Michael Moylan, Ed.D.
@michaelmoylan.bsky.social
Acceleration and Enrichment teacher, Tech. Geek, Lifelong Learner
At a time when our district and so many others are switching to boxed, scripted curriculum, this is an important topic to discuss. #EduSky ncte.org/fewer-whole-...
Fewer Whole Books, More Isolated Learning Experiences
How do we push against atomized English education experiences? Join NCTE Historian and author Jonna Perrillo for a timely conversation with educators Sarah Esberger, Noelle Cammon, and Andrew Newman, ...
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Authors! Editors! Agents! tinyurl.com/3aecynxb If you're a member of @ncte.org , register for this free seminar. This discussion affects the way our books, especially MG and YA, are used in classrooms. #edusky #kidlit #fiction #nonfiction #TLsky @nctecla.bsky.social
Under Trump: -Household electricity costs are up 18% -Ground beef prices are up 22% -Gas prices are up 40% -ACA out-of-pocket premiums are up 58% -Inflation is at a three-year high Tired of "winning" yet?
If the diagonal of a tv screen is 100" and the aspect ratio is 16:9, how wide is the tv?
Under Trump: -Household electricity costs are up 18% -Ground beef prices are up 22% -Gas prices are up 40% -ACA out-of-pocket premiums are up 58% -Inflation is at a three-year high "New Golden Age" for who?
Cover Reveal: National Book Award–winning author Imani Perry turns her knack for bringing history alive to a middle grade audience in her debut children’s book, ‘Hope in a Classroom,’ due out from Norton Young Readers in January
Cover Reveal: Imani Perry’s Children’s Debut, ‘Hope in a Classroom’
The National Book Award–winning author and scholar makes her children's book debut with 'Hope in a Classroom,' out from Norton Young Readers on January 12, 2027.
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Google has been deleting the reviews of ICE detention centers on Google Maps, according to a new study. The study found Google deleted reviews from dozens of ICE prisons, then blocked users from writing new ones. DHS says ICE never requested that Google do this. theintercept.com/2026/07/20/g...
Google Is Censoring Reviews of ICE Detention Centers
In the past year, Google Maps was deleting all the reviews for dozens of ICE jails, a new study found.
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★ In her “arresting” dystopian middle grade novel BUILDING 903, Lois Lowry “conjures a hyper-surveillance state that mirrors contemporary attitudes surrounding censorship and control”
Building 903 by Lois Lowry
Lowry (The Giver) pens an arresting dystopian novel that chronicles a tween discovering a cache of books and the startling truth...
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Added: Big Lies of Education: Reading Proficiency and NAEP radicalscholarship.com/2024/02/23/b...
Big Lies of Education: Reading Proficiency and NAEP
Updates 2026 Open Letter to the National Assessment Governing Board: Stop Letting Others Lie About Our Children with Your Data Popular Lies About Test Scores Corrupt Debates About the Progress of O…
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Open Letter to the National Assessment Governing Board: Stop Letting Others Lie About Our Children with Your Data open.substack.com/pub/bruceles... Cites @roblevine82.bsky.social @plthomasedd.bsky.social @palan57.bsky.social @dianeravitch.bsky.social @jerseyjazzman.bsky.social @brookings.edu
Open Letter to the National Assessment Governing Board: Stop Letting Others Lie About Our Children with Your Data
NAEP Proficient is not grade level. It never has been. They have an ethical responsibility to correct the public misuse of the data.
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Watch your students light up as they collaborate, think critically, and solve problems together. That’s the magic of Breakout EDU, and Camp Breakout EDU helps you bring it to your classroom. Join us for free PD, July 21–23: brkedu.com/camp 🏕️ #EduSky #teacher
It never hurts to have a friend like Stacy Wells who shares your book, A Cup of Quiet, with young readers at the Bob Jones Nature Center & Preserve in Southlake, Texas, then takes them on a hike for an exercise in listening for the quiet sounds of nature. I mean! Come on! How cool is that?
Kitty starts the book living in an animal shelter. She gets adopted by a boy who is grieving the death of his cat Licorice. Things feel an off as Kitty tries to adjust. Turns out things weren’t just a little off! 🤯- The last 30 page knocked my socks off. This book is a treat 2 readers! 📚 👍 #kidlit
It's Mental Math Monday! If Eric can type 36 words in 24 seconds, how many words can he type in one minute? Please share your thought process in the comments. @eschares.bsky.social
Trump approved disaster aid requests from six red states last week. Two days later, he rejected aid requests from four blue states. Not only is he punishing states who didn’t vote for him, he’s playing politics with people’s lives. Despicable.
Black leaders across the South have expressed a visceral shock in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision gutting the Voting Rights Act. But as the surprise wears off, a sense of isolation has begun to set in among some. 🔗 politi.co/4vSW46T
Hey, how about that? www.med.ubc.ca/news/billion...
Billions of doses later: Global review confirms mRNA vaccines are safe, effective and full of promise - UBC Faculty of Medicine
Ranked among the world’s top medical schools with the fifth-largest MD enrollment in North America, the UBC Faculty of Medicine is a leader in both the science and the practice of medicine. Across Bri...
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Added a couple of picture books and a couple of middle grade novels to my list of AWESOME NEW BOOKS. 📚👍https://www.mrcolbysharp.com/2026
Congratulations @barefootbooks.bsky.social Kewsi and Nana Ruby Learn to Swim is the 2026 one of two Best Picture Books of Children's Africana Book Award #CFAS cfas.howard.edu/outreach/caba/caba-2026-winners
How many ways can 5 couples sit in a row given that each person needs to sit next to their partner?
Discover what America's heartland was like 85 million years ago. @steamteambooks.bsky.social @randomhousekids.bsky.social #TLsky #TLchat #Skybrarian #SchoolLibrarian #kidlit #edusky
Fandom Transformation Projects invite youth to create multimedia artifacts to move pop culture communities toward justice. Learn from @karismjones.bsky.social and @scottstorm.bsky.social about using these projects in your own teaching context. Register for our Monday webinar: https://bit.ly/4vgAGYc
THE TROUBLE WITH HEROES comes out in paperback tomorrow! (and just in time - it's already landed on 23 state book award lists and kids need this affordable edition!) bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
The Trouble with Heroes
Check out The Trouble with Heroes - <p><b>An instant <i>New York Times</i> bestseller!</b><br><br><b>A <i>USA Today</i> bestseller!</b><br><br><b>Read with Jenna Jr. Summer Reading List Pick!</b><br><...
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There’s no difference between men marching in white masks and men marching in white hoods. None.
What is freedom? Are you really free if your groceries or medicine are so expensive that you can’t afford them? Or if your boss can change your work schedule on a whim or block you from getting a new job? Lina Khan explains how excessive corporate power makes us less free.
The Illusion of Choice: How Big Business Controls Your Life (ft. Lina Khan)
From your grocery bill to your paycheck, monopolies are making you less financially secure and ultimately less free. For
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