Elaine Gaffney (@elainemgaffney) 's Twitter Profile
Elaine Gaffney

@elainemgaffney

Mother, educator, arts advocate

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Challenging high school students to show their learning through a product of their own design brings out their creativity. Assessing Learning Without a Test / edutopia ow.ly/2BNc30maryY

Rebecca Kaija (@mrsmathkaija) 's Twitter Profile Photo

. edutopia does it again! A great article about Math Anxiety. My fav. take away: T’s should praise S’s for strategies not speed/answers.

PBS Teachers (@pbsteachers) 's Twitter Profile Photo

"One meta-analysis of six studies found that a child’s executive functioning skills in kindergarten predicted reading and math achievement into middle school and beyond." (via MindShift) bit.ly/2UDLCyT

Jay McTighe (@jaymctighe) 's Twitter Profile Photo

HOMEWORK: too much? not enough? needed for cementing learning? is it mostly busywork? needed for rigor? is it eating into family time? preparing students for college? adding unnecessary stress on students? Here is a useful blogpost exploring the issue! learningpersonalized.com/the-tug-of-war…

Jay McTighe (@jaymctighe) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Check out this report from the Education Trust: Motivation and Engagement in Student Assignments: The Role of Choice and Relevancy s3-us-east-2.amazonaws.com/edtrustmain/wp… and a cautionary note about student choice from Robert Pondiscio: educationnext.org/closer-look-im…

StanceGrounded (@_sjpeace_) 's Twitter Profile Photo

HERO Nathan Phillips Omaha Elder Vietnam Veteran Former director of the Native Youth Alliance Keeper of a sacred pipe Honoring Native American Veterans at Arlington National Cemetery Water Protector at Standing Rock ND KNOW HIM RETWEET THIS!

HERO 

Nathan Phillips
Omaha Elder
Vietnam Veteran 
Former director of the Native Youth Alliance 
Keeper of a sacred pipe
Honoring Native American Veterans at Arlington National Cemetery 
Water Protector at Standing Rock ND

KNOW HIM 

RETWEET THIS!
A Mighty Girl (@amightygirl) 's Twitter Profile Photo

It's more important than ever to teach our kids empathy and compassion. Here are some of our favorite children's books that teach kids to be kind. amightygirl.com/blog?p=19359

ABC News (@abc) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Migrant children at least two U.S. Customs and Border Protection facilities face conditions one doctor described as comparable to "torture facilities." abcn.ws/2N8K3cF

StanceGrounded (@_sjpeace_) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This elderly man is Alan Dornan from Somerville, Massachusetts walks miles every single day with a sign that says "I walk for dreamers and all immigrants. He was just taken into custody by homeland security officers for civil disobedience. KNOW HIS NAME RETWEET THIS

stephen merrill (@smerrill777) 's Twitter Profile Photo

What do experienced teachers say about providing useful, high-quality feedback—while striking a healthy balance between work and life? Here are 6 smart tactics from a piece I edited for edutopia.

Hillary Clinton (@hillaryclinton) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Armed men storming a legislature to disrupt its democratic proceedings is domestic terrorism. It cannot be tolerated. newsweek.com/michigan-close…