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Larry Ferlazzo @larryferlazzo.bsky.social · 4d

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Chris Lehmann @clehmann.bsky.social · 4d

New Post: Meeting the Moment by Knowing Our History

Are educators ahistorical about their own profession?

What do the last 150 years of American public education teach us about how we must meet this current educational moment?

Meeting the Moment by Knowing Our History

Recently, I was lucky enough to talk to one of the truly transformational educators of the previous generation. They're getting older and starting to have some real health challenges, and they are someone who deserves all the flowers and thank yous for creating schools that changed the parameters of what many people - students, parents, educators, policy makers - thought school could be.

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Mattrkay @mattrkay.bsky.social · 4d

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Mattrkay @mattrkay.bsky.social · 8d

My latest column for EL Magazine ❤️
"We can’t have it both ways: School systems can’t both retain and infantilize expert teachers." ascd.org/el/articles/...
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Are We Giving “Pros” the Respect They Deserve?

If we want to keep our best educators, let’s treat them like the professionals they are.

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Mattrkay @mattrkay.bsky.social · 20d

It’s so helpful for teachers to have a *pre-fussing* gear that’s not hostile.

“Hey! Now LOOK at you. I wrapped up all this pretty work time and gave you a gift and you just THREW it away! I’m CRYING over here.” 🤪

In other words, “Do your work, freshman.”

Mattrkay @mattrkay.bsky.social · 22d

really should be a celebration animation that plays when you get to the end of a class of grading

cmon canvas hype me up

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Mattrkay @mattrkay.bsky.social · Aug 30

On a commercial, I just heard “Speak with a *real* therapist , NOT AI!” as a selling point (yikes!)

… and I’m wondering how common/ effective/crucial that claim will become for a brand.

Be taught by a *real* teacher!
Listen to a *real* band!
Written by a *real* author!

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Mattrkay @mattrkay.bsky.social · Aug 11

This year I’m only about grown-up conversations (like this) about public schools. No time - or energy - for temper tantrums. practicaltheory.org/blog/2025/08...

Build, Don’t Burn

The problem with building a thing is that, once it’s built, folks will try to burn it down. Burning down seems to be in vogue these days. We are seeing, in real time, institutions that have i…

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Mattrkay @mattrkay.bsky.social · Aug 2

Thank you! It was a great chat!! 💯

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Marcus Luther @marcusluther.bsky.social · Aug 2

If you have 5 minutes this weekend, listen to this clip of @mattrkay.bsky.social walking through his guidance towards teachers who are hesitant about facilitating more-challenging discussions in their classroom.

(Also: this is why we need to listen to teachers.)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sx8p...

Talking About What Matters with Matt Kay

YouTube video by Broken Copier

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Marcus Luther @marcusluther.bsky.social · Aug 1

"We're there to be humans in the room with other humans talking about ideas"

The case by @mattrkay.bsky.social in this conversation: never more than now have classroom discussions been needed, in both quantity and quality.

(And that quantity and quality? Not an easy thing.)

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Marcus Luther @marcusluther.bsky.social · Aug 1

"Everything I love about teaching is represented in coaching."

Cannot wait for this conversation to come out tomorrow! So much of what @mattrkay.bsky.social said resonated with me (example: teaching as a type of coaching!) but also pushed me to imagine better for the upcoming year 🙏

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Mattrkay @mattrkay.bsky.social · Jul 23

Is this the year that ELA teachers need to authentically plan for a post-essay world?

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Mattrkay @mattrkay.bsky.social · Jul 23

School in a year (or so):

watching our computers talk to each other, then hopefully asking kids what they’ve learned from the exchange.

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Mattrkay @mattrkay.bsky.social · Jul 19

Enjoy!

Mattrkay @mattrkay.bsky.social · Jul 19

Aw I appreciate that!

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Mattrkay @mattrkay.bsky.social · Jul 19

Hope you find it useful!

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Marcus Luther @marcusluther.bsky.social · Jul 18

1. This book is one of those rare education books that almost immediately became transferable to my classroom practices (Like: immediately!)

2. I was super fortunate to be able to pick @mattrkay.bsky.social's thinking, too—cannot wait for that conversation to come out in a couple weeks!

"Prompting Deeper Discussions" by Matthew R. Kay

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Mattrkay @mattrkay.bsky.social · Jul 9

The voting on squid game feels like last november

End the game or play the game. It’s on the nose

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Jennifer Orr @jenorr.bsky.social · Jun 6

I can't believe this book has been out in the world for two years. I will be forever grateful to @mattrkay.bsky.social for inviting me into this work and for sharing all of his wisdom and the energy he'd put into Not Light, But Fire.

Stenhouse Publishers @stenhousepub.bsky.social · Jun 6

Happy 2nd birthday to We're Gonna Keep On Talking! Co-authors @mattrkay.bsky.social and @jenorr.bsky.social empower elementary teachers to respond authentically and truthfully to children's questions about the world and lead meaningful discussions about race. www.routledge.com/Were-Gonna-K...

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Mattrkay @mattrkay.bsky.social · Jun 1

As we end another school year, here’s a gentle reminder that the way things end (that last sweet conversation, that last snarky quip) matters. A lot.

Let’s agree to let each other go out easy plz www.ascd.org/el/articles/...

Confronting Inequity / Getting the Endings Right

A psychological theory on the power of endings offers lessons for educators, especially this year.

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Mattrkay @mattrkay.bsky.social · May 27

“If you were more interesting, little boys wouldn’t turn into sudden incel murderers” is… a leap

We just tryna teach, man. C’mon. Every failure in society ain’t us.

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Mattrkay @mattrkay.bsky.social · May 27

I mean… I know what they were going for… but I feel like you coulda had *one* classroom in Adolescence that wasn’t an abomination.

“All they do is show movies.”

Not sure why teachers had to catch strays. What WE do?

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Mattrkay @mattrkay.bsky.social · May 26

Hey thanks!

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Mattrkay @mattrkay.bsky.social · May 21