"Instead of dedicating hours and hours writing individualized feedback ... I devote time to figuring out learning experiences that will help students reflect on their work throughout the process and after they submit final essays." @WhiteRhinoRay nbpts.org/we-need-to-cha…

1. 🚨 NEW: U.S. history textbooks are shaped by partisan politics, and then shape the next generation of voters. See how California and Texas teenagers encounter different American stories. nytimes.com/interactive/20…

This is from 2003 but it's great. theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…

Even Though He Is Revered Today, MLK Was Widely Disliked by the American Public When He Was Killed smithsonianmag.com/history/why-ma…

"I don't think anyone can grow unless he's loved exactly as he is now, appreciated for what he is rather than what he will be."

16 Tricks to Stretch Out an Essay - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency mcsweeneys.net/articles/16-tr…

24 Graphs That Highlight American Inequality nytimes.com/interactive/20…

Man Prefers Comic Books That Don’t Insert Politics Into Stories About Government-Engineered Agents Of War bit.ly/2VLNhoX

With racial injustice at the center of the national conversation, WBEZ and City Bureau present a new analysis on how much banks and other lenders invest in Chicago’s white, black and Latino neighborhoods. bit.ly/3eMTgAs

In Chicago, lenders have invested more in a single white neighborhood than all the black neighborhoods combined. Call it modern-day redlining. Linda Lutton City Bureau @wbez interactive.wbez.org/2020/banking/d…

White Ally Willing To Do Whatever It Takes To Make Sure People Won’t Be Mad At Him bit.ly/2zmaZiW

Top CPS high schools vow changes after racism charges, but problems persist chicago.suntimes.com/education/2020…

"I loved arranging the Prime Day Nativity Scene. It was a beautiful little creche with a figurine of a balding man sitting in front of a computer surrounded by mini cardboard boxes, dreaming of ways to absolutely obliterate the free market." mcsweeneys.net/articles/amazo…

"I don't need a pencilneck with four Ph.D's and one-thousand hours of simulator time. I need someone with four years of broad-but-humanities-focused studies, three subsequent years in temp jobs, and the ability to reason across multiple areas of study." mcsweeneys.net/articles/the-o…

Elite Selective Hospital Only Accepts 9% Of ICU Applicants bit.ly/340pM2f

"Imagine an experiment in which researchers forced subjects to wake up three hours before their natural rise time, then asked them to perform complex cognitive tasks, for five days straight. That’s a description of the average teen’s school week." washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/…

'No Way To Prevent This,' Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens bit.ly/3LL7T7p

Some schools districts have banned tools like ChatGPT while other teachers are embracing it wbez.org/stories/how-sh…

Thank you to @WBEZreset for having me on the show this week to discuss AI, writing, and reenvisioning our classroom practices in schools. wbez.org/stories/how-sh…

This thread hits the nail on the head, and I wish more people were talking about this. I see this day after day, week after week, year after year in my students