Brad Ward, Ph.D

teaching & learning coordinator, former biology teacher, PhD framing opportunity gap success with a culturally responsive lens from U of MN

[GopherHole.com @GopherHole]

Bowl Recap!!!

#GOPHERS WON ✅
#Hawkeyes Lost ❤️
#Badgers Didn’t Qualify 😂🤣

[Brad Ward, Ph.D @bio_bward]

@BigCatBillWill especially as we enter the realities of 2025

[Brad Ward, Ph.D @bio_bward]

@BigCatBillWill I see you in this list

[Jacobin @jacobin]

Woody Guthrie’s New Year's resolutions for 1943. “Wake up and fight.”

[Minnesota Timberwolves @Timberwolves]

the day you've all been waiting for.

[Brad Ward, Ph.D @bio_bward]

@ArtButSports @AlannaSmith96 @minnesotalynx @WNBA @PHEEsespieces Clever

[Brad Ward, Ph.D @bio_bward]

As I turned the calendar to October, I was reminded by the @rlmartstudio calendar of the importance all of us working in education have. Now more than ever.

[Austin McCoy @AustinMcCoy3]

This list of last words of all of the folks killed by police is gutting

[CAIR MN @CAIRMN]

CAIR-Minnesota Condemns Lino Lakes City Council Vote to Halt Madina Lakes Project

"This decision by the Lino Lakes City Council represents a setback for fairness and inclusivity," said Osman Ahmed, Director of Advocacy at CAIR-MN.

[Brad Ward, Ph.D @bio_bward]

Teach them to use it wisely and with limits.

[Brad Ward, Ph.D @bio_bward]

Ed leaders, policy makers, educelebrities in your sprint to ban cell phones to preserve the factory model of schooling, artificial intelligence and societal advancements will leave you all behind. https://t.co/oebvz5L7y1
@CurrRedesign

[Brad Ward, Ph.D @bio_bward]

🐺 🏀 🧹 🧹 🧹 🧹 ☀️!! #Timberwolves e

[Shahbaz Khan @ShahbazMKhan]

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FRANCHISE HISTORY

THE MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES HAVE COMPLETED A PLAYOFF SWEEP

[IllumiNative @IllumiNative]

❗Did you know only 1 protagonist in the top 1,600 films from the last 16 years was Native?

While @Lily_Gladstone is one of the most talked-about Hollywood actors, findings from @inclusionists show Native peoples are still virtually invisible in top films.

[Saint Paul Public Schools @SPPS_News]

Nex Benedict is one of too many LGBTQIA+ students who should be alive today. A recent report reveals that school hate crimes against LGBTQIA+ students have doubled in recent years, rising even sharper in states with laws restricting LGBTQIA+ students' rights. (1/4)

[Brad Ward, Ph.D @bio_bward]

See you tonight! #Blackhistorymonth2024

[United Nations @UN]

Social justice is only possible when all barriers that people face based on gender, race, ethnicity, religion, culture or disability are removed.

Tuesday is #SocialJusticeDay. https://t.co/oejmeIlFFi

[Brad Ward, Ph.D @bio_bward]

@jplaman Knight Rider, like all the cool kids would

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@BigCatBillWill Would love to see an analogous slide used for World History

[Brad Ward, Ph.D @bio_bward]

Tell me you don't understand diversity, equity, and inclusion without saying you don't understand diversity, equity and inclusion.

[Michael Shermer @michaelshermer]

There is so much wrong with this Johns Hopkins University DEI statement. It is also a privilege to be:
1. born human vs. cattle (except in India)
2. born in the West vs. Somalia
3. born at all vs. the trillions of other sperm-egg options
4. The vast majority of people on this list are not 1% rich
5. Large numbers of people not on this list have jobs, careers, businesses, homes, etc. How did they do that without all these "privileges"?
6. It is immoral (and illegal) to discriminate against people for inherent characteristics like skin color, so DEI statements like this are the basis for returning to the pre-Civil Rights era in which people are treated as members of such groups.
7. Stop this divisive bigotry and treat people as individuals

[Brad Ward, Ph.D @bio_bward]

@JimPeteHoops you are giving the refs an out on two questionable calls. The challenge and the offensive foul were bad ones