I love when students that you spent the WHOLE last year fussing at take time to stop by on day 1 and say what’s up

Louise Glück

I think often of the last few lines from this Gwendolyn Brooks poem about singer Paul Robeson: That we are each other's harvest: we are each other's business: we are each other's magnitude and bond.

Gender-inclusive teaching belongs in science classrooms. So how do we respond when members of the school community hesitate or object? We assembled a table of common objections and helpful responses. buff.ly/3LDiCRR

This essay by Ted Chiang is very very good, and I'm going to go read it again. newyorker.com/culture/the-we…

A Gallup survey asked 12-18 y.o. students to think about the best middle or high school teacher they’ve ever had. The most popular teacher attribute was “they cared about you as a person” (73%) while “they helped you learn something difficult” was near the bottom at 46 percent.

To the teachers who’ve been in schools for a few weeks & those just beginning, you got this. You’re some of the most prized and important people out there. Thank you for your nation-building work. We’d be nothing without teachers.

What an AMAZING opportunity! Folks working with youth who want to be a part of the future of civics and democracy: Institute for Citizens & Scholars (where I am a Leonore Annenberg Fellow) just launched their ✨Youth Civic Solutions Competition!✨ ➡️Learn more and apply: ctzn-schlr.org/youth-competit…

It doesn't have to be like this. 💔

GUN VIOLENCE IS PREVENTABLE. GUN VIOLENCE IS PREVENTABLE. GUN VIOLENCE IS PREVENTABLE. GUN VIOLENCE IS PREVENTABLE. GUN VIOLENCE IS PREVENTABLE. GUN VIOLENCE IS PREVENTABLE. GUN VIOLENCE IS PREVENTABLE. GUN VIOLENCE IS PREVENTABLE. GUN VIOLENCE IS PREVENTABLE. GUN VIOLENCE IS

MAYBE IF I SAY/SCREAM/TWEET/CRY THAT A 14 YEAR OLD MURDERED 4 PEOPLE AND INJURED 9 OTHER PEOPLE IN A SCHOOL TODAY PEOPLE WILL SEE THAT THOSE WORDS SHOULDN’T MAKE SENSE TOGETHER

It’s hard to be a teacher today after the news from yesterday But it’s harder still to be a student. So we’ll go do the best we can today. For them

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So fun to give back to our local science museum by volunteering at their annual event! Loved sharing about weird 🎲 dice 🎲 so wonderful that Bill Gates still keeps a webpage about them on the Microsoft home page: microsoft.com/en-us/research… Yay WonderLab! wonderlab.org

roses are red, there are baskets to weave,

YES! Time to register to meet our amazing #NABT community in ANAHEIM this November! Come join us in making the future of #Biology #Education together! ➡ nabt.org/Events-2024-Co… #WeAreNABT #LifeScienceEducation #ITeachBiology #STEMed #SeeYouInAnaheim #NABT2024

If you fuss at a kid publicly, try to give them an *equally* public chance at redemption (or some other reminder that it’s all love) the SAME period. Call on them, joke with them, smile at them, etc Our brains are set up to remember how things end. It’s important to end well.

2/2 We are proud to report that we are at capacity enrollment! This work is made possible through the fantastic support of IU Environmental Resilience Institute U.S. National Science Foundation IU Biology The College at IU IU Biology Outreach and above all my one and only copilot extraordinaire Kirstin Milks (KEER-stin, she/they)