Chris Hitchcock
@chitch94.bsky.social
Wife, mom, social studies teacher | Long-term permanent guest teacher | 2016-17 Jacobs Educator |
A 1-year-old baby appeared in immigration court without legal representation this week in Arizona and received an instruction: File an asylum application before the next hearing or face deportation. https://www.notus.org/immigration/baby-asylum-hearing
Judge to Baby: File an Asylum Application
The 1-year-old is one of the migrant children who advocates say appeared in immigration court without legal representation.
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News you may have missed over summer vacation! ☀️ PBS pbsnews.org News Hour Classroom Daily Lesson — The growing dangers of record heat waves this summer Ask students: What actions can be taken to protect communities during periods of extreme heat? LINK: https://loom.ly/SHWpvMk #EduSky #sschat
The growing dangers of record heat waves like the one engulfing July 4th celebrations
Celebrations of America's 250th anniversary were heavily impacted by extreme heat across the country
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Educators & parents/guardians: Join this discussion on digital tips to keep your kids safe online TOMORROW, Fri., August 7 @ 12-1 PM ET w/ Sarah Trombley Gallagher, a.k.a. Digital Mom 📲 and PBS News @pbsnews.org Classroom. RSVP: https://bit.ly/PBSDigitalTips8-7
So looking forward to this conversation on Friday! Teachers, parents/guardians, admin are welcome to join this @pbsnews.org PBS News Classroom Zoom! #edtech #DigCit #PBS #EduSky #sschat
PBS News Classroom@pbsnewsclassroom.bsky.social · 3mo agoATTENTION EDUCATORS! Interested in digital safety tips for your students? Join us on Fri., Aug. 7 @ 12-1 PM ET for a discussion with Sarah Trombley Gallagher, a.k.a. Digital Mom, that will make you feel confident & knowledgeable in supporting your students. RSVP: https://bit.ly/PBSDigitalTips8-7
Pentagon weighs eliminating civilian tenure at military academies and reviewing all curriculum
Pentagon weighs eliminating civilian tenure at military academies and reviewing all curriculum, draft memo says
The Pentagon is considering a sweeping remake of military higher education, including an end to civilian tenure and a "line-by-line" review of courses, according to a draft memo obtained by CBS News.
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Teaching students how to be active readers and interact with text. Note-taking/textbook reading strategies. Text to text analysis skills - with a focus on the Odyssey and pop culture buy-in. All this and much more in this week’s blog. www.historycomics.net/timsmythblog...
@pbsnews.org Hour Classroom Daily News Lesson — The health risks of wildfire smoke across the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic Ask students: How are the health risks of wildfire smoke endangering communities? LINK: https://loom.ly/15Vuvc4 #lessonplan #sschat #pbs
The health risks of wildfire smoke across the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic
Learn about the dangerous wildfire smoke blanketing wide regions of the U.S.
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**Hey TEACHERS!** We want to hear from you!📢 Join PBS News @pbsnews.org Classroom in reflecting on America's history over the last 250 years -- see below! LINK: https://bit.ly/PBSNewsTeacherA250 #sschat #EduSky #America250
For the #sschat folks - Seeking Civics Framework Panelists - www.nagb.gov/about-us/joi...
Seeking Civics Framework Panelists
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Educators: Learn NEW ways to teach about the Constitution using COMIC BOOKS this #CivicLearningWeek! RSVP: bit.ly/PBS-CivicLearningWeek | #EduSky #sschat
The first professional police force in the US began in 1838 in Boston. In 1854 only three cities had police forces: NYC, Philly, and Boston.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 9mo agoAttorney General Pam Bondi: "Our country was founded on law enforcement"
Here’s the first question for our slow chat. This will go through next week.As we head into the new year, many student teachers are beginning their teaching journeys. What advice would you give to a pre-service teacher for their student teaching experience? #sschat
Teachers, join us TUESDAY, NOV 18 at 7 EST to talk about invention education in your classroom, whether you teach science, engineering OR history OR English OR social studies. Hear from the great Christine Lawlor-King on how invent ed can work for you! #EDUSky https://bit.ly/PBSInventZoom11-18
Never seen the Northern Lights before (south central IN)! Crappy pics are from my phone while better pics are from my son's phone.
In teacher preparation courses, we ask beginning teachers to create lesson plans. Of course, this level of lesson planning depth is not done in the classroom, but it is to learn what makes a good lesson plan. So, I asked AI to do it and described two different contexts. The results were concerning.🧵
Public schools can’t afford to lose more teachers. Black teachers make up only 6% of the profession and are leaving at higher rates. Stress, lack of respect, and pay gaps (earning about 6% less than white peers) are driving them out.
Becky Pringle Sounds the Alarm on the Black Teacher Exodus
“We are going in the wrong direction,” the NEA president says. And we should all be worried.
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Civil rights groups alleged that ICE and Border Patrol agents are rounding people up based on their race, and denying them access to lawyers. A federal judge said there's evidence what they're doing is illegal.
Federal judge orders stop to indiscriminate immigration raids in Los Angeles
Civil rights groups alleged that ICE and Border Patrol agents are rounding people up based on their race, and denying them access to lawyers. A federal judge said there's evidence what they're doing is illegal.
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Can confirm; I have multiple friends in Illinois who applied to and got into those schools, went to them, realized "Wow, while the school is great but the state is run by horrible people and has terrible infrastructure and policies" and left after graduation.
Most incredible about this is that IU-Bloomington has long been the no. 1 university in the world for teaching Asian languages and cultures, with many programs found nowhere else. They're slashing many of IU-B's most distinctive programs with zero thought or debate. They probably don't even know.
Nick Kapur@nickkapur.bsky.social · last yr.Bloodbath in Indiana higher ed as public colleges and universities ordered to eliminate 20% of all degree programs, apparently based purely on student demand (=enrollments) and not any rational calculation of need or value. www.ipm.org/news-section...
This Army birthday I’m thinking of Medal of Honor recipient Pvt Henry Johnson of the 369th NY National Guard (known as the Harlem Hellfighters). The 369th served more days in the WWI trenches than an other US unit, took more casualties also. DOD just stripped Johnson’s name off Ft. Polk.
Summer is a great time for professional learning from the poolside! Join me tomorrow for the Mobile Learning Conference at www.nemcc.edu/mobilelearni... #edtech #professionallearning
Sunday on #BookBreaks: Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Rick Atkinson will discuss his latest book, "The Fate of the Day: The War for America, Fort Ticonderoga to Charleston, 1777–1780." Join us at 2 pm ET! Register for this free online program here: www.gilderlehrman.org/book-breaks-...
It is already the end of the month! Join our combined #engsschat to talk "Preparing for the Next Chapter: Supporting Student Transitions" on Monday, May 26 at 7 PM CST. We'll discuss graduation, changing schools, & adjusting to breaks. Remember: Our chat has moved to @bsky.app
Join #engsschat on @bluesky TOMORROW (Monday, April 28) at 7 PM CST for our combined chat to talk "Beyond the Grade: Cultivating a Culture of Curiosity." Remember, we've migrated to BLUESKY. #sschat #engchat #edchat #edtech
The scrubbing continues. 🗃️ "Tubman’s photograph is now gone. In its place are images of Postal Service stamps that highlight 'Black/White cooperation' in the secret network and that feature Tubman among abolitionists of both races." www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
Amid anti-DEI push, National Park Service rewrites history of Underground Railroad
Since Trump took office, the park service, an agency charged with preserving American history, has changed how its website describes key moments from slavery to Jim Crow
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Valencia Abbott@vannabbott.bsky.social · 2y agoI’m excited to invite you to a FREE online webinar where I’ll share ways to uncover rural contributions to USA history. The webinar will focus on the Civil Rights Movement Beyond 1968, including the important but often overlooked case of Griggs vs. Duke Power Company. 🗓️ Date: Monday, April 7th
The History Books Purged From the Naval Academy's Library 🗃️ open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
The History Books Purged From the Naval Academy's Library
The Trump administration is engaged in something much worse than book burning. It is attempting to burn down the entire cultural infrastructure that supports the pursuit of history.
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