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@elyseea @ZingerLearns then you got these nutballs showing up at school district meetings https://www.charlotteobserver.com/opinion/article272287353.html

@ZingerLearns @graciegato right. Like Orange County in California. It might be a little easier for local communities to organize against these moves when they are district-based, but it still takes organizing.

This NYTimes article about the changes in AP African American studies is something. This quote, from one of the development leads, is baffling to me: “I think kids need to know the concept. And they need to understand the importance. But I don’t think we need to create a needless battle over a term that has been compromised by disingenuous voices”.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/13/us/ap-black-studies-course-college-board-desantis.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

@maria Hmmm. I’ll call bull*hit on the #CollegeBoard ‘s response. They make money from AP tests being taken so of course when the racist governor of Florida started yelling and screaming about the audacity of including topics like BLM and teh Black gays in a discussion of Black history, they did what he asked. The #antiracist response would have been to refuse to change the curriculum.

@maria we do (respectfully) disagree. What will they do to support a teacher or students or school that runs into legal jeopardy for studying some piece of this course? If FL continues to disallow the course, will the CB allow other AP courses in the state? Will they still hold conferences at Disney? They can support with actions AND words. To this point they haven’t, and they have been shockingly naive all the way to the top of the org.

@maria it’s okay. No clear actions delineated. Also, this part from todays NYT piece: “And there was a preamble that the College Board said will now accompany other A.P. courses as well: “A.P. opposes indoctrination. A.P. students are expected to analyze different perspectives from their own, and no points on an A.P. exam are awarded for agreement with any specific viewpoint. A.P. students are not required to feel certain ways about themselves or the course content.” 😳😳😳

New German study of middle-schoolers: From grade 5 to grade 9, kids' (especially girls') well-being declines, as does their experience of autonomy support (teachers' encouraging them to ask questions and valuing their perspectives).
The more perceived autonomy support, the better that kids fared: https://bit.ly/3Yonl0m

We try to visit the Kindred Spirits monument at least once a year

#TrailOfTears #GreatHunger #Midleton #ChoctawNation

Sometimes a bit of extra colour too...
#Aurora #PinkMyGreen #Lapland

As expected, more states are following the Florida playbook. Folks In likely states concerned about #bookbanning should keep an eye on their state legislatures and share such information when you come across it.

HT for this post regarding New Hampshire.

From: @graciegato
https://mastodon.sdf.org/@graciegato/109829882991397916

Only 4% of clinical trials in the US used diverse participants, representative of the population.

Dr. Julia Liu of Morehouse School of Medicine is trying to figure out ways to improve the diversity of clinical trial participants. She says many researchers need to work on recruitment - #Black patients just aren't being asked to help.

We dive deeper into this issue in this week's #podcast, and look at the implications for #PrecisionMedicine
https://podfollow.com/the-conversation-weekly
#BlackMastodon #MedMastodon

I love Superbowl Sunday. Once the game starts I get the grocery store all to myself.

99 Luftballons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fpu5a0Bl8eY

A key feature of the reactionary project to roll back American democracy in order to impose straight, white, patriarchical priorities on the rest of us is the Supreme Court's effort to "elevate religion over all other elements of civil society": https://is.gd/DZxdIK

What does it mean to truly incorporate student-centered learning? Is it a #GeniusHour? w/ @irasocol #edchat #sunchat ##LeadLAP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIPeun6z-YI&t=4s

Free upcoming #EduFuturism workshops: 🗓️

2/26: Elegant Design w/ @McNuttEdu & @CovingtonEDU
3/11: Gamifying the Classroom w/ @sixtostart founder & CEO @adrianhon

Pay-what-you-want registration @ https://www.humanrestorationproject.org/learning

#edchat #LeadLAP #K12 #education

Here’s the deal with poppies. You don’t have to go to Walker Cyn, or Lake Elsinore, or Antelope Valley if there’s traffic (there’s traffic).

Most SSE facing slopes that get green after some rain and sun have a pretty good chance of having poppies as weather shifts to spring if there’s been water. If you find a place that blooms, it’ll bloom another year under similar conditions (or better with better), so it’s worth revisiting.
#Poppies #CaliforniaPoppy #WildFlowers #Flowers #Photography

@ZingerLearns This and perhaps also journalists or their editors looking to manufacture controversy and drive traffic.