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Faith Rogow

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Facilitating #MediaLiteracy #education journeys preK-16 & beyond. Seeking wonder. Trafficker in critical thinking. InsightersEducation.com #History #EarlyChildhoodEd 🤔✡ ♪🟣🏳‍🌈🍎 📚 🧪 Profile: fractal. Banner: my book-Media Literacy for Young Children

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Faith Rogow @insightersed.bsky.social · Jan 20

Remember that this latest MAGA administration officially began on MLK Day. Let King's legacy be the one that overshadows Trump and propels us forward.

Hebrew and English graphic of quote from Pirkei Avot/Ethics of the Fathers 2:5 - "In a place where no one is acting with decency, be the decent one." B'makom sheh'eyn anahsheem, heeshtadeyl l'heeyote eesh.

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Library Girl @jenniferlagarde.bsky.social · 19h

📢 Tonight’s the night! #TLSkyChat dives into #BannedBooksWeek at 8pm EST / 5pm PT. Join me and @techielibgrl.com to chat about the freedom to read. Questions are already posted here: www.tlskychat.com/schedule

#TLSky #Librarians #Skybrarians #EduSky

Slide promoting #TLSkyChat on October 8, 2025. Topic: “Banned Books Week.” Includes reminders to use #TLSkyChat, respond to Q1–Q3, and start replies with A1–A3. Text invites discussion on protecting the freedom to read. Resources at tlskychat.com.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 1d

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Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 2d

"99.97 percent of families, even when given the option, chose to let their children learn about LGBTQ+ people."
Nice result, and it reinforces everything Montgomery County said to SCOTUS before its theocrats made their dehumanizing ruling. open.substack.com/pub/erininth...

Only 0.03% Opt Out Of LGBTQ+ Education In Maryland After SCOTUS Gives Them A Right To

After SCOTUS gave families a right to opt out of LGBTQ+ education, Montgomery County, Maryland is reporting only 43 families took them up on it.

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Faith Rogow @insightersed.bsky.social · 3d

Actually, I read every word. & if you mean the NLP, you're distorting their work, confusing their research results with the lessons they teach to address those results. NLP does what every other major media lit education project in the U.S. does: It teaches students to ask questions about sources.

Faith Rogow @insightersed.bsky.social · 3d

It's never meant that. What you describe is exactly the opposite of media literacy ed. Media lit teaches students to routinely ask probative questions about all the media they encounter. I should know. I've been doing and writing about it for more than 30 years.

Faith Rogow @insightersed.bsky.social · 3d

In the U.S., yes, but it's uneven. About 1/4 of the U.S. states have adopted state ed standards that require some sort of media literacy instruction. Want more info? For starters, check NAMLE.org, @medialiteracynow.bsky.social projectlooksharp.org @mediaedlab.bsky.social - there are many more

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The National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE) unites a community of educators committed to advancing media literacy education.

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Moms Clean Air Force @momscleanairforce.org · 9d

The Energy Department has added “climate change,” “green” and “decarbonization” to its growing “list of words to avoid” at its Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, according to an email issued Friday and obtained by POLITICO.

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 10d

1. The $20 billion taxpayer-funded rescue package for Argentina, announced last week by the Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, delivers an enormous windfall to hedge fund billionaire Rob Citrone.

Citrone has a longstanding personal and professional relationship with Bessent.

Trump’s Argentina bailout enriches one well-connected billionaire

A $20 billion taxpayer-funded rescue package for Argentina is a gift for a hedge fund manager with personal and professional ties to the Treasury Secretary

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Faith Rogow @insightersed.bsky.social · 13d

An important piece from @lutzfernandez.bsky.social on the MAGA campaign to replace education with propaganda:
"...teachers need us to fight for them like we fought for Kimmel..." 🍎 #AcademicSky #TLSky 🧪 #sschat 📚 Too many people outside of schools don't have a clue about what's happening.

Anne Lutz Fernandez @lutzfernandez.bsky.social · 13d

The Trump Admin's new "civics" initiative is a propaganda project but more. It's an example of what @penamerica.bsky.social calls "censorship by stealth."

Driven by Heritage and Christian nationalist groups, it's one reason why teachers need us to fight for them like we fought for Kimmel.

More:

From Kindergarten to Kimmel

MAGA's treatment of K-12 teachers was the warm-up act to taking down comedians

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Lars Tarkas @larstarkas.bsky.social · 17d

www.startribune.com/conservative...

Opinion | The blunt truth about Charlie Kirk’s legacy

"Right now, America is watching an aggressive effort to canonize Kirk — a man whose life’s work left scars on millions of people like me," Nekima Levy Armstrong writes.

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Faith Rogow @insightersed.bsky.social · 18d

Awesome resource for #civics #education!
Thanks PBS Learning! (Another good reason to support your local station if you haven't already)
🍎 #sschat #TLSky 📚 🗃️ @pbs.org @wgbh.org

Civics and Government Resources for Grades 6-12 | PBS LearningMedia

The Civics Collection covers topics taught in middle and high school, including as part of history and civics and government curricula. Find video and interactive resources covering real-life civics t...

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Faith Rogow @insightersed.bsky.social · 20d

President Trump is threatening to declare "antifa" a terrorist organization. Your survival may require you to be clear about this: antifa is an idea, not an organization. If you oppose America's descent into fascism and authoritarianism, what he is proposing to make illegal is you. Resist.

Faith Rogow @insightersed.bsky.social · 21d

What they don't understand is that Americans are more interested in authenticity than centrism. Hard to be authentic when you say you're the party that will save democracy and are also the party that stays silent while basic rights are stripped fr LGBTQ folks + racial & religious minorities.

Faith Rogow @insightersed.bsky.social · 21d

For decades, #MediaLiteracy educators have been teaching about media ownership, so...
1) Important to continue that tradition, now more than ever; and
2) Support a media literacy education org/project/teacher - they have tools to help students understand why the current consolidation matters. 🍎

Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 21d

We are witnessing a swift and sweeping consolidation of media (traditional and social) into the hands of a small number of billionaires who are actively aligned/aligning (both via free will and coercion) with Trump and his right wing political party. This is (I’ll say it) a fascist project.

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Faith Rogow @insightersed.bsky.social · 25d

Whether or not you use the label "filter bubble," this is a reality that is so important for students to understand. It's why, if we value democracy, we need to help them develop the habit of looking at multiple DIVERSE sources. #MediaLiteracy #InfoLit #DigitalLiteracy #EdTech #SchoolLibrarians 🍎📚

ML @mlpoole.bsky.social · 25d

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Sam Brody @samuelhayimbrody.bsky.social · 27d

It needs to be said over and over. Police violence is “political violence.” Military violence is “political violence.” Dying of preventable disease because you couldn’t afford medicine is “political violence.” Domestic violence is “political violence.”

Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 28d

"Political violence" is a term that exists to suggest a moral distinction between "violence against politicians" and "violence by politicians" - so that one can be condemned while the other can be normalized. Obviously, no such distinction exists in reality: violence is violence.

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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 28d

The left isn’t “dancing on Charlie Kirk’s grave,” we’re just pointing out that, thanks to rhetoric like his, a lot of other graves exist.

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Christian Heyne @christianheyne.bsky.social · 28d

I just saw the video of Charlie Kirk being shot—shared by Rep. MTG. It left me sick. Horrified. We should never normalize turning violence and trauma into content. That is not leadership, it’s exploitation.

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Faith Rogow @insightersed.bsky.social · Sep 8

Thanks, Donna!

Faith Rogow @insightersed.bsky.social · Sep 7

Save the date... Tara Zimmerman and I will be talking folks through the ACT's design and teaching strategies in a Media Education Lab webinar on Nov 3. Register here: mediaeducationlab.com/events/aware...
#MediaLiteracy #InformationLiteracy 🍎📚 #SchoolLibrarians #TLSky #EdTech #DigitalLiteracy

Awareness and Critical Thinking (ACT) for Media Literacy | Media Education Lab

ACT Media Literacy Materials for Elementary Grades

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Megan Piontkowski illustration @meganpiont.bsky.social · Aug 30

"How to Report ICE" zines are available for free printable download for these places:
California
Chicago
Colorado
DC Metro Area
Florida
Massachusetts
NC Triangle Area
NYC
Philly
Pittsburgh
Portland
St. Louis Metro Area
Washington State
Zine request form in folder.
drive.google.com/drive/folder...

Hand holding small black and white hand lettered zine titled "How to Report ICE and Help Keep Our Neighbors Safe". Sunflowers in background.

Hand holding open zine. Pages read: "S Size of group, A Actions/Activity, L Location, U Uniforms/Clothes, T Time/Date, E Equipment

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Faith Rogow @insightersed.bsky.social · Aug 31

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Faith Rogow @insightersed.bsky.social · Aug 31

Has no one ever read Simone de Beauvoir's The Second Sex?? (translated to English in 1951)

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Street Art Utopia @streetartutopia.com · Aug 29

Beautiful Autumn By David Zinn! (8 Photos)

David Zinn has been bringing smiles to faces worldwide with his delightful street art. Hailing from Ann Arbor, Michigan, Zinn is a self-taught artist whose unique brand of creativity has given rise to a diverse collection of creatures that peek out from…

Beautiful Autumn By David Zinn! (8 Photos)

David Zinn has been bringing smiles to faces worldwide with his delightful street art. Hailing from Ann Arbor, Michigan, Zinn is a self-taught artist whose unique brand of creativity has given rise to a diverse collection of creatures that peek out from sidewalks and walls in the most unexpected places. With nothing more than chalk and charcoal, David Zinn conjures up cute characters—among them his green monster 'Sluggo' and the philosophical flying pig 'Philomena.' His works are characterized by a playful fusion of 3D illusions and street art, often interacting with their environment in surprising ways.

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Faith Rogow @insightersed.bsky.social · Aug 27

Yeah, you'd think a guy who started a social media network in order to share ratings of "hot girls" with his friends might have matured by now... 🙄