Reposted by CheesemonkeySFAcid Rain @bearysweet.bsky.social · 08/05/2026All right, pick your marble and... Let's roll. 🎱 #marblerun #fun #race 1201418214
CheesemonkeySF @cheesemonkeysf.bsky.social · 08/05/2026The amount of seriously private information put at risk by this cyberattack is staggering. Think about medical or safety information/status that a student might need to disclose to a professor or teaching assistant. And who knows what else. 000
CheesemonkeySF @cheesemonkeysf.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Anything that can be described as a "low-value task" should probably be eliminated -- not outsourced and shifted into supervision. 000
CheesemonkeySF @cheesemonkeysf.bsky.social · 08/05/2026I am so sorry to hear this. The same is happening right now in K-12 public education as well. The additional burdens being dumped onto teachers and normalized are nuts. I'm sorry to hear the same is happening in higher ed. 000
CheesemonkeySF @cheesemonkeysf.bsky.social · 08/05/2026The contempt throughout our society for teachers' professional knowledge and skill is profound. 010
CheesemonkeySF @cheesemonkeysf.bsky.social · 08/05/2026As soon as I saw the news of this breach, that was where my mind went. The scale of the student privacy disaster here is hard to imagine. 000
CheesemonkeySF @cheesemonkeysf.bsky.social · 07/07/2025Will the @neatoday.bsky.social exec board finally vote to admit that the entire 3-million member teachers union officially embraces Jew-hate as union policy? k12trackers.substack.com/p/the-nation...k12trackers.substack.comThe National Education Association Representative Assembly votes to cut ties with the ADLOver 6000 public school teachers attend the NEA annual Representative Assembly - this year, they voted to cut ties with the Anti-Defamation League 010
CheesemonkeySF @cheesemonkeysf.bsky.social · 06/07/2025We Jewish NEA members are terrified by news of the Jew-hate that's taken over the floor and leaked out to the public. Shame on leadership for allowing this. 010
Reposted by CheesemonkeySFRandi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 02/04/2025The people have spoken. Voters in Wisconsin rejected Elon Musk and MAGA style extremism. Susan Crawford - an incredibly well qualified jurist was just elected!! Great news tonight!! 629956
Reposted by CheesemonkeySFAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 26/03/2025Now you can read the Signal group chat texts and decide for yourself whether this is information that should have been classified www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...theatlantic.comHere Are the Attack Plans That Trump’s Advisers Shared on SignalThe administration has downplayed the importance of the text messages inadvertently sent to The Atlantic’s editor in chief. 1231941594
Reposted by CheesemonkeySFAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26/03/2025Castro: "The idea that this information, if it was presented to our committee, would not be classified, you all know is a lie. That's ridiculous." 629270546528
Reposted by CheesemonkeySF#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Chris Matthews Declares WH Attack Plan Leaks Moved From ‘Blunder’ to ‘Cover Up’ After Texts Drop: ‘There Is No Accident Here!’ twp.ai/1VHQjutwp.aiChris Matthews Declares WH Attack Plan Leaks Moved From ‘Blunder’ to ‘Cover Up’ After Texts Drop: ‘There Is No Accident Here!’Chris Matthews declared the White House attack plans leak chaos has moved from "blunder" to "cover up" following the full texts being released. 1231757
Reposted by CheesemonkeySFRenee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 26/03/2025“Is Elmo now or has Elmo ever been a member of the Communist Party?” Rep Garcia treats the hearing with the level of concern it deserves, showing various muppets and asking about their hidden agendas. 511925
Reposted by CheesemonkeySFNY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 25/03/2025The most disturbing thing to me about the national security group chat was that Tulsi Gabbard responded to Hegseth's war plans with "lol lmao." 732468364
Reposted by CheesemonkeySFEliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Probably best not to lie about things like this when you know a journalist documented the whole thing. 841544294
Reposted by CheesemonkeySFLawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 26/03/2025Today at 12:30 pm ET, @benjaminwittes.bsky.social will talk to @shaneharris.bsky.social about the decision to release the attack plans that Trump’s advisers shared in the Signal group chat that included the Atlantic Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg. Watch their discussion here:youtube.comLawfare Live: Attack Plans Shared on Signal Released by the AtlanticYouTube video by Lawfare 68825
Reposted by CheesemonkeySFThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 26/03/2025This is really, really bad. @michaeldweiss.bsky.social joins @timmiller.bsky.social to discuss the now released war plans texts and why it's such a big dealyoutube.comWorse Than We Thought! War Plans TEXTS RELEASED! Did Russia Get The Info? (w/ Michael Weiss)YouTube video by The Bulwark 31547121
Reposted by CheesemonkeySFMark Zaid, Esq @markzaidesq.bsky.social · 26/03/2025DNI Gabbard testified she maintains her "First Amendment rights" to post comments through personal accounts regarding views that might be different from her official work positions. Yet law firms & lawyers (incl me) are being targeted by Administration for excercising their 1st Amendment rights. 🤦♂️ 20166921843
Reposted by CheesemonkeySFChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 25/03/2025A fantastically important postscript to this piece: David Graham asks Jeffrey Goldberg about possible retaliation, and Goldberg gives a perfect answer — with perfect swipes. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/... 8072581873
Reposted by CheesemonkeySFAFT @aft.org · 24/03/2025To the folks curious about their vaccination status: 💉If you're born before 1957, and you're not sure if you had measles: Get a booster or ask your doctor to screen you with bloodwork. 💉If you're born between 1957 & 1989, and you don't have documentation of 2 shots: Get a booster. 2156
Reposted by CheesemonkeySFRachel Vindman @natsechobbyist.bsky.social · 24/03/2025There’s always that one person in the group chat who communicates 50% in emoji. We made that person the National Security Adviser. 499117792532
Reposted by CheesemonkeySFOhio Federation of Teachers @oftunion.bsky.social · 20/03/2025OFT President Melissa Cropper on Governor DeWine's support for the Executive Order for the closure of the Dept of Education: “We strongly agree with Mike DeWine when he talks about the importance of improving student wellness, literacy and math skills, and career technical education in Ohio..." 🧵 1114
Reposted by CheesemonkeySFJosh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 20/03/2025Excellent statement from a number of Con Law scholars--including some notably conservative ones--on the government's funding cutoff at Columbia/ www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...nybooks.comA Statement from Constitutional Law Scholars on Columbia | Eugene Volokh, Michael C. Dorf, David ColeWe write as constitutional scholars—some liberal and some conservative—who seek to defend academic freedom and the First Amendment in the wake of the 6339118
CheesemonkeySF @cheesemonkeysf.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Early numeracy and mathematics development: A longitudinal meta-analysis on the predictive nature of early numeracy psycnet.apa.org/record/2025-...psycnet.apa.orgAPA PsycNet 020
Reposted by CheesemonkeySFChristopher Danielson @triangleman.bsky.social · 19/03/2025"Please take this short survey." [clicks] 10 screens of demographic questions later... [closes tab] 193
CheesemonkeySF @cheesemonkeysf.bsky.social · 19/03/2025NEW at The Voice of San Francisco "SFUSD can learn from Boston’s track record of excellence in early childhood mathematics." thevoicesf.org/transitional...thevoicesf.orgTransitional kindergarten is counting on us - The Voice of San FranciscoThe 4-year-olds steady themselves in a raggedy circle around their veteran teacher, box braids and crew cuts and fluttering hands wiggling in anticipation of what comes next. All eyes are on the teach... 150
CheesemonkeySF @cheesemonkeysf.bsky.social · 18/03/2025My latest, in The Voice of San Francisco ♾️ #MTBoS #iteachmath thevoicesf.org/transitional...thevoicesf.orgTransitional kindergarten is counting on us - The Voice of San FranciscoThe 4-year-olds steady themselves in a raggedy circle around their veteran teacher, box braids and crew cuts and fluttering hands wiggling in anticipation of what comes next. All eyes are on the teach... 051
Reposted by CheesemonkeySFErin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 15/03/2025It’s not so fun to be a Jew in America right now. 656043
Reposted by CheesemonkeySFRandi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 12/03/2025After a lifetime of work, employees, deserve to retire w/ dignity. Social Security is a bedrock foundation for working people's retirement security, but Musk is spreading blatant lies about waste & fraud to give tax breaks to billionaires. apnews.com/article/elon...apnews.comMusk eyes Social Security and benefit programs for cuts while claiming widespread fraudElon Musk says Social Security and other federal benefit programs will be targeted in his hunt for fraudulent spending. 922064
Reposted by CheesemonkeySFRandi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 08/03/2025It’s an illegal attack on millions of dedicated public service workers who placed their faith in PSLF’s bipartisan promise, only to see it ripped away. AFT won’t stop fighting, in court and in Congress, until every single public service worker gets the help the law affords them.aft.orgAdvocates Blast Trump Plans to Sign Executive Order to Weaponize Public Service Loan Forgiveness and Stifle Free Speech Across AmericaWASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Trump signaled his intent to sign an executive order to revoke eligibility for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) from borrowers employed at non-profit organizati... 04215
Reposted by CheesemonkeySFPaul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 08/03/2025You want to see some "fraud," just wait until Republicans create their multi-billion-dollar federal school voucher program www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...washingtonpost.comGOP voucher plan would divert billions in taxes to private schoolsDonations to scholarship programs would be fully reimbursed through a new tax credit, creating the largest federal tax incentive for charitable giving. 610628
CheesemonkeySF @cheesemonkeysf.bsky.social · 06/03/2025I realized I had to do that because it's how I make sense of the math. 010
Reposted by CheesemonkeySFBobson Wong @bobsonwong.com · 06/03/2025All of that and more. In the book that I co-wrote on teaching math, we devoted two chapters to teaching math as a language...because math is a language, and we should teach it like one. 131
CheesemonkeySF @cheesemonkeysf.bsky.social · 06/03/2025And not just the fine motor skills but also endurance!!! 10th graders have never kept track of their learning across 9 whole months. It's a HUGE mindset shift. 020
Reposted by CheesemonkeySFBobson Wong @bobsonwong.com · 06/03/2025Both. There's a lot of research that indicates that students process more when they write by hand. 221
CheesemonkeySF @cheesemonkeysf.bsky.social · 06/03/2025So much more. Fine motor skills seem somehow connected to both thinking skills and retention. 110
CheesemonkeySF @cheesemonkeysf.bsky.social · 06/03/2025It starts with teaching vocabulary. We have vocab quizzes. I was just noticing today how much better my students' conversations and written work are since I started this practice. 110
Reposted by CheesemonkeySFPopehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 05/03/2025I would prefer the rule of law to survive by more than 5-4. But I'm getting used to disappointment. 763903392
Reposted by CheesemonkeySFGarrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 05/03/2025This is a wildly dangerous sign — the idea that there are only five SCOTUS votes for paying congressionally mandated invoices for work *already* done!? This should be as basic a test of Article I as you can get. And that does not bode well for decisions to come. 18659021785
Reposted by CheesemonkeySFPeter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 05/03/2025Somewhere, Jeff Bezos is angrily clicking “track shipment” to see what happened to his new editorial page. 473283464268
Reposted by CheesemonkeySFDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 04/03/2025My God: they are selling off federal buildings and no longer planning on collecting revenues. Again, none of this is about efficiency. I know the IRS is not popular, but for every dollar invested it generates about $7 in returns. The goal is not to save money but to stop collecting it. 12238931316
Reposted by CheesemonkeySFJan Machielsen @janmachielsen.bsky.social · 05/03/2025Spotted on campus this morning. Thanks to the person who posted this. 81798381