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Sara Vogel

@saraevogel.bsky.social
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Brooklynite, bilingual & CS education researcher. She/her #blacklivesmatter

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Henry Suárez 😷💚🇻🇪 @sciedhenry.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Aw man my colleagues @saraevogel.bsky.social @bethmsemel.bsky.social Chris Proctor and I spent so much time on our upcoming book dissecting Amira, the language and tech ideologies it embodies, and its (v likely) deleterious effect in schools, especially for emergent bi/multilingual students. Uugghh
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Sara Vogel @saraevogel.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
...get your advisors attention...
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Sara Vogel @saraevogel.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
...stitch together enough adjunct positions to make a living wage
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Sara Vogel @saraevogel.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
...finish a dissertation
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Sara Vogel @saraevogel.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
I'm workshopping a joke: Darializa winning NY 13 proves for a CUNY GC doc student it might be easier to unseat an incumbent congressman than to... get a tenure track job
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Sara Vogel @saraevogel.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
This looks great! Will catch it next time (I think it falls on rosh hashana)
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Nelson Flores @nelsonlflores.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
What we are seeing is the systematic removal of any stories written by Black people about Black people under the guise of “age appropriateness.” But this is not about protecting the children. This is about protecting white supremacy. apple.news/AIR6QM3g4RKS...
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Tennessee school district bans Alex Haley’s Roots under 2022 state law — Guardian US
With third-highest number of books banned, state removes renowned work about slave trade from library shelves
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Sara Vogel @saraevogel.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
...and an article I wrote in 2021! dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/... Hoping this story catches fire and leads to change!
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“Los Programadores Debieron Pensarse Como Dos Veces”: Exploring the Intersections of Language, Power, and Technology with Bi/Multilingual Students | ACM Transactions on Computing Education
Critical computing approaches to K-12 computer science education aim to promote justice in computing and the wider world. Despite being intertwined with inequitable power dynamics in computing, issues...
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Rafi Santo @empathetics.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
How do we help K12 students push back on the idea that 'tech is inevitable'? I'm excited to share this new article "A Sociotechnical Vision for Ethical, Responsible, and Critical PK-12 Computing Education", recently published in ACM InRoads, that speaks to this question: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
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A Sociotechnical Vision for Ethical, Responsible, and Critical PK-12 Computing Education | ACM Inroads
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Sara Vogel @saraevogel.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Congratulations to you and the whole team, this is going to be such a powerful resource!!
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beth semel @bethmsemel.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
we (@saraevogel.bsky.social, @sciedhenry.bsky.social, Chris Procter + I) offer a raciolinguistic analysis and a deep dive into the "science" behind Amira, the "literacy tutor" mentioned in this article, in the Intro of our edited volume, out this October (!!) www.degruyterbrill.com/document/isb...
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Learning Machines, Humans Learning
Digital tools for communication and participation proliferate in contemporary learning environments. This volume explores the politics, models, and ideologies of language and learning embedded in thes...
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Nelson Flores @nelsonlflores.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Obama recently urged Democrats to “talk like normal people” instead of sounding like they’re in a “college seminar.” I explore the language ideologies that undergird his advice and how they align with the rightwing assault on higher education. educationallinguist.substack.com/p/obama-norm...
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Obama, “Normal People,” and the Politics of Academic Language
In a recent interview on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, former President Barack Obama argued that Democrats need to do a better job “talking like normal people talk” instead of sounding like they...
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Sara Vogel @saraevogel.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Finally found the right link... sorry for all the posts. archive.org/details/gram...
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Gram-o-rama : breaking the rules : Athas, Daphne, 1923- : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
xx, 193 p. ; 24 cm
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Sara Vogel @saraevogel.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Grammarama! archive.org/details/gram...
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Nathan Holbert @snowdaylearninglab.org · 18/12/2025
I want to talk briefly about the implications of using AI in creative work. First of all, we agree so-called "AI" is ruining our society and planet. BUT (yikes right?), AI is also transforming our cognitive relationship to the things we use it for. 1/12
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Megan Figueroa @meganfigueroa.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
The authors’ conclusions are bunk from the jump because they assume that parameters laid out by Chomsky are valid indicators that show humans uniquely use language. Chomsky fundamentally discounted the actual humanity of language, making Chomskyan tests of humanness a joke.
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Sara Vogel @saraevogel.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Ugh & use of old theories to prove the "humanness" of LLMs, which use pattern recognition, challenging those formalistic theories! As @bethmsemel.bsky.social said, it calls on a narrow def of metalinguistic awareness. She shared this great piece anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Journal of Linguistic Anthropology | AAA Journal | Wiley Online Library
Large language models (LLMs) challenge long-standing assumptions in linguistics and linguistic anthropology by generating human-like language without relying on rule-based structures. This introducti....
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Nelson Flores @nelsonlflores.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
What this study found is that AI is pretty good at adopting formal linguistic analysis that treats language as a set of disembodied linguistic structures unique to humans, which is not surprising since it relegates the complexity of human language to “performance” outside of the scope of linguistics
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Félix Matos Rodríguez @cunychancellor.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
On behalf of our @cuny.edu community, I extend heartfelt congratulations to Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani on a remarkable and history-making victory. Your inspiring leadership marks a new chapter for our city.
Chancellor Félix V. Matos Rodríguez and Zohran Mamdani are standing side by side indoors. The chancellor on the left is wearing a white long-sleeve button-up shirt with two chest pockets, while Mamdani on the right is dressed in a dark suit jacket, white dress shirt, and a red textured tie.
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Rachael Sirianni, PhD @docsirianni.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
I am not a political pawn. I am a living, breathing human being who has dedicated her life to a scientific problem that I believe matters for human health. The article below tells our story; I hope you will read it and share it www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m...
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Trump Is Shutting Down the War On Cancer
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Sara Vogel @saraevogel.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
The tool might actually be helpful if it was framed as a supplement rather than a replacement... sigh
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404 Media @404media.co · 05/08/2025
Wikipedia Editors Adopt ‘Speedy Deletion’ Policy for AI Slop Articles 🔗 www.404media.co/wikipedia-ed...
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Wikipedia Editors Adopt ‘Speedy Deletion’ Policy for AI Slop Articles
“The ability to quickly generate a lot of bogus content is problematic if we don't have a way to delete it just as quickly.”
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Marcus Luther @marcusluther.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Morning! We're going to skip the last Poets.org selection because, as @heymrsbond.com rightly pointed out to me and @thevogelman.bsky.social, "Nikki Giovanni has to appear in a month where we talk about poetry." So that's what we're doing! Today's #PoemADayJuly: "Legacies" by Nikki Giovanni
intro image for "Legacies" by Nikki Giovannipoem for "Legacies" by Giovanni
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
They mean to be as insulting to Black people, as dismissive of our lives, as resistance to our status as full citizens in this country as they can be. There is no common ground to be had at the expense of our sisters & daughters’ lives and our dignity as a people. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/u...
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Justice Dept. Asks for 1-Day Sentence for Ex-Officer Convicted in Breonna Taylor Raid
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The City Reporter @thecityreporter.nyc · 02/07/2025
“And ultimately, what I fear,” Mamdani said, “is that if this is what Donald Trump and his administration feel comfortable about saying about the Democratic nominee for the mayor of New York City, imagine what they feel comfortable saying and doing about immigrants whose names they don’t even know.”
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All In with Chris Hayes @allinwithchris.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
WATCH: Brad Lander responds to Mayor Eric Adam's statement on his arrest by ICE agents.
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Keledy @keledy.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
“I’ve been thinking why the Maker movement lost its momentum. Maybe it’s because we rushed to make it without taking the time to understand. Real learning —the kind that sticks —takes time. Time is in short supply in most schools, squeezed out by pacing guides, test prep, and competing priorities”
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Origami: The Case for Slower, Smarter STEAM Education
Why I’m rethinking 3D printing, Lego, and what ‘making’ should really mean in STEAM education.
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Sara Vogel @saraevogel.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Loving the series so far. How many WBCQ listeners are estimated -- enough to make it worth the expenditures? Why not just post religious and conspiratorial content online? I'm also confused about why, if the FCC gave Alan the frequency in the 1990s, they wouldn't have any oversight on the content?
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Sara Vogel @saraevogel.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
"This route involves two transfers and provides a straightforward path from your starting point to Times Square." 🤣🤣🤣
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Sara Vogel @saraevogel.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
A tourist was trying to follow directions provided by ChatGPT to get from Manhattan to Brooklyn. I told her to throw them in the garbage... I have no idea where she would have wound up....
To travel from Myrtle Avenue and Flushing Avenue in Brooklyn to Times Square in Manhattan via subway, follow these steps:

    Board the M Train at Myrtle Avenue–Broadway Station:

        Enter the station at Myrtle Avenue and Broadway.

        Take the M train (Queens Boulevard Local / 6th Avenue Local / Myrtle Avenue Local) heading toward Manhattan.
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    Transfer at 14th Street–Union Square Station:

        Ride the M train to 14th Street–Union Square.

        At this station, transfer to the L train (8th Avenue Local) toward Brooklyn.

    Travel to 8th Avenue Station:

        Ride the L train to 8th Avenue.

        At this station, transfer to the C train (8th Avenue Local) toward Brooklyn.

    Arrive at Times Square–42nd Street Station:

        Ride the C train to Times Square–42nd Street.

        Exit the station to reach Times Square in Manhattan.
This route involves two transfers and provides a straightforward path from your starting point to Times Square.
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Michelle Ma @michellema.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Each time you ask an AI chatbot a question, it sends a request to a data center and strains an increasingly scarce resource: water. A 🧵on our investigation into how the data centers that power AI are increasingly being built in highly water-stressed places: www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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The AI Boom Is Draining Water From the Areas That Need It Most
A Bloomberg News analysis finds that roughly two thirds of new data centers built or in development in the US since 2022 are in places with high levels of water stress.
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Kathryn VanArendonk @kvanaren.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
the lie of an objective, neutral summary runs parallel to the lie of the objective, neutral reporter
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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
"Women are PIs on 58% of the canceled grants, although they are PIs on only 34% of all active NSF grants. Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."
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Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Bisexual of the Blade (Alt-text or DIE) @shengokai.blacksky.app · 08/05/2025
Katie's right, but I want to nuance the issue. Students come into college with an understanding of writing that is mechanical and algorithmic. It mistakes mastery of the basic form of an essay for using that form to articulate that point. Part of this is due to the culture around student writing.
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 03/05/2025
Jia Tolentino writes about how Donald Trump and “his lieutenant content-generator Elon Musk” harness the internet to damage our sense of the real.
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My Brain Finally Broke
Much of what we see now is fake, and the reality we face is full of horrors. More and more of the world is slipping beyond my comprehension.
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Charles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Yesterday, I joined my brilliant colleagues at #AERA2025 for a panel, "AI and Educational Justice: A Critical Conversation." An audience member asked for more concrete ways to resist the imposition of AI on teachers/students - ahem, Trump's EO on AI - and I wanted to expand on my answer. 🧵
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Desmond @dsmdwng.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Today is the day that funding expires for ERIC with no renewal at all. After that, there will be no new updates to the indexing of the database. This is bad for all of Education research #EduSky #AERA2025 hechingerreport.org/proof-points...
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A treasure trove of education reports and studies is under threat
Funding for the Education Department’s online library, ERIC, is slated to end this week
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Sara Vogel @saraevogel.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
I am choosy about the assignments where I give detailed feedback. Low stakes assignments promote practice, no need for feedback, just worth points if they did it. Peer feedback on a checklist/ rubric. Fishbowl writing workshops around a point of concern many students had in their writing.
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Sara Vogel @saraevogel.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Wow... you are bringing me back. And when Snapple started having vending machines in NYC schools, same issue! But this is way worse...
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Corey Atad @coreyatad.com · 14/04/2025
this is Mohsen Mahdawi, the green card holder who was just arrested by ICE for rendition at his citizenship interview
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Jonaki Mehta @jonakimehta.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
New York Dept of Education says it will not comply with the US Dept of Ed's order to certify their schools are getting rid of DEI programs. "We understand that the current administration seeks to censor anything it deems ‘diversity, equity & inclusion...
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Roy Wood Jr- Ex Jedi @roywoodjr.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Whoever pulled the trigger on the decision around Amber WHCD knew to do it on a damn Saturday morning fully knowing we tape on Friday nights and wouldn't be able to talk about this week. New @HignfyUS up now on @StreamOnMax w/ Guest Sam Seder & Sam Jay.
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Dina Pomeranz @dinapomeranz.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Open letter by 700+ Jewish faculty in US on Trump's Columbia funding cuts, supposedly against antisemitism: "Not on our behalf. Harming US Universities does not protect Jewish people. Cutting funding for research does not protect Jewish people. Punishing researchers does not protect Jewish people."
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Sara Vogel @saraevogel.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
"The trump Administration is stoking anti-semitism in the name of combating anti-semitism, and we must not comply...we won't be your scapegoats" - Rachel Paradis, @jfrejnyc.bsky.social www.facebook.com/reel/4511839...
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16K views · 51 reactions | “Not this time.” Listen to Rachel Paradis, Columbia University nursing student and longtime JFREJ member, talk about the Trump administration’s effort to scapegoat Jews in t...
“Not this time.” Listen to Rachel Paradis, Columbia University nursing student and longtime JFREJ member, talk about the Trump administration’s effort to scapegoat Jews in their authoritarian &...
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 25/03/2025
We want to spread the word about the nationwide mobilizations on April 5. Tell us why you will be taking to the streets: bit.ly/April5socials
HANDS OFF!

RECORD A SHORT VIDEO ABOUT WHY YOU'RE SHOWING UP ON APRIL 5TH!

Use hashtags: #HandsOff or #WhyApril5

Share what you've made at: bit.ly/April5socials
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Sara Vogel @saraevogel.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
🚨Right wing billionaire money pouring into NYC council races against women of color. Proud of @indivisible.org and @goodbetash.bsky.social and his "run of the mill Jews" team for pushing back www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...
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Progressive group calls on Democratic City Council candidate to return money from Republican donors
The candidate, Maya Kornberg, has closer ties to one of those donors than previously disclosed.
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Jews For Racial & Economic Justice Action @jfrejnyc.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
🚨 EMERGENCY PRESS CONFERENCE Columbia/Barnard faculty, Jewish community leaders, immigrant advocates, and rabbis are demanding the immediate release of Mahmoud Khalil from ICE custody. We will not be silent or cower in the face of American Fascism. #FreeMahmoud
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
When Republicans attack our education system, they're attacking our future. We won't let them silence marginalized voices, erase historical facts, or limit our children's potential. Dont Defund Public Schools
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Sara Vogel @saraevogel.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
I hated this @nytimes.com opinion feature. Not only was it lazy -- consequential and impactful for what? For who? Based on what criteria? But it dismisses issues their readers might find as consequential and impactful as their whole lives.
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Sara Vogel @saraevogel.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
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