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Postcards from #CTRH2025, Pt. 2: What's an idea you want people to take away from #CTRH2025?

"Small is all. Small communities grounded in reciprocal communication transform our world."

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"Release the idea of failure. Notice where you are. Get to know it. Begin. (and begin again.)" "Small is all. Small communities grounded in reciprocal communication transform our world." "Community is vital. We must lean into our relationships with the natural world and with each other as we think about what we do in schools." "Not only is it important to develop relationships with students, we also need to always connect with other educators and build those relationships. :)"
July 26, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Postcards from Conference to Restore Humanity! 2025: What excites you about the future of education?

"Youth will always be amazing. They just need the space and conditions to flourish."

"What excites me is the same thing that scares me: that it's unpredictable!"

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Youth will always be amazing. They just need the space and conditions to flourish. What excites me is the same thing that scares me: that it's unpredictable! More people seeking more human ways to learn together in the face of ever-increasing dehumanizing forces in schools (I hope) Neurodiversity is getting through
July 25, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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You can always find out what we're up to next by following us here and on our website: www.humanrestorationproject.org!

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July 24, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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A huge thank you to everyone who made Conference to Restore Humanity! 2025: Quest for Connection our best attended and most engaging conference yet! It was an honor and our pleasure to build community and connection with you all over the past three days. ❤️🚀 #EduSky #CTRH2025
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July 24, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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I’m really enjoying #CTRH2025 and I’m also always amazed that folks can listen to speakers and post in the chat at the same time!
July 22, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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What, if anything, should be the relationship of AI & edtech to education?

#CTRH2025 Day 2 kicks off in 90min with this panel discussion about one of the most pressing topics facing education today at all levels. #EduSky
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What, if anything, should be the relationship of #AI & EdTech to education? Join our panel for a critical discussion and Q&A as we address one of the most pressing issues facing education today & into the future.

11:00-12:30 ET | July 22

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Promotion for CTRH! 2025 (Quest for Connection) | July 21-23, Virtual | Headshots of Audrey Watters, Shana V White, Vy Dao, and Charles Logan. What, if anything, should be the relationship of AI & EdTech to education? Join our panel for a critical 90-minute discussion and Q&A as we address one of the most pressing issues facing education today & into the future. 11:00-12:30 ET | Tuesday, July 22
July 22, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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Revisiting @sarahmfine.bsky.social's Why Dewey Needs Freire, and Vice Versa (2016) ahead of tomorrow's #CTRH2025 Q&A: "...the movement for deeper learning, as it currently stands, does not foreground issues of oppression and structural inequality."

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"Here’s the problem, as best as I can articulate it: the movement for deeper learning, as it currently stands, does not foreground issues of oppression and structural inequality. It focuses instead on a set of cognitive and social competencies which, while necessary, are not sufficient to support students in becoming the kinds of change-agents, activists, and upstanders that our society so desperately needs."
July 20, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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Instead of starting with a lecture, we're kicking things off with dialogue.

#CTRH2025 participants get access to this flipped keynote ahead of time to listen & watch at their own pace before joining @sarahmfine.bsky.social in a live Q&A!

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July 8, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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If you haven't checked out our @raygunsite.com merch shop in a minute, in the past year we've added SIX new designs including #CTRH2025 Quest for Connection & Third Coast Learning Collaborative shirts highlighting our partnerships in Michigan:

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June 29, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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We’re responding to the need for community & solidarity in uncertain times by turning #CTRH2025 into a model for humanizing critical discourse and dialogue to illuminate a path forward together.

virtual | July 21-23 | $50
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June 25, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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All the way back in 2023(!) we sat down with Dr. Emma McMain to discuss SEL as systemic change rather than a checklist. A great preview of her 2hr #CTRH2025 workshop on Critical SEL!

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June 9, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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Last year we spoke with @nqcliteracy.bsky.social about Nourishing Caregiver Collaborations: Elevating Home Experiences and Classroom Practices for Collective Care.

Queue up this conversation and join her in July for a 2-hour workshop at #CTRH2025!

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June 8, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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Maria will join @heymrsbond.com, Lucket Kiche, and @willbo24.bsky.social on July 23rd for @humanrestorationproject.org's virtual #CTRH2025 panel about the challenges facing education today and how we can collectively address them in 2025 and beyond:

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Promotion for CTRH! 2025 (Quest for Connection) | July 21-23, Virtual | Headshots of Chanea Bond, Maria Munro-Schuster, Lucket Kiche, and Will Richardson. Facing Education in 2025 & Beyond. There are no superheroes or simple answers, just the Quest for Connection. Join our panel in humanizing dialogue about the challenges facing education today and how we can collectively address them in 2025 and beyond. 11:00-12:30 ET. Wednesday, July 23rd.
June 6, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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What are past attendees saying about Conference to Restore Humanity? 👀

"I have never attended anything quite this magical.”

We hope you'll join us for #CTRH2025 as we continue our Quest for Connection!

July 21-23 | Virtual | $50

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Promotion for CTRH! 2025 (Quest for Connection) | July 21-23, Virtual | “I had no idea what to expect but the conference provided an inspiring abundance of kindred spirit educators who are doing the work of making the world better through humane educational experiences. I learned so much about both theory and practice. The variety was delightful, with so much attention paid to the aesthetics and the experience of the participants, from music to graphics to videos to platforms. I have never attended anything quite this magical.” CTRH! 2024 Attendee
May 22, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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I was hoping to release my conversation w/ Dr Keegan for the @humrespro.bsky.social pod tomorrow, but traveling for fully 2 of the last 4 weeks has interrupted my editing schedule. Will try to record & release a short new #CTRH2025 trailer on the feed, & you can look for the "baby jail" ep on 5/10!
covingtonedu.bsky.social Nick Covington @covingtonedu.bsky.social · Mar 25
It's shocking, as Dr Keegan cites in her thesis, how explicit the economic concepts of human capital, workforce development, and return on investment are the stated policy aims of early childhood education (at least in the case of her context in Ireland):
May 2, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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By contrast, @humrespro.bsky.social is offering our summer virtual conference for FIFTY BUCKS and we compensate ALL of our speakers, workshops, panelists, and student organizations.

Just ONE admission to ASU+GSV would buy over 100 admissions to #CTRH2025!
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April 10, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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Participants in @angelastockman.bsky.social's #CTRH2025 workshop, Pedagogical Documentation: Learning Stories as Stewardship, will leave with practical strategies to transform assessment from simple measurement into a powerful practice!

Join us:
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Promotion for CTRH! 2025 (Quest for Connection) | July 21-23, Virtual | Pedagogical Documentation: Learning Stories as Stewardship - Educator and author Angela Stockman invites participants to move beyond traditional measures to explore how pedagogical documentation serves as an act of stewardship—honoring, preserving, and nurturing rich narratives about learners and learning. Attendees will leave with practical strategies to transform assessment from simple measurement into a powerful practice that values curiosity, deep thinking, and lasting student growth within and beyond the classroom. 1:15-3:15 ET | Wednesday, July 23rd
April 3, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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In Critical Social & Emotional Learning: From 'Competencies' to 'Culture' with Dr. Emma McMain reimagines SEL as an open dialogue, not a checklist!

Join us in our Quest for Connection at #CTRH2025:
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Promotion for CTRH! 2025 (Quest for Connection) | July 21-23, Virtual | Critical Social and Emotional Learning: Shifting From ‘Competencies’ to ‘Culture’ - This two-hour workshop takes a fresh approach to social and emotional learning (SEL). Instead of treating it like a checklist or a rigid program, we’ll use SEL as a starting point for open-ended, meaningful conversations! Alongside Dr. Emma McMain, participants will reflect on their own social and emotional values and consider how those values fit into culture, history, and society. By the end of the session, participants will collaborate to create an artifact—whether it’s a list, a mind map, an art piece, or another kind of guide—to help them approach SEL not as a set of skills to hand down to students, but as an ongoing, shared journey of growth. 1:15-3:15 ET | Tuesday, July 22nd
March 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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When we set out to reimagine virtual conferences in 2022, we wrote this as an urgent call for change: "It's past time to demand a conference model that is accessible, sustainable, and representative of the communities we serve."

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Now we have the opportunity and understanding to move from emergency pandemic remote school and its pantomime of learning to purposefully designed online education spaces that are accessible, sustainable, and representative of the communities they serve. It's time for the academic conference model to respond accordingly. Gif of horizontal text scrawl reading "system reboot" Pictured: The words "system reboot" scrolling across the screen. Conference to Restore Humanity is an invitation for K-12 and college educators to engage in a human-centered system reboot: centering the needs of students and educators toward a praxis of social justice. The traditional conference format is costly to attend, environmentally unfriendly, and it doesn't allow everyone to engage or have a voice in the learning community. Our conference is designed purposefully around the accessibility and sustainability of virtual learning, while engaging participants in a classroom environment that models the same progressive pedagogy we value for our students. Instead of long Zoom presentations with a brief Q&A, keynotes are flipped, and attendees will have the opportunity for extended conversation with our speakers:
March 20, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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Join these incredible educators and so many more on our Quest for Connection at Conference to Restore Humanity! 2025.

July 21-23 | Virtual

Tickets are $50 @ humanrestorationproject.org/conference #EduSky #K12 #edchat
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March 19, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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Our final addition to #CTRH2025 is proud Iowa educator, Lucket Kiche!

Lucket (hey/they) pushes and advocates for the equitable treatment of all minorities and strives to teach about as many intersectionalities that time will allow.

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Promotion for CTRH! 2025 (Quest for Connection) | July 21-23, Virtual | Headshot of Lucket Kiche. Lucket Kiche (he/they) is a proud educator and union member in Iowa. Lucket pushes and advocates for the equitable treatment of all minorities and strives to teach about as many intersectionalities that time will allow. We can no longer be complacent with a system that has superficial protections for marginalized people. Lucket joins our Facing Education in 2025 & Beyond fireside chat in humanizing dialogue about the challenges facing education today and how we can collectively address them in 2025 and beyond.
March 19, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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We're pleased to announce the final addition to our #CTRH2025 "Critical AI in Education" panel is Vy Dao, sociologist & Director of Learning and Practice at Cortico!

Join us in our Quest For Connection 🧭
July 21-23, 2025 | Virtual

Tickets & info:
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Promotion for CTRH! 2025 (Quest for Connection) | July 21-23, Virtual | Vy Dao is a sociologist whose work emphasizes storytelling’s role in creating shared culture. Her previous work on ethnographic methods and qualitative inquiry. Currently, she is the Director of Learning and Practice at Cortico. This nonprofit creates powerful technology tools for communities to engage in healthier public discourse, create constructive debate, and lift up underheard voices.
March 4, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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I could only tease it last week, and we're so thrilled to be able to make this announcement official. I'm eager to learn alongside #CTRH2025 participants!
This morning we confirmed a student panel for #CTRH2025 from an incredible Indigenous-led organization that we'll be able to announce next week. Indigenous perspectives have been missing from CTRH, and we're eager to connect our audience of educators to their mission. Wheel representing initiatives: land defense, protect the sacred, representation, civic engagement, wrapped in tactics: culture, media, solidarity, art, direct action, education, mutual aid
February 28, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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At #CTRH2025, we will be hosting young people from Great Plains Action Society, an Indigenous-led grassroots non-profit advocating for Indigenous rights, to speak to their experiences & perspectives as Indigenous youth.

Virtual | July 21-23

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Promotion for CTRH! 2025 (Quest for Connection) | July 21-23, Virtual | It is the mission of Great Plains Action Society to “address the trauma that Indigenous Peoples and the Earth face and work to prevent further colonial capitalist violence by fighting for and building power in Indigenous communities through reMatriation, healing justice and a regenerative economy. We believe that Indigenous ideologies and practices are the antithesis of colonial capitalism, and we deploy these tools to fight and build on our vision–tools that are deeply embedded in a culture of resistance.”
February 28, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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It's our privilege on to announce this Friday afternoon that @shanavwhite.bsky.social, Director of CS Equity Initiatives at the Kapor Foundation, will be joining our "Critical AI in Education" panel at #CTRH2025!

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Promotion for CTRH! 2025 (Quest for Connection) | July 21-23, Virtual | Shana Vidal White is the Director of CS Equity Initiatives at the Kapor Foundation, focusing on equitable K12 computer science programs like CSforAtlanta, CSforOakland, and CSforDetroit. She works to improve teacher professional development and increase participation for marginalized students in CS and STEAM. Shana authored the Responsible AI and Tech Justice Guide for K12 Education and co-created the Culturally Responsive Sustaining Computer Science Framework. With 16 years in K12 education as a teacher and instructional technology specialist in Atlanta, she holds a B.S. from Wake Forest University, an M.S. from Winthrop University, and an Ed.S from Kennesaw State University. She is deeply committed to justice and equity in education.
February 21, 2025 at 8:27 PM