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Several months ago someone sawed off this Little Free Library, on the grounds of Maria Sanford Middle School in Minneapolis.

It's back, repaired and repainted, with a nice new logo on the side.

Wikipedia: Maria Louise Sanford (December 19, 1836 – April 21, 1920) was an American educator. She was a professor of history at Swarthmore College from 1871 to 1880 and a professor of rhetoric and elocution at the University of Minnesota from 1880 to 1909. …

Sanford was also a leader in the conservation and beautification program of her new state, including work with clubwoman Florence Elfelt Bramhall towards creating a forest preserve which became part of the Chippewa National Forest. U.S. Forest Service chief Gifford Pinchot later stated that "without the farsighted and patriotic support of the Minnesota Federation of Women's Clubs, it would have been impossible" to provide this wilderness conservation in Minnesota. …

Her death was headlined in Minneapolis Tribune and other newspapers. Sanford was called "the best loved woman of the North Star State."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Sa

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From 6-10 July 2025, #Tallinn will host Leading Voices, an event of the #European Choral
Association organised in cooperation with the Estonian Choral Association and the
Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre.
A symposium which will inspire and train #choral
#conductors/#vocal leaders, #composers/#arrangers, vocal coaches, #music #educators/#teachers,
professional #singers and managers of all levels and generations.
#ECA #Estonia #choir

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Judge Joun said the plaintiffs painted a “stark picture of the #IrreparableHarm that will result from financial uncertainty & delay, impeded #access to vital #knowledge on which #students & #educators rely, & loss of essential services for America’s most vulnerable student populations.”

#Layoffs of that scale, he added, “will likely cripple the Department.”

Joun ordered the #Education Dept to reinstate #FederalWorkers who were terminated as part of the Mar 11 layoff announcement.

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@carrideen

Wow! A stunning read - thank you so much for formulating & sharing this & all power to your students & yourself. This resonates so loud & clear:

“I think no one really wants to have a whole generation of people who know how to fake it and phone it in and debate me bro but no idea what they're talking about. I truly believe that the students we graduate who actually read and think and write for themselves will stand out like floodlights, and will likely… be the ones who can pursue anything they want. But the gamble they are taking is reading and thinking and then being led by a generation of zombies, and it scares them.”

They will be floodlights as you are. 🙂