The biggest problem in education is poverty. A major responsibility of the Dept of Ed is to protect children from the effects of poverty, until we can eliminate it: Now get to work: Improve food programs, more school nurses, more support for libraries and librarians.

15 journalists spent a day w/ teachers. What did they find? All over the country, teachers feel unheard, misunderstood & disrespected usatoday.com/in-depth/news/…

When teachers started class by greeting each students at the door by name, academic engagement increased by 20 percentage points and disruptive behavior decreased by 9 percentage points. edutopia.org/article/welcom…

A Billionaire Stops Funding Charters and TFA, Starts Funding Public Schools! dianeravitch.net/2018/10/23/a-b…

I just KNEW this was a GREAT idea for a conference!!! IFLT2012

In language classes we are not practicing, we are communicating. You cannot practice language. To do the core “practices” in language teaching is to engage in communication with Ss. Jason Fritze #iflt19

Our school did a thing today that brought much needed joy to our students and families & us! We rode around in our cars in the school neighborhood, honking & waving at students. lift your spirits. What a way to lift spirits! #camprobertson #coronaviruscantstopus #honkingparade

Not everything is canceled. 😊 #BeWellWayzata #StayHealthyWayzata

God only brought one guy back from the dead on Easter. Trump is here to bring back the whole economy on Easter 2020. Enjoy this clip (possibly, like, the best ever), share and be sure to subscribe to Making Podcasts Great Again (Making Podcasts Great Again) - new every week!

Novices = parrots (repeating what they hear) Intermediates = survivors in TL Advanced = storytellers - @kltharri on proficiency #swcolt17

How can we role-play situation that is REAL for ss right now? Most 14yo don't plan their own trip - @kltharri #swcolt17

"Self-selected pleasure reading = missing link bridging the gap to higher-level & content area reading." Stephen Krashen #ECIS17

#swcolt17 Why teach for proficiency in class and then assess for what they know ABOUT the language? @bonesflint

.Stephen Krashen #ECIS17: "Each time u see a word in text, you pick up a small amt. of meaning. READING = best way to acquire content area vocab."

One of my favorite humans + TPRS/TCI trainers Donna Tatum-Johns is on twitter and gets my #ff🎉 #swcolt17 #langchat

Exited to see Donna Tatum-Johns #swcolt17

#swcolt17 Excited to send my 2nd tweet ever at Let's Read! I am really getting good at this!

"Use #authres, such as 'Brown Bear' and 'Very Hungry Caterpillar' in L2 classroom." Moeller & Paul Sandrock #SWCOLT18 Great to see ACTFL support comprehensible texts for acquisition of L2.