Rob Samuelson

Jun 7, 2024 | edpost.com | Rob Samuelson

Were you ever told you are not a “math person” growing up? That’s what the Ed Post team wanted to know this week. So we asked our readers. Question of the Week is back and we're starting off with a good one! Raise your hand if you were told or decided at a young age that math was not for you. We'll go first ✋. #math #education #edchat pic.twitter.com/mrzalGmAOJ— Ed Post 🎓 (@edu_post) April 21, 2022“No, I told myself,” replied Twitter follower dejla.

Mar 30, 2024 | punkrockmisterrogers.substack.com | Rob Samuelson

I hear all the time that President Joe Biden is a “decent man.” He might very well be. He seems like he is in some cases. But nothing about his personal decency matters to me. Nothing about his personal decency matters to my family, my friends, my neighbors. Nor should it matter to you. That’s because his job has nothing to do with decency. The things that make Joe Biden decent are personal in nature and cannot, by definition, affect the public.

Mar 13, 2024 | edpost.com | Rob Samuelson

Schools, businesses, nonprofits, governments and militaries around the world are slowly waking up to the need to close the gender gap in STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) fields, and girls are succeeding more every day in these industries and classrooms. We need to do better for girls in many ways, including expanding their opportunities and encouraging their engagement in STEM, but we also need to commemorate every great step along the way.

Feb 13, 2024 | punkrockmisterrogers.substack.com | Rob Samuelson

Rob Samuelson is a writer, editor, photographer, social media manager, and activist from Chicago. He has spent his 10-year career in media and activism, mostly for education nonprofits. He has dedicated himself to empowering his neighbors as a fascist movement mobilizes to take away their rights. He currently splits his time between Chicago and Asheville, North Carolina. To learn more about the tech platform that powers this publication, visit Substack.com.

Feb 10, 2024 | punkrockmisterrogers.substack.com | Rob Samuelson

“We work so hard to remember what we lost. But memory is meaningless—worse than meaningless—without emotion.”—N.K. Jemisin, Far SectorEveryone should learn the hard parts of Black history. I know because I’ve done it professionally for a decade, editing the writing of dozens of Black writers, activists, leaders, and producing numerous online talk shows that spoke directly to the Black educational experience in America.