Daniel Withrow @withrowdaniel.bsky.social · 17/05/2026NC last passed a budget in October 2023. The legislature is crowing about average raises of 8% for teachers. Inflation since October 2023 has been 8.24%. Adjusted for inflation, this is another pay cut. No reporter should report on this proposed budget agreement without adjusting for inflation. 000 0
Daniel Withrow @withrowdaniel.bsky.social · 26/03/2026I'm just salty we're not teaching kids Morse code. How else will they send their telegraphs? 000 0
Daniel Withrow @withrowdaniel.bsky.social · 03/03/2026How does one hate a country, or love one? I lack the trick of it. I know people, I know towns, farms, hills and rivers and rocks, I know how the sun at sunset in autumn falls on the side of a certain plowland in the hills... 100 0
Daniel Withrow @withrowdaniel.bsky.social · 02/05/2025Bureaucrats can be guards or guides. A guard says, "These are the ways of my domain. Follow them or suffer the consequences." A guide says, "These are the ways of my domain. I'll help you find your destination." Guards are the reason people hate bureaucracy. Guides are worth their weight in gold. 000 0
Daniel Withrow @withrowdaniel.bsky.social · 15/04/2025Humans often see vultures as base, filthy creatures. But to rodents and songbirds, they are the greatest and noblest of raptors. 000 0
Daniel Withrow @withrowdaniel.bsky.social · 12/04/2025There are dragons who are filter feeders, like baleen whales, who soar through flocks of birds with their mouths wide open. 020 0
Reposted by Daniel WithrowJustin Parmenter @justinparmenter.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Proud member!! 🍎💪 After Notable Wins, Can NCAE Make the Case for Public Education? The state association representing teachers is looking to leverage local wins into statewide gains. #nced #ncpol www.theassemblync.com/education/no...theassemblync.comAfter Notable Wins, Can NCAE Make the Case for Public Education?Educators in Durham and Guilford secured big wins last year. Can NCAE leverage local wins into statewide gains? 0103 0
Daniel Withrow @withrowdaniel.bsky.social · 04/03/2025People should be able to cross borders at least as easily as money can. If businesses can move to countries where wages are lowest, but people can't move to countries where wages are highest, the market is unfair. Even diehard capitalists ought to support this. 010 0
Daniel Withrow @withrowdaniel.bsky.social · 04/03/2025One of the few pleasures I've found in world news lately has been watching share prices for Tesla, Amazon, and Truth Social plummet. I don't want them to externalize the pain. 010 0
Daniel Withrow @withrowdaniel.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Adopt a district: for every Republican who refuses to hold town halls in their district, the closest Democratic representative should adopt the orphaned district , setting up town halls in that district to listen to voter concerns and bring them to Washington and to the missing representative. 020 0
Daniel Withrow @withrowdaniel.bsky.social · 04/02/2025Starting a Greek mythology unit with my third graders, and pulled out the classic d'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths. This sentence is in the introduction, making me wonder exactly how comes up Ingri and Edgar d'Aulaire were. 010 0
Reposted by Daniel WithrowAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 31/01/2025I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world. Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO 413414530224032 0
Reposted by Daniel WithrowJeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 29/01/2025ahahaha these people... 171996 0
Daniel Withrow @withrowdaniel.bsky.social · 28/01/2025It sounds like the AI companies worry they’ll lose income because someone figured out how to undercut them by using their labor without pay in order to train a new AI model. I just wish Deepseek were named Karma. 0175 0
Reposted by Daniel WithrowJeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 23/01/2025one of the most beautiful sounds you'll ever hear, and almost at times like an ecstatic and ethereal choir 620439 0
Daniel Withrow @withrowdaniel.bsky.social · 21/01/2025A thought about using Meta: it is free, because we are the products. So what if I paid a monthly subscription for it? Only instead of paying it to fascist bootlicker Zuckerberg, I paid my subscription to the ACLU? Ethical consumption under capitalism? 100 0
Daniel Withrow @withrowdaniel.bsky.social · 17/01/2025Interesting list. I'm not a big fan of Seanan McGuire or Charlie Jane Anders or Cory Doctorow, but they're just not to my tastes, not bad people or writers. Tchaikovsky, Valente, Vo, and Muir are among my must-reads. Who should be added? 110 0
Daniel Withrow @withrowdaniel.bsky.social · 10/01/2025Frightful weather outside. Vegetable soup, cheese biscuits, and cranberry cheesecake inside. Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow. 010 0
Daniel Withrow @withrowdaniel.bsky.social · 21/12/2024New game: Werewolf Santa. Draw names from a hat and get presents for each other--but one of you is the killer. 000 0
Daniel Withrow @withrowdaniel.bsky.social · 13/12/2024The fuel indicator is not on. You're imagining things. 010 0
Daniel Withrow @withrowdaniel.bsky.social · 12/12/2024This is a good time to read The Rhinoceros, Eugene Ionesco's play about how fascism spreads. www.michaelrasbury.org/music/rhinoc...michaelrasbury.org 010 0
Daniel Withrow @withrowdaniel.bsky.social · 12/12/2024Experiment: pretest a cohort of adults to determine their knowledge of college-level astrophysics. Place the experimental group in a course two levels above their ability. Place the control group in a course at their level. Which cohort will make more growth? Apply results to elementary students. 710 0
Reposted by Daniel WithrowPuff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 09/12/2024Don't assume maximalist outcomes for the Trump administration. That's a form of psychological surrender. We should attempt to exploit every stumble, failure, and misstep, and there will be stumbles, failures, and missteps. 372145442868 0
Daniel Withrow @withrowdaniel.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Do you need a positive author to read? Try Becky Chambers: she's amazing. Do you need a reason to stop eating cheese? Also Becky Chambers. Behold the best food writing of all time: blog.jverkamp.com/2022/06/22/t...blog.jverkamp.comReview: The Galaxy, and the Ground Within – jverkamp.com 000 0
Reposted by Daniel WithrowJustin Parmenter @justinparmenter.bsky.social · 24/11/2024“My word to progressives and Democrats is to not try to have a left or a right agenda. Have a moral agenda. Look at what issues are a violation of our deepest moral values…Own the fact that the things we talk about — a living wage, health care — are highly popular in the public square.” #ncpol 1257 0
Daniel Withrow @withrowdaniel.bsky.social · 24/11/2024A question I think about a lot, as a "gifted" education specialist (hate that term, but it's what I have). Adults who were in such a program as a kid: did it serve you well? What do you wish your teachers had done differently, given their financial and supervisory constraints? 121 0
Daniel Withrow @withrowdaniel.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Do you need a good news story where basically all the good news is right there in the headline? www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/1...washingtonpost.comPaws up! Police find shoe thief at a kindergarten is actually a weasel.Police in southwest Japan installed cameras after nearly two dozen children’s shoes went missing from Gosho Kodomo-en kindergarten in Fukuoka. The culprit? A weasel. 020 0
Daniel Withrow @withrowdaniel.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Do you need a good news story? www.cnbc.com/2024/11/21/t...cnbc.comTrump AG pick Matt Gaetz says he's withdrawingMatt Gaetz said he is withdrawing his name from consideration as President-elect Donald Trump's pick for U.S. attorney general. 000 0
Daniel Withrow @withrowdaniel.bsky.social · 20/11/2024I work with a kindergartner who understands math like a fifth grader. She turned six today, so I gave her a card that said, "Happy birthday! Congratulations on turning 3!" and taught her about factorials. She was so excited. #nerdwins 010 0
Daniel Withrow @withrowdaniel.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Even if it weren't horrifying when Dems want to throw trans folk under the bus for political gain, it would be bad politics. But it's both. Read this thread by George Takei. 010 0
Daniel Withrow @withrowdaniel.bsky.social · 18/11/2024This is a fascinating and bleak article. It puts paid to the idea that vouchers are designed to help Black students in "underperforming" public schools. 000 0
Reposted by Daniel WithrowJustin Parmenter @justinparmenter.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Freedom Christian Academy in Fayetteville got $1+ million for vouchers this year. They only take students whose parents have a "vibrant relationship with Jesus Christ" and who demonstrate "a desire to learn." This institution shouldn't get public tax dollars. #nced #ncpol 02213 0
Daniel Withrow @withrowdaniel.bsky.social · 15/11/2024Every year my school has a tug-of-war contest between staff and administration. Everyone on the winning team gets a huge bonus. Every year, 100% of the administration join the admin team. Fewer than half the staff join the staff team. 131 0
Daniel Withrow @withrowdaniel.bsky.social · 15/11/2024And now there's lead in Asheville's water system. I don't remember deciding to play this year on hard mode. wlos.com/news/local/l...wlos.comLead detected in Buncombe County schools, homes on city's water supplySeveral schools and homes across Buncombe County are reporting detectable lead levels in water samples, according to Water Resources Spokesperson Clay Chandler. 020 0