Meaghan Townsend
@meaghantownsend.bsky.social
Writer and high school teacher based in Boston. HGSE '22
building on this piece I was grateful to publish in @the74.bsky.social, with the support of @bostoncollegiate.bsky.social www.the74million.org/article/why-...
Why Native American Curriculum Should be Taught Throughout K-12 Education
If students’ only in-depth exposure to Native Americans is a 3rd grade history unit, how can they be expected to understand Native people as adults?
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January 29, 2026 at 1:57 AM
building on this piece I was grateful to publish in @the74.bsky.social, with the support of @bostoncollegiate.bsky.social www.the74million.org/article/why-...
More of a poetic essay, but I think about this piece from 2021 www.thebeliever.net/ghosts/
Ghosts - Believer Magazine
7. My sister was diagnosed with Ewing sarcoma when I was in my freshman year of high school and she was in her junior year. I didn’t understand then how serious a disease it was. But it was—serious. S...
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January 23, 2026 at 4:15 AM
More of a poetic essay, but I think about this piece from 2021 www.thebeliever.net/ghosts/
General principles:
- all time has to serve the project (no "junk food" for the brain/spirit)
- 2+ walks a day
- books are talismans, keep them close
- pile of coffee cups drawn to scale...
- all time has to serve the project (no "junk food" for the brain/spirit)
- 2+ walks a day
- books are talismans, keep them close
- pile of coffee cups drawn to scale...
January 20, 2026 at 1:17 AM
General principles:
- all time has to serve the project (no "junk food" for the brain/spirit)
- 2+ walks a day
- books are talismans, keep them close
- pile of coffee cups drawn to scale...
- all time has to serve the project (no "junk food" for the brain/spirit)
- 2+ walks a day
- books are talismans, keep them close
- pile of coffee cups drawn to scale...
Makes sense. I ask because I share a lot of the other qualms you've expressed on here, but enough of my students (maybe 25%?) check the board for agenda/HW that I don't consider this too onerous a task
January 14, 2026 at 4:23 AM
Makes sense. I ask because I share a lot of the other qualms you've expressed on here, but enough of my students (maybe 25%?) check the board for agenda/HW that I don't consider this too onerous a task
What percentage (if any) of your students do you think find it useful?
January 14, 2026 at 3:50 AM
What percentage (if any) of your students do you think find it useful?
My pleasure!
December 31, 2025 at 7:55 PM
My pleasure!
Metacognition
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(+1 to HQIMs!)
December 31, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Metacognition
Pacing
Rigor
(+1 to HQIMs!)
Pacing
Rigor
(+1 to HQIMs!)