Norman Atkins

Co-Founder, Relay GSE Founder & Founder, Uncommon Schools

[Zohar Atkins @ZoharAtkins]

Loved talking to @rooseveltmontas about Great Books education and the life of introspection that it unlocks.

https://t.co/gz6LurpnEd

[Governor Jared Polis @GovofCO]

To boost student math achievement, today I’m announcing that we are making a high-quality online math program available for free to all Colorado elementary and middle school students. Schools and districts can sign up to participate immediately at https://t.co/4oBWIv90ak.

[Emily Hanford @ehanford]

Our podcast, Sold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong, is available wherever you get your podcasts.
https://t.co/F6Nd8mkMwt

[Zohar Atkins @ZoharAtkins]

I'm deeply inspired by @AgnesCallard from whom I learn so much, so it's a joy to share my podcast conversation with her! We spoke about Socrates, reductionism, how to be a good interlocutor, color, mysticism, identity politics, oracles, trolls & more!

https://t.co/sXnE4dgL6h

[Zohar Atkins @ZoharAtkins]

I loved talking with @jamalgreene about

- How Rights Went Wrong (his new book)
- Conflict Mediation
- Robert Cover and Narrative
- Hegel and Recognition
- Parenting
- Moses and Aaron
- The Pitfalls of Juristocracy

https://t.co/k1zL5F25lt

[Zohar Atkins @ZoharAtkins]

Reading is networking with ghosts.
Writing is networking with descendants.

[Norman Atkins @norman_atkins]

@ZalRothschild @KannonShanmugam You rock. Proud of you.

[Norman Atkins @norman_atkins]

Yo-Yo Ma playing on Zelensky Way in front of Russian embassy. (Ryan Stitt video). He performed Ukrainian national anthem last night at Kennedy Center.

[ian bremmer @ianbremmer]

courageous russians shouting “no to war!” in st. petersburg tonight.

[Zohar Atkins @ZoharAtkins]

The thin contingency of History is a mind-bender. Kafka captured it well when he wrote in his diary:

“August 2, 1914: Germany has declared war on Russia. Went swimming in the afternoon.”

[Emily Oster @ProfEmilyOster]

Universities should bring students back. It's our responsibility.

My latest in Atlantic.

https://t.co/808RsmOyi8

[Norman Atkins @norman_atkins]

@ZoharAtkins I see a future philosopher looking at me! I hear myself starting these sentences decades ago and him finishing! Please do Straussian read of Very Hungry Caterpillar next. (RIP, the great Eric Carle, who died this past May.)

[Norman Atkins @norman_atkins]

@KeironPim @rider_jon If he had not died over heartbreak from death of Hapsburg Empire and doom of Europe and inability to find audience and payday after leaving Berlin, could he have reinvented himself in New York? PEN invitation pending…

[Norman Atkins @norman_atkins]

@KeironPim @rider_jon Thank you on all. May you find a good editor and get the final publication worthy of your subject and your effort.

[Uncommon Schools @uncommonschools]

🎉🎉🎉 13 Uncommon Seniors received @QuestBridge scholarships to 9 colleges/universities. We’re so proud of these students! #CollegeBound #QuestBridge #CollegeMatch #ChangeHistory https://t.co/g8wnT1Dh5d

[Dr. John B. King, Jr. @JohnBKing]

Truth matters.

The far-right wants to erase our history. The truth is, my family went from being enslaved to serving in the cabinet of our 1st Black president.

I’m running for governor because I know the power of progress and I know that it’s Maryland’s time to move forward.

[Zohar Atkins @ZoharAtkins]

Time for a @threadapalooza on Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav (1772-1810), a mystic and storyteller, who combined spiritual genius with a modernist literary sensibility. Rebbe Nachman is the sage of paradox, a depressive who believed in the liberating power of unreasonable joy.

[Schools That Can @SchoolsThatCan]

Join us Nov. 3rd for our free, virtual Thought Leadership panel, Making the Most of High School Years! Register here: https://t.co/2doFW1M3NO

Hear from incredible speakers including @andantalon, @norman_atkins, @AInfanteGreen, &
David Steiner of @JHUEdPolicy.

[Ken Armstrong @bykenarmstrong]

Three police officers went to an *elementary* school in Tennessee & arrested four Black girls.

One girl fell to her knees. Another threw up. Police handcuffed the youngest, an 8 yo with pigtails.

Their supposed crime? Watching some boys fight — and not stopping them. (THREAD)