May you exit circles where you feel the need to dilute, shrink, or hide. May your friendships and relationships expand you and cause you to shine.

The two national teachers’ unions are vowing to defend their members against any backlash over how they teach about the nation’s complicated history with race and racism. edweek.org/teaching-learn…

When teaching values, which is more important? What I say or what I do? Angela Duckworth gifts us with a powerful yes and: "Practice what we preach and preach what we practice." edweek.org/education/opin…

Progress.

If your organization is interested in supporting the 2021 Summer Porch Visits, visit readfortworth.org/summer-porch-v…

Leaning into these words this week.

Started my morning yesterday with our friends at ReadFortWorth as they kicked off the 2021 Summer Porch Visits! It was great visiting with our #FortWorth families to distribute academic material as we get ready for the upcoming school year. #FortWorthFirst

#BlackGirlsRock

I’m sharing this email (bottom of thread) I got from Kim, my very kind, talented and professional Bar Director at Hotel Dryce for a couple reasons: 1.Because people who treat people shitty bother me.

Boy, it's all anecdotal, but the stories I'm hearing from teachers right now...this seems like a crisis moment for educator wellbeing.

Reading as a social justice issue - get into it. goyen.io/blog/growingth… #Reading #justice

Molly Ness / End Book Deserts Kate Winn We just had an article by Young-Suk Kim about the importance of spelling instruction in the most recent issue of Literacy Today. bit.ly/LTY_WhatsSpell…

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This month, I am coaching 20 Teacher Candidates from Faculty of Education in the IDA Ontario Basics of Decoding and Spelling course. Why? Because I believe ALL P/J Teachers should know the #ScienceOfReading & how to teach Ss to read. #Dyslexia #SoR Dyslexia Canada International Dyslexia Association Kingston Frontenac Public Library

"Texas, one of several states working to bring reading instruction in line with cognitive science, has made a knowledge-building elementary literacy curriculum freely available to districts." Natalie Wexler #KnowledgeMatters forbes.com/sites/nataliew…

So grateful to Chef Reggie for letting me join #coolkidssupperclub tonight. My heart is full of gratitude and the rest of me is full of barbecue. Thanks for feeding our souls.

3 years of testing. And I think I’ve got my technique finally down. 🥹

Dish with Deah: Can we agree that Tarrant County is well-versed in the art of brunch? fortworthreport.org/2023/03/01/dis…

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