A weekend offline 🌞🐎✨ #edutwitter

Access to healthy food is essential for well-being and for childhood learning - @merritjones, co-founder of Student Voice. What does public health mean to you? #ReimaginePublicHealth

School lunch (and breakfast) is vital to so many young people across the U.S. let’s ensure its free, good(!) and local 🍎

Healthy and free school lunch is public health because public health is more than our healthcare systems. It’s about access to healthy food, vaccine equity, clean water + air and so much more. 🍎 Join us as we #ReimaginePublicHealth with Vital Strategies. ➡️: vitalstrat.org/ReimaginePubli…

Prioritizing children's mental health in schools will ensure they can grow, learn and thrive - @merritjones, co-founder of Student Voice. #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth What does public health mean to you? #ReimaginePublicHealth vitalstrategies.org/Reimagine -->>

We need to make space for students to have an active role in their education. Merrit Jones speaks on the importance of student voice in Episode 8 of #ElevatED4SC, out tomorrow! Student Voice

Wore my new #futureoflearningchallenge sneakers to film for ElevatED4SC and they ended up being a great example of the power of co-creation!! ✨👟Cc: @justmikeyates

Competition and creativity from the Reinvention Lab with this year’s winner HomeWorks Trenton 💪🏾💪🏽💪🏿💪🏼

Giving teachers more time and flexibility in their schedules allows for partnership between educators and students. Merrit Jones and @BarnettALL4_SC discuss more in Ep. 8 of #elevated4sc. Listen to the full episode on Apple Podcasts now at apple.co/3G0a7gk

"The work is not about giving students voices; they have those. The work is supporting students to have opportunities to build & exercise their voices in & out of the school building." Read Merrit Jones' reflection: bit.ly/3NuyzKL & watch Ep8 now bit.ly/ElevatEDEp8

Every single school should be working to figure out how to double plan time for teachers. The US requires more instructional minutes from teachers than almost any other country in the world (Argentina and Chile are the only two higher than us). A thread... 1/

Listen to the radical dreams of students. It is energizing, inspiring, and transformative. The quickest way to work toward equity is to slow down, listen, and be led by those who have eyes for the things we don’t yet.

Some exciting news: I’m running for the Kershaw County Soil and Water Commission this fall. As a farmer, hunter, and outdoorsman, I know that when we take care of the land, the land takes care of us. If you live in Kershaw County, I’d appreciate your support and your vote.

Hi Twitter pals a big update! Today I moved to the SC lowcountry & I start teaching 6th grade social studies Baptist Hill on Wednesday! Excited to get in the classroom✨🍎

Most exciting news of the week in this tired social studies teacher’s humble opinion ⬇️⬇️

Update: NHCS’ board of Ed passed the Student Voice policy unanimously 7-0. I am ecstatic and so proud of these students’ commitment, persistence, and vision for inclusivity, problem solving, & overall hopeful policy. #PedagogiesOfHope #NothingAboutThemWithoutThem #StudentVoice

Mentoring is essential when it comes to ensuring all Ts have a strong foundation & powerful support to do the work. Educator Merrit Jones shares her story via Forbes: bit.ly/3iDlTaE #NationalMentoringMonth #LeadershipMatters #EdChat S.C. Department of Education CCSDConnects

Without needed changes, the current flood of teachers leaving the profession will soon be a tsunami. thestate.com/opinion/articl…

Well constructed column by michael burgess! We need to encourage the General Assembly to support educators in SC. drive.google.com/file/d/1gigAPB…

Important piece written by my former teacher michael burgess. In my first year in the classroom and I see the tsunami coming if the legislature doesn't take dramatic action to support SC teachers 🍎📢