Attack on "Balanced Literacy" Is Attack on Professional Teachers, Research radicalscholarship.com/2014/07/03/att… via Paul Thomas

Weird coincidence - I’m listening to this episode right now (going through back episodes). Who knew I’d find animated cliffsnotes, too? Fantastic! Need to check out more Cerebro Animatics

We need to reject the tendency to see challenging behavior with judgment or as “manipulation.” Here are 6 common functions of behavior (expanded 4 categories of functions), rephrased empathetically as needs. Connection before correction. #TeacherLife #TeachersOfTwitter #EdChat

🌟 The more options we give as universal design for learning, the fewer #accommodations we need for individual #students later. #LeadInclusion #EdLeaders #Teachers #UDL #SBLchat #TG2Chat

⏳ If half the class requires tier 2 support, the school doesn't need more tier 2 #intervention strategies or programs. There's a need for more universal design. #LeadInclusion #EdLeaders #Teachers #UDL #TeacherTwitter

❤️ Students aren't manipulating adults with challenging behaviors. They are expressing, consciously or unconsciously, their unmet needs. Our job is to help #students learn to have those needs met in better ways. Empathy and compassion are the key. #LeadInclusion #EdLeaders #UDL

🗣️ We all know "class participation" usually means "speaking up." But speaking up isn't the same as engagement. Let's be inclusive of those who are more introspective, #introverts, those with social anxiety, and those uncomfortable speaking up. #LeadInclusion #Teachers #UDL

I feared we would get the same kind of outcry we got on Season 1 from a black Adam and Eve and a female voice of God, but so far no petitions to Netflix or HBO to cancel us because of our disabled Angels. People seem to be getting it.

Much of what's called "formative assessment" is testlike and drives teaching in the wrong direction. Preferable alternatives: Yetta Goodman's "kidwatching" (is.gd/QjngJh) and, in math, 1-on-1 conversations as described by Marilyn Burns (is.gd/gJ7cWL)

🏢 Building Leaders: We must find time for #classroom #teachers and special #educators to collaborate on planning instruction. This is the only way we can implement universal design. This investment pays off significantly for every student. #LeadInclusion #EdLeaders #UDL

❌ Behavior charts can end up harming vulnerable learners. They're more about public shaming than fostering self-regulation. - Jung and Smith #LeadInclusion #EdLeaders #Educators #UDL #TeacherTwitter

In the latest episode, activists in North Carolina push back against a right-wing takeover that seeks to take the state back to the pre-civil rights era. soundcloud.com/haveyouheardpo…

Join CAST's Kelli Suding, M.Ed., CPACC and @susan__shapiro as they describe how #assistivetechnology is a powerful tool for building access and agency into #literacylearning in our upcoming webinar! Register for free: ow.ly/T3Gs50PLS0O

📚 Inclusion isn't a checkbox; it's a pledge to dismantle systems that divide and to create environments where every student can thrive. #LeadInclusion #EdLeaders #Teachers #UDL #TeacherTwitter

Many are skeptical that capital spending matters for students. Summary of older papers shows it does aeaweb.org/articles?id=10… However, this impressive new study by Barbara Biasi and others provides compelling evidence of benefits for low-income kids. insights.som.yale.edu/insights/does-…

Very excited to share NEERO (my favorite) special call for education practitioners (k12, HigherEd, etc) - submissions due Nov 1, conference is in April 2024 neero.org/_files/ugd/199… TRRE GraniteStateProgress @NHEdCommr UNH Education Dept Antioch New England Mike Anderson Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE)

👥 Students who have #IEPs are not "special education students." They are simply students. They belong to every educator they have. Receiving a service shouldn't impose an identity. #LeadInclusion #EdLeaders #Teachers #UDL #TeacherTwitter

Great episode of Have You Heard !

In the latest episode, 𝕁𝕠𝕟𝕒𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕟 𝔼. ℂ𝕠𝕝𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕤 makes the case for why public education is essential to democracy...and why democratic practices are so essential for the success of public education. soundcloud.com/haveyouheardpo…