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Alfie Kohn @alfiekohn.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

I've been thinking about this a lot lately: "Part of what makes it so easy for democracy to slip away" is that "there are a lot of features of daily life that continue to exist long after a country has stopped being a democracy": smotus.substack.com/p/liberty-ca...

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Liberty can actually die pretty quietly

On life under authoritarianism

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Nick Covington @covingtonedu.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

"Skillful dialogue doesn't magically occur. Too many teachers stop centering dialogue because protocols & activities don't go smoothly [at first]. Effective dialogue takes iteration, reflection & patience. But, when it is built, a culture of dialogue leads the way to transformational learning." 🔥

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Heidi Echternacht @hechternacht.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Sharing this survey again! If you are a teacher of children aged 4-14, it takes about 10 minutes! I would really appreciate your help if you can spare the time, I’d be so grateful! THANK YOU SO MUCH! pennstate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... #edusky #Kinderchat

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This is a educational survey for a Penn State Master's project conducted by Heidi Echternacht. This survey is designed for school teachers of children ages 2-14 years old. This survey is anonymous, ...

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Heidi Echternacht @hechternacht.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Hello! Looking for teachers of ages 4-14 to fill out an educational research survey! #edusky pennstate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Would love your help and participation! Thank you so much!

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 14/03/2025

Arlington National Cemetery has scrubbed information about prominent Black, Hispanic and female service members and topics such as the Civil War from its website, part of an effort across the Defense Department to remove all references to diversity, equity and inclusion from its online presence.

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Arlington Cemetery website scrubs links about Black and female veterans

Pentagon leaders have ordered that their websites and social media pages remove articles and images that “promote” DEI.

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Heidi Echternacht @hechternacht.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Big news at the Heidi House- waiting in the arrival of my first ever own DOG. He’s supposed to arrive- at midnight 🙃

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Heidi Echternacht @hechternacht.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

I’m on Spring Break and not sure it ever felt better to unplug! Hope everyone is doing well out there! I’ll plug back in end of March! XOXO

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Nick Covington @covingtonedu.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

"They want to see educational expenditures reduced dramatically [through automation]...But we must bear in mind that while the product of industry is an automobile, a refrigerator, or a washing machine, the product of education is a human being." - Daniel Tanner, 1964

Excerpt from Teaching Machines that includes quote "But we must bear in mind that while the product of industry is an automobile, a refrigerator, or a washing machine, the product of education is a human being." - Daniel Tanner, 1964

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Heidi Echternacht @hechternacht.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Hello! Looking for teachers of ages 4-14 to fill out an educational research survey! #edusky pennstate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Would love your help and participation! Thank you so much!

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Heidi Echternacht @hechternacht.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Hello #EduSky #Kinderchat Looking for educators of 4-14 year olds to take part in a research project! Click here if you would consider filling out a survey regarding children’s play in school. THANK YOU SO MUCH open.substack.com/pub/kinderch...

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Survey Says....

Two posts in two days? What's going on?!

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keeneelou.bsky.social @keeneelou.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

I have known @hechternacht.bsky.social for over a decade and she lives and embodies best practices about teaching and learning every day! Please check out this podcast! #Kinderchat #PYPchat

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Human Restoration Project @humanrestorationproject.org · 22/02/2025

Longtime early childhood educator, @hechternacht.bsky.social, joined us to talk about the importance of play, the role of inquiry, & the models that support it! Search & subscribe on any podcast app or listen directly on our website: www.humanrestorationproject.org/podcasts/inq... #EduSky #ECE

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Larry Ferlazzo @larryferlazzo.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

‘The cruelty is the point’——-Refugee aid groups struggling amid halt in federal payments under Trump www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

Refugee aid groups responsible for supporting thousands of families who escaped war and famine in their homelands have begun laying off employees tasked with helping those people after going weeks without routine government reimbursements from the Trump administration, the groups’ leaders say.

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Heidi Echternacht @hechternacht.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Philadelphia sure celebrates in style- “eagles” flying high on the steps of the art museum while a lone saxophone player’s soft sweet notes pump out the national anthem. Someone silently shotguns a beer with tears in their eyes.

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a bald eagle is flying with the words fly eagle fly behind it

ALT: a bald eagle is flying with the words fly eagle fly behind it

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Nick Covington @covingtonedu.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

We're in the middle of a winter storm. School is cancelled. I'm procrastinating on shoveling. Somehow I'm supposed to fly to DC this afternoon. 🤷🏼‍♂️ And in spite of it all, I get to record a podcast with @hechternacht.bsky.social this morning, and THAT is gonna be awesome!

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Heidi Echternacht @hechternacht.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Saw an actual eagle about 4pm EST today so #justsayin

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Heidi Echternacht @hechternacht.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Just washed my windows and made it worse. Dang streaks! What’s the recipe?

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Nick Covington @covingtonedu.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

"By many other measures of well-being — especially health and happiness — the U.S. fares worse than many other rich countries and has fallen further behind since the 1990s."

Charts showing declining US life expectancy, increased depression, stagnating income equality, decreasing life satisfaction.

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 04/02/2025

My staff is hearing reports from Head Start programs in Oregon that they're still locked out of federal funds. My office is doing everything it can to get more info and get funds flowing before providers have to start closing their doors.

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Heidi Echternacht @hechternacht.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Dick Button dies the day after a plane full of young skaters?

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Heidi Echternacht @hechternacht.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Made a bad decision during my vacay in NOLA. A haircut. 😂☺️ I could tell she didn’t know what she was doing right away. Should have stopped her, now I’m a cropped top! Like a bowl cut. It’s bad, but it’s my first truly bad cut, so I guess I’m due. Probably should have gotten a tattoo instead. 😂

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Heidi Echternacht @hechternacht.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Happy New Year everyone!! May 2025 bring us all peace, love and light!

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Nick Covington @covingtonedu.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Failing charters continue to survive on state funds by converting to entirely opaque, unaccountable private schools: "The Arizona State Board for Charter Schools had monitored the school’s finances and academics, unanimously coming to the conclusion that it should be shut down."

For instance, the state never informed parents who were new to Title of Liberty and were planning to spend their voucher money there that it had previously been a charter school called ARCHES Academy — which had had its charter revoked last school year due to severe financial issues. Nor that, as a charter, it had a record of dismal academic performance, with just 13% of its students proficient in English and 0% in math in 2023.

When it was a charter (which is a type of public school), these things could be known. There was some oversight. The Arizona State Board for Charter Schools had monitored the school’s finances and academics, unanimously coming to the conclusion that it should be shut down.

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Heidi Echternacht @hechternacht.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

@moniquedx.bsky.social is that you Monique?! Bonjour!! Thanks for finding me!!

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Heidi Echternacht @hechternacht.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

“Home Alone” is basically just a child’s “Die Hard”.

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Heidi Echternacht @hechternacht.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

For Christmas, my mom is playing the old cassette tapes we used to send back and forth to family in Iowa.

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Heidi Echternacht @hechternacht.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Happy Christmas to all! ✨🤍🌟🌲🌟🤍✨ Peace on earth! ✨🕊️💫🤍💫🕊️ ✨

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Alfie Kohn @alfiekohn.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

For 40+ yrs, evidence with adults (is.gd/aBF34X) and kids (is.gd/VUPBtA) ailke has shown that when we're monitored, especially if the surveillance is perceived as controlling, we tend to lose interest in whatever we're doing. Consider the implications for today's high-tech classrooms and workplaces.

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(PDF) Informational Versus Controlling Verbal Rewards

PDF | The experiment was designed to test Deci's (1975) informational/controlling analysis with verbal rewards and to assess the joint effects of type... | Find, read and cite all the research you nee...

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Human Restoration Project @humanrestorationproject.org · 10/12/2024

We've got an awesome lineup of guests to keep the conversation going over the holidays and into the new year, feat. @joshcowenmsu.bsky.social, @pernille.bsky.social, & @hechternacht.bsky.social! 🚀 Subscribe on any podcast app or listen @ www.humanrestorationproject.org/podcast #EduSky

Promo image with upcoming podcast guest information:

Kapono Ciotti - 12/7
Story Xperiential - 12/21

Josh Cowen - 1/11
Pernille Ripp - 1/25

Mike Tinoco - 2/8
Heidi Echternacht - 2/22

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keeneelou.bsky.social @keeneelou.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Check this out, #Kinderchat fans! Our pal @hechternacht.bsky.social is a featured speaker! 🙌🏻

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Nick Covington @covingtonedu.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

And in the meantime, digging into the Reggio Emilia approach for my conversation with @hechternacht.bsky.social!

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Heidi Echternacht @hechternacht.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Howdy! Reminder that the #Kinderchat writing prompts are up for this month! Take a look and respond as you like! Journal, blog, here, there, anywhere! open.substack.com/pub/kinderch...

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Hi-Ho-Ho-Ho

To December here we GO! Let's talk about P-L-A-Y!

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Network for Public Education @network4pubed.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

When the Center for Evaluation & Ed Policy released its Ed influence ranking, NPE was rated #3 but look what we are up against. Help us beat billionaires who want to destroy our public schools networkforpubliceducation.org/donat… #GivingTuesday

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Heidi Echternacht @hechternacht.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

#Kinderchat December writing and reflection prompts are OPEN! open.substack.com/pub/kinderch... Check it out, respond as you are moved! #edusky

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Hi-Ho-Ho-Ho

To December here we GO! Let's talk about P-L-A-Y!

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Nick Covington @covingtonedu.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

I'm blown away at how radical Guskey's recommendations about grades & grading sound 30 years later: Grading & reporting aren't essential to instruction. No one method of grading and reporting serves all purposes well. Regardless of the method used, grading reporting remain inherently subjective.

Thomas Guskey – “Making the Grade: What
Benefits Students?” (Ed. Leadership, Oct 1994)

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Nick Covington @covingtonedu.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

It's a curious thing that The Science of Learning has everything to say about memory management and nothing to say about motivation. It's implied that the purpose of learning in school is memorization for the test, not questioning at all whether learning for the test is even the best way to learn.

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Jeffrey Austin @jaustinedu.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

When Foucault said "visibility is a trap," he could have been talking about schooling in 2024. To be visible is to be identified + labeled in vicious ways. These identifiers + labels are often life sentences--"tier 3," "below basic," "troublemaker"--so it's better to not be seen at all.

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