Their music, a symbol of the democratic movement in #Belarus, enjoyed immense popularity. Today, the talented musicians of TorBand received sentences ranging from 7.5 to 9 years in jail. One of them, Yauhen Burlo, urgently requires surgery due to his declining health.

Didn’t Jesus say something about feeding the hungry and clothing the needy? Why do these people rattle on about Christianity but ignore the words of its leader? Diane Ravitch

God damn. That’s a leader.

So interesting!

Austrian-German weightlifter Matthias Steiner is a one-of-a-kind fighter. Steiner was married in 2005 to his wife Susan, his biggest supporter. Steiner then decided it was time to retire from weightlifting, but she pushed him to continue. Steiner promised to compete in the 2008

Native American land loss in the USA

What are the things to think about when having students engage in classroom conversations? #ISDBears23

Every. Word. Of. This. I don’t care if you like Hillary or not, do yourself a favor and spend 8 minutes learning something.

Dylan Wiliam Dylan Wiliam UCL Institute of Education discusses research on #feedback, its impact on task performance, peer feedback and why we need to provide feedback that improves the learner, and not only the work they submit for assessment faculti.net/putting-learne… #teachers #school #learning

A father at a Virginia Beach schoolboard meeting just laid out why anti LGBTQ+ laws in school are wrong.

How does one operationalize empathy? #ISDBears23

There’s something in the literature called “one’s lived life” and the importance of believing those stories that are shared with us #ISDBears23

Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all dianeravitch.net

An author or public figure whose work on topic X I love says something about topic Y that incenses me. Do I feel disappointed/betrayed and stop recommending that person's work? Or do I say, "Huh. If someone I respect takes that view, maybe I should rethink my own position on Y"?

I have been intrigued with the idea of vulnerability in our conversations. The theory suggests that being vulnerable in our conversation requires us to listen more carefully in order that we may learn something from another. #ISDBears23

Must-see holiday commercial from Chevrolet. This will be the best five minutes you spend today. Warning: Be prepared to cry.

"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." –Justice Louis Brandeis

I love Jim Knight’s suggestion that we use cards at the end of class so that each student responds to the question “do you feel safe in this class?” #ISDBears23