Rubrics offer clarity about grading but can overwhelm students, so the single-point rubric focuses their attention on what’s important. edutopia.org/article/6-reas…

The Beautiful Question Excellent ⁦ASCD⁩ article by ⁦⁦Jim Knight 🇺🇦⁩ describing powerful questioning strategies. #coaching ascd.org/el/articles/th…

classroomscience.org/articles/presi… This year's California education budget has huge pools of money that could be spent on science education-training, curriculum, materials! Dream big, make a plan, and communicate. CASE - California Association of Science Educators is there to help! #NGSS #ScienceEducation #ngsschat

On Jan. 17, 1893, 130 years ago, the Native government of the Kingdom of Hawaii was overthrown by European and American settler colonialists. How did it happen, and how did this lead to the US annexation of Hawaii? A thread. 🧵 1/

A practical way to keep essential restorative questions handy. 👏👏👏

“Circle Practice,” “Restorative Practice,” “Restorative Justice.” What exactly are these, do they matter, should you be using them in your learning environments, and what do they mean for student discipline and/or climate and culture? bit.ly/3XWIiz9 Mirko

Wrapping up your class with intention can be really powerful. Optimistic closures help students connect, reflect, and look forward to the next day. 💫

Sketchnotes, diagrams, mind-mapping, and more! Research suggests that drawing improves students' abilities to recall information. (And it’s fun.) ✏️ edutopia.org/article/how-an…

Jared Marr let’s do a repeat 😃 thesungazette.com/article/educat…

During breaks, it turns out, the brain works overtime. New research illuminates what kinds of breaks benefit learners the most.

We are SO EXCITED to announce we are opening up our recruitment window for the California #OpenSciEd elementary field test! tinyurl.com/K5CAOSE #NGSS #CANGSS

Great blog post on the importance of Data Science in STEM learning #ngss #NGSSCHAT #scied #datascience WestEd ngs.wested.org/doortodatascie…

Come join us for Fractions Number Talks!

This resource aims to articulate a vision that will help the field continue to identify and address barriers to meaningful science education and move toward what matters most for students. Read the "Authentic Science Experiences" resource here: ngs.wested.org/wp-content/upl…

You *can* finish each class as strongly as you started it. Try optimistic closures, which allow students to connect, reflect, and look forward as you wrap for the day. 💫

Social and emotional learning helps build lifelong skills that support academic success, school & civic engagement, wellness, & careers. SEL can be taught & applied at various developmental stages & across diverse contexts. Follow now for more #SEL content.

Crosscutting concepts—like patterns, cause and effect, and energy and matter—can help move students from novice to expert thinking by encouraging them to "apply their knowledge to real-world problems,” write Tara Koehler and John Sammon. edut.to/3EgXQpq

In this school community, the career counselor invited all teachers to post their career paths on their classroom doors. Download your own template via School Librarians United here! ⬇️ (Inspired by MichCDA and modified by Janet Norling) drive.google.com/file/d/1-2BWYb…

Are you located in Stanislaus, Monterey, Santa Cruz, Kings, Tulare, Merced or the vicinity. Join us for an in-person introductory micro:bit workshop. Stipends available for California educators and paraprofessionals. Register: bit.ly/microbitsreg #SeasonsOfCS #CSSuperbloom

We are thrilled to announce we've opened recruitment join the OpenSciEd elementary field test! Thanks to $ from WestEd CA Science Project CA NGSS Collaborative & K-12 Alliance we are doing so at a greatly reduced cost. Visit tinyurl.com/K-5CAOSE and find us at #CAScience23 to learn more