Tumbleweed

A few of my interests: education reform, evaluation, research, literature, equality, feminism, crossfit, online dating, synchronized swimming, South Dakota, Minnesota, cats




Going to see him at First Ave on Thursday :) 

Josh Ritter - In Your Arms Again - Tour Video (by dougrice)

Now this is a kid with “test savvy” (via Eighth grader designs standardized test that slams standardized tests)

Now this is a kid with “test savvy”

(via Eighth grader designs standardized test that slams standardized tests)



Reblogged from poetryeater
poetryeater: How shall I part and wither wander downInto a lower world, to this obscureAnd wild? How shall we breathe in other airLess pure, accustomed to immortal fruits? —Book XL of John Milton’s Paradise Lost (via) 

poetryeater:

How shall I part and wither wander down
Into a lower world, to this obscure
And wild? How shall we breathe in other air
Less pure, accustomed to immortal fruits?

—Book XL of John Milton’s Paradise Lost (via) 



(via How to not really evaluate, in 3 cartoons)

(via How to not really evaluate, in 3 cartoons)



Reblogged from questionableadvice
questionableadvice: ~ Dating Do’s and Don’ts for Girls, 1955via University of Minnesota any girl with her wits about her has the upper hand in the situation… good to remember ;) 

questionableadvice:

~ Dating Do’s and Don’ts for Girls, 1955
via University of Minnesota

any girl with her wits about her has the upper hand in the situation… good to remember ;) 


Reblogged from theonion
theonion: Local Man Knows He Moved To Minneapolis For Something, But Can’t Remember What: Full Report “Goddard later remembered he moved to Minneapolis because he really likes Prince.”

theonion:

Local Man Knows He Moved To Minneapolis For Something, But Can’t Remember What: Full Report

“Goddard later remembered he moved to Minneapolis because he really likes Prince.”

“ When we’re talking about change, we’re not hunting vampires — there’s no silver bullet,” Mr. Ziegler said. “It’s like the Lakota hunters bringing down a buffalo. It wasn’t one shot. It was a series of errors that led to success. And it’s going to take a series of errors to bring down the beast. As American Indians Move to Cities, Old and New Challenges Follow - NYTimes.com


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Letters Detail Alleged Church Sex Abuse | SDPB Radio

A set of letters recently filed in a court case against the Catholic Church detail allegations of sexual abuse against Native American children at the Saint Francis Mission on the Rosebud Reservation in the late 1960s and early 1970s.  

Teaching on a reservation, I had to drive 20 miles to the nearest grocery store and it was easy to understand the definition of a “food desert”.  Important to remember that food deserts exist in urban areas too, and have a strong negative impact on students. 

Clint Smith - “Place Matters” (by Marc Bacani)