Christina Samuels
@casamuels.bsky.social
Deputy Managing Editor for The Hechinger Report. We do education.🎓
Former employers: Ed Week, Washington Post, Miami Herald. FAMU grad.🐍
Signal: cas.37
Former employers: Ed Week, Washington Post, Miami Herald. FAMU grad.🐍
Signal: cas.37
Back in pandemic days, when stores were out of yeast, I found a baking supply store that shipped me 20# of yeast and I sold the bricks to my friends (at cost!) I've had my pound of yeast all that time and I always proof it before baking--it's still as active as ever. That's freezer storage for you!
November 23, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Back in pandemic days, when stores were out of yeast, I found a baking supply store that shipped me 20# of yeast and I sold the bricks to my friends (at cost!) I've had my pound of yeast all that time and I always proof it before baking--it's still as active as ever. That's freezer storage for you!
Not a great picture but I was just struck by my red osier dogwood over here being quietly beautiful🌱
November 1, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Not a great picture but I was just struck by my red osier dogwood over here being quietly beautiful🌱
I went outside for some fresh air before a raft of new executive orders come down, and I just liked the way the sun is hitting this golden groundsel 🌱
April 23, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I went outside for some fresh air before a raft of new executive orders come down, and I just liked the way the sun is hitting this golden groundsel 🌱
Some garden treasures at Hillwood Museum in Washington DC. A must visit for anyone interested in gardens and the lives of wildly wealthy people. 🌱
April 17, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Some garden treasures at Hillwood Museum in Washington DC. A must visit for anyone interested in gardens and the lives of wildly wealthy people. 🌱
These bleeding heart are new to my garden and I love them. They were planted right before a heatwave last year and they promptly shriveled and “died” or so I thought. But they were just waiting for the right time. 🥰🌱
April 5, 2025 at 5:45 PM
These bleeding heart are new to my garden and I love them. They were planted right before a heatwave last year and they promptly shriveled and “died” or so I thought. But they were just waiting for the right time. 🥰🌱
These grabber thingies have been clutch for me in similar situations.
March 3, 2025 at 2:01 PM
These grabber thingies have been clutch for me in similar situations.
Somehow I was able to convince The Hechinger Report and @edwriters.bsky.social to pay for me go to New Zealand to report on “maths.” I visited schools in Auckland, Dunedin, Christchurch and Wellington. I interviewed dozens. Everyone was wonderful.
January 8, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Somehow I was able to convince The Hechinger Report and @edwriters.bsky.social to pay for me go to New Zealand to report on “maths.” I visited schools in Auckland, Dunedin, Christchurch and Wellington. I interviewed dozens. Everyone was wonderful.
I learned that New Zealand was going through struggles familiar to the U.S. -- sliding math scores, achievement gaps between rich and poor, and between students of different ethnic groups. I thought our audience would be interested in hearing how another country deals with this.
January 8, 2025 at 1:40 PM
I learned that New Zealand was going through struggles familiar to the U.S. -- sliding math scores, achievement gaps between rich and poor, and between students of different ethnic groups. I thought our audience would be interested in hearing how another country deals with this.
In the fall of 2023, I attended a conference of the National Teachers of Mathematics to pick up story ideas. I over heard a snippet of a conversation about math instruction in New Zealand, and thought "huh, that sounds interesting" -- so I started doing some research. (All photos by Becki Moss)
January 8, 2025 at 1:40 PM
In the fall of 2023, I attended a conference of the National Teachers of Mathematics to pick up story ideas. I over heard a snippet of a conversation about math instruction in New Zealand, and thought "huh, that sounds interesting" -- so I started doing some research. (All photos by Becki Moss)
I am sure we are more compatible than this 😘
December 30, 2024 at 1:39 AM
I am sure we are more compatible than this 😘
That's the thing! I was so close to buying this and honestly, I probably might have liked it, but I just couldn't buy 18 cakes of it (I took a picture to ask my FB friends about it later)
December 27, 2024 at 1:11 AM
That's the thing! I was so close to buying this and honestly, I probably might have liked it, but I just couldn't buy 18 cakes of it (I took a picture to ask my FB friends about it later)
that syrup reminds me of mucilage -- where my Gen X peeps at! Woot woot
December 24, 2024 at 4:26 PM
that syrup reminds me of mucilage -- where my Gen X peeps at! Woot woot
Look at what you can do with Hechinger stories ☺️
December 6, 2024 at 6:59 PM
Look at what you can do with Hechinger stories ☺️
Back in 2020 when we were all baking in lockdown and the stores were running out of yeast, I scored 20 1-pound bricks of yeast from a baking supply store and sold them to my friends (at cost, ofc) And here we are 4+ years later and that yeast is still good (the secret is to freeze it)
November 28, 2024 at 8:36 PM
Back in 2020 when we were all baking in lockdown and the stores were running out of yeast, I scored 20 1-pound bricks of yeast from a baking supply store and sold them to my friends (at cost, ofc) And here we are 4+ years later and that yeast is still good (the secret is to freeze it)
Hey all! This little nugget, now 12 years old, is going to be a "poll ambassador" (greeter) at a local polling place today! Please return to this picture as needed, and let's do this thing!
November 5, 2024 at 11:41 AM
Hey all! This little nugget, now 12 years old, is going to be a "poll ambassador" (greeter) at a local polling place today! Please return to this picture as needed, and let's do this thing!
Well we are CULTURED down here in Wheaton (and have smaller screening rooms)
September 27, 2024 at 10:52 PM
Well we are CULTURED down here in Wheaton (and have smaller screening rooms)
GardenSky, a landscaper developed a beautiful design for my front yard, but very few of the lavender plants survived. (maybe 2 out of 8?) I suspect that the area have been too moist and the soil too rich for them. Any alternative suggestions? Mid-Atlantic natives a plus. Zone 7b. Thank you! 🌱
September 19, 2024 at 3:50 AM
GardenSky, a landscaper developed a beautiful design for my front yard, but very few of the lavender plants survived. (maybe 2 out of 8?) I suspect that the area have been too moist and the soil too rich for them. Any alternative suggestions? Mid-Atlantic natives a plus. Zone 7b. Thank you! 🌱
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #382,883!
September 16, 2024 at 10:07 PM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #382,883!
My kid adores this series so of course we had to get this from the Scholastic book fair. I was CREEPED OUT, but for him it was just another exciting tale.
September 11, 2024 at 4:40 PM
My kid adores this series so of course we had to get this from the Scholastic book fair. I was CREEPED OUT, but for him it was just another exciting tale.
When I tell people I work at a "The Hechinger Report," DMV residents of a certain age ask "oh, is it connected to the hardware store?" (It's not.)
January 22, 2024 at 2:49 AM
When I tell people I work at a "The Hechinger Report," DMV residents of a certain age ask "oh, is it connected to the hardware store?" (It's not.)