#CLOSEReading It’s about the histories, stories, and voices. We must add more than the “s” and “ ies” to get plurality in our classrooms. #CelebrateAfticanAmericanHistory

“Effective teachers are strength-spotters who notice what each child brings to the learning community.” #learning #students ⁦Douglas Fisher⁩ ascd.org/el/articles/sh…

Today marks an important moment — I filed the paperwork to officially qualify to run for governor. Georgians deserve a leader who sees them, will fight for them and has real plans to build a brighter future for all. I'm running because I know I can be that leader for you.

We must make sure reading and writing are in every cell of our students' bodies? The key is seeking elegance – a beauty between our students and texts. - AWT

Knowledge Nugget “Every step in word reading development requires deep, secure phonologic integration.” Kilpatrick 2015.

#ARBWisdom #ARBernard #ARB

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Another giant step for America. Congratulations Ketanji Brown Jackson U.S. Supreme Court Judge.

This website is fantastic for parents and teachers!  The National Center on Improving Literacy created a toolkit to helps families and schools work together to support children’s literacy success in and out of school. improvingliteracy.org/kit/families-a…

Just spent two days visiting classrooms where teachers are actualizing #scienceofreading principles. Kids are thriving with #explicitinstruction within a gradual-release model, along with deliberate opportunities for practice, feedback, application. Gratitude.

Making small tests of change 😁 #coinspinning @DefendDark Andrew Volkert David Eddy-Spicer @MichaelTestani3 #StrategyPlaybook

This appeared on Facebook. I can't get access to the book to look for the source of this / references. Can anyone help? Decodable Readers Au Louisa Moats Susan Godsland

Leaders in Bridgeport focused on learning about #adultlearning @DefendDark Partners for Educational Leadership

“The most important thing schools can do is teach children how to read. If you can read, you can learn anything. If you can’t, almost everything in school is difficult,” Emily Hanford writes. nyti.ms/3e1gasy

Don't become imprisoned by the gap conversation. Instead ask, "Are Black students being prepared at scale, scope, intellectual sophistication, & disciplinary range to interrogate past findings to offer new knowledge and research directions." Always focus on power, not problems!

Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality. #ARBWisdom #ARB #ARBernard

Looking forward to reading this important article by Conner, Allor, Henry, Al Otaiba, & Ortiz! ila.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.10…

"Goals are for people who care about winning once. Systems are for people who care about winning repeatedly." -James Clear Educators, let us create systems that help children win each school year.