We can’t stress this enough! Please don’t share the video when it’s released today! Instead show your love by coming out to fight for #justiceforadam Our demands are simple and are rooted in the liberation & safety of Black, Latinx & Indigenous lives! #DefundCPD #AbolishCPD

The CPS guidance around Adam Toledo tells teachers to engage in “sense-making.” There is no sense to be made.

i had the privilege to give an Ed Talk, a mini-lecture about the future of education. i imagined what it would be like if the prototypical achievement of language arts curriculum was a deep study of the rap verse. 🎤 i hope it sparks your imagination too! youtube.com/watch?v=HTBcya…

Alderman Matt Martin is a great partner in fighting for a Chicago that works for us all. If you’ve seen mailers talking nonsense about him and his work, here’s the explanation. Don’t believe that crap. Matt is a real one and we love him & his team. aldermanmartin.com/cloudkitchens?…

According to the Google classrooms CPS created, I’m teaching music and physical education… at a school I no longer work at. 😳 Anyone else? Anyone know who I can reach out to about this?

Reminding kids to put their masks up in the middle of a lockdown drill. Happy Friday, teachers.

Looking for a vax location for your 5 to 11 yr old? WBEZ ed has a list of vax sites and details on the rollout of the pediatric vaccine. CPS students have the day off on 11/12 to get vaxed. wbez.org/stories/chicag…

There's a phenomenon I actually see extremely commonly when literature is used to teach history to middle school and high school students. Let's call it "pajamafication."

Excited to share that I was accepted to this NEH Landmarks Workshop! Can't wait to dig into the history of the space program – and my hometown.

CPS - Chicago Public Schools is recommending that schools give a universal screener 3 times per year in math and reading. Does it really need to be given to every student 3 times per year? What resources and training are allocated to school staff to respond to the screener data?

Really excited to use this this year.