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Non-profit: restoring humanity to education. Promoting progressive ed. https://linktr.ee/humrespro
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Human Restoration Project @humanrestorationproject.org · 8d
NEW: How does creativity shows up in the world, in the human condition, and how we can cultivate creativity in the classroom?

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Recording the final @humanrestorationproject.org podcast of 2025 today w/ @mistermeyer.bsky.social!

We'll discuss the origins of Crash Course, #NCSS and the state of social studies education, and his upcoming documentary film, The Teachers Project, about teachers navigating the culture war.
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Human Restoration Project hosts a 150+ episode podcast informing the world about a progressive, human-centered education system, reimagining the potential and possibility of school.
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December 12, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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It looks like the first @humanrestorationproject.org podcast of 2026 will be out January 10th featuring @aft.org President and author of "Why Fascists Fear Teachers: Public Education and the Future of Democracy," @rweingarten.bsky.social. 👀

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Why Fascists Fear Teachers
AFT President Randi Weingarten’s new book, Why Fascists Fear Teachers: Public Education and the Future of Democracy, exposes the long-planned strategy to undermine education—and lifts up the powerful ...
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December 8, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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There are multiple ways to learn how to read, and I'm of the opinion that we need many different approaches, including but not limited to phonics and phonemic awareness.

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Unsettling The Science of Reading: Who is Being Sold A Story? | Human Restoration Project | Nick Covington
Literacy doesn’t come in a box, we’ll never find our kids at the bottom of a curriculum package, and there can be no broad support for systemic change that excludes input from and support for teachers...
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December 8, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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"It will come down to whether students come through their formal schooling as more clever vandals of the Earth and of each other or as loving, caring, compassionate, and competent healers, restorers, builders and midwives to a decent, durable, and beautiful future." - David Orr
"It will come down to whether students come through their formal schooling as more clever vandals of the Earth and of each other or as loving, caring, compassionate, and competent healers, restorers, builders and midwives to a decent, durable, and beautiful future." - David Orr
December 8, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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NEW: How does creativity shows up in the world, in the human condition, and how we can cultivate creativity in the classroom?

Search & subscribe to 'Human Restoration Project' on any podcast app or listen on our website:

www.humanrestorationproject.org/podcasts/cul... #K12 #edchat
December 6, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Happy to share that our RRQ article is out theorizing interactivity: "The Reader‐Player Interactivity Framework: How Do Readers Navigate Diverse Varieties of Narrative Texts?"

~Read here or listen to our companion podcast with @humanrestorationproject.org ~

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November 26, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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NEW: How does creativity shows up in the world, in the human condition, and how we can cultivate creativity in the classroom?

Search & subscribe to 'Human Restoration Project' on any podcast app or listen on our website:

www.humanrestorationproject.org/podcasts/cul... #K12 #edchat
December 6, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Top tier podcast episode title: “Are we readers or are we players?” 😂
November 22, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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Like and subscribe to @humanrestorationproject.org — they do such great work!
November 22, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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Today's guests argue that the narratives & themes of English class are everywhere for those equipped to see them. 👇

@karismjones.bsky.social
@mraleosays.bsky.social
@virginiak.bsky.social
@nashb.bsky.social

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November 22, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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It’s here: “Fandoms in the Classroom” now in print! @scottstorm.bsky.social and I are excited to reveal that our foreword was written by none other than @ebonyteach.bsky.social — we are so grateful to you and excited to be in conversation about fandoms & classrooms! #literacies #newrelease #EduSky
January 7, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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"The fakeness of school is not inevitable...But the places where deep and authentic learning tend to flourish are places where we don't always think to look." - @sarahmfine.bsky.social @humanrestorationproject.org

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Lessons in Powerful Learning from the Fringes w/ Dr. Sarah Fine | Keynote | CTRH2025
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November 19, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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“Let me cook with that drill!"

Overheard as Orchard View 7th grade students began construction on what will become a nine-hole student-designed disc golf course they're building outside their middle school. 🛠️
Photo collage of middle school students in various stages of constructing disc golf tee pads
November 13, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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"What would it mean to have truly public schools, down to the very means of resource creation and distribution that fuels them…what will it take to make school as public as possible?" @schooldaves.bsky.social asks in his new book.

Our conversation: www.humanrestorationproject.org/podcasts/aki...
November 8, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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Check out my conversation with @schooldaves.bsky.social as he challenges us to put our money where our mouth is in upholding our collective commitment to public education in the United States. 👇 #K12 #schoolfinance #highered
humanrestorationproject.org Human Restoration Project @humanrestorationproject.org · Nov 8
"What would it mean to have truly public schools, down to the very means of resource creation and distribution that fuels them…what will it take to make school as public as possible?" @schooldaves.bsky.social asks in his new book.

Our conversation: www.humanrestorationproject.org/podcasts/aki...
November 8, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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Why do schools need bonds if they are publicly funded, how does this system of school funding create debtor schools?

Who are our public schools indebted *to*, anyway?

(Hint: You're not gonna like the answers) @debtcollective.bsky.social
humanrestorationproject.org Human Restoration Project @humanrestorationproject.org · Nov 8
"What would it mean to have truly public schools, down to the very means of resource creation and distribution that fuels them…what will it take to make school as public as possible?" @schooldaves.bsky.social asks in his new book.

Our conversation: www.humanrestorationproject.org/podcasts/aki...
November 8, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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"What would it mean to have truly public schools, down to the very means of resource creation and distribution that fuels them…what will it take to make school as public as possible?" @schooldaves.bsky.social asks in his new book.

Our conversation: www.humanrestorationproject.org/podcasts/aki...
November 8, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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If you want to know where the money for school buildings comes from, @schooldaves.bsky.social has answers...none of which you're going to like.

Search & subscribe to 'Human Restoration Project' or listen on our website, humanrestorationproject.org/podcast, when the full episode drops tomorrow!
November 7, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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Love that @humanrestorationproject.org got included in the sketch notes agenda today. 😁
Sketch notes agenda on poster paper saying intros and opening, significant disproportionality, success gaps, and Human Restoration Project.
November 7, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Kate McAllister's life as an educator is define by "what if?":

"What if learning could be different?
What if we did education with not for others?
What if we can become more self-determined in our learning?
What if education can help regenerate the planet?"

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October 25, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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@cnastase.bsky.social & me representing @humanrestorationproject.org at the Global Math Summit in Sardinia this week! #EduSky
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September 30, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Something that I have really enjoyed doing more frequently with posts on The Broken Copier?

Sharing other writings, conversations and resources that have resonated with me of late.

This week's are from @jenniferberkshire.bsky.social, @humanrestorationproject.org and @edutopia.org — check them out!
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October 12, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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ICYMI: "Will Work for Food" takes a holistic look at our food system and, in part, the role schools play in labor across the food chain. Check out our conversation with the authors:

www.humanrestorationproject.org/podcasts/wil... #EduSky
September 30, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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A preview of my upcoming @humanrestorationproject.org podcast conversation with the authors of Will Work for Food: Labor Across the Food Chain, releasing Sat 9/27!

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September 24, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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“Extensive evidence shows that increased student engagement leads to a myriad of benefits that we are neither making up nor exaggerating...In other words, more engaged kids learn better, perform better, feel better, and live better.”

#EduSky
“Extensive evidence shows that increased student engagement leads to a myriad of benefits that we are neither making up nor exaggerating: Higher attendance rates and grades Higher achievement Higher test scores Higher academic aspirations Higher graduation rates Higher life satisfaction More prosocial behavior Higher college attendance Higher rates of staying in college Lower levels of depression Lower suicidal thoughts and behaviors Less substance abuse Fewer delinquency and behavior problems. In other words, more engaged kids learn better, perform better, feel better, and live better.”
September 18, 2025 at 5:20 PM