A student (and mom) got me a cute little succulent planter and I genuinely cannot tell if the plants are real or not 😬

Teachers, have you added your name to the open letter to support trans youth? You have until the morning of April 2. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Kids.....why are they so good? How can we get more of that in the world?

Okay people need to understand that she OVERROTATED her yurchenko double pike

This brewery has a flag for every branch of the military, including the Space Force. This has to be ironic, right?

I will never get over the fact that Catholic mass ends with the priest saying “Mass is ended, go in peace” and the actual, scripted response is, for all intents and purposes “THANK GOD.” Brilliance

I have a sign outside my classroom that shows what I’m reading right now. I’m totally about to subtweet some people at my school by putting up a picture of PUNISHED BY REWARDS by Alfie Kohn

The awe of 1st graders when you strike a tuning fork and then clasp your hand over it >>>>

I'm giving away 30 signed copies of This Is a School for a classroom teacher or teacher-librarian to give away to students on the first day of school. RT before 7/20 at 11:00 p.m. CDT to enter the drawing. candlewick.com/cat.asp?mode=b…

EDUCATORS and LIBRARIANS! Want to greet your new students with new books?! I’ve got about 120 elementary and Middle Grade books to give away—half here, half on Instagram. To enter to win half here: follow me and RT this tweet. Bonus entry: tag a pal who may want to enter too!

There’s a cricket in the water heater closet and it will not shut up and I can’t find it and I’ve never wished a living creature would die more

I went to school today to work in a trailer and was paranoid the whole time that I would get in trouble…for working for free

What research exists about teaching (the US system of) slavery in elementary school? Which students are centered in that research? What effects has that had? Do (mostly white) people understand the horror?

I think the word “skills” is entirely overused in education

It's the summer holidays, which means I have two books to give away. If you'd like to win a copy of The Art and Science of Teaching Primary Reading, all you have to do is **retweet** this tweet. Best of luck!

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