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Aunt Mrgladys @mrgan.com · 6d

I’m gonna say something controversial: I actually don’t think chickpea anxiety is real

Screenshot of NYT YouTube channel introducing a recipe with “chickpea anxiety is real.”

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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.bsky.social · Aug 16

This helped me today. Small Kindnesses, by Danusha Laméris

Small Kindnesses
by Danusha Laméris

I’ve been thinking about the way, when you walk
down a crowded aisle, people pull in their legs
to let you by. Or how strangers still say “bless you”
when someone sneezes, a leftover
from the Bubonic plague. “Don’t die,” we are saying.
And sometimes, when you spill lemons
from your grocery bag, someone else will help you
pick them up. Mostly, we don’t want to harm each other.
We want to be handed our cup of coffee hot,
and to say thank you to the person handing it. To smile
at them and for them to smile back. For the waitress
to call us honey when she sets down the bowl of clam chowder,
and for the driver in the red pick-up truck to let us pass.
We have so little of each other, now. So far
from tribe and fire. Only these brief moments of exchange.
What if they are the true dwelling of the holy, these
fleeting temples we make together when we say, “Here,
have my seat,” “Go ahead—you first,” “I like your hat.”

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Edutopia @edutopia.org · 18d

Introducing School of Practice, our first podcast! 🎧

Join us for 15-minute episodes filled with smart, pedagogy-shifting advice—backed by the research, and test-driven by teachers just like you.

Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4psx6Zv

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The cover of the School of Practice podcast from Edutopia Radio. It features a human pyramid of educators helping each other up.

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Kenie Richards @kenierichards.bsky.social · 19d

I’m going skating for the first time since 1997 tonight. Wish me luck. (I’m 42 this could lead to a broken hip.)

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Edutopia @edutopia.org · 24d

Teaching strategies at your fingertips!

With Homeroom, you can build your own personalized educator feed that grows right alongside you. 🌼 Try it out today: edut.to/4n12xry

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American Birding Association @aba.org · 27d

Remember, birding is there for you.

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Kenie Richards @kenierichards.bsky.social · 29d

Bless.

Kenie Richards @kenierichards.bsky.social · 29d

I wish this was true because I’m struggling in my Auntie Supreme duties and this would help.

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 29d

AirPods Pro 3 feature live Gen-Z Slang Definitions

AirPods Pro 3 with the Gen-Z Slang around the image

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Kenie Richards @kenierichards.bsky.social · 29d

Hi there, #EduSky - I’m eager to connect with art teachers so putting out a call! We have a cool project in the works that would give you compensated opportunities to shape some of our visual content at @edutopia.org. Please help me spread the word. My DMs are open to anyone interested!

This is a printer that has printed a note that reads “share what works!”.

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Kenie Richards @kenierichards.bsky.social · Sep 10

So, there’s a rescue pup up for adoption in my town and do we think he is actually Falkor?

This is a rescue pup that looks a lot like Falkor from Neverendjng story.

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Kenie Richards @kenierichards.bsky.social · Sep 9

This thread is a great example of exactly why we’ve built Ask & Answer on @edutopia.org. Please join us to get (and give!) support.

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I'm a new teacher & started teaching middle school history the fifth week of school. Each class has a small, core number of students who are extremely difficult (see below). Thoughts on how to reset?

Some additional context I started teaching two 7th Grade World History classes and two 8th Grade US History classes in the 5th week at an Oakland Charter School this last week. The students had demora...

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Tom Berger @tfberger.bsky.social · Sep 8

Looking for research-backed tips for motivating students? @cathleenbeachbd.bsky.social has you covered: www.edutopia.org/article/boos....

3 Ways to Boost Students’ Motivation to Learn

New research suggests that motivation isn’t built on grades but on whether grades match students’ expectations, so showing them evidence of their learning is key.

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Marcus Luther @marcusluther.bsky.social · Sep 8

Before leaving one day this past week, I sent home a few positive messages to families of students who had really shown out so far.

One responded with a loud thank you—and a note that “they had never heard anything positive before” about their kid from school.

Reminder: it‘s the little things.

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Edutopia @edutopia.org · Sep 5

Group work and reading and A.I., oh my! Join the conversation and share your tips on Edutopia’s Ask & Answer community forum.

Here are a few questions from the past week—add your ideas or get some new ones!👇

Ask & Answer: Your space to get the support and strategies you're seeking.

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Kenie Richards @kenierichards.bsky.social · Sep 3

“We can think of school as a place that focuses on producing learning & learning outcomes, but I think that’s not true… It’s to grow thinkers, civic agents, ppl who understand themselves in a way that really positions them to think in evidence-based and systematic ways about complex problems…”

Edutopia @edutopia.org · Sep 3

When we think of “learning outcomes” as the purpose of education and stop there, we miss out on the ultimate aim of school—which is to use the learning to build the person.

Read the conversation between neuroscientist Mary Helen Immordino-Yang and @stephenmerrill.bsky.social for more.

#EduSky

Projects, Purpose, and the Teenage Mind

Neuroscientist Mary Helen Immordino-Yang on why adolescent students search for deeper meaning—and what that tells us about designing schools that engage teens.

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Edutopia @edutopia.org · Sep 3

When we think of “learning outcomes” as the purpose of education and stop there, we miss out on the ultimate aim of school—which is to use the learning to build the person.

Read the conversation between neuroscientist Mary Helen Immordino-Yang and @stephenmerrill.bsky.social for more.

#EduSky

Projects, Purpose, and the Teenage Mind

Neuroscientist Mary Helen Immordino-Yang on why adolescent students search for deeper meaning—and what that tells us about designing schools that engage teens.

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Nick Covington @covingtonedu.bsky.social · Oct 22

Some folks really need to be reminded that the purpose of school is not "learning" per se, it's human development. Experiences that contribute positively to the multiple & varied goals & needs of human development are never a distraction.

"The whole notion of learning is a red herring. I don't talk about learning, throw it out. I'm sick of thinking about learning because learning in our society, the way we conceptualize it, is about semantic recall and procedural recall in a context. Learning is not the aim of school, learning is the means, the aim of school is human development. It's developing the dispositions, the capacities, to be able to engage in a complex systems-level of social and cultural institutionalization in the world, and to reify and create the kinds of structures and systems that we want and that we need given the changing circumstances.

The thing is, learning is essential...but it is essential because you need fodder to be able to develop around, not because it is the end point, but we call learning the 'outcome', 'learning outcomes', and then we're done! That's what school's about: it's about producing learning outcomes. But it's not. The learning outcomes are just the midway to what you're really supposed to be working on, which is: how did learning these things, how did engaging with thinking about these things develop you as a thinker, as a person, as a citizen? Those are the outcomes we should be caring about but we think about them as on a separate track from the learning. There's the math, and then there's the other stuff...which is kind of ridiculous."

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Sara Hinkley @boneysoups.bsky.social · Aug 26

better than a push notification: learned about the Taylor Swift engagement because a woman outside of Madewell was yelling it into her phone

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Kenie Richards @kenierichards.bsky.social · Aug 26

The rest we’ll shape together. Please join us and help spread the word.

PS - Podcast dropping next!

School of Practice is one of the podcast formats that Edutopia Radio will launch with. It will feature our host and a practitioner going deep on practical teaching strategies in every episode. Coming soon!

Kenie Richards @kenierichards.bsky.social · Aug 26

… “sharing what works” along the way, and doing whatever we can to make your Edutopia experience a little more useful every single time you visit. All this is to say, both Homeroom and Ask & Answer (www.edutopia.org/ask-and-answer) are just the beginning of @edutopia.org’s next chapter.

Ask & Answer - Recommended

Ask questions and get answers from educators in our community.

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Kenie Richards @kenierichards.bsky.social · Aug 26

… get relevant event invites, and, soon, we’ll also open up ways to unlock fun perks as you engage. Who remembers those #EduAllStars T-shirts from Teacher Appreciation Week?

We are leaning hard into building this community with you, inviting you even more deeply into shaping our mission of…

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Kenie Richards @kenierichards.bsky.social · Aug 26

This feature is now available to anyone with a (permanently free!) @edutopia.org account. We ask you a few questions to unlock it so we can serve you relevant resources, and then more you use it the smarter it gets. You’ll also see what other educators like you are reading and sharing…

Edutopia @edutopia.org · Aug 26

We’re thrilled to introduce our most personalized feature yet. It’s designed to make every visit to Edutopia more useful, inspiring, and tailored *to you.*

Power up with Homeroom: edut.to/4n12xry

Introducing Homeroom!
Our most personalized feed yet, designed to give you an endlessly-useful experience every time you visit.

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Kenie Richards @kenierichards.bsky.social · Aug 26

This read is both inspiring and practical, and it’s full of helpful resources.

(PS - Thanks for the @edutopia.org shoutout, @mrneibauer.bsky.social!)

Adrian Neibauer @mrneibauer.bsky.social · Aug 25

My goal for this year is to look for simple ways I can increase the rigor of our learning experiences. #TeacherSky #EduSky #SubstackSky

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Raising the Bar

The Rigor of TQE, Hexagonal Thinking, and High Expectations

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Edutopia @edutopia.org · Aug 25

👀 What are some ways of developing an appropriate level of rigor into a lesson?

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What are some ways of developing an appropriate level of rigor into a lesson?

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Paige Tutt @tatertutt.bsky.social · Aug 20

Nothing makes me happier than writing a story about experiences that bring kids joy. 🥹

My latest for @edutopia.org, a fun one on unconventional afterschool clubs:

Huge, HUGE shout out to the educators putting their time and energy into producing these meaningful and memorable moments for kids 🧡

10 Fun, Unexpected School Clubs Worth the Lift

From blending up fresh smoothies to raising chickens, these clubs require commitment—and they deliver joy, connection, and community in return.

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