The 40 finest edu-threads from the last 4 months: (a mere glimpse of the vast intellectual talent alive across our profession) ↓

A 🧵on recent research papers on teacher retention:

In about 20 days, the English translation to Héctor Ruiz Martín's incredible study of the research on learning from cognitive psychology drops in the US. I cannot begin to tell you how profoundly insightful & useful the book will be for all who read it...

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Annnnd another one!

If you haven’t gotten the opportunity to start your day with Zaretta Hammond, you are missing out! Feeling inspired and empowered as we kick off the Mikva Challenge Summer Conference! #takethemikvachallenge

This was a great reminder to make sure we are making sure we are using stories told by the people that are centered in them! Lots of examples of harmful Native stories told by non-Native authors being used in classrooms instead of those by Native authors! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cod…

AP Human Geography students learning how to learn before we get to content, so they understand they why behind the ways I ask them to complete their work! We are building lifelong skills, thanks to resources from @AceThatTest!

Laying the foundation for productive discourse in civics with some silent conversations about citizens’ connections to the government. Getting ready for Issues to Action!! Mikva Challenge

I bet more people would vote if everyone’s polling place was as much of a party as mine is. Wasn’t expecting to pull up to an entire bbq, complete with music and Eagles merch, when I went to vote!

So so excited for this!

We loved gamifying brainstorming for civic action projects! Students raced to build the tallest index card towers, but every card had to have an idea related to their topic on it- so much teamwork and creativity was happening!

Civics classes reflected on the different ways citizens can engage with the government with silent conversations

Social Justice students prepared to ease into having conversations about contentious issues by setting norms and following them for some low-stakes conversations while playing Superfight today. We love this game for practicing productive discourse!

Excited to kick off a day of learning!

So many great templates for retrieval practice here!