Doctor's don't get paid based on the success of their patients, but they get paid for their expertise and experience, as a professional should. Teachers should also get paid for their expertise and experience, as a professional should.

We spend 50% more hours in school than Finland. They get 15 mins of recess every hour. They have NO standardized tests except for PISA in HS and they outperform us every time. Ironically, in the 1970's, they modeled their education based on US schools and US university research.

Students SENTENCED to LOW groups (of ANY fancy name) cannot benefit from equitable practice. #Equity and the PRISON of permanent below-grade level instruction cannot co-exist. #StartWithTheCROWN #RuthlessEquity #Equity #TeachTimmy

Spotted in a classroom this week. I even noticed a student reading something off of it while working. So good! #JoyfulLeaders #GrowthMindset

The list of decodable texts that can be to used in the classroom/ shared with families continues to grow! Here are 6 that you can access for FREE online: SCDSBliteracy #DecodableTexts #EduTwitter #Literacy

Practice makes permanent...not perfect

Data-driven instruction only makes sense if the data makes sense. And much of the data used to guide reading instruction doesn't. My latest Forbes post: forbes.com/sites/nataliew…

Leadership is hard. Nobody said it would be easy. 🔺When people talk about you, keep leading. 🔹When people compliment you, keep leading. 🔺When your hard work goes unnoticed, keep leading. Why? Because we are in the kid business. Kids are the reason schools exist. It isn’t

We are beyond excited to welcome 1500 attendees from 49 states and 8 countries to #TRLConf2023. 🤩 Don't forget to tag us so we can follow your conference journey!

Exciting things are happening during 1st grade math! Using number sense and patterns to help solve subtraction problem. #improvingmath #mathisfun Sporting Hill Elem.

"If you believe you can change, you can adapt to any challenge." 🍂 #Sketchnote via Julie Woodard

Can Ks use AI? Spoiler Alert: YES! Our littles also need to learn how AI can be used as a learning assistant. In this example with SchoolAI students who needed more help got it and students ready for more examples had their needs met too!