New Oregon Teacher

Teacher in Portland, Oregon. Committed to human rights of children and to guiding students to authentic experience. Living and working on stolen Chinook Land.

[Jay Wamsted @JayWamsted]

Middle & Elementary School homework. As a parent & as a teacher I just hate it.

Studying for a test? That’s fine.
Reading for fun? That’s imperative.
Making up a missed concept? Okay.

But I don’t assign NEW work that MUST be completed at home. These are kids.

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

JUST NOW: Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias SILENCES Lindsey Graham during a hearing on Republican book banning:

He says it PERFECTLY. 👇

“Don’t let one parent who disagrees with a certain world view determine whether a book should be in a library.

That goes against the very point of our Democracy, (it hinders) the means to educate our youth, and to allow them to think for themselves.”

Illinois is the first state to enact a law that requires state libraries uphold a pledge not to ban material because of partisan disapproval.

Smash that heart if you agree books should be READ and not BANNED! 💙

[John Light @john_a_light]

TPM, the publication I help edit, is doing its annual membership drive. I think you should become a member, if you aren't already. https://t.co/9popNT2nke

[New Oregon Teacher @newORteacher]

@LightTweeting I have used TPM as an authoritative source for analysis and news since 2008. I never go a day without. Join by directly going to the AF level (Ad Free). You won’t be sorry

[New Oregon Teacher @newORteacher]

This is really worrisome! Research Finds Large Numbers Of Americans Still Want An Authoritarian Leader https://t.co/BKJGNQ00gI via @TPM

[Mallory McMorrow @MalloryMcMorrow]

💀

[Mike Klonsky @mikeklonsky]

Wow!

[Qasim Rashid, Esq. @QasimRashid]

AOC nails it and brings the receipts. Removing Ilhan Omar is about GOP supporting racism, misogyny, and attacking women of color. Reckless.

[Licypriya Kangujam @LicypriyaK]

The fight for our Planet is now, not future.

[New Oregon Teacher @newORteacher]

See this Thread. If liberals promote the lifelong branding of felons, it shows another case of our hypocrisy. Sentence served should mean full rights restored. #citizen #banthebox #incarceratedvotingrights

[Matthew Hahn @hahnscratch]

Within a month of leaving prison, I was accepted into @UCBerkeley and received my bachelors with a 4.0. My felony record prevented me from finding work, even at my alma mater. A thread.

[New Oregon Teacher @newORteacher]

@robertkaplinsky Self respect

[New Oregon Teacher @newORteacher]

@JessedHagopian All in service of creating the world we all crave and deserve.

[New Oregon Teacher @newORteacher]

@JessedHagopian Please more relevant integrated studies, more practical arts, consumer economics, data analysis instead of algebra II. I could go on.

[Nyombi Morris @mnyomb1]

We are in danger of destroying ourselves by our greed and stupidity. ...

This is Niger delta the second largest delta in the world. Sadly it’s also an ecological disaster due to oil exploration. #greedy

[New Oregon Teacher @newORteacher]

I love her framing: ‘My acronym for WOKE is “Wide Open to Knowledge and Enlightenment”’

[Diane Ravitch 🇺🇸🇺🇦📚🌈🗽🌹🇨🇱❤️ @DianeRavitch]

An Apology to My Readers https://t.co/BXy3ucFvUB

[Adam Frank @AdamFrank4]

I think “weirdness” is the fundamental message of quantum mechanics. We’re not getting that comfortable classical view back no matter what interpretation you favor. @evantthompson @MGleiser

[Sunrise Movement 🌅 @sunrisemvmt]

This isn’t about vouchers, this is about Southwest taking billions of federal dollars, and paying their CEO and shareholders millions at the expense of workers and everyday people.

[New Oregon Teacher @newORteacher]

@CoachBalto It’s Interesting how the expertise of teachers is just completely discounted. They have no idea what we do.

[Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias]

Instead of an expansive network of bad trains we should have a fast train connecting DC, New York, and Boston via Baltimore, Philadelphia, New Haven, and Providence.

People would ride it and it would address NYC air congestion.

https://t.co/oEhXo86wOC

[Union of Southern Service Workers @RaiseUptheSouth]

Do you want to make change, get paid more, and get respect on the job? Then you’ve got to organize for it.
#UnionsForAll