This is brilliant! The Madwoman in the Classroom #JoyfulLeaders

Another lesson in what NOT to do when teaching a child to read.

Teachers assigning seats after students wouldn’t stop disrupting class.

Ineffective teachers often get overlooked in schools with traditionally high test scores. Students perform in spite of weak instruction, which is why growth is far more important in my eyes than proficiency.

Amen

Social and emotional learning is a vital part of teaching and learning in our schools. It must continue to be an integral part in order for young people to learn how to thrive and contribute to their world. #JoyfulLeaders

It’s unhelpful to constantly say buzzwords like differentiation, competency-based, and student-centered without giving teachers a blueprint to make it come to life in classrooms. It just burns teachers out. We shouldn’t define success without providing a pathway to achieve it.

Technology has its place but if overused, it is a massive detriment.

Ahhhh my Scandinavian self loves this. Treating teachers as true professionals is the key.

One of my favorite spots to go when I go home.

Sending love to my fellow educators. ❤️ Thank you for what you do every single day despite it all

This! 🙌 🌐 teachergoals.com

We spend 50% more hours in school than Finland. They get 15 mins of recess every hour. They have NO standardized tests except for PISA in HS & they outperform us every time. The irony is that they created their system based on US schools and US university research in the 1970's.

This is truth! 💯 🎙 Brad Weinstein

If you put too much ( expectation /work ) on the highest achieving student because "they can" and let the rest slide by, you don't push the high achiever, you burn them out while you create complacency in the others. Reward hard work, don't punish it with more work.

THIS!!!!! Reading to students is essential. The ones who can read already get the joy of listening, an increased sense of how to use their thinking during reading, etc. The ones who are not fluent hear how it should sound when there is fluency, learn to think while reading, etc.

In middle and high school, asking students to struggle with key concepts before teaching the correct solutions is highly effective. But use the tactic surgically to avoid too much frustration. Read the study: bit.ly/3S8b144

In entire schools, classrooms, businesses, everywhere!

Researchers are learning that handwriting engages the brain in ways typing can't match, raising questions about the costs of screens, especially for kids. Why Writing by Hand Beats Typing for Thinking and Learning kqed.org/mindshift/6375…

To have gotten so far away from writing with pen on good old paper has cost many students the gift of good writing, connecting to their learning, and forming a deep understanding of the importance of the written word. Returning to it would be easy if we just made it mandatory.