Tom Liam Lynch, Ed.D.
@tomliamlynch
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Like Gandalf, but where the Ring is education policy run amok like a Nazgûl. Wanna join the Fellowship? Visit me at @academyforteach
Bronx, NY
Joined October 2008
The #AI in #education conversation would benefit from this Shel Silverstein illustration. Yes there is computerized automation at play. But those very automations are written by human authors tucked away out of sight. #csforall
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On Tuesday, join me as we send a powerful message to President Trump: keep your hands off our public schools. I’ll be joined by parents, advocates, elected officials, & more as we unite to defend every child’s right to a quality education. 📚📢
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A new peer-reviewed, open-access journal, Public Humanities, aims to strengthen the connections between university-based humanities work and the wider world, creating a space for academics and practitioners to share what they do and how they do it.
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Like air, humanities-driven work is everywhere but taken for granted, so much a part of life it’s easy to overlook. A scholarly book or article about ...
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“Writing is like driving a car at night: you never see further than your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.” —E. L. Doctorow https://t.co/7F6JYUV1Gv
theparisreview.org
On fiddling with scenes from history: “Well, it's nothing new, you know. When President Reagan says the Nazi S.S. were as much victims as the Jews they murdered—wouldn't you call that fiddling?”
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Nearly 70% of parents say their ninth graders “love” going to school, according to a new @BrookingsInst report. Just 30% of actual freshmen agree
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Amber Faris uses everything from book ‘tastings’ to elaborate displays of banned books to get students interested in new titles.
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Amber Faris uses everything from book ‘tastings’ to elaborate displays of banned books to get students interested in new titles.
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“Writers do not merely reflect and interpret life, they inform and shape life.” —E.B. White
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“People are like animals and the city is full of people in strange plumage.”
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“I always start out with an idea that becomes a question I don’t have answers to.” —Toni Morrison
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Our SVP and Chief Development Officer Melissa Browne had the privilege of joining @fox5ny's Good Day New York this morning to share how UWNYC is improving lives in our communities. #nonprofit #NYC @BMO
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By age 6, kids already think boys are better than girls at computer science and engineering. Among girls, these beliefs become more entrenched over time, according to large, international study from @AIRInforms
the74million.org
Beliefs that boys are better at computer science and engineering could have ‘downstream effects’ on girls entering tech fields, one researcher says.
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#Humanities aren’t just for majors — #STEM students gain critical thinking and interpersonal skills too. An English professor explains the benefits: https://t.co/IXhwQPnIqW (@annamaeduane @uconn) #loneliness #highered
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Word of the day is ‘apanthropist’ (18th century): someone who dislikes company and desires to be left alone.
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To improve public safety, we must support young people at high risk of experiencing violence with the tools they need to succeed. Our Atlas program, managed with the NYC Department of Youth and Community Development, helps youth access mental health services and prepares them for
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Word of the day is ‘forswunk’ (13th century): exhausted by work. I like to add ‘foreswunk’, exhausted before you even begin.
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We learn more from reading on paper than on screens. 54 studies, 171k people: we process print more deeply than digital content—as long as it's informational rather than purely narrative. The paper advantage holds across ages and has grown over time. Long live physical books.
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“Poetry is the mathematics of writing and closely kin to music.” —John Steinbeck
theparisreview.org
“Writing to me is a deeply personal, even a secret function and when the product I turned loose it is cut off from me and I have no sense of its being mine. Consequently criticism doesn’t mean...
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New York City debuts nation's first K-12 Black studies curriculum
the74million.org
As politicians attempt to diminish importance of teaching Black history, NYC students find joy seeing themselves, cultures in the classroom.
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This week, we gathered with our government and education partners at PS 188 for a press conference to announce the upcoming development of a Latine Studies curriculum for @NYCSchools. This curriculum will educate students about the rich histories, contributions, cultures, and
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🧵: I was proud to join my colleagues in the @NYCCouncil this morning, as we announced $3M in NYC Council funding to create a Latine culture and history curriculum for our @nycschools students.
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