Sam Jordan
@sjjordan.bsky.social
Dad, cat dad, educator, #Alaskan, coffee snob. I really like #archaeology and #poetry #EduSky
My first book! I'm so proud of this...the idea was born 25 years ago and never left. A beautiful in chapbook of known and unpublished poems on the theme of rivers by William Stafford. if interested, get your copy at: www.etsy.com/listing/4379... #newbook #poetry #williamstafford
October 7, 2025 at 3:29 AM
My first book! I'm so proud of this...the idea was born 25 years ago and never left. A beautiful in chapbook of known and unpublished poems on the theme of rivers by William Stafford. if interested, get your copy at: www.etsy.com/listing/4379... #newbook #poetry #williamstafford
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Wow. In a bad way.
More guns than people…
Is it freedom or a national death cult that keeps growing?
Is it freedom or a national death cult that keeps growing?
October 1, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Wow. In a bad way.
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this is the solution to the male loneliness epidemic I am 100% serious
September 22, 2025 at 10:35 PM
this is the solution to the male loneliness epidemic I am 100% serious
Working my way through The Siren's Call by @chrislhayes.bsky.social. It's so good. As a dad and educator, I keep thinking that I'd like to see a version or reader for high school students. They are the ones who need to understand the thoughts in this book...
July 26, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Working my way through The Siren's Call by @chrislhayes.bsky.social. It's so good. As a dad and educator, I keep thinking that I'd like to see a version or reader for high school students. They are the ones who need to understand the thoughts in this book...
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NEW: For 25 years, Alaska lawmakers have ignored hundreds of requests from rural school districts to fund repairs at their crumbling schools, according to a KYUK and ProPublica investigation.
A Rural Alaska School Asked the State to Fund a Repair. Nearly Two Decades Later, the Building Is About to Collapse.
Rural school districts depend on the state to fund construction and maintenance projects. But over the past 25 years, Alaska lawmakers have ignored hundreds of requests for public schools that…
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March 4, 2025 at 1:45 PM
NEW: For 25 years, Alaska lawmakers have ignored hundreds of requests from rural school districts to fund repairs at their crumbling schools, according to a KYUK and ProPublica investigation.
I love watching the music, art and skill on display in big national events. It is not, however, lost on me that what is happening at the national level in k12 education will undermine that. Music programs will go away. Sports will be cut. Artists will not be cultivated. Everything is connected.
February 9, 2025 at 11:22 PM
I love watching the music, art and skill on display in big national events. It is not, however, lost on me that what is happening at the national level in k12 education will undermine that. Music programs will go away. Sports will be cut. Artists will not be cultivated. Everything is connected.
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This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942.
I know. I was there in those camps.
I know. I was there in those camps.
January 31, 2025 at 7:11 PM
This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942.
I know. I was there in those camps.
I know. I was there in those camps.
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This winter/summer, why not give us 15 minutes of your time to complete the Great Viking Survey at vikingsurvey.org, and help us determine how the viking world resonates with people around the world? ☃️🏖
December 2, 2024 at 9:32 AM
This winter/summer, why not give us 15 minutes of your time to complete the Great Viking Survey at vikingsurvey.org, and help us determine how the viking world resonates with people around the world? ☃️🏖
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From Alaska Beacon: Rural schools, mostly in Southeast Alaska, are facing a major funding shortfall this year after the U.S. House of Representatives failed to reauthorize a bill aimed at funding communities alongside national forests and lands.
Rural Alaska schools face funding shortfall after U.S. House fails to pass bipartisan bill - The Alaska Current
Districts face budget shortfalls with the failure of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act funding, aimed at schools located near federal lands.
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January 15, 2025 at 11:00 PM
From Alaska Beacon: Rural schools, mostly in Southeast Alaska, are facing a major funding shortfall this year after the U.S. House of Representatives failed to reauthorize a bill aimed at funding communities alongside national forests and lands.
Exciting new book on the way about K-12 leadership in rural Alaskan schools. Get the dets on #OAS ouralaskanschools.edublogs.org/2025/01/15/n...
‘New Book Focuses On the Importance of Leadership in Rural Alaska Schools’ By Chris Wilkens
On January 17th, Rowman & Littlefield will publish Rural School Leadership: Lessons from Alaska, a book written by and for school leaders in rural Alaska.
ouralaskanschools.edublogs.org
January 16, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Exciting new book on the way about K-12 leadership in rural Alaskan schools. Get the dets on #OAS ouralaskanschools.edublogs.org/2025/01/15/n...
Not too shabby. My head was def in the Highlands this past year...🤣 #audible @angusking.bsky.social @jdkirk.bsky.social
January 16, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Not too shabby. My head was def in the Highlands this past year...🤣 #audible @angusking.bsky.social @jdkirk.bsky.social
If you don't know this podcast, may I humbly request you race to your pod player and dig in. Here's a great place to start open.spotify.com/episode/058G...
Ghosts of the Deep South
After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal · Episode
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January 11, 2025 at 11:49 PM
If you don't know this podcast, may I humbly request you race to your pod player and dig in. Here's a great place to start open.spotify.com/episode/058G...
Even more OAS blog! ouralaskanschools.edublogs.org/2025/01/06/a...
‘An Ambitious Update to BSSD’s Bilingual/Bicultural Curriculum’ By Attasiaq Otton
Recognizing the urgent need for culturally relevant and modern teaching resources, the Bering Strait School District (BSSD) has launched an ambitious project to develop a curriculum that meets the …
ouralaskanschools.edublogs.org
January 11, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Even more OAS blog! ouralaskanschools.edublogs.org/2025/01/06/a...
More OAS blog! ouralaskanschools.edublogs.org/2024/12/12/v...
‘Valdez High School Celebrates Native Alaska / Native American Heritage Month’ By Pamela Verfaillie
On November 15th, the Valdez High School Library, in partnership with the Valdez Museum and Historical Archive and local Alaska Native elders and cultural ambassadors, hosted an Alaska Native Cultu…
ouralaskanschools.edublogs.org
January 11, 2025 at 2:09 AM
More OAS blog! ouralaskanschools.edublogs.org/2024/12/12/v...
Aurora on point last night!
January 1, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Aurora on point last night!
Another great story from Alaska's public schools ouralaskanschools.edublogs.org/2024/12/04/a... #EduSky #AlaskaSky
‘ASD Student Art Takes Center Stage in Public Art Galleries’ by Leah Maltbie
After many years of showcasing artwork for Youth Art Month at the 5th Avenue Mall on temporary display panels, an idea emerged to have a permanent student art display in the mall. This was forged f…
ouralaskanschools.edublogs.org
December 4, 2024 at 8:23 PM
Another great story from Alaska's public schools ouralaskanschools.edublogs.org/2024/12/04/a... #EduSky #AlaskaSky
Well, the inevitable has happened...as an, erm, almost 50 year old, Ive listened to so many of @jdkirk.bsky.social books that as I'm listening to the series again from the beginning, I'm realizing I remember none of it and it's like listening to a whole new series...🤣🤣🤣
November 30, 2024 at 7:49 PM
Well, the inevitable has happened...as an, erm, almost 50 year old, Ive listened to so many of @jdkirk.bsky.social books that as I'm listening to the series again from the beginning, I'm realizing I remember none of it and it's like listening to a whole new series...🤣🤣🤣
New on the Our Alaskan Schools blog! Exciting story ouralaskanschools.edublogs.org/2024/11/25/n... #EduSky #AlaskaSky
‘Nikolski School Reopens After 14 Years!’ by Superintendent Mike Hanley
After 14 years of having our school closed in Nikolski, The Aleutian Region School District is really excited about once again having enough children in the community to re-open. Nikolski is locate…
ouralaskanschools.edublogs.org
November 26, 2024 at 12:20 AM
New on the Our Alaskan Schools blog! Exciting story ouralaskanschools.edublogs.org/2024/11/25/n... #EduSky #AlaskaSky
More from the 'Our Alaskan Schools' blog ouralaskanschools.edublogs.org/2024/11/12/n... #akedchat
‘Nome-Beltz Middle High School Celebrates Indigenous People’s Day, Highlighting A Local Civil Rights Hero’ by Rosa Wright and Sam Jordan
On a snowy October 15th, 2024, afternoon, students at Nome-Beltz Middle High School filed into the school gym, gathering to collectively celebrate Indigenous People’s Day. The assembly brought toge…
ouralaskanschools.edublogs.org
November 21, 2024 at 4:49 AM
More from the 'Our Alaskan Schools' blog ouralaskanschools.edublogs.org/2024/11/12/n... #akedchat
Hey Alaska educators, and anybody who wants to come up our way in January, come hang out with us at the RTI/MTSS Effective Instruction Conference web.cvent.com/event/8a3f12... #akedchat #EduSky
November 21, 2024 at 4:44 AM
Hey Alaska educators, and anybody who wants to come up our way in January, come hang out with us at the RTI/MTSS Effective Instruction Conference web.cvent.com/event/8a3f12... #akedchat #EduSky
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To kick off this account, we’d love to introduce you to our first mini-documentary on childcare, “At Home/In Home: Rural Alaska Childcare in Crisis,” set in Kotzebue. 25 min long, you can watch it at: vimeo.com/814699053?sh... It premiered 4/5/23 & was shown to #akleg at the Capitol & in Anchorage.
November 18, 2024 at 4:04 AM
To kick off this account, we’d love to introduce you to our first mini-documentary on childcare, “At Home/In Home: Rural Alaska Childcare in Crisis,” set in Kotzebue. 25 min long, you can watch it at: vimeo.com/814699053?sh... It premiered 4/5/23 & was shown to #akleg at the Capitol & in Anchorage.