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Stephen Sawchuk @stephen-sawchuk.bsky.social · Aug 28

EdWeek's Sarah Sparks looks at how teacher contracts are being reshaped by AI concerns. This is going to be a big challenge for most districts/unions in the future.
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AI Is Changing Teaching, But Few Labor Contracts Reflect It

Classroom educators are using artificial intelligence to help with their work, yet union agreements have not caught up.

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Stephen Sawchuk @stephen-sawchuk.bsky.social · Jul 25

Breaking news from @marklieberman.bsky.social on the $5 billion in impounded K-12 funding www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

Trump Abruptly Unfreezes All of the Education Funds He Had Withheld

More than $6.8 billion will flow in the coming days.

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Mark Lieberman @marklieberman.bsky.social · Jul 25

New: The Trump administration says its education funding freeze is over.

Details we still don't have:
-WHEN the money will flow to states
-WHETHER a rescissions request will follow
-WHY the administration is releasing the $$
-HOW schools will recover from the chaos
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Trump Abruptly Unfreezes All of the Education Funds He Had Withheld

More than $6.8 billion will flow in the coming days.

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Stephen Sawchuk @stephen-sawchuk.bsky.social · Jul 17

One of the reasons I love EdWeek is that our staff is able to add our expertise & nuance to stories that other outlets turn into silly outrage fodder. Like this one from Sarah Sparks on the latest on the GOP and
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GOP Renews Push to Revoke Federal Charter for Nation's Largest Teachers' Union

Lawmakers announce repeal bill amid conservative protests against National Education Association.

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Ben Mullin @benmullin.bsky.social · Jul 14

scoop: new Washington Post opinion editor Adam O'Neal introduces himself to staff, alluding to some significant changes afoot 🧵

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Stephen Sawchuk @stephen-sawchuk.bsky.social · May 30

@alexgrieve.bsky.social It took me forever to find you on here! lol

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Larry Ferlazzo @larryferlazzo.bsky.social · Mar 21

I think @edweek.bsky.social , @chalkbeat.org and @edsource.org have been doing exceptional work covering Trump’s attacks on education, teachers, our students and their families

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Stephen Sawchuk @stephen-sawchuk.bsky.social · Mar 21

I haven't read yet. Excited to see you in EW!

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Maureen Kelleher @maureenkelleher.bsky.social · Jan 23

If you are someone who does not know the history of Protestant Christianity in the U.S., this is a solid introduction.

K. Chen @tznkai.bsky.social · Jan 23

Okay. Some demand for this so: an introduction to American Protestantism. This is not going to be a comprehensive guide of American Protestantism because I hope to leave you with the impression that such a thing would be huge and nearly impossible for anyone to do, let alone me.

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K. Chen @tznkai.bsky.social · Jan 23

Okay. Some demand for this so: an introduction to American Protestantism. This is not going to be a comprehensive guide of American Protestantism because I hope to leave you with the impression that such a thing would be huge and nearly impossible for anyone to do, let alone me.

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Arianna Prothero @ariannaprothero.bsky.social · Dec 19

Many #educators relied on Twitter for years to connect with peers and get ideas about curriculum, assessments, and teaching approaches. But critics say the platform has been on a down slope in recent years.

Enter Bluesky. Great story by @laurainegl.bsky.social www.edweek.org/leadership/i... #Edusky

Is Bluesky the New Twitter for Teachers?

Educators are trying out social media app Bluesky for building and maintaining their professional learning networks.

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Erica Meltzer @ericameltzer.bsky.social · Dec 18

Republicans lambasted Michelle Obama's school lunch improvement efforts. Now RFK Jr. wans to make American healthy again. www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

Will RFK Jr. Reheat the School Lunch Wars?

Trump's ally has said he wants to remove processed foods from school meals. That's not as easy as it sounds.

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Stephen Sawchuk @stephen-sawchuk.bsky.social · Dec 17

Thanks for the reporting. This kind of constant churn can't be great for anyone.

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · Dec 17

There are some good adaptations of the Charles Dickens’ classic A Christmas Carol, and many bad ones, but only one truly great version, and it is the 1984 made-for-television movie starring George C. Scott.

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The Most Unsettling ‘Christmas Carol’

Why my father and I loved George C. Scott

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Evie Blad @evieblad.bsky.social · Dec 17

I wrote very briefly about the rarity of female school shooters a while back. www.edweek.org/leadership/s...

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Beth Hawkins @bethhawkins.bsky.social · Dec 10

You know what used to be fun? Calling organizations and agencies on the phone. You say who you are and what you are up to and more often than not the other person on the call would say, 'Oh, you need to speak to this person. In case you get cut off, here is their direct number.'

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Stephen Sawchuk @stephen-sawchuk.bsky.social · Dec 5

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Meredith Kolodner @merkolodner.bsky.social · Nov 26

“We are asking rural folks to accept a set of options that folks in cities and suburbs would never accept...“It’s almost like, well, ‘This is what you get to learn, and this is how you get to learn it. And if you don’t like it, you can move.’ ”
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‘Easy to just write us off’: Rural students’ choices shrink as colleges slash majors - The Hechinger Report

Rural Americans already have less access to higher education than people in cities and suburbs. Now the comparatively few universities serving rural students are cutting large numbers of programs and ...

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Jill Barshay @jillbarshay.bsky.social · Dec 3

A record 86% of high schoolers earned a diploma in 4 yrs in 2022 -- up from 79% in 2011. High grad rates coexisting with high rates of absenteeism. @edweek.bsky.social www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...

Graduation Rates Might Get Worse Before They Get Better

Schools must make a convincing case for why students should show up, Robert Balfanz says.

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Evie Blad @evieblad.bsky.social · Dec 4

A novel suit alleges literacy curricula based on the research of Calkins and Fountas and Pinnell were sold using deceptive and fraudulent marketing that inaccurately labeled them as research-based while ignoring a consensus on the need for explicit phonics instruction. www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...

Parents Sue Lucy Calkins, Fountas and Pinnell, and Others Over Reading Curricula

A first-of-its-kind lawsuit targets creators of whole-language reading curricula.

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Stephen Sawchuk @stephen-sawchuk.bsky.social · Dec 5

I do worry that this strategy could backfire, and some of the tenets they're after here (i.e., the cueing systems) have been around for decades, appeared in teacher prep, licensing tests, etc. It's not (or not only) curriculums

Stephen Sawchuk @stephen-sawchuk.bsky.social · Dec 5

@evieblad.bsky.social covers the latest salvo in the reading wars. www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...

Parents Sue Lucy Calkins, Fountas and Pinnell, and Others Over Reading Curricula

A first-of-its-kind lawsuit targets creators of whole-language reading curricula.

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Arianna Prothero @ariannaprothero.bsky.social · Nov 22

Trump has vowed to undo protections for LGBTQ+ plus students, and legal experts say his incoming administration has learned from his first time in office, when it tried to reverse certain policies of Obama's.

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The Uncertainty Ahead for Title IX and Transgender Students in Trump's New Term

Trump may not be able to withdraw the Title IX rule on "Day 1," but advocates on both sides expect it to go away.

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Cara Jackson @carajackson.bsky.social · Nov 21

What Percentage of a State's Primary and Secondary Education Revenue Comes from the US Department of Education?

Great data viz from James Murphy www.datawrapper.de/_/skaST/

What Percentage of a State's Primary and Secondary Education Revenue Comes from the US Department of Education | Created with Datawrapper

Red dots represent states where Trump won the majority of the electorate, and blue dots where Harris did.

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Stephen Sawchuk @stephen-sawchuk.bsky.social · Nov 21

Please add me Christina!!

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