Andrea
@teachbk.bsky.social
nyc public school educator. she/her
fan of art, coffee & liberation.
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Andrea
@teachbk.bsky.social
· Feb 8
I wrote about culturally responsive teaching and how educators who promote these practices in theory should be building pathways for these principles to be put into practice.
Part of a series from @edweek.bsky.social
With @ericabrivera.bsky.social
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Part of a series from @edweek.bsky.social
With @ericabrivera.bsky.social
www.edweek.org/leadership/o...
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education coverage in the NYT is generally on the side of corporate reform
December 12, 2025 at 4:16 PM
education coverage in the NYT is generally on the side of corporate reform
we went from meltdowns at writing time to pulling out the notebook and working on his essay without being asked because there is nothing like PBL to motivate learners
December 12, 2025 at 12:02 AM
we went from meltdowns at writing time to pulling out the notebook and working on his essay without being asked because there is nothing like PBL to motivate learners
Same lesson. What you get when you care more about quantity than quality in a curriculum.
December 9, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Same lesson. What you get when you care more about quantity than quality in a curriculum.
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So glad someone finally asked this, and a little shocked that 4 in 10 New Jerseyans have never heard of the Jersey Devil.
194. Monmouth University poll of New Jersey, 2012: "Have you heard of the legend of the Jersey Devil, or not? (If Yes, ask:) Do you believe the Jersey Devil actually exists or not?"
December 9, 2025 at 10:26 PM
So glad someone finally asked this, and a little shocked that 4 in 10 New Jerseyans have never heard of the Jersey Devil.
Um… @nycschools.bsky.social employees use Teams… can we talk about this????
This article asks, "whether this is open to abuse", but imo, the very existence and implementation of this tech *IS* abuse.
No matter how "restricted" it is. No matter how little an employer uses it.
This is a level of surveillance that is inherently abusive.
No matter how "restricted" it is. No matter how little an employer uses it.
This is a level of surveillance that is inherently abusive.
microsoft promised to "empower every user" and google to "revolutionise knowledge and technological innovation" but in reality what they have given us is an invasive surveillance dystopian nightmare hard to escape
www.forbes.com/sites/zakdof...
www.forbes.com/sites/zakdof...
December 7, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Um… @nycschools.bsky.social employees use Teams… can we talk about this????
"Vocabulary instruction includes more than just the definition of a word and its multiple meanings."
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Teachers' Guide: Building Word Knowledge for Reading Comprehension
Learn how to teach, when to teach the skill, how to build fluency, how to assess student learning & more. Includes sample lesson plans.
readinguniverse.org
December 6, 2025 at 6:53 PM
"Vocabulary instruction includes more than just the definition of a word and its multiple meanings."
readinguniverse.org/skill-explai...
readinguniverse.org/skill-explai...
Your annual reminder that not everyone celebrates "the holidays" in your school. You don't have to impose your version of December onto other people's children.
December 6, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Your annual reminder that not everyone celebrates "the holidays" in your school. You don't have to impose your version of December onto other people's children.
my nemesis. i love to hate her
November 30, 2025 at 10:11 PM
my nemesis. i love to hate her
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New Blog Post:
Culture & Identity in the Math Classroom
How do elements of the culture students bring into the classroom interact with the classroom culture we create? What does it mean to shift or honor them?
Culture & Identity in the Math Classroom
How do elements of the culture students bring into the classroom interact with the classroom culture we create? What does it mean to shift or honor them?
Culture & Identity in the Math Classroom
How do elements of the culture students bring into the classroom interact with the classroom culture we create? What does it mean to shift or honor them? Earlier this week, I watched the first session in TERC's Forum for Equity in Elementary Mathematics series '25-'26. Dr. Pam Seda spoke about "Culturally Relevant Math Tasks: When What You Teach Connects to Who They Are."
jennalaib.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:20 PM
New Blog Post:
Culture & Identity in the Math Classroom
How do elements of the culture students bring into the classroom interact with the classroom culture we create? What does it mean to shift or honor them?
Culture & Identity in the Math Classroom
How do elements of the culture students bring into the classroom interact with the classroom culture we create? What does it mean to shift or honor them?
On the quiet=learning claim:
Learners benefit from quiet at times.
Distraction-free doesn’t necessarily mean quiet.
Silence doesn’t ensure concentration.
Classrooms can be calm without being silent.
Learning occurs in a variety of circumstances. We need some nuance here
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Learners benefit from quiet at times.
Distraction-free doesn’t necessarily mean quiet.
Silence doesn’t ensure concentration.
Classrooms can be calm without being silent.
Learning occurs in a variety of circumstances. We need some nuance here
1/
November 30, 2025 at 9:41 PM
On the quiet=learning claim:
Learners benefit from quiet at times.
Distraction-free doesn’t necessarily mean quiet.
Silence doesn’t ensure concentration.
Classrooms can be calm without being silent.
Learning occurs in a variety of circumstances. We need some nuance here
1/
Learners benefit from quiet at times.
Distraction-free doesn’t necessarily mean quiet.
Silence doesn’t ensure concentration.
Classrooms can be calm without being silent.
Learning occurs in a variety of circumstances. We need some nuance here
1/
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Play-Based Learning in Kindergarten Is Making a Comeback. Here’s What It Means
@eheubeck.bsky.social via @edweek.org
www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...
@eheubeck.bsky.social via @edweek.org
www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...
Play-Based Learning in Kindergarten Is Making a Comeback. Here's What It Means
Amid rigorous academic expectations in the early grades, some advocates push for a return to play.
www.edweek.org
November 13, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Play-Based Learning in Kindergarten Is Making a Comeback. Here’s What It Means
@eheubeck.bsky.social via @edweek.org
www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...
@eheubeck.bsky.social via @edweek.org
www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...
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One for the file of situational irony exemplars
November 30, 2025 at 4:55 PM
One for the file of situational irony exemplars
November 30, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Your education cannot be social media. If you're not reading, you're not learning. Podcasts can be educational when they have scholars, authors, etc who actually have expertise on a topic. Reading is essential. When Kendrick said "turn the TV off" it was more than a metaphor.
November 28, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Your education cannot be social media. If you're not reading, you're not learning. Podcasts can be educational when they have scholars, authors, etc who actually have expertise on a topic. Reading is essential. When Kendrick said "turn the TV off" it was more than a metaphor.
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Malala Yousafzai surprised Brooklyn Landmark Elementary School's second-graders this fall by serving as the school's "celebrity substitute" on the YouTube show of the same name, helping launch a major makeover of the school's library and technology room. Read: https://bit.ly/47XA1T6
November 23, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Malala Yousafzai surprised Brooklyn Landmark Elementary School's second-graders this fall by serving as the school's "celebrity substitute" on the YouTube show of the same name, helping launch a major makeover of the school's library and technology room. Read: https://bit.ly/47XA1T6
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HAPPY THANKSGIVING (NOT): This holiday season, @nycspeakeradams.bsky.social wants you to know that she's NOT thinking about Paraprofessionals. In fact, she's spending her last few weeks in office actively working AGAINST Paras by single-handedly blocking legislation that would raise Para salaries.
Keep the RESPECT check bill on track!
Our paraprofessional legislation has overwhelming support in the New York City Council, but we need it brought to committee and then put forward for a vote. City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams has the...
actionnetwork.org
November 21, 2025 at 10:06 PM
HAPPY THANKSGIVING (NOT): This holiday season, @nycspeakeradams.bsky.social wants you to know that she's NOT thinking about Paraprofessionals. In fact, she's spending her last few weeks in office actively working AGAINST Paras by single-handedly blocking legislation that would raise Para salaries.
the obsession with making kindergarteners to decode words has ruined kindergarten
Related: I have elementary school teacher friends who’ve told me they’ve eliminated play in Kindergarten to make space for reading screeners. You know who those kids are—and we know why this is happening.
we shouldn’t (more fully) turn high schools into metric production mills
November 26, 2025 at 12:15 AM
the obsession with making kindergarteners to decode words has ruined kindergarten
Be wary of authors, consultants, administrators, and influencers who want you to believe they know the thing that will make children learn.
There is no thing.
There is no such thing.
There are no easy answers.
Teaching is miles wide & oceans deep.
There is no thing.
There is no such thing.
There are no easy answers.
Teaching is miles wide & oceans deep.
November 25, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Be wary of authors, consultants, administrators, and influencers who want you to believe they know the thing that will make children learn.
There is no thing.
There is no such thing.
There are no easy answers.
Teaching is miles wide & oceans deep.
There is no thing.
There is no such thing.
There are no easy answers.
Teaching is miles wide & oceans deep.
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Viola Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, has died. She was 111.
"I have lived through the massacre every day. Our country may forget this history, but I cannot," she told Congress in 2021.
Geoff Bennett has more.
"I have lived through the massacre every day. Our country may forget this history, but I cannot," she told Congress in 2021.
Geoff Bennett has more.
November 24, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Viola Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, has died. She was 111.
"I have lived through the massacre every day. Our country may forget this history, but I cannot," she told Congress in 2021.
Geoff Bennett has more.
"I have lived through the massacre every day. Our country may forget this history, but I cannot," she told Congress in 2021.
Geoff Bennett has more.
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Thank you, teacher evaluator, for spending no time prior to the lesson learning my objectives and challenges, and for having zero understanding of the community context of my school, & for using a 60 point rubric, & for giving me absolutely useless feedback
November 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Thank you, teacher evaluator, for spending no time prior to the lesson learning my objectives and challenges, and for having zero understanding of the community context of my school, & for using a 60 point rubric, & for giving me absolutely useless feedback
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Got into a little bit of a mayoral control rabbit hole—look at the bylines on this little slice of the disaster that was the Cathie Black chancellorship!
(City Room 💔💔💔)
archive.nytimes.com/cityroom.blo...
(City Room 💔💔💔)
archive.nytimes.com/cityroom.blo...
In Search of the Chancellor-to-Be, Park Ave., 5 A.M.
Trying to get a word with Cathleen P. Black turns out to be a rather fruitless early-morning quest.
archive.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Got into a little bit of a mayoral control rabbit hole—look at the bylines on this little slice of the disaster that was the Cathie Black chancellorship!
(City Room 💔💔💔)
archive.nytimes.com/cityroom.blo...
(City Room 💔💔💔)
archive.nytimes.com/cityroom.blo...
imagine saying this & thinking you’re helping. the liberal mind is a tragic joke
November 23, 2025 at 7:39 PM
imagine saying this & thinking you’re helping. the liberal mind is a tragic joke
Investing in paraprofessionals is investing in NYC’s public schools. These educators — mostly women of color — are the backbone of our classrooms.
@nycspeakeradams.bsky.social, you have the power to fix the para shortage and lead with the equity you’ve long championed.
Let the bill pass!
@nycspeakeradams.bsky.social, you have the power to fix the para shortage and lead with the equity you’ve long championed.
Let the bill pass!
November 22, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Investing in paraprofessionals is investing in NYC’s public schools. These educators — mostly women of color — are the backbone of our classrooms.
@nycspeakeradams.bsky.social, you have the power to fix the para shortage and lead with the equity you’ve long championed.
Let the bill pass!
@nycspeakeradams.bsky.social, you have the power to fix the para shortage and lead with the equity you’ve long championed.
Let the bill pass!
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AI data centers are sucking up communities’ power & water.
AI is being used by corporations to shaft consumers and is threatening young workers’ job prospects.
So Trump wants to ram through a ban on state AI regulation — all to help out his Big Tech billionaire friends.
Priorities.
AI is being used by corporations to shaft consumers and is threatening young workers’ job prospects.
So Trump wants to ram through a ban on state AI regulation — all to help out his Big Tech billionaire friends.
Priorities.
November 20, 2025 at 10:15 PM
AI data centers are sucking up communities’ power & water.
AI is being used by corporations to shaft consumers and is threatening young workers’ job prospects.
So Trump wants to ram through a ban on state AI regulation — all to help out his Big Tech billionaire friends.
Priorities.
AI is being used by corporations to shaft consumers and is threatening young workers’ job prospects.
So Trump wants to ram through a ban on state AI regulation — all to help out his Big Tech billionaire friends.
Priorities.