Mary Faragher

Educator, innovator, writer, wannabe change-maker.

[Block Club Chicago @BlockClubCHI]

Illinois ban on book bans takes effect Jan. 1.
The state will withhold funding from schools & libraries that attempt to ban books. It’s the first state in the nation to enact such a law. https://t.co/i0VNvEDXOr

[Andre Vlok @vlok_andre]

This year has seen a sharp increase in school conflict mandates for me .... SGBs, educators, learners, parents, unions and even members of the specific communities, often involved in harmful, costly conflicts for which they are ill-equipped. This makes the tough job of running a school even more challenging

[Mary Faragher @MaryFaragher]

@sage_stage Sounds like your school is …. Yeah. Have you tried talking to the class about it? How invested are they in their learning? You might be able to shame that one kid into being a team player (weaponised shame, great, I know).

[Mary Faragher @MaryFaragher]

Being a teacher makes me sick. No, literally, interacting with sick kids means I get every sing virus…

[Mary Faragher @MaryFaragher]

What kind of news outlet labels people who protest against genocide as “pro hamas?”

[Mary Faragher @MaryFaragher]

@heymrsbond I had students read articles about Gaza from different sides and analyse word choice, with specific reference to descriptions of Palestinians. It aligns with their AP Seminar work and is helping them write about perspectives.

[Stephen Zunes @SZunes]

The United States was one of only six countries in the 192-member United Nations to vote against a resolution yesterday calling for an end to illegal Israeli colonization of territories seized by military force in contravention of international law.

[Nick Hedley @nickhedley]

The data for October is in. Share of renewables in the electricity mix last month:

Uruguay 100%
Norway 97%
New Zealand 92%
Brazil 90%
Denmark 84%
Portugal 74%
Chile 73%
Sweden 71%
Austria 70%
Lithuania 67%
Netherlands 62%
Germany 61%
Northern Ireland 56%
Spain 53%

[Mary Faragher @MaryFaragher]

@mescamilla1980 Podcasts for sure!

[Mary Faragher @MaryFaragher]

Looking for a virtual book week guest for my grade 9’s next week, anyone keen? Authors, illustrators, editors…(GMT+6:30) #edchat #BookTwitter

[Mary Faragher @MaryFaragher]

@heymrsbond No Explosions

To enjoy
fireworks
you would have
to have lived
a different kind
of life

Naomi Shihab Nye

[Nick Hedley @nickhedley]

This resignation letter by the director of the UN's New York office is quite something.

[Read Jackson Rising @JPHilllllll]

Today Bolivia cut off diplomatic ties with Israel, Chile has recalled the ambassador, and Colombia recalled its ambassador saying they will not support genocide. The world should follow the leadership of Latin America.

[Christian Stran @christianstran_]

Marianne Williamson was asked the question, “How are Americans feeling about current events?”

I was NOT expecting this answer. 😲
#Marianne2024 ❤️🤍💙

[Nick Hedley @nickhedley]

Meanwhile in Sudan: Fighting between the national army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has been raging for almost seven months, claiming the lives of more than 9,000 people and forcing almost 5.8 million from their homes.

- Bloomberg

[Mary Faragher @MaryFaragher]

Imagine if all over the world we just stopped working until the UN stepped in and stopped Israel.

[victoria ♀️ @fatfabfeminist]

the sheer dystopia that is needing to go about ur business, go to school, go to work, all while one of the most documented genocides of our lifetimes is occurring

[Michele Rosenthal @dialmformichele]

It's such a powerful statement for these Jewish organizations to be demonstrating on Shabbat. "We will not rest" in this context means "the situation is so dire it requires breaking one of our most holy commandments." ❤️

[TIMES OF GAZA @Timesofgaza]

Accompanied by a total blackout of telecommunication services, lsraeli warplanes launch the most violent series of air attacks against Gaza Strip.

[Andre Vlok @vlok_andre]

🧵 Are you angry, exhausted, confused or despondent about your online experience with the Israel/ Hamas conflict these past two weeks? Against the backdrop of the horrors of that war so ubiquitous on our screens, social media further exposes us to intense polarization and viewpoints that may seem irrational, wrong, inhumane and malicious to us. How can people be so wrong, so wilfully ignorant in the face of such manifest evil, we ask ourselves. Crucial to the understanding of and effective engagement with these online conflicts is a modern understanding of the concept of the identity or value conflict. It is an immensely complex conflict topic, but I think that a short thread on some of the dynamics involved may help us make some sense of what we are experiencing. We find identity conflicts everywhere, from the Ukraine war to the Trump arguments, from the South African political battles to our workplace conflicts, but the current Israeli/ Hamas conflict serves as a particularly illustrative lesson 🧵