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Lindsay 👩🏻‍🏫🇨🇦

@walkersclass.bsky.social

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She/her. I’m a junior high ELA teacher in small town Alberta, living in Treaty 7. I’m huge fan of YA lit and Taylor Swift. Cat lover.

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Lindsay 👩🏻‍🏫🇨🇦 @walkersclass.bsky.social · Jan 31

Here is my thread to track all of my reading adventures in 2025. #BookSky #Reading #Books #LindsayLibrary

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Lindsay 👩🏻‍🏫🇨🇦 @walkersclass.bsky.social · 1d

I love @nikitagill.bsky.social and her writing, but this was 🤩🤩 I absolutely cannot wait for the rest of the books. #Books #Reading #Poetry #LindsaysLibrary

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Dr. Kristopher Wells @drkristopherwells.bsky.social · 4d

This essay lays bare the UCP’s calculated attack on public education.

edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...

Opinion: Crisis capitalism comes for Alberta’s classrooms

When teachers are supported, students thrive, families prosper, and the province grows stronger.

edmontonjournal.com

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Janet French @jantafrench.bsky.social · 5d

The Alberta government stopped tracking class sizes, and then the province's population growth really took off. @robsonfletcher.com set out to find out how the numbers of teachers compare to that growth, with the limited info available

Class size/composition is a strike issue.
#AbEd #AbLeg

ANALYSIS | Alberta stopped tracking class sizes. Then it changed its funding formula. Now, it's a teachers' strike issue | CBC News

Get a rough idea of how much Alberta’s teaching staff has grown compared to how much student enrolment has grown since the funding formula for school boards was changed.

www.cbc.ca

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The Alberta Teachers’ Association @albertateachers.bsky.social · 6d

From one-on-one help to manageable class sizes, public education needs real investments — not more delays. Teachers are pushing for change. #KidsCantWaitAB #StopTheExcuses

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Lindsay 👩🏻‍🏫🇨🇦 @walkersclass.bsky.social · 6d

Every time. ❤️

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Dr. Kristopher Wells @drkristopherwells.bsky.social · 6d

Sign the new House of Commons e-petition calling on the Government of Canada to strengthen protections for LGBTQ+ people worldwide and reaffirm Canada’s role as a safe haven.

Thank you to MP Rob Oliphant for sponsoring this important petition.

www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

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CTF/FCE @ctffce.bsky.social · 8d

The CTF/FCE Executive stands in strong solidarity with @albertateachers.bsky.social . Educators across Canada are right at your side during this province-wide strike. ✊

Alberta’s students deserve so much better.

It’s time to #StopTheExcuses because #KidsCantWaitAB.
www.stoptheexcuses.ca

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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 8d

With parents looking for options for kids during the strike…

It’s a good time to remind everyone affected to choose carefully.

Cause there could be very real consequences.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 8d

Wow #yyc!

(Pics by Kelly Hofer FB)

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli #abed

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Lindsay 👩🏻‍🏫🇨🇦 @walkersclass.bsky.social · 10d

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Lindsay 👩🏻‍🏫🇨🇦 @walkersclass.bsky.social · 10d

I am such a mix bag of emotions: I, along with all public school teachers in Alberta, begin striking on Monday, I have a ludicrous and nefarious provincial government, Taylor Swift has released her 12th album, and the Blue Jays post-season begins today.

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jason schilling @schilldawg.bsky.social · 12d

Three opportunities for you to rally for public education on October 5 which is also World Teachers' Day. #stoptheexcuses #weareATA

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Lindsay 👩🏻‍🏫🇨🇦 @walkersclass.bsky.social · 13d

In honour of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, I chose to read Old Gods by Conor Kerr. Poetry moves.

The final poem can be found here: poetryinvoice.ca/read/poems/w...

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Naheed Nenshi @naheednenshi.bsky.social · 14d

Worksheets aren't classrooms.

Danielle Smith will spend millions of public dollars on everything but offering teachers a fair deal.

youtube.com/shorts/lzFsB...

Worksheets aren't classrooms, Premier.

YouTube video by Naheed Nenshi

youtube.com

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Lindsay 👩🏻‍🏫🇨🇦 @walkersclass.bsky.social · 15d

Beautiful.

Lindsay 👩🏻‍🏫🇨🇦 @walkersclass.bsky.social · 23d

Folks, read this. Kuang is once again a master storyteller and so much in here leads to deep contemplation. She makes it seem effortless. #Books #Reading #Fiction #LindsaysLibrary

Overhead picture of Katabasis by r.f. kuang.

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Samira Ahmed @samiraahmed.bsky.social · 24d

If you found that Jimmy Kimmel getting pulled due to FCC coercion was a heinous attack on free speech (& it sure as hell is!) wait till you hear about the 10,000 books that have been banned in schools & libraries!

If you're an author, join the fight @authorsabb.bsky.social
We're stronger together!

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jason schilling @schilldawg.bsky.social · 28d

Visit stoptheexcuses.ca to learn how you can support teachers, students and public education in Alberta.

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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · Sep 10

The MSNBC commentator saying that most political violence has historically come from the left just once again showed how we suffer from failing to learn history. Lynching, pogroms, race riots, the political violence that ended Reconstruction, and against the Civil Rights Movement. Come on.

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Janet French @jantafrench.bsky.social · Sep 10

Alberta teachers say if they don’t teach a deal with employers by Oct. 6, they will take provincial strike action www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #AbLeg #AbEd

Alberta teachers give strike notice, province says it wants to avoid job action | CBC News

The move comes after months of stalled negotiations with the province, said Jason Schilling, president of the Alberta Teachers’ Association.

www.cbc.ca

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Lindsay 👩🏻‍🏫🇨🇦 @walkersclass.bsky.social · Sep 8

Some of my grade 7 students waited in line just so they could add their books to the whiteboard 🤩 #EdChat #EdSky #BookSky

Picture of a white board with a bubble entitled “What did you read this summer?” and is filled with books such as The Three Musketeers, House Arrest, and Better Than the Movies.

Lindsay 👩🏻‍🏫🇨🇦 @walkersclass.bsky.social · Sep 1

A clever and intriguing retelling of a classic myth. #Books #Reading #LindsaysLibrary #NovelInVerse #Poetry #BookSky

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Dr. Kristopher Wells @drkristopherwells.bsky.social · Aug 31

If we do not decry censorship, we are complicit with it.

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Jennifer Gonzalez @cultofpedagogy.bsky.social · Aug 31

Fantastic new post and podcast episode with @marcusluther.bsky.social, who shares four ways he uses student exemplars to teach craft lessons, build student confidence, practice giving feedback, and foster a much-needed sense of belonging.
www.cultofpedagogy.com/student-exem...

The Power of Centering Student Exemplars | Cult of Pedagogy

Sometimes the best instructional materials are sitting right in our classrooms. Learn four ways to use students' own work in your teaching.

www.cultofpedagogy.com

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Lindsay 👩🏻‍🏫🇨🇦 @walkersclass.bsky.social · Aug 31

This was a re-read because I am so excited to use this text with my grade 9s this year. #Books #Reading #GraphicNovels #LindsaysLibrary #BookSky #EdSky

Picture of They Called Us Enemy by George Takei and Eisinger Scott Becker

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