Across the street from the NRA convention: “Am I next?”

My heart is very full right now. In 17 years coaching LB Scholastic Bowl I have loved many squads & couldn't pick a favorite, but this one stands apart. I thought Covid would kill the program, but they practiced online every week during quarantine, made our first trip to nationals & got

Unfortunately powerful people are already trying to rehabilitate police and give them even more money, so we need to say, again, that what happened in Uvalde wasn't police failing. It was the outcome of us relying on cops to keep us safe when that is not their purpose. 🧵

U.S. marks Memorial Day weekend with at least 11 mass shootings - The Washington Post apple.news/A-sAXuUojS-iS9…

During our Senior Award Ceremony today at Bryant HS, 14 students were recognized by their teachers for their outstanding work in social studies courses. Great group of seniors! Bryant High School

We have some fantastic experts joining us for #Globaledchat today - set a reminder so you don't miss out! 8pmET/5pmPT @MrFaganHVPA 
Rachel Manley @jeremydbond @msmagthinks

The Gilder Lehrman Collection seeks digital volunteers to participate in Transcribe! Help us transcribe primary sources in order to make them more accessible for students, teachers, and researchers. Students ages 13+ are encouraged to participate. ➡️ ow.ly/xI8450K3vSQ

Rejected Designs For The Eiffel Tower

Building background knowledge for readers and writers is critical. You have to know stuff to read and write stuff. Today, I begin a new year of posting articles of the week (AoWs). See the first one of 2022-2023 here: static1.squarespace.com/static/52eec36…

The @FCPSHayfieldSS Social Studies team is looking forward to a great year!

Doug Zywiol tells his seniors at Hayfield Secondary School in Fairfax County, Virginia, he was on Sept. 11, 2001. He ends up teaching them a lot more. wtop.com/fairfax-county…

History has been made! Marshall HS senior Ilia Malinin successfully landed the first quadruple axel in competition. See the details and reactions from GCM:bit.ly/3xYl8Ob

What's the difference between misinformation and disinformation? We break it down in this episode of Civics 101: ow.ly/A6Ku30srQCe

Current K-12 teachers at public schools in Philadelphia are eligible to receive free registration to #AHA23 and can bring up to two students at no cost. Send a request from your school email address to the AHA’s annual meeting email for a discount code.historians.org/annual-meeting

(4/4) I need an immediate public retraction of this statement, and will certainly consider taking legal action if this is not done. Sincerely Dr. Susan Wise Bauer Well-Trained Mind Press dcist.com/story/22/11/18…

@wehedge Governor Abigail Spanberger Jenna Conway I'm gobsmacked. Over 5,000 Virginians worked on the original proposal, I got pulled in at the very last moment (in hopes of some kind of rubber stamp?) & then when I expressed my misgivings, *I* ended up cited at the public meeting as a consultant? Something is deeply wrong here.

@marcussimon Governor Abigail Spanberger I am VERY interested to hear an update about the whole "outsourcing a document that's been in the works for years to an outside contractor for fifteen day revision" policy. Would someone in the DOE condescend to explain or clarify this?