

Even “old crusty and mostly broken drip coffee machine on the broken and stained couch in the teachers lounge time” would be absurd.

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Paul Bruno @paul-bruno.com · 10d

PSA: Our department of Curriculum & Instruction is hiring for an open-rank position in secondary literacy! illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

Not *my* department, but my College. So come work with me! (Or let me know if you want to talk about UIUC [which is great]!)

College of Education: Professor (Open-Rank) – Secondary Literacy

Duties and Responsibilities

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Ilana Horn @ilanahorn.bsky.social · 10d

"latte time for teachers"

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tell me you've never been a teacher without telling me you've never been a teacher

Cal Armstrong @calarmstrong.bsky.social · 10d

Peter Singh TDSB : how do you ensure that time saved by #AI doesn't turn into "latte time" (his words) for teachers.
Well first. Every time saving innovation over the past hundred years has not reduced teacher work hours.
And second. OFFENDED.
Microsoft #AITour
#mtbos #onted

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Alfie Kohn @alfiekohn.bsky.social · 11d

Is it really an English or math teacher's responsibility to train students in how to use AI? At best, that skill is completely different from reasoning through a problem, reading deeply, or organizing one's thoughts. At worst, students are being taught how to *avoid* doing those things: is.gd/acOSmQ

The Chatbot in the Classroom, the Forklift at the Gym

EDUCATION WEEK September 22, 2025 The Chatbot in the Classroom, the Forklift at the Gym By Alfie Kohn [This is a significantly expanded version of the published article, which was given a different ti...

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