ZingerLearns @ZingerLearns@social.cleverlibre.org

@ZingerLearns yes, completely true. And beyond the actual bans, there’s the effect of self censorship and a zeitgeist that communicates it’s OK to limit free inquiry, let alone suggest that certain people and lifestyles are “vaguely criminal.” Lots of organizing to do, particularly at the level of parents and school board elections.

The larger numbers, though, might suggest to state level politicians who see this as a winning strategy that they won’t derive the bump they’re hoping for.

You can draw a straight line from the Black Codes, which punished enslaved Black people who dared to read, educate themselves, and challenge the notion that they were inferior, to Desantis and the GOP's crusade to erase Black history, and prevent Black people from gaining access to educational and employment opportunities.

Recent polling data on book bans shows support from Republicans, not from Independents and Democrats. The headline may over play the data, but there’s some encouraging news.

https://www.businessinsider.com/book-banning-in-america-losing-issue-for-republicans-2023-2

On the Day of Hate, I was writing yet another paper disputing the ridiculous claims of a new generation of race scientists who are dragging out the "cold climate" theory of white supremacy, the superior intelligence of European and Asian ancestries, even the old cranial volume stuff, because genomics. What makes this new group of racist psychologists different is that it's not so much ideology -- it's a business model. They will get LOTS of funding from billionaire right wing orgs. #academicmastodon #scientific #psychology #anthropology

“I love America more than any other country in the world and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.” -James Baldwin

#JamesBaldwin #BlackFriday #BlackMastodon #BlackJoy

I and other educators are working to better understand and respond to the high levels of depression, anxiety, and suicide among the youth we work with, especially teen girls. How much is social media and the @#$% phone? The data are somewhat clear, the causes and responses are not. Listen to youth is important. wondering what others think?

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/02/teen-suicide-depression-girls-social-media.html?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

Happy Friday #NAISAC! Last chance to come chat us up at our booth on the showroom floor AND we'll be running our #EduFuturism workshop on learning from video games from 1:15-2:15PM in RM 131-132 (not AM as the placard states 😅) #restorehumanity

Florida’s bill to “reform” #highed is right out of a fascist playbook. Attacks on education are attacks on democracy.

“House Bill 999 proposes leaving all faculty hiring to boards of trustees, allowing a faculty member’s tenure to be reviewed “at any time,” and removing majors or minors in subjects like critical race theory and gender studies. It would also prohibit spending on activities that promote diversity, equity and inclusion and create new general education requirements.”

#law

What are your favorite resources, articles, or posts related to STUDENT ATTENDANCE in #HigherEd?

Please BOOST!

Share anything you might recommend on any aspect of the topic; we are gathering stuff for a faculty development event-- and we will share out openly any resources that we generate!

University of Texas System pauses diversity, equity and inclusion policies

https://www.highereddive.com/news/university-of-texas-system-pauses-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-policies/643387/

#HigherEd

The foundational premise of Wikipedia is “Assume good faith” (https://is.gd/WpDPsA). Educational philosopher Nel Noddings offered similarly sound advice for dealing with children: Attribute to them the best possible motive for their actions that's consistent with the facts.

If folks aren't able to stop Desantis in Florida, then the rest of the country WILL be next....

And that's not even touching on the fact that the university would not exist were it not for the thousands of indentured Chinese workers exploited by Leland Stanford Sr. while he amassed the wealth that was funneled into the tax shelter now known as Leland Stanford Junior University.

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https://stanforddaily.com/2019/05/23/chinese-railroad-workers/

And the article doesn't bother to probe Stanford University's theft of Native American remains and the P.R. department's bullshit excuse for having them in the first place, which can be summarized as: "Uh, we were just holding them...for safekeeping...but we gave most of them back...besides, even if we had done everything that ProPublica's damning evidence says we did, we're not nearly as bad as Harvard and Berkeley."

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https://stanforddaily.com/2023/01/24/university-contests-presentation-of-propublicas-claim-that-stanford-still-possesses-native-american-remains/

@ZingerLearns That’s a great idea! We'll add the downloadable sizes to the site, but for now here's a letter sized poster: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Qd6wwah1wAoYYd99INHQUxcvCk3XeWXA/view?usp=drivesdk