Lois Weiner @drloisweiner.bsky.social · 6hOf course the GOP is pushing this but it's still worth contacting a GOP governor. More alarming, Dems you thought you could trust - you can't. Stakes are high in this. Check it out! 000
Lois Weiner @drloisweiner.bsky.social · 7hWhat's better than an adorable dog dressed for the first cold-weather walk? One named Haggis dressed in a Knicks jacket for that walk in Glasgow, with my daughter. 131
Lois Weiner @drloisweiner.bsky.social · 23hDo you think this episode, which was entirely predictable, will give my union, AFT, pause about its "partnership" with OpenAI, Anthropic, and Microsoft to train teachers to use AI? Maybe the "partnership" should be directly with those AI agents? 110
Lois Weiner @drloisweiner.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Answers from France (and demonstrations of French students hitting the headlines) about US education reform. We have to look at testing, testing, testing: futureschools.substack.com/p/answers-fr...futureschools.substack.comAnswers From France About Education ReformFrench students’ demonstrations are in the news without analysis of why they matter to us 100
Lois Weiner @drloisweiner.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Bravo for this reporting! 🧵has valuable details. The policy doesn't "weaken the rights" of the disabled, it destroys gains in making our society more humane over the last decades. 000
Lois Weiner @drloisweiner.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Compare/contrast. CA unions use their political clout to get laws regulating AI in the workplace with AFT/NEA strategy of"partnerships" with tech bros to train teachers to use AI, boosted by a side contract with Microsoft to play nice. 021
Lois Weiner @drloisweiner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I signed this and hope you do too, along with more than 60 organizations, demanding NYS reject the voucher scheme masquerading as a tax credit. Not in the petition, but should be? NYSUT will not support any pol who isn't with us on this! Join me and sign the petition: nysut.cc/voucherpetitionnysut.ccTake Action | PublicSchoolsUniteUs.org 010
Lois Weiner @drloisweiner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026People who know and care about journalism should be asking news outlets that make the claim of being rigorous how this discrepancy/contradiction can occur. Is it sloth, ideological blinders, cowardice? 010
Lois Weiner @drloisweiner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026In Newsom's opinion? = As determined by Silicon Valley 010
Lois Weiner @drloisweiner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026As the midterm elections become closer, with an anticipated sweep of Dems, the bipartisan (neolib) ed policies siphoning money, resources, control to the private sector are being revived, intensified. Dems will surf and build this new reiteration. 110
Lois Weiner @drloisweiner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Unpaid, unsolicited ad for a resource activists, researchers, students should know about: a free database of money and Learn how to map the power yourself in a series of online workshops. Here's one on how to investigate corporations: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi....us06web.zoom.usWelcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Research Tools for Organizers 2026. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.We are living in an age of billionaire power and corporate authoritarianism. Research into the relationships between powerful people, corporations, and institutions – aka power research – is essential... 032
Lois Weiner @drloisweiner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Perfect example of how tech edu-business creates a problem that it "solves" with more tech, increasing profits. Schools' data harvesting make them juicy targets for hackers. The answer? More (expensive) tech for recovery. thejournal.com/articles/lis...thejournal.comExpert Perspectives -- THE Journal 000
Lois Weiner @drloisweiner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I'd appreciate hearing thoughts from other researchers. 010
Reposted by Lois WeinerLarry Ferlazzo @larryferlazzo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The NY Times Asked 30 Researchers (Two-Thirds Who Had Never Taught In A K-12 Classroom) How To Improve Schools. Here Are My 12 Different Low-Cost Suggestions larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2026/09/29/t...larryferlazzo.edublogs.orgThe NY Times Asked 30 Researchers (Two-Thirds Who Had Never Taught In A K-12 Classroom) How To Improve Schools. Here Are My 12 Different Low-Cost SuggestionsI’ve got nothing against most university professors, and count several as friends. I have learned much from some of them, and continue to do so. However, my mind was a big boggled whe… 1106
Lois Weiner @drloisweiner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026French public sector workers, including 40% of primary school teachers, are on strike today, demanding wage increases that keep pace with inflation. High school students are on the streets as well. Think US public employee unions might learn something? www.france24.com/en/video/202...france24.comFrench public service strike day puts pressure on govt ahead of budget voteFrench civil servants went on strike on Tuesday and high school students blocked the entrances to schools in a show of discontent with planned budget cuts ahead of next year's presidential election.… 022
Lois Weiner @drloisweiner.bsky.social · 28/09/2026AFT is hosting a "learning session for parents" in NYC. But NYC parents have a lesson for AFT (and the UFT, its partner in crime). Parents and supporters are rallying to tell @aft.org: No AI for kids! October 3, 52 Broadway, 9:30am. 021
Lois Weiner @drloisweiner.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Mulling over how the glowing tribute to "true political fun" for "young Democrats," supported by some socialists, described in a NYT op/ed, relates to the alarming increase in ICE activity - with greatly diminished mass resistance. Disturbing ICE data here: icelive.ioicelive.ioICE LIVE | Real-Time ICE Activity TrackerTrack ICE activity across the United States in real-time. Monitor immigration enforcement, know your rights, and protect your community. 010
Lois Weiner @drloisweiner.bsky.social · 27/09/2026My takeaway from this piece, based on a paper that will be in the Harvard Educational Review: Amazon has joined the more notorious tech bros in their single-minded quest for even more power and profit off of schools and kids, and our society and our lives. Dense, terrifying, essential research. 095
Reposted by Lois WeinerAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Here's how we get Medicare for All done: Make Medicare whole (no one can keep all the parts straight!) Include vision, dental, and hearing. Begin extending to more people, starting with children. We arrive at Medicare for All, which means great Medicare for everyone. 788178274785
Lois Weiner @drloisweiner.bsky.social · 26/09/2026 Article summary. No need to read. Triple yuck in order of yuckiness. 1. Emanuel 2. writer's comparing an interview with someone you think is a contender for president to sex - at any age 3. the conclusions and the NYT publishing this drivel. 010
Lois Weiner @drloisweiner.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Once again the real world dispels all the malarkey we are fed about capitalism and the "free market" protecting freedom and the exchange of ideas. 010
Reposted by Lois WeinerLois Weiner @drloisweiner.bsky.social · 26/09/2026School closings do not save districts money! Evidence and analysis here, from California, suggests that the new wave of austerity, seen in the push to close schools, though supported as the financial bottom line is about control: news.stanford.edu/stories/2026...news.stanford.eduSchool closures may fail to fix district financesAs districts nationwide weigh school closures to shore up their budgets, new research reveals the fiscal payoff doesn’t always materialize in California. 022
Reposted by Lois WeinerUCU Edinburgh @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Amazing turn out from students and staff at the University of Edinburgh, in protest at senior management's greed and manufactured cuts. This is what solidarity looks like - as our campaign of industrial action begins this coming week in protest at the cuts. www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk/blog/student...ucuedinburgh.org.uk900+ at inaugural Student & Staff Assembly! — UCU EdinburghMore than 900 students and staff gathered for the inaugural Student-Staff Assembly on Thursday 24 September. 16141
Lois Weiner @drloisweiner.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Bam! Saves you bothering or pretending to read the book. 030
Lois Weiner @drloisweiner.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Short, good read. One tweak. The charity this grifter is funding is a perfect fit for her. It gets its big $ from the crew that pushed ed reforms that privatized schools, harming the very kids they claim to help: littlesis.org/org/158206-J... 010
Reposted by Lois WeinerALIGN NY @alignny.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Our schools should be safe and functional, no exceptions. Instead, they’re not only dangerous, but they’re ruining the ability to learn, too Mayor Mamdani’s 'Pothole Politics’ should mean fixing our broken schools too. Our new op-ed on City Limits: citylimits.org/opinion-poth...citylimits.orgOpinion: 'Pothole Politics' Should Mean Fixing Our Schools - City Limits"Green Schools ... connect so many of the mayor’s priorities: child care, safe work, good jobs, and fixing what’s broken in our day-to-day." 042
Lois Weiner @drloisweiner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Yet another reason higher ed faculty are wising up about unions. They can speak up, speak out, protect academic freedom in ways individuals can't. 030
Reposted by Lois WeinerACLU @aclu.org · 24/09/2026✔ Released a report with @amnesty-usa.bsky.social analyzing the government and universities’ censorship of speech in support of Palestinian rights ✔ Launched our new podcast Let the Record Show, exploring our century-long fight for civil liberties And we’re not slowing down. 211413
Reposted by Lois WeinerWorking Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 24/09/2026#OtD 24 Sep 1934 the month-old Salinas lettuce strike ended after workers won concessions. The strike of the Filipino Labor Union faced massive repression from racist mobs and armed vigilantes but they won union recognition and more pay stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9698... 0339
Reposted by Lois WeinerMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 24/09/2026Never been to the opera before? Now’s your chance. We’re giving away 70,000 free tickets to the @metopera at the iconic Lincoln Center. Go to on.nyc.gov/opera to enter the lottery. There’s not a bad seat in the house. 684249135522
Lois Weiner @drloisweiner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026In another pursuit of ethnic cleansing, Trump is pushing to have the Census ignore people who live here. There's time to register your opinion now, telling the Census Bureau to withdraw its proposal to change how the Census is conducted. I signed, hope you do too: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...actionnetwork.orgTell the Census Bureau: Stop the Census power grabLast month, a leaked draft revealed that the Trump administration was considering sweeping changes to the 2030 Census. Now the Census Bureau has formally proposed the rule and opened it for public com... 031
Lois Weiner @drloisweiner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Must-read for those concerned about school closings! Shuttering schools is a project being orchestrated by the big money and pols that brought us charters and vouchers. Info here, along with strategies to stop the closures and reimagine education: redcaucus.substack.com/p/rightsizin....redcaucus.substack.comThe “Rightsizers” Descend on PortlandHow privatizers are planning to close PPS schools and hasten the dismantling of public education in our city. 231
Reposted by Lois WeinerCODEPINK @codepink.bsky.social · 23/09/2026We're outside Google HQ in New York City to say: No AI data centers! No AI for war! 0239
Reposted by Lois WeinerElectronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 23/09/2026However they’re designed, age gates undermine civil liberties, reduce safety, and create barriers to internet entry, often at the expense of marginalized groups. We call on the EU Parliament to fix the flawed EU Kids Act proposal eff.org/deeplinks/2...eff.orgEU Kids Act Won't Keep the Internet Accountable and TrustworthyThe EU Commission draft law to restrict young people’s access to the internet that it presented last week will come at a high cost: it will make internet access contingent on age, expand the use of 217091
Lois Weiner @drloisweiner.bsky.social · 23/09/2026When we don't robustly pursue our rights, they wither. Example? The cowardice of the US news establishment's response to Trump has brought us to this place. Now they face an emboldened tyrant. 000
Reposted by Lois Weinereuobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 23/09/2026'EU Inc', or the 28th regime, started as an EU project to facilitate the expansion of small companies. Now, trade unions warn it could erode years of hard-earned labour rights.euobserver.comUnions rally against new ‘EU Inc’ race-to-bottom on labour laws and pay'EU Inc', or the 28th regime, started as an EU project to facilitate the expansion of small companies. Now, trade unions warn it could erode years of hard-earned labour rights. 01717
Reposted by Lois WeinerEuropean Trade Unions @etuc-ces.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Imagine trying to live in Belgium while being paid the minimum wage in Bulgaria. The sums just wouldn’t add up Yet this scenario could become a reality under the EU Commission’s loophole-ridden ‘EU Inc' proposal - ✍️ @estherlynch.bsky.social www.brusselstimes.com/opinion/2329...brusselstimes.comBrussels proposal risks race to the bottom on workers’ rights 02120
Lois Weiner @drloisweiner.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Hope this story bring Collins down. IMO it's "shocking" only to those who were fooled by her clutching her pearls - or by Trump! 020
Lois Weiner @drloisweiner.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Interesting piece though it needs this addition. The GOP may shift on the war but that shouldn't influence what we say and do. Dems should say both "End the War against Iran!" and "End control of our economy, lives, and the planet by fossil fuel companies!" 010
Lois Weiner @drloisweiner.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Note the first reply, which complicates the story in ways that we need to face. 110
Lois Weiner @drloisweiner.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Yet another example of the deepening corruption, profound, blatant, and shameless. Hard to imagine it could get worse - but it has. 000
Lois Weiner @drloisweiner.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Critical research is emerging about all that is wrong with implementation of AI in K-12 schools. Two examples here. Please share others you know. 010
Lois Weiner @drloisweiner.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Real question! Please share, weigh in. How should we enforce screen limits in preK-12 schools? Los Angeles will "monitor the new policy with new software that will allow it to track screen time minutes across its devices." Does that intensify surveillance? www.governing.com/policy/l-a-s...governing.comL.A. Schools Are Rewriting the Rules on Classroom TechnologyL.A. Unified has adopted some of the nation's strictest classroom technology limits, signaling a broader shift in K-12 education. 000
Lois Weiner @drloisweiner.bsky.social · 19/09/2026An answer to Trump's threats to disrupt our right to vote: Training for union members to defend free elections. Register here: actionnetwork.org/events/union...actionnetwork.orgUnion Training to Defend Our Votes and ElectionsJoin us for a virtual 90-minute training for union leaders and members that will be leading election scenario planning at their union local and/or in their community. Trump and his minions have made... 023
Reposted by Lois WeinerHuw C. Davies @huwcdavies.bsky.social · 19/09/2026With his insistence that pseudoscientific racism should be allowed in the tent, fundamentally, Pinker is as irresponsible as RFK with his ‘research’ into autism and chemtrails. In some ways more so, with the amount of symbolic capital he wields. 1145
Reposted by Lois WeinerChristopher Martell @chrismartell.bsky.social · 18/09/2026It is that time of year when Boston Magazine releases its annual "Wealthiest Public High Schools in Greater Boston" list. Please don't read these type of lists. Do more harm than good. They are not thoughtfully assessing teaching or learning and are just created to get clicks. 2145
Lois Weiner @drloisweiner.bsky.social · 18/09/2026NYT story raises huge doubts about usefulness of @AFT contract with Microsoft to protect kids from harm with AI, theft of our ideas, language, labor. With no federal regulatory apparatus, Microsoft will have made huge profits before any court ruling! news.microsoft.com/source/2026/...news.microsoft.comAFT, UFT and Microsoft announce ‘National AI Safety & Privacy Standard’ for schools to protect students, families and educators - Source 022
Reposted by Lois WeinerErica Ifill @wickdchiq.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Jay-Z is an errand boy for other billionaires. What this Macklemore situation has shown is how the NFL billionaires colluded against Kaepernick 461819593
Reposted by Lois WeinerJenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Please join me in thanking the named plaintiffs in this lawsuit, including @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social @michaeldgreen.phd & @jddaw.bsky.social These brave scientists are taking on risk to protect science, scientists & beneficiaries of science (all of us). www.aclu.org/press-releas...aclu.orgResearchers Challenge NIH Screening of Grants for Disfavored Viewpoints | American Civil Liberties UnionClass action lawsuit seeks to stop censorship and termination of federally funded scientific research 6355123