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The future is a story yet to be written. Curriculum can empower students to become authors of a better world. youtu.be/mcCd89oS4gw
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This is encouraging. I wish we could see more of it in the US. Instead, efforts to teach history in a more honest way are demonized as "woke.inctrination." When will we realize that suppressing the truth is its own form of indoctrination?
Being able to identify hoaxes, avoid scams and debunk propaganda is a civic skill required in today's information society. That's why the curriculum of students in Finland includes media literacy lessons, aimed at safeguarding a precious resource: the truth.
Correspondent Chris Livesay reports. cbsnews.com/video/in-finland…
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Fans of Schoolhouse Rock, or anyone who cares about the country, will enjoy this eye-opening critique of #Project2025
filmsforaction.org/watch/pro…
By aliens, you mean human beings, right? Let me begin to answer your question by suggesting you stop eating any food that passed through the hands of an undocumented worker. Hope you can grow your own food!
TVT 245: Political lies, media cover-up, and the cycle of deception continues! More at eepurl.com/iWIKIU Single issue... tell me how 10-12 million unvetted illegal aliens are good for our country? If you can't answer that, vote for Trump! PLEASE FORWARD or REPOST!
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It's ridiculous that students have to ask if they can wear traditional regalia.
So, believe it or not, a few states in the U.S. still prohibit Native students from wearing traditional regalia to graduation.
Should Indigenous graduates be allowed to wear things like feathers and such when they graduate?
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Heads up if you're in the Ann Arbor area.
Join me Sat, 8/9 at 3:30 pm in Ann Arbor for a panel discussion on indigenous language/values in education. Thanks to @ShopBooksweet, @staciesheldon, Erin Leary, and Christi Craig of @HiddenTimberBks
shopbooksweet.com/9-9-indige…
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Are you listening, Moms for Liberty? If you don't want your kid reading a book, take responsibility and prevent access. Don't ban it for everyone.
It's not that hard to understand: Choosing a book for myself does not give me the right to force you to read it, too. Likewise, your choice NOT to read a book does not give you the right to ban me from reading it.
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Wouldn't be surprised.
New FL curriculum standard: Explain “how slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit.” What's next? Describe how "Arbeit Macht Frei" served as a motivation slogan for guests in WWII Nazi-run communities."
wmfe.org/education/2023-07-1…
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Banning books to protect students from "discomfort b/c of their race" is code for 'Let's insulate white students from examining racism.' Will book banners extend the same concern about 'discomfort' to the BIPOC/LGBTQ+ students who already deal w/hostility?
publishersweekly.com/pw/by-t…
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An example of what can be done in the name of parental rights: The Dissident Homeschool channel on Telegram shares "Nazi-approved" material for home schooling.
huffpost.com/entry/home-scho…
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Then why are you using government as a leverage point to restrict parents' choices about what their kids read? Where's the "liberty" in that?
And if you don't like public education, put your kids in private school or homeschool them. End of story
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Teachers facing accusations of "indoctrinating" students may find this helpful.
Today on The Mitten, @SusanSantone explains how unjustified fears about "Critical Race Theory" have led to book banning and what various kidlit-related organizations, including SCBWI, are doing to address it. You can read her post here: scbwimithemitten.blogspot.co…
Totalitarians also believe that content is "political" only when it goes against their beliefs. For them, teaching whitewashed history and fascist ideology is somehow not political.
Trump just called for the abolition of the department of education. Totalitarians make education the enemy so they can make truth a matter of opinion, not fact. Their number one enemy is truth because truth is the root of justice.
Teachers, if you're looking for interdisciplinary content linking #STEM and econ/civics, you can't beat #EcologicalEconomics.
We had a fantastic Day 1 of our @EE4ALL crash course with @jon_d_erickson @bbengiii and @RiMelgar! We are so lucky to have a wonderful global group of 850 participants eager to @rethinkecon for people and the planet with us 🌎🌏🌍 You can watch it here: youtu.be/v7F65TxGDGY
Regarding the argument that gun restrictions violate the Constitution: Why are "fighting words" restricted under the First Amendment, but deadly weapons are protected under the #2ndAmendment?
Great tools for planning units guaranteed to engage students.
Did someone say 'rubrics'? If so, can I interest you in rubrics and lessons with a sustainability- and social justice focus? (All free!)
susansantone.com/resources
#curriculum #Sustainability
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