Parents… If you send an encouraging email to your child’s teacher, please know there is a good chance they will print it out and save it in a file. They will reread it when they are feeling down. Your encouraging words will go a long way. P.S. It’s Teacher Appreciation Week.

The press secretary doesn’t know the Library of Congress doesn’t lend out books to kids.

Roger Stone called for me to be charged with treason and executed because I introduced a bill to take on Trump’s corruption. Last I checked, that’s my job. Words matter and political violence is personal to my family. This Admin wants to intimidate us, but we can't let them.

Times 10 Publications sent this email to 50,000 #teachers and leaders today. In case you're not on that list, here's the email. Please share with your network, and let's stand up to these deplorable #DEI policies that hurt our most vulnerable kids.

Teachers who have less behavior issues have the following in common: 1. Have great relationships with their students 2. Firm but fair 3. Don't take things personally 4. Involve students in making classroom decisions and rules 5. Uses humor What else would you add? #teacher

I added this comment to a discussion on traditional grades and alternative assessment. The person blocked me. I guess he disagreed?

Buttigieg: I’m not even an elected official or running for anything— I’m here. I can’t help but notice a lot of people who are elected officials aren’t. There’s a reason for that. They don’t want to have to explain this stuff

Wow!

Someone on X recently referred to me as the “education is all about children's joy guy.” News flash, I’m good with that.

I remember when presidents on either side of the aisle understood the dignity and honor of the office. What a shame.

#Teachers, more than ever, it's time to learn how to Build lasting relationships with your students Maximize teaching time Reduce behavior issues Enhance student ownership and more Readers love the Movie Teacher philosophy buff.ly/jYK3aok

Try This: Shake up your classroom rituals. Switch up seating. Introduce a lesson with a surprising question or unexpected prop. Novelty signals students that something meaningful is happening. buff.ly/R4ubM7g

Alex Cole Trump's "One Big, Beautiful Bill" has tax cuts like no tax on tips and overtime, helping lower-income workers, but large tax reductions and estate tax changes favor the rich more. Medicaid cuts could harm the poor. Evidence suggests the wealthy benefit most overall.

Why do some teachers spend so much time trying to validate traditional methods, while denigrating others? The best teachers I’ve seen use multiple strategies—a combination of direct instruction and student-centered activities. We don’t need to choose one over the other.

America cannot long remain free, nor first among nations, if it becomes the kind of place where universities are dismantled because they don't align politically with the current head of the government.

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Testing is no way to assess learning.

On Memorial Day, we remember the sacrifices that our men and women in uniform and their families have made to preserve our freedom. May we always strive to honor the strength and resolve they’ve shown our country.

Two of the 3 ruling judges are republican appointees. One was appointed by trump.

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