Catherine Pitcher

Blurring the line between teacher and student. All about #futurebuilding & #dignity in education. retweet≠endorsement

[Ed Markey @SenMarkey]

Release Rümeysa.

[Ed Markey @SenMarkey]

I filmed this yesterday on my way to Lousiana where my constituent Rümeysa Öztürk is being wrongfully held by ICE. I’m there now demanding her release. More to come.

[Dr.VivianS @DrVivianS]

🧵I've been quiet about something that happened to me while travelling for work this year (largely because I've been receiving counselling since), but I can't shake the worry that this may be happening to other guests at your hotels, @Marriot.

[andrea @teachbk]

Most people won’t phrase it in such cruel terms but this attitude is actually pretty common.

All I can say is if you’re involved in education and you don’t want for all children what you’d want for your own—

go do something else.

[chance @chanceposts]

me knowing that time is arbitrary but people collectively choosing to believe in a fresh start is a beautiful reflection of the optimism of the human spirit

[Florian Ederer @florianederer]

Academics from poorer socio-economic backgrounds are more likely to
- not publish
- have outstanding publication records
- introduce more novel scientific concepts
- less likely to receive recognition, as measured by citations, Nobel Prize nominations, and awards.

[Gabe Fleisher @WakeUp2Politics]

THREAD: This week, Congress sent a bill to the president’s desk that I can almost guarantee you haven’t heard of.

How can I be sure?

**Not a single article has been written about it by any news outlet, anywhere**

[Irish Traveller Movement @itmtrav]

#IrishTravellers have been failed by our education system for decades.
We are calling on the next government to fund and implement the Traveller and Roma education strategy and establish an action plan for Traveller culture and history to be taught as part of the curriculum.

[Maria Popova @themarginalian]

"Talent is insignificant. I know a lot of talented ruins. Beyond talent lie all the usual words: discipline, love, luck, but most of all, endurance."

James Baldwin's advice on writing (which applies to all creative work) https://t.co/bdAD88YayJ

[Harvard Education Press @Harvard_Ed_Pub]

.@Comm_College recently published an excerpt of DISCREDITED by @LaurenSchudde and Huriya Jabbar. Read it here: https://t.co/HV26UW9iKA

[Climate Defiance @ClimateDefiance]

It’s so inconsiderate when climate protestors block roa…

[Filippo Grandi @FilippoGrandi]

Huge congratulations @CindyNgamba for reaching the boxing semi-finals at @Paris2024 and being assured of a medal
— the first ever medal for the @RefugeesOlympic Team.

You do us all very, very proud!

And now onward to gold….

@iocmedia

[Simone Biles @Simone_Biles]

you guys really gotta stop asking athletes what’s next after they win a medal at the Olympics

[Filippo Grandi @FilippoGrandi]

Proud to carry the @Olympics torch at #Paris2024 for #UNHCR, in support of the @RefugeesOlympic team and in honour of all people forced to flee.

[Alden Jones @aldenejones]

Being mad at students for not being more into reading helps no one. They have been trained by their devices to seek quick pleasure hits, not the slow pleasures of reading. I am a writer who grew up in the analog age, and I can't give a book the same attention I once did. 🥺

[Mike Hixenbaugh is mikehixenbaugh.com on BlueSky @Mike_Hixenbaugh]

My book "They Came for the Schools" is out today.
It tries to make sense of America's school board wars by showing how & why that fight exploded in one Texas suburb.

To really understand the anti-DEI backlash, I needed to uncover a much longer history.

Here's what I found🧵

[Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) @hgse]

"More than 40% of children in the world are schooled in a language they do not understand or speak well," explains Ph.D. candidate Maya Alkateb-Chami. Read about her new study connecting language discrepancy, literacy, and success outcomes. https://t.co/RtCYf6Hohc

[Carol Gilligan @CarolGilligan1]

I’m so honored to have been featured in the Harvard Educational Review’s Spring 2024 Issue and by the six essays of my former students. Thank you to the editors!

Here’s a link to the article:
https://t.co/LO3P4SWXJ9

#HarvardEdReview

[Harvard Education Press @Harvard_Ed_Pub]

HELPING STUDENTS BECOME POWERFUL MATHEMATICAL THINKERS by Alan Schoenfeld, @heather_m_fink, Sandra Zuñiga-Ruiz, Siqi Huang, Xinyu Wei, and @brantinac is a rich look at math instruction. Learn more in @heyitsjeannette's review in the #HarvardEdReview: https://t.co/Ry6cJsFzRx

[Catherine Pitcher @catpitch]

@AMAZlNGNATURE Dementor looking for their next soul.