It is with heavy hearts that we announce Sir Ken Robinson died peacefully yesterday, 21st August 2020, surrounded by family after a short battle with cancer. We will be following up with a further update as we begin to follow Sir Ken’s wishes and honour his legacy.

Educators, Parents, Students, Anyone Who Needs to Hear This: Take a deep breath. Go easy on yourself. You’re not failing. This is just really hard. You don’t have to be perfect today. All you have to be is a little better than you were yesterday. #MondayMotivation #BoldSchool

“One of the first aspects of truly inclusive grading is understanding that the assignment doesn’t matter, the learning outcome does.”-Cornelius Minor ➡️ "Antiracist" Grading Starts with You: bit.ly/3aYKaj9

We can’t make AP classes lighter or AP exams less rigorous, so we must make it easier to learn and stay on track this year. spr.ly/6013GqeoV

Differentiating instruction, while it may be the last thing on anyone's mind, is the single most important instructional move right now, says Lisa Westman. All it really means is focusing on students' individual needs. bit.ly/2SNVkj4

“Coaching is not a way to fix people. Ideally, coaching is for the willing, and ideally, every educator would work with a coach throughout their career.” Elena Aguilar ➡️ bit.ly/2qRFBV1 #educoach

Loving the read and using it to inform plans for ELD classes.

Creating a positive culture is essential to making a school a place where students and adults alike want to be. In this Main Street Nashville op-ed, an educator underscores the importance of relationships in schools: bit.ly/3fcaclJ

It's great to see educators building on the 3 SEL Signature Practices framework – a great foundation for bringing #SEL to any meeting or class period: edut.to/3hh7spW See the 10 Indicators of Schoolwide SEL to dig deeper: bit.ly/39FJX3Q

Thank you John Hattie and EL Magazine for publishing this article on what we can learn from Covid-era teaching. Read it here: ow.ly/uXbT50ELMzS

Self-care tips from Disney/Pixar characters. #SEL #selfcare #kidsdeserveit

Disciplinary Literacy-teach students questioning skills to engage and think in the discipline =ownership of discipline #ThisIsAVID #AVIDDigital

My Madyson had a blast! Thank you CNUSD for an awesome choir camp.

About 15 years ago I created the article of the week because my students had a narrow understanding of the world. You have to know stuff to read stuff. I have posted the first AoW of this school year here: kellygallagher.org/article-of-the…

Disciplinary Literacy in action! Thank you, Ms. Hairston #Proud2bePUSD

History Literacy! Let's get to know those regions! Thanks, Mrs. Budner!!! #disciplinaryliteracy #Proud2bePUSD

Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing about History with Ms. Binch! #Proud2bePUSD #DisciplinaryLiteracy

#LASD is Asking for the Public’s Help Locating At Risk Missing Person Darlene Miller AKA: Darlene Vidana, Orange County facebook.com/LosAngelesCoun…

One of my favorite features of The Week magazine is The Book List. Each week a different author selects six worthy books. Idea: have students emulate this. What 6 books (or movies, or video games...) do they recommend? Write 3-4 sentence blurbs for each.

Dallas McElrath, ASB President, leads DRHS ASB in prepping for the back to school rally. #upearly #proud2bpusd Diamond Ranch High