Benjamin Bush

Congratulations on obtaining your NBCT! #wearejcps #jpcspdl

Our @mooremustangs middle and high school Beta Club members spread some joy in the parking lot today for Kindness Week. @Indigo_621 @bush_benjamin

Beta Club is starting out the year with lots of enthusiasm and some really great ideas. Our student leaders rock! @bush_benjamin @mooremustangs

My 2nd period’s interpretation of Haruki Murakami’s “Little Green Monster”. A brilliant short story from the collection “The Elephant Vanishes”. An image drawn after we read the story today. I think it captures the essence of the deeply unsettling character.

So, my students did this amazing thing where they wrote a play called “Threads of our History”, and through a series of remarkable events it is being performed at Actors Theatre in Louisville. You should definitely come see it. See the link for tickets. actorstheatre.org/shows/2021-202…

Proud of these amazing students who presented their ideas at Justicefest today. Can’t wait to see their literary magazine, and revolutionary curriculum based around their play Threads of Our History! #knowmoore #knowmoorejustice

When I was a high school English teacher, I was constantly blown away by how willing and how eager my students were to grapple with the difficult topics and questions that arose from books we read. Young people are capable of far more than many adults often give them credit for.

Connection and a sense of not being alone in hard situations are key feelings that Earlonne Woods hopes to leave with young people who listen to @EarHustleSQ stories. He also thinks these connections help young people become better learners. @NimahGobir kqed.org/mindshift/5863…

While millions of people mourned for George Floyd, some experienced his loss more personally. The Post heard from a mother whose child was fatally shot by police, a student who was jailed after peacefully marching, a retired police officer and more: washingtonpost.com/nation/interac…

College student Ari Tulay was arrested and held for 30 hours after marching peacefully in Louisville. She hopes to become a lawyer. "The footage is gruesome, it’s brutal. And how many times have we seen Black people die on video at the hands of police brutality? It’s traumatic."

I wonder why our reopening plans don't include a way to identify those students, reach out to those families and get them back into the buildings first? This way we can (1) get kids caught up who have fallen behind, (2) practice/perfect the districts COVID protocols,

checking the news today

The US election is tomorrow.  If you, like me, are tired of horse-race-style reporting, and need to zoom out, I wanna tell you a story. It’s about an ancient force influencing the election. And, as a bonus, it’ll give you an Easter egg to watch for as the returns come in. THREAD

One of the most important things you can do today is to take a small handful of anecdotes around people voting and infer massive conclusions from them about how the election will go.

Here’s @atticascott4ky promoting the building that police say she tried to burn down 🤔

Here’s your reminder heading into today’s potential news: FOLLOW LOCAL MEDIA.

Last Nov., LMPD officers shot and killed Shelby Gazaway. What happened that night is still being determined - the investigation is one of 37 police shooting cases still open. But at least one officer was back on patrol. One 6/1, he shot someone else. kycir.org/2020/07/01/lmp…

I can't lie this week has tested my belief in journalism as a vehicle to deliver basic information or as a crucible of truth to people.

“People who imagine that history flatters them,” he wrote, “are impaled on their history like a butterfly on a pin and become incapable of seeing or changing themselves, or the world.” newyorker.com/books/page-tur…

I am moved by @Booker4KY s leadership and I believe he will beat Mitch McConnell if given the chance. I will donate $1 to his campaign for every RT (up to 100 cause that's what I can do right now)Watch his speech and see if you can do something similar youtu.be/eaA7sDYgHvo