The voucher bill just passed in the Iowa House on a 54-45 vote. Nine Republicans voted against the bill. The Senate will now take up the bill.

Remember, the Holocaust didn’t start with gas chambers in Auschwitz. It started with politicians dividing the people with “us vs them”. It started with intolerance and hate speech. It started when people stopped caring, became desensitized, and turned a blind eye. Remember.

This! I actually think we should keep DST, but making this simple change would help with the transition.

Had a first grader ask me today what I had to do to be a music teacher. Then, she goes “so you wanted to be a music teacher?” and I was like “Of course! I love music, don’t you?” #musicteacher #elementarymusic #elementarymusicteacher

My daughter’s friend sent her a video of her playing keyboard and all I can think about is how her keyboard note names are placed wrong. I don’t want to be “that” parent, but I am a #musicteacher

3rd grade is my favorite right now: today in class, they told me I am the most amazing music teacher. Some days, you just need to hear that. Especially when some classes make you feel other than amazing… #musicteacher #elementarymusicteacher #elementarymusic

2nd grader this morning after our concert last night: “I wish we had 10,000 more concerts!” #futuremusician #elementarymusicteacher #elementarymusic #orff

I am begging folks: If a workshop is providing and asking folks to use a mic, please do not refuse to use the mic and ask "can everyone hear me without this?" Just use the mic. Being heard is not just about the volume but also about the clarity of being able to hear the words.

If you throw a boomwhacker, does it come back to you? 😂 🤦‍♀️ #musicteacher #elementarymusicteacher

I get quite annoyed everytime I see an email from the Iowa DOE and it says “Mathematics: The Only Subject That Counts”. I know it’s a play on words, but it grates at me.

Teachers, as you head back to school it is important to remember that there is such a thing as an earbud and such a thing as an AirPod. But there is no such thing as an ear pod.

I want to talk about trust and attachment in young children. And there’s no video here for good reason. Several of you have recently tagged me to ask my thoughts on trending videos depicting parents engaging in one appalling behavior or another - in pursuit, apparently, of

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I need a bulletin board idea for this top board, the bottom was decorated by a student teacher last year. Any ideas?

“I don’t have a musical bone in my body”. Wrong. “I can’t sing”. Wrong. “Music is too tricky for me”. Wrong. “It’s too late for me to start learning an instrument”. Wrong, wrong, wrong! Ignore what people might have said to you in the past. Music is for every single one of us.

Toxic Positivity: I Won’t Be A Human Candle: lttr.ai/AHeBN #ToxicPositivity #Teachergoals

𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗙𝗢𝗨𝗥. #Hawkeyes

TO THE 'SHIP. #Hawkeyes

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