Ph.D, Teacher, teacher educator & historian

Joined October 2008
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This is why teachers are fleeing the profession. No autonomy, no respect for our expertise, and all for abysmal pay.
Replying to @NicholasFerroni
On Friday we had sticker charts placed on our doors so we could earn stickers for “correct” classroom procedures. Earn 5 stickers and get a yoga pants day. By the way we didn’t get a raise this year.
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Houston ISD students and teachers are going to have an awful year.
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Dr. Whitney Blankenship (she/her) retweeted
Black History by Dummies: In his new standards for teaching black history DeSantis listed 12 blacks who benefited from skills learned from enslavement. Six had never neen enslaved.
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Another spot on observation.
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Excellent thread @chriscmartell . As an education researcher and a public school teacher during pandemic (I left last year)I found your observations to be spot on. Out of 25 years on teaching 2020-2022 were the hardest yrs ever.
About this EdWeek story. RAND, CRPE, and their funders are in the business of decreasing trust in public education. They'd like to see New Orleans-style ed reforms be a nationwide reaction to the pandemic. Undermining trust in teachers is the first step. edweek.org/teaching-learning…
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So much more to do….
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I agree with @GovAbbott. There’s more work to do: 1. TX is 49th in teacher retirement benefits. 2. TX is 42nd in public education funding. 3. TX is 43rd in teacher pay 4. TX is 2nd in school shootings.
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No lies detected.
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire has entered the chat
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Tiffany is a fantastic Math and SPED teacher here in Tx. If you can, please help #clearthelist amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3S…
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I’m on threads now….@drwblankenship…..
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Dr. Whitney Blankenship (she/her) retweeted
listen up, stupids: you told us Joe Biden was corrupt. ok, we said, show us your evidence. you told us you had proof. cool, we said, show us your evidence. there's a whistleblower, you screamed. great, we said, show us your evidence. the whistleblower has tapes, you shouted. awesome, we said, show us your evidence. then you told us your whistleblower was in hiding. fine, we said, show us your evidence. then you told us you couldn't find your whistleblower. super, we said, show us your evidence. then you told us the whistleblower was dead. whatever, we said. just show us the fucking evidence. then you told us the evidence might not actually exist. now it's time to sit the fuck down and shut the fuck up until you can show. us. some. evidence
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Truth!
If I have to explain to my kid why this is necessary in school, then I don’t care that you have to explain to your kid why Target has a Pride section. Seriously, not one bit.
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The mind boggles ….😫
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I had 14 years in SSI before becoming a teacher. I paid into it again with side jobs. It is past time to repeal.
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Dr. Whitney Blankenship (she/her) retweeted
listening to the march for life speaker canonize a woman who "heroically" died after giving birth to her fourth child. the crowd is cheering and applauding for the "selflessness of her decision." cheering for a dead woman really summing up the pro-life stance 👀👀👀
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ALT Hungry Chef GIF by Rosanna Pansino

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Dr. Whitney Blankenship (she/her) retweeted
I'm always surprised that nearly all religious liberty cases seem to focus on denying LGBTQ people things that most other people can get: a website designed, a cake baked, a job offered. Moreover, few cases focus on far more basic religious beliefs that could be offended. Viz....
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Hope to see y’all there! #NCSS2022 - via #Whova event app
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Moving to Hive. Wblankenship whitneybtx. Hope to see y’all there.
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Earthquake in West Tx shook my office building in San Antonio today. We already have hurricanes and tornadoes…I don’t need to add earthquakes to the list!
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