Mastodawn

We lost a great one today. 105th birthday was earlier this month.

#PublicSchool #teacher for decades. Artist. Learner of languages.

#GirlGeek before it was cool. Her first #tech was a Compaq luggable followed by an IBM PS/2. Was still active on her computer at 100 years old.

Mother. Grandmother. And 39 days ago, great grandmother.

Fitting for a lifelong #educator, her final act in #hospice was to help train a nurse on ultrasound-visualized IV placement.

We will miss you. Love always. #Peace

Daniel M. Reck 3d ago

RE: https://mastodon.social/@tusk81/116292195440386555

Meanwhile... I sit here in the #USA arguing with family about the cost of #hospice care for a woman who gave decades of her life as a #PublicSchool #teacher.

#UniversalHealth #Healthcare #affordability #ConceptsOfAPlan

The Wild Hunt News 4d ago

The Department of Education’s new guidance affirms protected religious expression in public schools, while raising questions about how neutrality, enforcement, and the absence of non-Abrahamic examples may shape its real-world application.

https://wildhunt.org/2026/03/new-doe-guidance-on-school-prayer-affirms-rights-leaves-questions-for-minority-faiths.html

#pagan #DepartmentOfEducation #schoolprayer #prayerinschool #kennedyvbremertonschooldistrict #religiousfreedom #publicschool

New DOE Guidance on School Prayer Affirms Rights, Leaves Questions for Minority Faiths

The Wild Hunt

Gay Curmudgeon Mar 20

A student at his Little League game. 1977. I hope for a future in which gay people are accepted as teachers, and homophobes are not. #education #publiceducation #homophobia #bigotry #bigotryiswrong #endbigotry #student #students #littleleague #school #publicschool #publicschools #sports #exercise #goodhealth #1970s #twentiethcentury #civilrights

Gay Curmudgeon Mar 19

One of my public school students in 1977 at his Little League game. I hope some day gay people are more accepted as teachers. Sadly, it has not improved during my lifetime. #civilrights #equalrights #gayrights #endbigotry #publicschool #publicschools #publicschoolteacher #publicschoolteachers #1970s #littleleague #littleleagues #baseball #baseballplayer #baseballplayers #softball #softballplayer #softballplayers #tribe #tribes #monkeytribe #monkeytribes #monkeytribalism #tribalism

Liam O'Mara IV, PhD Mar 5

The first proposal for a US #PublicSchool system was published on #ThisDayInHistory in 1791 during George Washington's first term. #RobertCoram was motivated by a need to close the #WealthGap, as no representative form of government will work if power and wealth are concentrated.