Tiffany Larson, PhD
@tiffanyrlarson.bsky.social
Rebel with a cause. Literacy. The cause is literacy. Texan abroad. She/her
After reading some of the recent pubs and discourse around US higher ed.… I should just stop right here. But here are the three major fallacies of much of what’s out there, three contexts that are missing, and the one big thing that is driving me around the bend (actually already there, but). 1/
People who have never taught writing making suggestions like “just use it to generate ideas” and “just use it to proofread your work” as if those aren’t two of the many essential skills that actually help a fledgling writer develop a voice.
Hey, #literacies folks: NCTE needs more members for the Committee Against Censorship! Self-nominate today! We've got 4 slots to fill in November (it's okay if you can't make the Convention). If you want to make a difference in the lives of K-12 teachers and students, join us! Info at the link.
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Know your rights AND the laws that govern those who would oppress you.
Dean Gloster@deangloster.bsky.social · 2w agoYour quiet reminder: It is felony, with a 5 year prison term, for an armed federal agent to be at a poling place, or to order one to go there, under 18 USC 592.
LAUSD and NYC Schools enroll approximately 1.62 million students. That’s about 3.2% of public school enrollment. Local organizing made this happen in the largest districts in the country. That means it can work anywhere. The 48 million children are waiting.
Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 2w ago“The Los Angeles Unified Board is banning student access to AI tools on district-provided laptops and tablets. The announcement comes after the Los Angeles Unified School District voted to limit screen time for students in June.”
The audacity and brazenness just astounds me.
Laura Burkhardt@lauraannstl.bsky.social · 2w agoPretty astounding stuff out of Missouri today. The state of Missouri argued in front of the Missouri Supreme Court that that they plan on defying court orders and MO law by placing the gerrymandered map on the November ballot even if the referendum is ruled legal. I hope everyone’s paying attention.
CAROLINE: That Elizabeth. The glint of her skin seems sun-touched these days, not like last time I saw her. Her teeth are fine. People say her eyes are pretty, but they seem stern to me, and I’ve looked long and deep into them. DARCY: (Oh no, better lock down Elizabeth before Caroline makes a move)
I regret to inform you that none of my holds came through, so I’m facing a week without something to read and/or listen to for fun. Please respect my privacy at such a tragic time. #sad #nobooks
Tiffany Larson, PhD@tiffanyrlarson.bsky.social · 3w agoNot me spamming my Libby account every 5 minutes to see if my holds are ready yet…
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I feel like I’m living In a dystopian novel written in 1993 that was rejected by dozens of publishers because it was incredibly stupid.
Not me spamming my Libby account every 5 minutes to see if my holds are ready yet…
We & the media are NOT talking enough about how a Florida grand jury found that $10 million was funneled from a settlement intended to benefit Florida taxpayers to Ron DeSantis’s wife’s illegitimate “charity” (that never registered with the IRS), where it was laundered before it got to the FLA GOP.
But first. We have to pass their test. Can they trust us? Not many retakes on this test. And the lessons can be painful. But the rewards can be beautiful. The test never ends. The high stakes of teaching. Trust is a must.
Just when I start to think maybe IHE isn’t all that bad, they publish this tripe. The opinion is bad, but folks are allowed to have their bad opinions. The article is also badly considered and written.
Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 3w agoOpinion | Postdocs Aren’t Burger Flippers: Why Unionization Is a Bad Idea Unionization disrupts the bespoke mentor-mentee relationships that are central to the advancement of science. By Evan D. Morris: https://bit.ly/3Sus7fa #EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd
as for the publication, you really need to retire the insensitive “burger flippers” label. it’s so unnecessary when you can just say “service industry” or “hospitality”. disappointing to see men in scientific research still using it, their insecurity doesn’t need to be broadcasted
What is especially weird is that all of these approaches that the author tries to juxtapose with “explicit instruction” all have explicit instruction as part of any unit of study (and often every day via mini-lessons)
Nick Covington@covingtonedu.bsky.social · 3w agoIt's honestly very funny that the author of the most shambolic education book I've read in recent memory has the lead essay for AEI's new #ResearchEd partnership. www.aei.org/commentary/i...
Dang but this scare quotes are doing a lot in the article title. 😬
Catherine Rampell@crampell.bsky.social · 3w ago"the money, which was supposed to be used to provide health insurance for poor children, was instead hastily passed through multiple organizations before eventually landing in the bank accounts of two political action committees and the Republican Party of Florida." www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/g...
I really cannot think of a greater honor than to have the Muppets say this about you upon your passing
Serial book challenger, Bonnie Wallace, admits “there’s nothing wrong with the book.” Says she “prayed about it” before making her decision to put Holocaust survivor autobiography “Night” by Elie Wiesel on Dan Patrick’s list of “illegal” books. www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/tex...
Holocaust book among titles flagged for removal from Texas schools
The book, 'Night' by Elie Wiesel, is currently required reading for Texas 8th graders. It was part of a list Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick flagged last week for removal.
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Join ALA's Betsy Gomez tomorrow (8/25) for a free webinar with Unite Against Book Bans partner Red Wine & Blue! Tune in to hear about the latest trends in book banning and how communities are uniting against censorship. Register: https://go.redwine.blue/aaez
I am a faculty academic librarian. I exist in both the worlds of academic freedom and anti-censorship. This situation involves neither. Cofnas deserves to be fired.
Jonathan W. Gray@elmcitytree.blacksky.app · 4w agoThere’s a petition signed by more than one hundred academics (& counting!) in support of Nathan Cofnas—the racist who instigated the pile on that led to J. Arday’s death—because he lost his postdoc. Apparently there’s nothing a white man can do that deserves consequences.
Ppl have to have more empathy man, we’re all experiencing a version of life none of us anticipated.
I’ve been suspecting this, but damn it all. 😡
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Kim Lane Scheppele@kimlanelaw.bsky.social · 4w agoZero new NSF grants in sociology, anthropology, political science and economics. The agenda of this US govt is to stop documenting the society in which we live while they are destroying it. We will find other ways to track and explain our times and fight to restore our research funding.