We kicked off the #NTOY23 Washington Week with Teacher Talks by Sarah Painter @artroomhijinks Jahsha Tabron Leah Porter Willie Edward Taylor Carver Jr. and special guest and emcee @Jjuravich! Thank you to Google for Education for sponsoring this event tonight!

Teachers! I'm giving away a signed, personalized class set of the new paperback edition of #wishtree, which includes a letter from me, discussion questions, and more. ❤️🌳 RT + follow for a chance to win for your classroom! I'll pick a random winner this Wednesday, 4/26.

My students love Katherine Applegate and this book has been on our class list!

What a privilege to be quoted by @BritBonnaffons!

I am so excited to welcome Candice to the #mtoy family!

This is incredible! I had both Lucy and Seth in kindergarten. ❤️

Such a wonderful time with lifelong friends.

Teaching joy of reading is CRUCIAL to build lifelong readers. Spread the joy of reading to your students, educators! #lifelongreaders #readingrolemodels

Spent the evening CapitalCity ComicCon with Ryan. Shane entered the #cosplay competition and won Judge’s choice as Bilbo Baggins! #thehobbit

Such a great night at the NNSTOY Gala. #NNSTOY2023

I had so much fun! #NNSTOY2023

How will you write the story of this coming school year? I am excited to share my thoughts with EdWeek.

NEW: CCSSO invited five 2022 State Teachers of the Year to share their Teacher Talks with colleagues. The group shared talks on a range of topics, from "chasing joy" to the importance of "remaining an artist." See them here: bit.ly/47Kf7Vq. #NTOY22

Educational equity has never been a controversial or even partisan idea 🙌🏼The rational among us have to come together and say STOP! We can’t let a small, vocal group continue to spoil all our best words and ideas with distrust and hate 🙏🏻❤️ #Equity #EducationalEquity #Teachers

NEW: Congratulations to the 2024 National Teacher of the Year finalists Cat Walker (AK), Christy Todd (GA), Joe Nappi (NJ) and Missy Testerman (TN)! Learn more about this dynamic group of teachers at ntoy.ccsso.org. #NTOY24

I am incredibly proud to stand among these amazing educators in support of Kamala Harris and Tim Walz. This election is critical for so many of our fundamental rights, and access to quality public education is one of the many at risk. #stoysforkamala youtu.be/I1FKDA6c3Fk