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Alex Shevrin Venet @asv.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

This is such a fun and cute idea!! And I could see applications in a bunch of content areas. Who Will Your Students Be in 2040? www.edutopia.org/article/care...

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Who Will Your Students Be in 2040?

Guiding English learners to imagine their future selves and role-play a class reunion promotes research and speaking skills.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

If we made the green energy transition this war would be unthinkable and these authoritarians wouldn’t be in power — not in the US, not in Iran, not in Saudi Arabia, not in Russia. Hydrocarbons are killing our freedom and just plain killing us.

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Erika Shaker @ershaker.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... ‘Al-Quds Day has been described by Toronto organizers as a show of support for Palestine. Social media posts promoting the event say demonstrators will also be calling for "no war in Iran and Lebanon."’

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Ford calls for injunction against Al-Quds Day rally in Toronto | CBC News

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he has asked the provincial attorney general to seek an injunction against a planned Al-Quds Day rally in Toronto on Saturday.

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Ricochet Media @ricochetmedia.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Scoop from @jonthompson.bsky.social today. Is Doug Ford planning to axe elected public school boards in Ontario? “These decisions are being made without our consultation and consent. For First Nations, sadly, this is the way the government works.” ricochet.media/indigenous/i... #onpoli

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Is Doug Ford planning to axe elected public school boards in Ontario?

Communities fear the province may soon eliminate trustees in Ontario, impacting disabled, First Nations, and other marginalized students.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

If we examine the origins of the war on Iran, we get an inkling of a closed domain of international oligarchs, exploiting the state’s power and patriotic sentiment, while creating a world order in which the American state is much weaker. An oligarchical corridor. snyder.substack.com/p/the-oligar...

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The Oligarchical Corridor

A Source of War

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Zinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Today: US-Israeli strike on a girls’ elem. school in Minab, Iran. Death toll 80+ 💔 1953: US & Britain orchestrated a coup d’etat that toppled the democratically elected gov't. of Iran. Shah took power & signed over 40% of Iran’s oil fields to U.S. companies. www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ir...

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Aug. 19, 1953: U.S. and Britain Topple Democratically Elected Government of Iran

Democratically elected Iranian Premier Mohammad Mossadegh was removed from power in a coup.

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Viet Thanh Nguyen @vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

I think the last time the USA created regime change solely through bombing was in Cambodia, when a massive carpet bombing campaign so destabilized the country that the Khmer Rouge came to power and wiped out the Royal government—the American ally. Genocide followed.

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Harsha Walia @harshawalia.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Truly dystopic. "we are witnessing the fullest expression of the most inhumane weapons of the century: Autonomous bombs and missiles. Their “autonomy” refers to fact that humans need not be in the loop in any meaningful way when deciding where to target or whether to launch such weapons."

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Who’s Deciding Where the Bombs Drop in Iran? Maybe Not Even Humans.

Behind last week’s scrum between the Trump administration and Anthropic lies a deeper question of how warfare is conducted—and whether accountability even exists anymore.

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Jesse Hagopian @jessehagopian.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

🇵🇸✊🏾🎉❤️ it is with great joy in my heart that I share that I finally have the new book I co-edited in hand!!! For too long Palestine has been absent in the curriculum—no more! #FreePalestine Order today! rethinkingschools.org/books/teachi...

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irina cerić @irinaceric.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Just an incredible failure of vision & empathy. There will now be no way to travel between Windsor and Detroit unless you have a car or can pay (a lot) for a cab. Cutting the nearly century-old tunnel bus in the midst of climate & affordability crises is simply cruel. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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Transit Windsor bus to Detroit will end as council fails to overrule mayor's veto | CBC News

The City of Windsor will no longer offer the Transit Windsor tunnel bus route connecting the city to Detroit.

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Dan Scratch @danscratch.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Teaching can reinforce the ideals of democracy, justice and equity or it can be designed for compliance and obedience. How do educators create a pedagogy that challenges fascism during these times? #edchat #OntEd #OntPoli medium.com/@dan-r-scrat...

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Teaching Against Fascism

If you’ve been paying attention to American politics over the last forty years, you may have noticed the withering away of democratic…

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Dan Scratch @danscratch.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

NEW BLOG POST -> "Teaching Against Fascism" #OntEd #AbEd #Ontpoli medium.com/@dan-r-scrat...

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Jason To | 杜澤信 @mrjasonto.com · 01/12/2024

Now that @gparekh.bsky.social is here, I want to share her “Equity and Human Rights in Special Education: Critical Reflective Practice Guide,” which offers educators strategies to reduce the negative effects of bias & racism in decisions around special education. www.criticalreflectivepractice.com

Disability as an Intersectional Experience
Bias related to racism, classism, xenophobia, language learning, and other forms of discrimination can influence how ability is perceived and understood (Annamma et al., 2013; Erevelles et al., 2019; Reid & Knight, 2006).

As disability is both relationally and socially produced, this work will draw on the framework of disability justice. Disability justice is oriented towards centring the lived realities, dreams, and desires of disabled peoples, particularly those who have faced marginalization by able-centric societal systems (Piepzna-Samarasinha,
2018).

For instance, white, South Asian, or East Asian students are more often perceived to have “excellent” learning skills compared to Black students, despite having similar levels of achievement (Parekh et al., 2018). In the context of schools, students' identities intersect with how ability and disability are constructed and inform the perceptions, expectations, and attitudes of those around them. For instance, bias related to racial identity may lead to the perception that a racialized child's behaviour is disordered, or that low achievement from a child living in poverty is due to disability as opposed to a lack of access to resources (Artiles et al., 2010; Connor, 2017; Howard et al., 2009).

Key practices in special education vulnerable to bias:

Identification
Processes
Assessments
Interpretations of behaviour
Assumptions around ability and capacity

Placement Processes
Assessments around best 'fit'
Ideas around how learning is best supported
Aligning placement to notion of 'need'

What is critical reflective practice and why is it important for special education?

Critical reflective practice requires educators to position themselves as learners in the service of students

Educational practice serves as the true catalyst to achievement and critical educators must resist bias in relation to student abilities, labels and social identities.

Critical reflective practice can help educators identify and dismantle classroom and school-based barriers

Critical reflective practice can arm educators with tools to help guide them through classroom assessment, referral, identification and placement decisions, as well as negate the over-representation of historically marginalized students in special education

Inclusive Instruction across K-12 Classrooms:

Effective instructional practices by classroom educators are key to ensuring success for all students. However, these practices are influenced by an educator's conception of student "ability" and how it is perceived alongside race, class, disability, gender, sexuality, and other identities.

Guidance/strategies for Educators
Setting conditions for inclusive classrooms
• Value student diversity.
• Support high expectations through relationship-building.
• Ensure learning experiences are accessible to all students.
• Support students within the general classroom.
• Ensure classroom teacher is students' primary educator.

Questions for reflection:
• Based on my current practice, what barriers might exist for students to fully participate, engage, and demonstrate their learning? What steps could I take to remove these barriers?
• Which student identities may experience disadvantage in my class? What is my perception of these identities?

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Deborah Rose @deborahrosereeves.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

I stitched this old tweet by @ladyofsardines.bsky.social and remind myself of its truth literally every day.

Photograph of an embroidery hoop. A tangle of multi colored threads dangles from the bottom of the hoop, and stitched in grey thread is the following quote by Ursula Wolfe-Rocca: "It can be overwhelming to witness/experience/take in all the injustices of the moment. The good news is that they're all connected, so if your little corner or work involves pulling at one of the threads, you're helping to unravel the whole damn cloth."

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Dan Scratch @danscratch.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

"Building and strengthening these communities of hope is what will get us through. Students need our classrooms to be communities of hope too. Our work with young people — and with each other — needs to demonstrate that another world is possible." rethinkingschools.org/articles/tea...

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Teaching Hope in Hard Times

What makes public education so dangerous is that it is grounded in hope. As the editors of our forthcoming Teaching Palestine: Lessons, Stories, Voices write, “one of the wonderful things […]

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

She's providing wonderful updates on the insurrection in Georgia. Including this.

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Ricochet Media @ricochetmedia.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

(1/8) To kick off 2024, Ricochet won the 2024 Canadian Hillman prize for our doc Killer Water. Through our innovative collab with @therealnews.com + @indiginews.bsky.social, Brandi Morin and Geordie Day expose the damning repercussions of the Alberta oil sands. WATCH: tinyurl.com/kllrwater

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(FULL FILM) Killer Water: The toxic legacy of Canada's oil sands industry for Indigenous communities

YouTube video by Ricochet Media

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Zinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

There are new picture books on Palestine that we recommend for schools, libraries, homes -- including "A Map for Falasteen," "Kamal's Key," and "Birthday Kunafa." See these and more on @teachingchange.bsky.social's Social Justice Books list ⬇️. socialjusticebooks.org/booklists/pa...

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Palestine | Social Justice Books

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Christi Belcourt @christibelcourt.com · 28/11/2024

From X credit: @jvp.bsky.social “Today & every day, we contemplate parallels between the colonization of Turtle Island and Palestine. Supporting Palestinians’ right to return and right to self-determination in their homeland goes hand in hand with supporting Indigenous people’s demand for #LandBack”

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Truthout @truthout.org · 27/11/2024

The 150-page plan proposes to target groups with a wide array of attacks, ranging from stripping organizations of their nonprofit status, to filing RICO charges, to deporting immigrants who protest, to filing class-action lawsuits against groups like Students for Justice in Palestine.

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The Right Has a 150-Page Battle Plan to Shut Down Progressive Civil Society

Attacks on Palestine solidarity are the opening salvo in the right’s stated plan to suppress social justice groups.

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Ruha Benjamin @ruha9.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Your homework. inthesetimes.com/article/toni...

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

This obsession is unhealthy. Our horizons are fine. Also social media, for most, is not a job. It is not school. It is socializing. And it’s fine to say “I don’t want to hang out with Nazis, homophobes, transphobes etc in my free time.”

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Dan Scratch @danscratch.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

I haven't watched this yet but am curious as to how much analysis was directed towards how students respond to the structures of the education system.

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Maya Schenwar @mayaschenwar.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

"To resign ourselves to the current conditions is to deny our collective power, and we harness that power by showing up for each other, over and over again—even when it’s difficult." --Kim Wilson said in our @truthout.org interview with George Yancy truthout.org/articles/abo...

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Abolition Work Shows Us There’s Joy to Be Found Even as the World Is on Fire

Care work and parenting work are not an accessory to abolition — they are core to the struggle itself.

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

A lil tip for the folks with shoe polish on their lips today :)

Excerpt from Timothy Snyder's "On Tyranny:"

"1. Do not obey in advance."

"Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given. In times like these, individuals think ahead about what a more repressive government will want, and then offer themselves without being asked. A citizen who adapts in this way is teaching power what it can do."

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Dan Scratch @danscratch.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

First Post Intro! I've been a teacher for 15 years working in Nova Scotia, Alberta, and now Ontario. My teaching practice is centered on teaching for equity and social justice while fostering hope for a better world. I love my home in the borderlands and the pizza here is pretty good too! #yqg

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