I always love reading the lists that come out this time of year. And today I learned that a post that Samantha Keesling and I wrote made one of them. I am 🤯

Supporting future #JEPL lab facilitators and visiting classrooms to support math and ELA connections with district improvement teams made for a great week. The cherry on top was doing it with Megan Kortlandt and OS early literacy friends like Asha, Christina and Ashelin R. Currie,Ph.D..

Not on here often, but I did want to share that my first book, JUST READ IT: Unlocking the Magic of Independent Reading in Middle and High School Classrooms, is scheduled for publication next month! 📚🧡 You can pre-order here: us.corwin.com/books/just-rea…

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This is great

Books Made for Sticky Notes: Analysis in the Wild – my latest post for Moving Writers movingwriters.wordpress.com/2024/03/05/boo…

Our next In the Classroom Series webinar will be held on March 14th at 4:30p PST. Join this FREE session with Tricia Ebarvia on Antibias Literacy Instruction for Stronger Readers, Writers, and Thinkers. Register at writing.csusuccess.org/webinars #ERWC

For my educator friends…

mrbans Tiffany Peltier, Ph.D.🌸 Mrs. K Emily Hanford Then let’s push for PD. Without it, nothing works. We ran a scale up last year with 80 schools and found no differences in ELA outcomes according to curriculum used (Wonders, EL etc) but the amount of PD provided mattered. PD in effective practices is the bigger lever

My trunk is a whole last month of the school year vibe: lab materials, fishing gear, and a hula hoop.

I ❤️ Gennifer Choldenko’s books! Can’t wait to read this one!

Fun graphic for analyzing informational texts

Especially relevant right now in Michigan considering the latest with the education budget

This summer Samantha Keesling and I wrote about a protocol we’ve developed to facilitate conversations that are asset-oriented and supportive.

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Detroit is a pretty incredible city, so this is not quite the insult it was intended to be.

Yessss! Becoming an adult or getting a job doesn’t mean that the research about effective learning no longer applies. Educators of all roles need good PL that gets them into real classrooms to support how ideas can transfer to practice.

Walz: A paper said, 'this guy might be the poorest guy to run for V.' I'm not poor but I lived on a teacher's salary. Thank god I was in a union. I didn't expect to get rich but I didn't take an oath of poverty and I sure as hell don't want someone like Trump crapping on my job

Deficit language focuses on what's missing rather than what's possible. In school improvement work, this kind of language can erode collaboration and trust. Here's how to shift it: hubs.li/Q03pJFnq0 Megan Kortlandt Samantha Keesling

Deficit language focuses on what's missing rather than what's possible. In school improvement work, this kind of language can erode collaboration and trust. Here's how to shift it: hubs.li/Q03sdrNj0 Megan Kortlandt Samantha Keesling