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Lois Weiner

@drloisweiner.bsky.social
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Career teacher, ed prof, researcher, education union activist. Still writing, in the struggle for social justice, union democracy. Socialist. loisweiner.net and futureschools.substack.com

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Lois Weiner @drloisweiner.bsky.social · 6h
Of 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!
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Lois Weiner @drloisweiner.bsky.social · 7h
What'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.
Small dog looking at the camera, dressed in a puffer jacket with Knicks insignia.
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Lois Weiner @drloisweiner.bsky.social · 23h
Do 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?
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Lois Weiner @drloisweiner.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Answers 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...
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Answers From France About Education Reform
French students’ demonstrations are in the news without analysis of why they matter to us
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Lois Weiner @drloisweiner.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Bravo 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.
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Lois Weiner @drloisweiner.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Compare/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.
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Lois Weiner @drloisweiner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I 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/voucherpetition
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Take Action | PublicSchoolsUniteUs.org
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Lois Weiner @drloisweiner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
People 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?
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Lois Weiner @drloisweiner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
In Newsom's opinion? = As determined by Silicon Valley
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Lois Weiner @drloisweiner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
As 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.
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Lois Weiner @drloisweiner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Unpaid, 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....
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Welcome! 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...
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Lois Weiner @drloisweiner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Perfect 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...
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Expert Perspectives -- THE Journal
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Lois Weiner @drloisweiner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I'd appreciate hearing thoughts from other researchers.
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Larry Ferlazzo @larryferlazzo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The 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...
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The 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
I’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…
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Lois Weiner @drloisweiner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
French 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...
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French public service strike day puts pressure on govt ahead of budget vote
French 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.…
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Lois Weiner @drloisweiner.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
AFT 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.
Picture of a bull horn and text "Keep AI out of our schools!" Tell the AFT: Stop experimenting on our kids. No AI in schools. October 2, 52 Broadway. AIM4NYCSCHOOLS.ORG
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Lois Weiner @drloisweiner.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Mulling 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.io
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ICE LIVE | Real-Time ICE Activity Tracker
Track ICE activity across the United States in real-time. Monitor immigration enforcement, know your rights, and protect your community.
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Lois Weiner @drloisweiner.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
My 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.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Here'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.
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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.
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Lois Weiner @drloisweiner.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Once again the real world dispels all the malarkey we are fed about capitalism and the "free market" protecting freedom and the exchange of ideas.
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Lois Weiner @drloisweiner.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
School 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...
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School closures may fail to fix district finances
As districts nationwide weigh school closures to shore up their budgets, new research reveals the fiscal payoff doesn’t always materialize in California.
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UCU Edinburgh @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Amazing 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...
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900+ at inaugural Student & Staff Assembly! — UCU Edinburgh
More than 900 students and staff gathered for the inaugural Student-Staff Assembly on Thursday 24 September.
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Lois Weiner @drloisweiner.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Bam! Saves you bothering or pretending to read the book.
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Lois Weiner @drloisweiner.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Short, 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...
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ALIGN NY @alignny.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Our 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...
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Opinion: '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."
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Lois Weiner @drloisweiner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Yet another reason higher ed faculty are wising up about unions. They can speak up, speak out, protect academic freedom in ways individuals can't.
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ACLU @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.
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Working 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...
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 24/09/2026
Never 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.
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Lois Weiner @drloisweiner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
In 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...
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Tell the Census Bureau: Stop the Census power grab
Last 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...
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Lois Weiner @drloisweiner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Must-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....
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The “Rightsizers” Descend on Portland
How privatizers are planning to close PPS schools and hasten the dismantling of public education in our city.
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CODEPINK @codepink.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
We're outside Google HQ in New York City to say: No AI data centers! No AI for war!
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 23/09/2026
However 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...
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EU Kids Act Won't Keep the Internet Accountable and Trustworthy
The 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
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Lois Weiner @drloisweiner.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
When 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.
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euobserver — 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.
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Unions 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.
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European Trade Unions @etuc-ces.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Imagine 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...
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Brussels proposal risks race to the bottom on workers’ rights
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Lois Weiner @drloisweiner.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Hope this story bring Collins down. IMO it's "shocking" only to those who were fooled by her clutching her pearls - or by Trump!
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Lois Weiner @drloisweiner.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Interesting 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!"
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Lois Weiner @drloisweiner.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Note the first reply, which complicates the story in ways that we need to face.
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Lois Weiner @drloisweiner.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Yet another example of the deepening corruption, profound, blatant, and shameless. Hard to imagine it could get worse - but it has.
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Lois Weiner @drloisweiner.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Critical research is emerging about all that is wrong with implementation of AI in K-12 schools. Two examples here. Please share others you know.
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Lois Weiner @drloisweiner.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Real 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...
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L.A. Schools Are Rewriting the Rules on Classroom Technology
L.A. Unified has adopted some of the nation's strictest classroom technology limits, signaling a broader shift in K-12 education.
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Lois Weiner @drloisweiner.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
An 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...
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Union Training to Defend Our Votes and Elections
Join 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...
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Huw C. Davies @huwcdavies.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
With 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.
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Christopher Martell @chrismartell.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
It 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.
Picture of a school door with "public school" above it.

The Top Public High Schools in Greater Boston, Ranked for 2026
By Boston magazine staff
We crunched the numbers to come up with our guide to the region’s top-performing schools.
Stone archway above a doorway with the words "PUBLIC SCHOOL" carved into it, set in a brick building with three white-framed windows above.

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About the 2026 list

This year’s rankings offer a statistical analysis of the top-performing high schools in the Greater Boston area. To ensure accuracy and consistency, it is compiled with the most recent data available at presstime from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE). In an effort to provide additional transparency, we’ve included median household income and home prices for each high school’s town(s). We have also included several “honor roll” lists so you can see in what areas, exactly, different schools excel, as well as a list of high-performing schools in areas with lower median home prices. You can find those here.
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Lois Weiner @drloisweiner.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
NYT 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/...
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AFT, UFT and Microsoft announce ‘National AI Safety & Privacy Standard’ for schools to protect students, families and educators - Source
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Erica Ifill @wickdchiq.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Jay-Z is an errand boy for other billionaires. What this Macklemore situation has shown is how the NFL billionaires colluded against Kaepernick
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Lois Weiner @drloisweiner.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Where there's a will, there's a way!
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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Please 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...
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Researchers Challenge NIH Screening of Grants for Disfavored Viewpoints | American Civil Liberties Union
Class action lawsuit seeks to stop censorship and termination of federally funded scientific research
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