I wish no sleep or rest to the TN legislators using the flawed standardized testing system & the self-esteem of 3rd graders to line their pockets with education privatization money.

*taps mic* is this thing on? Are we all still here, teachers?

When your school’s GroupMe blows up over fantasy football teams and you’re just like 🤷🏻‍♀️💁🏻‍♀️

It’s that time of the year to remind everyone to listen to the Nice White Parents podcast because there is no entitlement like privileged parents sending kids to public schools!

Anytime I read aloud with a child, I am reminded that there are adults around us on a daily basis who struggle to decode and comprehend written text. And that’s a human rights crisis.

Reading emails about how to ensure student + staff safety during extreme heat advisories feels so dystopian.

Perfect attendance awards are inequitable, shame-inducing, + ableist.

Yesterday I was just calling small groups up to put computers away in a charging cart + a 6th grader looked at me and said : “You’re really good at teaching.” And it was adorably sweet + kind.

What do you notice? What do you wonder?

There is nothing better than hearing badass, passionate, highly qualified teachers talk about their work. Nothing.

Exclusionary practices are really budget friendly!

Public schools are social programs, create opportunity, and prevent crime. When they are funded and staffed fully.

People acknowledge and reward what they value. If you don’t feel acknowledged or rewarded - find somewhere that values you.

It is sort of genius though 😬 the hypocrisy laid bare in how we romanticise historical protesters & revolutions that have got us to where we are today - even the very violent ones - but hate anything that inconveniences us now

This was pretty cool 🤓

Finally have my own copies to mark up and study. Thankful for the work of Gholdy Muhammad & Dr. Kim Parker (she | her). What are you reading for PD these days?

The misconceptions about literacy are wide-spread and deeply rooted. And the people with them are making decisions about how we fund and run public schools.