"Our tendency to see religion as a matter of personal, interiorized belief has led us to view its study as intellectually niche… This is true of how we view the Humanities in general—that, as Lauren Horn Griffin has so well explained, they’re seen as little more than 'personal enrichment.'"

Religion, Humanities, and the Public Good

The right wing's assault on Religion and Humanities programs is an assault on our ability to understand the world, from Hindutva abroad to Christian Nationalism at home.

liberalcurrents.com

Report: More Americans Abandoning Lengthy Conversations In Favor Of One Really Big Word

Report: More Americans Abandoning Lengthy Conversations In Favor Of One Really Big Word

PHILADELPHIA—Suggesting that the nation was increasingly prioritizing speed and efficiency in speaking, a report released Tuesday by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania found that more Ameri...

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There’s an invisible mountain of learning in teacher prep that I missed. Not because it’s hidden from me, but because I am the one it disappeared into. On what my pre-service teachers are revealing about the hidden curriculum of teacher prep: shannapeeplessheher.substack.com/p/the-hidden...

The Hidden Curriculum of Becoming a Teacher

Expertise is the condition that hides the mountain of learning. I am no longer climbing it, so I stopped seeing it.

shannapeeplessheher.substack.com

Texans check your voter registration, especially those in Dallas, Collin, Denton, and Tarrant counties. From the article: Suspended voter registrations span the whole state, but these Blue/Blue leaning counties are targets: Dallas: +129,000 Collin: 56,000 Denton: 56,000 Tarrant: + 73,000

Texas Has Suspended More Than 1 Million Voters Ahead of Senate Race

If you’re one of the people who had their voter registration suspended, there’s still time to fix it.

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Until I tried to teach brand-new teacher candidates how to teach, I really didn’t understand just how hard it is to really prepare someone to even go into a classroom, much less teach students. shannapeeples.medium.com/teaching-how...

Teaching How To Teach Is Super Hard

All the assumptions my first courses in teacher prep are exploding in my face

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“Finally, for those who find such activities as described in this case offensive, the solution is relatively simple … just don’t go,” www.texastribune.org/2026/08/25/t...

Texas’ limits on some drag shows found unconstitutional again

A federal judge reasserted his 2023 ruling that the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals sent back for reconsideration. The law went into effect in March as the case proceeded.

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Dolly Parton's Imagination Library gifted more than 332,000,000 books since it was first created 31 years ago.

This is the same person that, during Covid, said everyone’s grandparents needed to die to save the economy. Not sure he’s the best judge of what’s appropriate bookriot.com/dan-patrick-...

Texas Lt. Governor Threatens Public School Librarians and Educators: "We're Coming for the Books"

Texas's Lieutenant Governor threatens public school librarians and educators over books in their schools.

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Nearly 1 in 4 students are chronically absent from school – kids who feel happy and safe are less likely to miss class

Research on absenteeism often focuses on factors like unreliable transportation, overlooking what schools themselves can do to help kids maintain a steady attendance record.

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Migrant kids are being held in a South Texas detention center longer than a court order allows. The nation’s only detention center for families is routinely holding children beyond the 20-day limit, including an Iranian-born “average American kid” who’s been locked up for 123 days and counting.

Texas detention center holding kids beyond court-ordered limit

The nation’s only detention center for families is routinely holding children beyond the 20-day limit, including an Iranian-born “average American kid” who’s been locked up for 123 days and counting.

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"Blessed are you who weep..." This speech by Jamestalarico.com about #ICELawlessness is incredibly moving. We must take our anguish, our sadness, our fear & our frustration & turn it to fire! We must act & supporting candidates who will hold this administration accountable is the #1 thing to do.🧵

The measure of a society is how it invests in its children. For decades, I have advocated for Head Start because every child deserves a strong start in life. Today, I stand with the more than 100 civil rights and child advocacy organizations opposing efforts to dismantle the program from within.

BREAKING: EXCLUSIVE: Five months ago, we learned that ICE seized drawings and letters from children in the Dilley ICE concentration camp. I sued under the Freedom of Information Act. Today, I got responsive documents. www.muellershewrote.com/p/breaking-e...

BREAKING: EXCLUSIVE: ICE Seized Drawings from Children in Detention. I Sued, and Today I Got Them.

Five months ago, I filed a Freedom of Information Act Request for papers seized from children at the Dilley ICE Detention Center. Today, I got a heartbreaking response.

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Just off the top of my head, the $5 million used on this project would fund hundreds of college scholarships, or provide rural broadband, or ensure reading interventions for thousands of struggling readers

Luke Radel@lukeradel.bsky.social · last mo.

You paid for this. @meidastouch.com

More than 1,000 students from across the country joined us on Capitol Hill this week to urge Congress to pass the Dream and Promise Act, which would grant a long overdue pathway to citizenship to over 4 million Americans. Help us put pressure on our representatives at aclu.org/dream-promise-bsky

August as an academic

As Educators Warned Years Ago, Lots Of Teachers Are Leaving The Classroom larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2026/08/01/a...

solid sub-head - meaning, good lord:”failed to block funding” so contriving an alternate evil to inflict harm on poor children

Teacher Required To Provide Own Salary https://theonion.com/teacher-required-to-provide-own-salary/

GOP officials questioned support of teachers cultivating learning spaces inclusive of all children. NBCTs' students gain 5 months of additional learning in math,1.5 months in reading, 18% reduction in suspension & 10% decrease in chronic absences www.texastribune.org/2026/07/24/t...

National teacher certification must comply with Texas’ anti-DEI law

If National Board officials don’t show compliance with state law, they risk Texas excluding educators with the credential from a pay-for-performance program.

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It’s that time of year again. Teachers, THANK YOU for what you do. If you need help stocking your room this year, please drop a link to your Classroom Wishlists in the comments! I’ll get as much as I can, and there are always some great members of the community who chip in too!

“Complaints about Nolan’s “Odyssey” are mainly complaints about what does and doesn’t count as Western, as manly, and as heroic art.” www.liberalcurrents.com/the-new-vand...

The New Vandals

Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey" offends right-wingers' notion that only white men make history.

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Positioning the soulless pursuit of hollow ‘achievement’ as a perk of the “teacherless classroom” is quite the sales pitch. “If a kid asks who won against Colombia last night in the World Cup, it will say, ‘I can’t tell you that, let’s get back to your mathematics” www.ft.com/content/0070...

Elite AI-powered schools insist they provide route to excellence

Long-term effects of incorporating the technology into learning are still unknown, but inequalities are emerging

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“This severs the guardrails [and] eliminates the ability for students to fully access their rights, and it creates unnecessary and unjustified barriers to access their education.” www.edweek.org/leadership/e...

Education Department Scraps Longstanding Discrimination Rules

Districts will no longer be liable for "disparate impact"—in discipline, course access, or CTE programs.

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ICE is arresting relatives who come forward to take custody of migrant children in federal shelters. Attorneys say the federal agencies are using children as “bait” to detain sponsors, leaving kids waiting in shelters for months. bit.ly/4pGQl1N

ICE arresting relatives trying to take custody of migrant kids

Attorneys say the federal agencies are using children as “bait” to detain sponsors, leaving kids waiting in shelters for months.

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As states play a larger role in shaping curriculum, local communities have fewer opportunities to influence how history and other complex subjects are taught. Our newest article explores why transparency, local control, and community voices matter. www.freedomtoreadproject.org/what_should_...

What Should Schools Teach, and Who Decides?

As states increasingly shape curriculum, who decides what students learn? Explore why local control, transparency, and community voices matter.

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Weird how this never applies to the Second Amendment.

Kate Riga@kateriga.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Kavanaugh says that Constitution is an "enduring document" and that new exceptions to birthright citizenship can be added for "modern situations that were unknown or unanticipated by the Constitution’s Framers"

On Birthright Citizenship: “The Reconstruction Amendments were an anticaste, antisubordination reset for the Nation, not a mere spot treatment for the dark stain of slavery.” -Justice Ketanji Brown 💅💕

Trans rights are human rights. Trans youth deserve dignity and safety. Gender affirming care benefits everyone, but especially trans folks because it saves lives. 🏳️‍⚧️