Marcus Luther
@marcusluther.bsky.social
HS English teacher clinging to what the legendary Gwendolyn Brooks wrote: "we are each other's / harvest:" (yes, that line break feels heavier than ever these days) Also: I share writings, resources + thoughts on education at thebrokencopier.substack.com!
A cool thing to explore today: student-created AI policy that, in my estimation, is much more thoughtful and actionable than much of what adults have been offering… dayofai.org/news/student...
Student Senate STUDENT FIRST Act
Students from across the country came together to craft a model AI policy for K–12 schools.
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Trying out the features in Claude for education. Join me as I see how it "helps" me write a research paper. My chosen topic: "AI and education". /1
I love thinking/discussing large, multifaceted systems in the classroom and their pedagogical implications. But I also know: sometimes it is the little things that move the needle—especially at the beginning of the year when everything is crazy! What's a small, simple "move" you lean on? #EduSky
Read this article by the great John Warner, who articulates his disgust at Harvard's firing of the also-great Jane Rosenzweig, whose work at Harvard has been invaluable and whose public work on writing in the age of "AI" is precient and vital. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
Harvard Administrators Don’t Care About Student Learning
I know, news flash, right?
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When you’re working on your next blog post and the 4-year-old requests a glass of milk—and then you foolishly leave your computer open…
For those going into a new school year very soon—maybe you're already there!—here's a link to all of the most popular resources we've shared the past few years! (All 100% free, too—and you're welcome to make your own templates and adapt for your classroom/space)
Marcus Luther@marcusluther.bsky.social · 4w agoOne of my goals this summer? Making sure all of the most popular resources I've shared over the years with The Broken Copier could be accessed in a single place. Goal ✅ (And as always, feel free to share with anyone you think this would be helpful for!) docs.google.com/presentation...
I’m with @biblioracle.bsky.social: I’m disgusted too at the Harvard administrators who decided to fire @janerosenzweig.bsky.social. Read John’s piece at:
Harvard Administrators Don’t Care About Student Learning
I know, news flash, right?
insidehighered.com
Great places to explore this week as we launch into a new school year! New ideas, reminders, and a place to reflect on what the right foundation might be for your classroom. #EduSky
Teacher2Teacher@teacher2teacher.bsky.social · 3d agoJoin our first-ever Jam Fest! Two back-to-school Jam Sessions = double the great conversation. ⚡ Chat about creating routines: https://edut.to/4xbTclI Chat about building classroom community: https://edut.to/3REqrzi Choose a conversation and jump into the Teacher2Teacher forum to get started!
Finally getting a chance to read back through yesterday's discussion of the latest Bleak House reading with our slow-read group, and just absolutely appreciative of the way this has evolved—including the connections that have been made across the commentary. 🙏 docs.google.com/document/d/1...
📖 Bleak House by Charles Dickens — Slow-Read! 🐢
nASZJHHJE3WDDDDD98JKFGBV a slow-read 🐢 of Bleak House by Charles Dickens “I find the nights long, for I sleep but little, and think much.” I think for many of us, there are those books that you’ve l...
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"no matter the quality of my work, my dedication to helping students learn, my belief in the mission, I was clearly, irrevocably, fungible." – @biblioracle.bsky.social 🎯 in John's words, "rank stupidity" and, I'd add, an ominous signal to everyone else, too. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
Harvard Administrators Don’t Care About Student Learning
I know, news flash, right?
insidehighered.com
Perfect timing for these! Very excited to see what others are going to be doing 👀 (Nice reflection for me, since we don't go back until September begins!)
Amir Taron Ayres@amirtaron.bsky.social · 4d agoEducator friends, tap in! 👇🏾 @edutopia.org is hosting two big back to school @teacher2teacher.bsky.social Jam Sessions *at the same time.*🔥 🤔Ask what’s on your mind. 💪🏾Share what you’re planning this year. 👀Take a look at what others are doing. Links to both sessions are in the replies.
“Signing the wall” has meant something really special in our classroom for over a decade—and it was an absolute joy to be able to share this system and ritual. (And why there’s a giant 🐙 poster on our classroom wall, too!)
Jennifer Gonzalez @cultofpedagogy.bsky.social · 3d agoWhat if students could regularly practice noticing and naming character strengths in each other through specific, anonymous nominations? On the podcast this week, we learn a beautiful system that does exactly that from @marcusluther.bsky.social. www.cultofpedagogy.com/peer-affirma...
A second shout out to @marcusluther.bsky.social, whose first day of school values exercise I adapted last year and refined this year to start the kids off thinking about who they are and who else is in the room as their learning community. It starts us off with such a great vibe.
When you're three time zones away walking through a random high school for a summer conference and you notice... A Beautiful Language wall 🥹 (Seriously: this was such a cool surprise!)
Disgraceful actions by @harvard.edu - destroying their writing program at a time when it's needed more than ever as "A.i." undermines everything. Deepest shame on this institution and all the best to @janerosenzweig.bsky.social. www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...
In Defense of the Harvard College Writing Center | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson
As current and former Harvard College Writing Center tutors, we write to condemn the dissolution of the Writing Center as an independent entity and the laying off of its director, Jane Rosenzweig.
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Good news: I ran into @sturmdon.bsky.social at our conference and had a rare in-person connection for our Bleak House book club! Bad news: I still need to get through this week’s reading… 🫣
"We take for granted what's already been done, and we attend to—and even fixate upon—what's new, and innovative, and exciting. That's just how things are." A reminder-to-self that I've leaned on a lot the past few years, and one I wanted to share out with a new school year on the near horizon.
“While with an eye made quiet by the power / Of harmony, and the deep power of joy, / We see into the life of things.”
Dr. Emily Friedman@friede.bsky.social · 5d agoWordsworth’s “Tintern Abbey” is close to me always: “ …that best portion of a good man's life, His little, nameless, unremembered, acts Of kindness & of love” It is a great gift this week to hear from former students in this way. We plant seeds. We do not always see the harvest.
Whenever I talk to new teachers I tell them how education basically goes in a ten year cycle and, if you stick firm to your values, once every ten years people will say you were doing the right thing all along. ⬇️
How do you lay the foundation for real community in your classroom? In the new episode of School of Practice, 3 educators share powerful ways to kick off the new school year—and set the stage for a classroom where students feel they belong. 🤝
Podcast: 3 Outstanding Community-Building Activities for Back to School
Kick off the new school year by building genuine connections among your students, helping them feel they belong (and matter) in your classroom community.
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"opening the lines of communication with the teachers in your building helps everyone" Evergreen advice here: a school building where teachers are authentically engaged with one another, around our work and beyond it, is a better school building—for teachers and also for students.
Edutopia@edutopia.org · 7d agoAre you new to the secondary classroom this year? 🧑🏫 Veteran educator Nicholas Provenzano has 4 lessons that can help you approach your new role with confidence. #NewTeachers #EduSky
“But sometimes, writing about the life around me is the best way I can love it. Or maybe it’s me trying to pray for what I’ve seen, to protect what I’ve witnessed and experienced.” This essay is a gift…
Saeed Jones@theferocity.bsky.social · last wk.In 2023 while in NOLA, a Lyft Driver and I had a conversation about leaving home. It led to him telling me about his terminal diagnosis. “An editor told me once that if you want to understand a war, interview the grave diggers. I’d add that if you want to understand a city, interview the drivers.”
Listen to veteran teachers! No matter how long you’ve been teaching, there is always something new you can learn. #TeacherSky #EduSky
Marcus Luther@marcusluther.bsky.social · last wk.Three things I'd encourage every teacher to consider doing going into a new school year #EduSky ⓵ Build a routine to capture what is good. ⓶ Lean into your sense of curiosity ⓷ Invest in 2-3 adults around you thebrokencopier.substack.com/p/three-thin...
Three things I'd encourage every teacher to consider doing going into a new school year #EduSky ⓵ Build a routine to capture what is good. ⓶ Lean into your sense of curiosity ⓷ Invest in 2-3 adults around you thebrokencopier.substack.com/p/three-thin...
Three Things I Would Encourage Every Teacher To Do Going Into This School Year
No matter what you teach or how long you've taught
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Reading these comments are worth your time. Upsetting to learn today that Harvard is dismantling its Writing Center and is laying off Jane Rosenzweig, its long-time director. Student voices here show what is lost in a move like this, and what an institution gains in a well led writing center.
Jane Rosenzweig@janerosenzweig.bsky.social · last wk.1. one of my all-time favorite opening lines 2. that stage of life when you and your kid curl up in the evening with your own book? it‘s really cool.
Reprehensible. When I want to understand the implications of AI for writing, @janerosenzweig.bsky.social is one of the first voices I turn to. She even read some of my students' "Real Time Writing" projects a few years ago, which thrilled them. I'm so sorry, Jane. For shame, Harvard. For shame.
Sonja Drimmer@sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · last wk."When tasked with improving the “obviously overbooked” itinerary, specifically designed to trigger subtraction, participants still added more activities in the name of improvement." Oh boy, yes. This. This this this.
DrAnnD@drannd.bsky.social · last wk.I'm thinking about what to take away hard core. There's just *too much* and that doesn't help anyone. Also, it's totally a cognitive flex to take things away.