The #teachinglivingpoets round table session at #NCTE2021 is amazing. I cried (Rudy Francisco poem). I felt inspired. I can’t wait to bring these ideas back to my ELA department.

We had to beg for the life of Julius Jones yesterday meanwhile Kyle Rittenhouse will walk free today. This is not a flaw in the system, this is the design.

“The future holds almost unanimous approval of those who make a stand today in favor of a better tomorrow. Be on the lookout for your chance. A bus will pull up and stop. It will open its door. You’ll wonder if you should get on.” Thank you Charles Person, freedom rider. #NCTE21

Sometimes just changing the environment can up engagement. Such an easy way to do inside/outside ⭕️ and meet with appointment partners. Emily Aierstok we are loving your close reading task cards to keep us focused #tlap Lee's Summit R-7 Schools #hookoftheweek Dave Burgess #interiordesignhook

There's a phenomenon I actually see extremely commonly when literature is used to teach history to middle school and high school students. Let's call it "pajamafication."

This whole thread is excellent. One of the most troubling, though not so surprising, aspects of this pandemic has been fear & feelings overpowering facts and the loudest, most misinformed voices drowning out evidence and ethics in our decision making.

Every answer is true. Exhausted.

“What people want is to be able to teach and teach well, and if they can’t do it because they can’t afford to do it or because they have a toxic work environment, that discourages them from acting as teachers who are learning & growing & getting better.” edweek.org/teaching-learn…

When schools attempt to shift to standards-based grading without also intentionally changing their curriculum and pacing to be more flexible, they miss out on the majority of the value that SBG can offer, and it opens up the potential for SBG to actually do more harm than good.

12 websites that've helped* me immensely as a writer🧵 *like i can't function without some of them

School shootings are not fucking acts of nature, like hurricanes and tornadoes. They're man-made acts of inaction, of cowardice, of corruption by all lawmakers who refuse to pass laws PROVEN BY DATA to stop preventable, senseless shootings like in Uvalde.

It takes a monster to kill children. But to watch monsters kill children again and again and do nothing isn’t just insanity—it’s inhumanity.

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Wild how wearing a simple mask is "living in fear,"—but forcing our kids to wear bulletproof backpacks behind bulletproof doors & bulletproof windows while allowing open carry AR-15s, unlimited ammo, & body gear because the govment's gonna getcha, is perfectly rational "freedom."

“We need safe places to do some deep reflection and we need to transform our pain into power. The entire educational system can’t rely on individual educator grit, it’s collective post-traumatic wisdom that can lead to change.” ❤️ edsurge.com/news/2022-07-0… #edtech via EdSurge

“We have 48 Venezuelan migrants who were here legally, they were lured under false pretenses, and they were exploited for a photo opp. And we are opening a criminal investigation into it.” — San Antonio Sheriff condemning Ron DeSantis’s criminal human trafficking and kidnapping

Taking off late points skews grades by mixing assessment of understanding with an attempt to control behavior. Here are four alternatives to taking off late points (tried & tested by me): readitwriteitlearnit.com/post/four-alte…

Choosing texts that help students to master the standards of ELA: readitwriteitlearnit.com/so/d3OTYJbgX?l…