I’ll be transitioning this account to Bluesky soon. Too many bots, inappropriate ads, extremely limited engagement (if you aren’t a blue check), and just a cesspool of misinformation.
Worth reminding this tweet is from a station whose local news operation is being largely shuttered by Sinclair Broadcast Group. These sorts of tweets, which aren’t coming from El Paso, devalue the work of local journalists.
Researchers at MIT have questioned whether SMART goals (specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, time-bound) actually work. They suggest we might get better outcomes if we make our goals FAST (frequently discussed, ambitious, specific and transparent) not SMART.
The user experience on this app is HORRIBLE. If you don’t know how to maneuver the crap algorithms here, you won’t find anything useful.
Twitter was great, once upon a time. Not anymore.
I’m gonna need educators and schools to stop being active on Twitter / X because this site is absolutely polluted by far right political and cryptocurrency ads. No amount of blocking or “see less often” changes it because Elon wants trump elected and his crypto buddies get rich.
This entire thread is a great explanation of how Republicans are looking to make life harder for teachers, students, and generally anyone who isn’t rich
I finally read the Project 2025's proposals for education. It's easy enough to say "abolish the department of education." I mean, who outside of Washington actually cares about how the federal government organizes its education programs? But what you might care about is that
As an educator, you absolutely cannot promote SEL with your students and maintain the “they’re my STUDENTS and not my FRIEND” position. Education starts with building relationships.
Why does X insist on flipping our timelines to "for you" instead of "following"? And why is 80 percent of the content "for you" made up of stuff we're not interested in?