Proud to be with you all today. It was a great day of teaching and learning.

Great work and great support from teachers, building leadership, and district leadership in improving writing instruction. Mleahey Dr. Kevin B. Balius #WeSlayELA

Alabama educators discussing the definition of balanced literacy. #Thisisbalancedliteracy @bbb_rhodes Douglas Fisher Nancy Frey Nancy Akhavan

Hopeful that these precious lives with not be forgotten.

Learning and growing with an amazing group of educators. #BBBImadeapromise

Continuing our AL PD Advisory group looking deeper at literacy. Awesome group of educators and leaders across the state joining in the work.

Mobile County students writing a letter to the mayor suggesting changes that would improve their city. The writing process allows for students to be intentional about their writing. @bbb_rhodes Dr. Kevin B. Balius Alba Middle School #weslayela

Ms. Livingston at Mobile County Training School knows that students need explicit writing instruction before crafting their own pieces. Dr. Kevin B. Balius Jennifer Serravallo @bbb_rhodes #weslayela

After an argument writing lesson, students at Washington Middle School craft their own positions on a topic and then participate in Stand Up, Hand Up, Pair Up to share their best sentence. @empowermcpss Dr. Kevin B. Balius @bbb_rhodes Jennifer Serravallo #weslayela

The Baseball Study demonstrated that students’ background knowledge of baseball was highly correlated with their comprehension of a passage about baseball, per Natalie Wexler. #StrivingReaders

As we practice social distancing, let’s not distance ourselves from books. They will keep us company and connect us back to people, back to society.

A school Superintendent said something profound in his address cancelling school for the next 3 weeks. “In the end, it will be impossible to know if we overreacted or did too much, but it will be QUITE apparent if we under reacted or did too little.” Hear those words my friends.

Thank you Mobile County for inviting BBB Education to train 150+ 4th-12th grade teachers on impactful writing strategies. The virtual professional development proved to be lively and interactive. Mobile teachers ROCK! @empowermcpss @bbb_rhodes Dr. Kevin B. Balius Jennifer Serravallo

New blog post after a conversation with a principal and a parent about removing a book from a classroom library: A Curriculum of Irrelevancy by Kylene Beers: wp.me/p2Gytw-90

Thank you for a wonderful article about our work to John K. Blake. Read here for the full story. #unjudgesomeone #humanlibrary #cnn edition.cnn.com/2021/11/14/hea…

What I love about Visible Learning research is how it helps me understand what works best in teaching & learning! Discover all the VL influences at ow.ly/4Ag650H33Hr

Are there questions students can ask themselves while you’re teaching? That can guide and support their own thinking and awareness before, during, and after your teaching? bit.ly/2MGc6MY

Outstanding learning is built on… 1. Strong relationships (be warm) 2. High expectations (be demanding) 3. Great experiences (engage and empower)