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Trista Lanette Pollard

@tristalanpollard.bsky.social
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Elementary Teacher 32yrs (2nd-5th Classroom & Intervention Teacher) NBCT (2003-2023) 👩🏾‍🏫 Web Design 💻 Traveler 🌎, Knitter 🧶, Reader 📚 💻 GitHub: github.com/tlanettepollard 🛜 chalkspotteacherstore.net 🛜 www.rebelcowwebdesign.com

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Jen Simmons @jensimmons.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Have you been making websites for years? How are you feeling about the current state of things?
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Alice Keeler @alicekeeler.com · 15/10/2026
You can use conditional formatting in Google Sheets to give students instant feedback. This makes the learning active and allows them to see if they are on the right track. It turns a standard assignment into an interactive experience for the learner. #GoogleSheets #GoogleWorkspace #GoogleEDU
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Alice Keeler @alicekeeler.com · 15/10/2026
Formative Assessment Instead of: “I need to grade this.” Think: “What can I learn about my students’ thinking from this?” #Grading #TeacherTech
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Mary J @primaryteachermary.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
I'm concerned about the damage to children's health and wellbeing because of excessive screen time. But there are some misconceptions about the purpose screens have in schools and the time spent on them. It's important that we don't take tech away that's actually helping our children to learn.
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Before We Ban Screentime in School
A recent news report, “Screens at schools fuelling child health ‘crisis’, doctors warn”, has sparked a wave of opinion pieces and social media debate. The discussion follows…
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Larry Ferlazzo @larryferlazzo.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
How to Use AI With English Learners Without Encouraging Cognitive Offloading www.edweek.org/technology/o...
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How to Use AI With English Learners Without Encouraging Cognitive Offloading (Opinion)
Students need productive struggle to grasp a new language. Here’s where AI can—and can’t—fit in.
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 15/10/2026
This should be getting WAY MORE PRESS “New Study Reveals Retaliation Against Higher Education Employees for Supporting Palestinian Rights” mesana.org/news/2026/10...
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Middle East Studies Association
MESA's Academic Freedom Initiative has released a major new report, Lessons in Repression: Silencing Campus Workers on Palestine Since October 7, 2023. The report shows how higher education institutio...
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Alice Keeler @alicekeeler.com · 15/10/2026
Create seating charts or word sorts! Put a list of student names (or vocabulary words) in a Google Doc™ and use the Seating Chart Slides Add-on to create a Google Slides™ with a tile for each student (vocab word). workspace.google.com/marketplace/... #GoogleEDU #GoogleWorkspace
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Alice Keeler @alicekeeler.com · 16/10/2026
MacBook Users Command Tab cycles you through your active applications. #KeyTips
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Alice Keeler @alicekeeler.com · 13/10/2026
Create a UNIQUE version of a test in a Google Doc™ per student. workspace.google.com/marketplace/... #GoogleEdu #GoogleWorkspace
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Alice Keeler @alicekeeler.com · 14/10/2026
#GoogleSlides You can change the size of Google Slides!! Change to 8 1/2 by 11 to have creative spaces that are collaborative and can print if you want. #GoogleEDU #GoogleWorkspace
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If you can’t be brave, be kind 🚵🏽‍♀️☕️ 📸 🐕🐾🥋⚔️☯️👩🏼‍🎨🖋️✏️ @takemusu.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
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Larry Ferlazzo @larryferlazzo.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
‘Title I for rich kids’ and other predictions for the Federal Scholarship Tax Credit www.brookings.edu/articles/tit...
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'Title I for rich kids' and other predictions for the Federal Scholarship Tax Credit | Brookings
Jon Valant predicts the Federal Scholarship Tax Credit will favor wealthy families and spur waste, scandal and backlash.
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Alice Keeler @alicekeeler.com · 14/10/2026
Gemini Canvas can create interactive activities for your students (and they collect NO student data, yay) I asked it to create a halloween roll a story for grades 5-8. You can access it here: share.gemini.google/0IJWqp670Rjs #TeacherTech #GoogleEdu #EduSky
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David W. Deeds @dwdeeds.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
From Coding to AI Literacy: Rethinking Computer Science Across K-12 #edusky #eduskyai
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From Coding to AI Literacy: Rethinking Computer Science Across K-12
Explore how districts can build more inclusive computer science pathways while supporting the teachers who make them possible.
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Black Intellect Media @blackintellect.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
UN condemns Coco Gauff abuse & warns: ‘Black female athletes are being targeted’. www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/o...
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UN condemns Coco Gauff abuse and warns: ‘Black female athletes are being targeted’
The United Nations’ human rights office has condemned the racist abuse of Coco Gauff and called for solidarity to help push back against racism and sexism
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Ashlee 🤟🏻 @ashleemboyer.com · 14/10/2026
Text literacy isn’t a sign of intelligence. It’s a sign of fluency in a written language. You can be very intelligent and lower fluency in a written language. Fluency is a skill & there are many ways to grow it. 1/2
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Dr. Carlotta A. Berry #NoireSTEMinist 🤖 @drcaberry.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#engineering #robot #stem #ai #3DPrinted NoireSTEMinist.com
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Pop Crave @popcrave.com · 28/09/2026
Former ‘South Park’ writer Toby Morton has created a website to expose information about Cornell University’s administration in response to the group sexual assault case: “Accountability should not disappear when the headlines do. And we all know this headline will disappear.”
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Jen Cyborg @jenpemby.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The core concept of Burn Down Master’s House as a work of historical fiction based on slave stories of violent rebellion was good. I felt the execution lacking when compared to other works in this genre (Everett or Whitehead). It was so very gruesome. The comeuppance was satisfying. 3.5 ⭐️s #booksky
Book cover for Burn Down Master’s House by Clay Cane
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Landmark Outreach @landmarkoutreach.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Organization starts in early elementary! Teaching primary students clear routines for organizing their desks and materials builds essential executive function skills. Read the full blog post here: ow.ly/4MsA50ZHY2i #EduSky #EarlyEd #ExecutiveFunction
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Organization of Materials: Study Skills in Early Elementary School
Second-grade teacher shares strategies for organization of materials. Explicitly teach study skills to students with LBLD through structured organizational systems.
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Alice Keeler @alicekeeler.com · 28/09/2026
Gemini Notebook I added science standards and other resources. prompted for an implementation guide. Notebook offers ideas to adapt a lab activity. Lesson planning with Gemini Notebook as my "partner" has become essential.
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Bethany Baptiste @storysorcery.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It's too late. Folks have been unable to buy book due to out of stock statuses and backorders. This is why. I wrote THE POISONS WE DRINK because I believe in Black liberation, Black rage, and Black-led revolutions. I wrote it in response during the first Trump admin. #booksky #blacksky
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Larry Ferlazzo @larryferlazzo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Schools are experimenting with AI with little evidence or policy to guide them www.npr.org/2026/09/28/n...
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Schools are experimenting with AI with little evidence or policy to guide them
Teachers are using AI to develop lesson plans, and in some districts, AI chatbots give students feedback on their work. Meanwhile, the research around how AI can help students is extremely limited.
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The Gray Sage @walterdgreason.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
“The most effective book in every classroom.” #BlackSky #EduSky
The Graphic History of Hip Hop
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The Worthy Educator @theworthyeducator.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Check out our first-ever showcase issue of the journal, featuring Alphadine Dennis on "Bringing Science to Life: Using STEAM as a Pedagogical Tool in Science"! TY, Alphadine! doi.org/10.67428/202... #EduSky @eduskyteam.bsky.social
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Ethan Baxter @ethanrockstory.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
⚒️🍎🧪🦖 Meet Cameron Muskelly @cambriancam.bsky.social, a paleontologist from Georgia who has been exploring ancient life since he was a child. Hear his inspiring story of how he got his start! Want to hear more from Cam? Watch the full episode with your kids: youtu.be/P0QJXHwHkCM
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Lee Ann Jung @leeannjung.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
🏆 The success of inclusion depends more on what classroom teachers do than on what special education teachers do. #LeadInclusion #UDL #InclusiveEd #EdLeaders #EduSky
Poster on a dark blue textured background with large text reading INCLUSIVE CLASSROOMS SUCCEED when every classroom teacher LEADS INCLUSION. A colorful globe with a heart in the center is surrounded by six stylized people holding hands, and the top right shows the Lee Ann Jung logo and leadinclusion.org.
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Lee Ann Jung @leeannjung.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
⚖️ To meet the needs of ALL students, we must meet the needs of EACH student. Equity in education begins with recognizing variability and designing for it. #LeadInclusion #UDL #InclusiveEd #EdLeaders #EduSky
Poster on a dark blue textured background reads, “EQUITY begins with RECOGNIZING and DESIGNING and for student VARIABILITY.” On the right, colorful paper people stand on stacked books labeled “DIFFERENT LEARNERS,” “BRIGHTER PERSPECTIVES,” and “STRONGER TOGETHER,” with “Lee Ann Jung” and “leadinclusion.org” at the bottom.
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Alice Keeler @alicekeeler.com · 07/09/2026
Bookmark the Google Slides link, the math facts auto shuffle each day and rotate. Good for a quick warm up or transition . alicekeeler.com/2026/08/19/m... #TeacherTech #EduSky
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freeCodeCamp.org @freecodecamp.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The 2017 paper “Attention Is All You Need” changed the direction of modern AI. In this video, Ania explains how the Transformer replaced sequential processing with attention, enabling faster training and much greater scale...and why it's the foundation of LLMs. www.freecodecamp.org/news/the-pap...
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HawksMathaMagic @phonisha.blacksky.app · 29/08/2026
I'm 44. Last year my momma gave me an envelope that had seen better days that contained my original birth certificate, shot records, a loc of my baby hair, a note she wrote to me in 1982, and social security card. I will uphold this black tradition with my 3 children. 23y, 20y, 14y. 😂💜
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
NO 👇 LIES DETECTED.......
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Hanna Blue 🏴‍☠️🏴🏁🗽⚜️❤️‍🔥🎃🎭🍁 @blueberrypoison.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
The horse-riding librarians of the Pack Horse Library Project in Hindman, Kentucky, around 1940. This was a genuine New Deal initiative established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Works Progress Administration (WPA) during the Great Depression.
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Rebecca @wordyanchorite.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
One of my teachers pointed this out to me last year. LIFE-CHANGING.
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Edutopia @edutopia.org · 27/07/2026
So much learning is built on vocabulary. To bring it to life, go beyond memorization! Here’s how. 🔡 ⬇️ #literacy #EduSky
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Bringing Vocabulary to Life in High School
To go beyond memorization, make new words visible in your classroom and give students reasons to say them out loud.
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freeCodeCamp.org @freecodecamp.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Modern distributed systems need fast, reliable ways for services to communicate. In this handbook, Seyi explains how RPC, Protocol Buffers, & gRPC work together. You’ll explore gRPC’s communication patterns, build a complete system with Dart and Flutter, & more. www.freecodecamp.org/news/remote-...
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Doc Sportello ❌👑 @digyoursoul.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Graduation rates at America’s tribal schools have climbed from half to four-fifths. Across the 183 Bureau of Indian Education schools, on-time graduation rose from just over 50% in 2015 to a record 79% in 2025. apnews.com/article/nati...
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Innovation, data fixes fuel Native American graduation gains at federally funded schools
The U.S. agency that oversees dozens of schools serving Native Americans is reporting more on-time high school graduations than ever.
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Dr. Carlotta A. Berry #NoireSTEMinist 🤖 @drcaberry.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
See my books and bots at Indiana Black Expo 7/17, 7/18, 7/19 Dr. Carlotta A. Berry #NoireSTEMinist professor, engineer, author, roboticist, speaker @inblackexpoinc @Indianablackexpoinc @IndianaBlackExpo,Inc. #IBE #IndianaBlackExpo #IBESUMMERCELEBRATION #BlackWomenInSTEM #KidLit #ChildrensBooks
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Dr. Carlotta A. Berry #NoireSTEMinist 🤖 @drcaberry.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
#IBE #IBESummerCelebration #robot #stem #microbit #teacherSky #eduSky #blackEduSky #academicChatter #AcademicSky #BlackAdemic Cardboard Robots and selling books NoireSTEMinist.com
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Principal Project @principalproject.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
"Teachers are professionals. They should be given autonomy and trust unless they prove otherwise." - Erika Niles, Principal of Green Trails Elementary School in Missouri www.edutopia.org/article/lead...
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Leaders Must Address Teacher Well-Being With Action, Not Just Self-Care Talk
By listening to educators and building supports that reflect their genuine needs and concerns, these leaders are shifting school cultures in ways that go beyond lip service.
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Disability Scoop @disabilityscoop.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Over half of states are not living up to their obligations under federal #SpecialEducation law, with many receiving a failing grade from the U.S. Department of Education multiple years in a row. #disabilities
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Most States Fail To Meet IDEA Requirements, Feds Say
Over half of states are not living up to their obligations under federal special education law, with many receiving a failing grade from the U.S. Department of Education multiple years in a row.
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SANTA CLAUS @santaclausalaska.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
MEDIA LITERACY: 6-year-olds spot disinformation, can we? "By teaching its citizens how to critically engage with media content to debunk hoaxes, mis- and disinformation, as well as to produce content of their own, Finland wants to promote media literacy as a civic skill.” fortune.com/2025/01/29/f...
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Finland teaches 6-year-olds how to spot disinformation—and they might be better at it than you | Fortune
"Media literacy is essential to building societal resilience, and Finland realized this quite early on."
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TechLearning @techlearning.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
We've curated the top sites for blended learning- many of which are fully free. #education #edtech #EduSky www.techlearning.com/learning/cla...
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Best Sites for Blended Learning
Blended learning websites help teachers combine traditional instruction with online learning.
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Seb ⚛️ ThisWeekInReact.com @sebastienlorber.com · 17/06/2026
This Week In React 286 ⚛️ - React Compiler in Rust - StyleX - TSRX - TanStack - Hydrogen - WordPress - Remotion 📱 - RN 0.86 - Enriched HTML - Gesture Handler - Compressor - Morph View - Hermes 🍿 Read/subscribe: thisweekinreact.com/newsletter/286 ✍️ @jwr.ski & I
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Luca Casonato 🏳️‍🌈 @lcas.dev · 17/06/2026
What's this, a new HTML proposal? Built-in localized time formatting in HTML! github.com/whatwg/html/...
<time datetime="2026-06-17T08:13:41.099Z" format="datetime">
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Rayna Swan 🦢📚 @raynaxswan.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
youtu.be/W83YsH3XYlI?... #booksky #blackbooksky
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Get Ready With Me For The Black Romance Book Festival 📚 🖤
YouTube video by Rayna Swan 📚
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Tamika Thompson @tamikathompson.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Author @justinkey.bsky.social is coming to the Bay, and I'm joining him on "The Monsters We Know: Black Horror As Resistance" panel, with the brilliant Ayize Jama Everett moderating. Join us 7/11 in SF. Eventbrite link in comments. @sistahscifi.bsky.social @auntlute.bsky.social #HorrorSky #BookSky
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Victoria Crooks @victoriacrooks.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
25 years ago, I was a #PGCE student buying my own copy of this legendary #ITT set text. If you had told me then that I would one day be invited to write a chapter for the 10th edition, I would never have believed you. Incredibly honoured. #Mentoring #TeacherEducation #UKTeaching #UKEd #EduSky
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Denny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
I guess one difference between Jim Crow then and Jim Crow now is that we have cool graphics to show how it's done.
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Tracy O’Connell Novick @tracynovick.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
"Under the agreements, the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services will move to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, while some investigation and enforcement activities will move from the Office for Civil Rights to the U.S. Justice Department. "
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Education Department transfers key special ed, civil rights functions
The departments of Health and Human Services and Justice will receive core special education and civil rights responsibilities under the agreements.
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