Chris Kaftan

Superintendent of ISD/IESBVI. Advocate for K-12 #DeafEd and #BlindVI; Dad of 2 girls; snowsports and hiking. Tweets are my own opinions.

[Chris Kaftan @ChrisKaftan]

@ameliarchaeo I bought a car last year with Bose speakers and I can see the difference from my previous car, which had factory speakers.

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@ameliarchaeo What are your reasons for wanting to change your social media handles?

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@jmhenner I don’t believe in that hype about UV phone cleaners, so I’ve never tried one.

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Our school is featured in this article!

[MASC-SchoolCommittee @MASCSchoolComm]

'This is our fight': Students in Natick, Framingham stage walkouts against gun violence in the wake of Uvalde

https://t.co/p6S9xrXrKD

[Variety @Variety]

"This is dedicated to the deaf community, the CODA community and the disabled community. This is our moment," Troy Kotsur says in his #Oscar acceptance speech. https://t.co/YILAwH0cbk

[Tyrone Giordano @TyGiordano]

Yes, @TroyKotsur. You are right. This is our moment.

For now, it is yours. Enjoy. We love you.

#AcademyAwards

[The Actor Awards @theactorawards]

This acceptance speech still has us tearing up. 🥺 #sagawards

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Thrilled to see @sordorican present today! #educationadvocacysummit

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@ThisIsNYCarlos @NBCSports So it appears you need to pick a specific broadcast on the streaming option. Not very accessible!

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Why do I need three setups just to see the #deaftalent on @NBCSports for the #SuperBowl ?

[Henry Turner (he/him) 👊🏾👊🏽👊🏼 @turnerhj]

To believe that all students can excel in our schools requires us to understand why some do not.

Antiracist leadership is about understanding systemic racism in our classes and applying culturally responsive strategies that engages a diverse classroom.

#ChangeTheNarrative

[Jimmy Casas @casas_jimmy]

As a principal I’d often fall into the trap of believing I had to solve every problem. The truth was I couldn’t. What I eventually learned was that if I changed me & the way I approached an issue I could get a better result. And a better result meant a better culture. #Culturize

[Chris Kaftan @ChrisKaftan]

@ThisIsNYCarlos Same problem here!

[Christine I’m not here anymore Langhoff @clanghoff1]

Important thread here; the Curley school closed due to 46 covid cases and has had 17 more since closure. But MA DESE head Jeff Riley has stated he won't count all of the 10 day closure toward the 180 required days. @palan57 @Network4pubEd @DianeRavitch

[melissa malzkuhn @mezmalz]

Things must change. We been protesting for Deaf leadership since 1988.

A Deaf leader means students have direct access in communication. Culture, community, language, all embedded. There’s the shared Deaf experience.

In solidarity with students!
#DeafsuperintendentnowATL

[Kym Meyer, Ph.D. @KymPMeyer]

🤦🏻‍♀️ Geez people - #DeafPresidentNow was 30+ years ago. https://t.co/yJSRdymyqb
“Those who fail to learn from history are condemned to repeat it.” Winston Churchill

(please post links to your favorite research below-how students benefit when administrators look like them)

[Chris Kaftan @ChrisKaftan]

@HeidiGASL Nothing directly related that is a “comprehensive” history of Deaf like Jack’s. But multiple authors have published books focusing on time periods in history.

[Tyrone Giordano @TyGiordano]

Whatever you think of it, #CODA is proving to be an impactful movie as far as advancing the dialogue about deaf representation and storytelling.

If you love it, you also need to acknowledge the systemic issues that remain still.

If you don't love it, you probably already know.

[Chris Kaftan @ChrisKaftan]

This is just wrong.

[Andrew Ujifusa @AndrewUjifusa]

Tennessee aims to levy fines starting at $1 million and rising to $5 million on school districts each time a teacher is found to have “knowingly violated” state restrictions on classroom discussions about systemic racism, white privilege, and sexism.

https://t.co/oZr0KAp7qK