Jim LaPrad

Antiracist & feminist educational philosopher supporting public schools & democracy. USMC vet, BBBS for life. partner, dad, brother, teacher & researcher

[Jim LaPrad @Laprad_jg]

Experiential Education Should Be Apart from Schools and Colleges https://t.co/zdv0kN9geV via @educationweek

[Jim LaPrad @Laprad_jg]

25 Reasons to Get Excited About Teaching https://t.co/mihZWMOnjp

[knoxcollege1837 @KnoxCollege1837]

All @KnoxPrairieFire fall athletes move in and join the Knox community today! We are so happy to have you 🦊 🔥
#KnoxProud #PrairieFire

[Danny Steele @SteeleThoughts]

Not all your students come to class wanting to learn… but they all come wanting to belong. And when they feel like they belong… they’re much more likely to learn.

[Jim LaPrad @Laprad_jg]

@NicholasFerroni @wakelet Thank you for sharing ✊🏼

[Jim LaPrad @Laprad_jg]

https://t.co/BctYk7vuw7 thank you @Rural_Schools & Dr. Amy Azano ✊🏼

[Tammy Duckworth @SenDuckworth]

I say this from my own experience: the gunfire heard in the horrific videos from the Highland Park Massacre sound like war.

No one needs a 50-round drum.
No one needs a 30-round magazine.
No one needs a weapon of war on our streets.

[Rick Pearson @rap30]

Gov Pritzker: "If you are angry today, I’m here to tell you to be angry. I’m furious. I’m furious that yet more innocent lives were taken by gun violence...
While we celebrate the 4th of July just once a year, mass shootings have become our weekly–yes, weekly American tradition

[Jim LaPrad @Laprad_jg]

@NewBlackMan Awesome- thank you!

[SAVE A SEAT FOR ME (Simon & Schuster, 2026) @NewBlackMan]

#BlackMusicMonth

Esther Phillips backed by King Curtis, Cornell Dupree and Jimi Hendrix (1966)

[Jim LaPrad @Laprad_jg]

Are Schools Too Inclusive? Some People Think So https://t.co/YjMc0JwVY2 Well said 👊🏼✊🏼 @PeterMDeWitt

[Jim LaPrad @Laprad_jg]

@alfiekohn ‘Spot on’✊🏼

[Alfie Kohn @alfiekohn]

"The shift from an active and exploratory early-childhood pedagogy to a more scripted and instruction-based model...favors shallow mimicry...while devaluing complex, integrative learning." The curriculum isn't about ideas - just "naming and labeling": https://t.co/HqQrQ0ZtHg

[Zinn Ed Project @ZinnEdProject]

#tdih 1955 "We will not obey this order. We know this drill to be a military act in a cold war to instill fear, to prepare the collective mind for war." -- 27 activists in NY including Catholic Worker Dorothy Day, passed out leaflet below & were arrested.
https://t.co/p0TxycvMyF

[SAVE A SEAT FOR ME (Simon & Schuster, 2026) @NewBlackMan]

#BlackMusicMonth

Aretha. Ray. Billy. Fillmore West, 1971.

[Southern Poverty Law Center @splcenter]

U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney said Trump “summoned the mob … and lit the flame” that caused the violence.

Read more in the SPLC's summary of Day One of the hearings.

https://t.co/ofu6HFaDUh

[SAVE A SEAT FOR ME (Simon & Schuster, 2026) @NewBlackMan]

Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1964)

#BlackMusicMonth

[Learning for Justice @learnforjustice]

This Memorial Day 2022, we remember those who sacrificed in service to our country. And we honor them by committing to uplifting the democratic values of this nation as we continue to struggle for equity and justice.

[Fred Guttenberg @fred_guttenberg]

You are my hero @BetoORourke. From the bottom of my heart, for my daughter Jaime and all victims of gun violence, thank you. https://t.co/zW3msBSmo3

[Learning for Justice @learnforjustice]

(2020) Webinar—Trauma-responsive Education: Supporting Students and Yourself
This webinar will help you gain a common understanding of trauma and how it affects both learning and relationships at school—for students and educators alike.
https://t.co/VjU9N3vuDa

[Paul Gorski @EquityLiteracy]

Starting in 2 weeks! If you attended last summer's series, know that these will be NEW sessions, NEW topics. All sessions will be recorded for folks who can't be there live! Please join us and help spread the word! Learn more and register: https://t.co/ERQXJfY6zI