Wayne Au @profwayneau.bsky.social · 17/09/2025My latest book has arrived! Available September 26th. 4484
Reposted by Wayne AuJess Craven ❌👑 @jesscraven101.bsky.social · 09/06/2025I am in downtown Los Angeles right now and it is completely surreal to hear that Trump is sending Marines here. We are listening to mariachi music. People have dogs. There are teenagers here. It is utterly and completely peaceful. Please tell your friends. 200123765555
Wayne Au @profwayneau.bsky.social · 02/05/2025We’re hiring a Director of Teacher Education at the UW Bothell School of Ed Studies!!!!uwhires.admin.washington.eduUW Human ResourcesUniversity of Washington Human Resources 060
Reposted by Wayne AuGabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 06/04/2025“The Japanese American National Museum says Trump admin may withhold as much as $2 million approved by the Biden admin.” “Facing pressure to scrub its website of diversity and inclusion references, a JANM leader says the museum will ‘scrub nothing.’” www.latimes.com/entertainmen...latimes.comJapanese American National Museum takes a stand against DOGE cuts to NEHThe National Endowment for the Humanities warned museums across the country that it was slashing funding, including money previously pledged to places such as LACMA and the Japanese American National ... 5037101098
Wayne Au @profwayneau.bsky.social · 29/03/2025Great to connect with friends and comrades at the Ohio State University this week, but they are dealing with serious govt repression there. DEI and striking just made illegal, and there is now a post tenure review process that could be used to remove tenured faculty. Solidarity!!!! 0120
Wayne Au @profwayneau.bsky.social · 21/03/2025Headed to Ohio State University to give a lecture next week. What a time to be visiting as leadership and politicians there are sharpening the attacks on DEI and professors. Looking forward to be in solidarity with the activists there. 2270
Wayne Au @profwayneau.bsky.social · 21/03/2025Map of federal funding that goes to WA school districts. 140
Reposted by Wayne Ausammyunni.bsky.social @sammyunni.bsky.social · 11/03/2025www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...reuters.comUS judge orders Trump administration to restore teacher preparation grantsA federal judge on Monday ordered U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to temporarily restore grant funding for teacher preparation programs in eight Democratic-led states that it nixed as part of Republicans' efforts to eradicate diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives from the government. 011
Wayne Au @profwayneau.bsky.social · 24/02/2025I’ll be presenting at Ohio State University on March 27th. Come through if you are around! 1100
Reposted by Wayne AuJesse 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... 05813
Wayne Au @profwayneau.bsky.social · 20/02/2025Preview of the cover of my next book! Coming out on @tcpress.bsky.social this fall. It’s a collection of previously published pieces from both academic spaces and some I’ve written for @rethinkingschools.bsky.social 1213
Reposted by Wayne AuGabriel Gutiérrez @maestrogtz.bsky.social · 19/02/2025Musk’s cronies take scholarships from future educators in Nebraskanebraskapublicmedia.orgA once-celebrated UNL program is the latest victim of federal spending cutsThe national effort to cut federal funding has trickled down to some University of Nebraska-Lincoln programs. The future of one program focused on recruiting and retaining teachers is now up in the ai... 001
Reposted by Wayne AuBoston Review @bostonreview.bsky.social · 11/02/2025Our “late” fascism is an ideology of crisis and decline. It enlists supporters, as Ruth Wilson Gilmore puts it, on the basis of “explicit domination set against the local reality of decreasing family wealth, fear of unemployment, threat of homelessness, and ... capitalism’s many toxicities.”bostonreview.netThe Long Shadow of Racial Fascism - Boston ReviewA debate is roiling about the aptness of comparing Trump to European fascists. But radical Black thinkers have long argued that racial slavery created its own unique form of American fascism. 09638
Reposted by Wayne AuGreg Pak @gregpak.net · 28/01/2025If you want to get a sense of what else is coming, this remains a valuable guide. stopproject2025comic.orgstopproject2025comic.orgStop Project 2025 ComicTrump's Project 2025 is a detailed plan to shut you up, and shut you out. Don’t let it do either. Read on, then vote. 010435
Reposted by Wayne AuDave Zirin @edgeofsports.bsky.social · 25/01/2025He’s a Nazi. Drive him from public life. 620245
Wayne Au @profwayneau.bsky.social · 25/01/2025I often disagree with what’s published in Jacobin, but found this to be helpful.jacobin.comDonald Trump Is Weaker Than He LooksDonald Trump’s administration is doing everything it can to project power and a sense of unstoppability in his first days as president. But the cracks are already starting to show. 180
Wayne Au @profwayneau.bsky.social · 24/01/2025Official WA State guidance on supporting immigrant students in our schools.ospi.k12.wa.usSuperintendent Reykdal Releases Guidance for Schools on Protections for Immigrant StudentsOLYMPIA—January 23, 2025—Across the country, public schools have a constitutional and moral obligation to provide a free, high-quality public education to all students residing within their school dis... 0236
Reposted by Wayne AuChristopher Martell @chrismartell.bsky.social · 22/01/2025Since we continue to remain in the Trump era, it is more important than ever to teach for justice. To help, I am sharing this important chapter by Sibbett and @profwayneau.bsky.social from back in 2018 on critical social studies knowledge and practice. Download it here: bit.ly/sibbett-au 1127
Reposted by Wayne AuJesse Hagopian @jessehagopian.bsky.social · 20/01/2025Victory for the people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ✊🏾❤️🎉💪🏾 I first read Leonard Peltier‘s book “Prison Writings: My Life Is My Sundance” when I was 20, & ever since I have been tormented by the great injustice done to him. Grateful to the @ndncollective.bsky.social that fought for his freedom! 1182
Wayne Au @profwayneau.bsky.social · 02/01/2025My latest in @rethinkingschools.bsky.social on the anti-Black roots of the Model Minority and its damage to Asian Americans.rethinkingschools.org“Superachievers” vs. “Super Predators”: How the Racist Love of the Model Minority Is Weaponized Against Black and Asian American StudentsAu summarizes the emergence of the Model Minority myth and its weaponization against Asian Americans and other people of color, and argues for abandoning the stereotype in favor of solidarity. 1122
Wayne Au @profwayneau.bsky.social · 02/01/2025From Adam Sanchez @rethinkingschools.bsky.socialrethinkingschools.orgDefenders of Israel Attempt to Silence Anti-Racist Educators in PhiladelphiaSanchez describes how pro-Israel activists are bringing the war on teaching truth into blue cities like Philadelphia. 041
Wayne Au @profwayneau.bsky.social · 02/01/2025Newest editorial from @rethinkingschools.bsky.socialrethinkingschools.orgTeaching Hope in Hard TimesWhat 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 […] 052
Wayne Au @profwayneau.bsky.social · 18/12/2024Huge win for our students, programs, and region. Thanks to WEA for the support.uwb.edu$1.5 million gift to diversify the teacher workforce - NewsUW Bothell’s School of Educational Studies and the Washington Education Association are working together to support future educators and their diverse students. 0100
Wayne Au @profwayneau.bsky.social · 07/12/2024New pub alert! 50 free downloads. Basically condensed versions of several arguments from my book.tandfonline.com“How does it feel to Be a solution?”: Asian American racialization and the politics of U.S. educationThis paper considers the implications of the Asian American Model Minority being framed as a solution to racial inequality, especially within education. It begins with a discussion of the origins a... 3229
Wayne Au @profwayneau.bsky.social · 30/11/2024I’ve realized that looking at the @theonion.com’s posts here is a really good way to identify right wing trolls and block them. There are always some who can’t stop themselves from commenting. 050
Reposted by Wayne AuHaymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 29/11/2024ALL Haymarket Books are 40% Off through Friday, January 3rd! www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/140-ha...haymarketbooks.orgHappy Holidays! 40% OFF ALL Haymarket BooksOur Holiday Sale is here early this year! ALL Haymarket Books are 40% Off through Friday, January 3rd! For one-stop shopping, check out our eleven curated gift bundles: each includes 5 books for $5... 114785
Reposted by Wayne Auelia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 29/11/2024Another example of Biden paving the way for Trump: Biden is going after the Climate Justice Alliance for supporting a ceasefire in Gaza. theintercept.com/2024/11/29/b...theintercept.comBiden Makes His Own Attack on Nonprofit Over PalestineThe Biden administration is withholding funds from the Climate Justice Alliance, a federal grantee that has spoken out about Palestine. 1223
Reposted by Wayne AuThe Onion @theonion.com · 29/11/2024theonion.comTeen’s Eyes Begin Glowing Red While Reciting Forbidden Knowledge From Book On Critical Race TheoryFORT MYERS, FL—His bedroom walls quivering and cracking the moment he opened the secret tome, local teen Charlie Donnell reportedly found his eyes beginning to glow red Thursday as he recited forbidde... 198168882030
Wayne Au @profwayneau.bsky.social · 27/11/2024Another funny mash up.youtu.beSesame Street: Respect WorldYouTube video by Sesame Street 010
Wayne Au @profwayneau.bsky.social · 27/11/2024lol. Too funny.youtu.beSesame Street: Respect is ComingYouTube video by Sesame Street 030
Reposted by Wayne AuTruthout @truthout.org · 23/11/2024Activist Haim Bresheeth, the son of Holocaust survivors and founder of the Jewish Network for Palestine, speaks out.truthout.orgJewish Anti-Zionist Activist Describes His Arrest Under UK’s Anti-Terror LawActivist Haim Bresheeth, the son of Holocaust survivors and founder of the Jewish Network for Palestine, speaks out. 211645
Reposted by Wayne AuS. Michael Gaddis @smgaddis.bsky.social · 23/11/2024I teach face validity using examples like this. 21% of people are trans? 30% of people live in NYC? Does that pass the "sniff test?" Absolutely not. Zero face validity. I worry about an individual's critical thinking ability if they can't figure this out. 3238
Reposted by Wayne Aup.m. newlove @petenewlove.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Lesson plan on deportations from the Zinn Ed Project www.zinnedproject.org/materials/de...zinnedproject.orgDeportations on Trial: Mexican Americans During the Great DepressionStudents analyze who is to blame for the illegal mass deportations of Mexican Americans and immigrants during the Great Depression. 0123
Wayne Au @profwayneau.bsky.social · 21/11/2024If this passes tomorrow, it is going to cause so much damage. 060
Wayne Au @profwayneau.bsky.social · 21/11/2024I’m loving the #ungradingchat slow chat that is happening. Lots of great models, ideas, and approaches. 1335
Reposted by Wayne AuLee Iskander @lee-iskander.bsky.social · 20/11/2024I have a new article out today with colleagues @drmcquillan.bsky.social @harperkeenan.bsky.social @ftmathteacher.bsky.social, Bishop Owis, Christina Cook and Daniel Gallardo! We interviewed trans school workers and invited them to respond to this cultural moment: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/ZVP6D...tandfonline.com‘Everything they think they know, they should forget’: how trans school workers respond to transphobic discoursesThis article explores how trans school employees redeploy, trouble, challenge, and refuse prevalent discourses about transness and education. Drawing from interviews with 100 school workers in Cana... 12711
Reposted by Wayne AuHaymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 19/11/2024We Grow the World Together is a vital anthology exploring the intersections between caregiving and abolition. For every copy we sell on our website this month, we'll send a free copy through our Books Not Bars program to a reader who is currently incarcerated.haymarketbooks.orgWe Grow the World Together 114666
Reposted by Wayne AuIn These Times @inthesetimes.com · 15/11/2024Here's 50 storytellers and comrades we think are worth a follow go.bsky.app/5RpSsNS ... will share more soon too 38236
Wayne Au @profwayneau.bsky.social · 19/11/2024I love Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.bsky.social 14910
Wayne Au @profwayneau.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Accurate description of my life as an education dean.mcsweeneys.netI Am a Passionate Mid-Level University Administrator, and I’m Gonna Administrate the Shit Out of This PlaceLook, this place needs to be administrated, and I’m the guy to do it. I know you’ve been doing your best, but you’ve been held back. You haven’t be... 4130
Reposted by Wayne AuWIRED @wired.com · 18/11/2024Donald Trump has vowed to deport millions and jail his enemies. To carry out that agenda, his administration will exploit America’s digital surveillance machine. Here are some steps you can take to evade it.wired.comThe WIRED Guide to Protecting Yourself From Government SurveillanceDonald Trump has vowed to deport millions and jail his enemies. To carry out that agenda, his administration will exploit America’s digital surveillance machine. Here are some steps you can take to ev... 15377149
Reposted by Wayne AuOiYan Poon (she/her) @oiyanpoon.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Thursday and Friday 11/21-11/22, Té Té and I will be in the Twin Cities! THURSDAY - ST. PAUL @ 6:30 p.m. - Bookstore event with Bao Phi! blackgarnetbooks.com/events/12800... FRIDAY @ 2 p.m. - #ASHE2024 Fireside chat with Chase Catalano!blackgarnetbooks.comCommunity Talk: "Asian American Is Not a Color" with Dr. OiYan PoonIndependent bookstore in Saint Paul selling curated books by BIPOC authors/illustrators. 1112
Reposted by Wayne AuCharles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 18/11/2024NEW: Private schools across the South that were established for white children during desegregation are now benefiting from tens of millions in taxpayer dollars flowing from rapidly expanding voucher-style programs, a @propublica analysis found. www.propublica.org/article/segr...propublica.orgSegregation Academies Across the South Are Getting Millions in Taxpayer DollarsNorth Carolina offers an especially telling window into what is happening across this once legally segregated region where legislatures are now rapidly expanding and adopting controversial voucher-sty... 18647752719
Wayne Au @profwayneau.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Sharing this great starter pack. Also, remember that if new folks are added to a starter pack you already follow, you won’t be added as a follower. You need to go back in and hit follow all again. 051