🧵1/? This is a cautionary tale. Throwing out one curriculum and swapping it in for a new one is not it. Leaders....are you listening? chalkbeat.org/newyork/2023/1…

🧵 2/? No curriculum is perfect. Every one will need modifications. And curricular products are $$$. One of the ways NYC afforded this is by disbanding literacy coaching. Read that again. chalkbeat.org/newyork/2023/7…

SPECIAL EDUCATION DOESN'T MEAN THAT A STUDENT IS INCAPABLE OF LEARNING. IT MEANS THAT THEY MAY NEED DIFFERENT SUPPORTS IN ORDER TO SUCCEED. #education #teachers #leadership #sped #autism #teachertwitter

“Now students are intimidated by anything over 10 pages and seem to walk away from readings of as little as 20 pages with no real understanding.” This seems so obvious but kids need to read whole length books, and have whole books read to them, with support, regularly.

My curriculum not the reason kids can’t read illinoistimes.com/news-opinion/m… via Illinois Times

UDL is not a pedagogy - it's a way of life. If you see value in every human being, you universally design your life... to include all. #teachertwitter #teacher

New study on the value of small group strategy instruction for comp (inference): 1. Identify a skill 2. Plan a series of strategies that offer "how to"s 3. Instruct and guide practice in a small group, provide feedback as students work

To learn more about the research, read the full article here: edut.to/3UR65QF 12/12

Should We Teach With Decodable Text? What Does the Science of Reading Say? shanahanonliteracy.com/blog/should-we…

This remarkable book comes out tomorrow! Corwin Carl Anderson

🙌🏻 Want to put some new small-group instructional strategies into action in the new school year? Use my template: “5 Strategies for the Teacher-led Station” ➡️ bit.ly/48ZxDtt #StationRotation #EdChat #EduTwitter #EduChat #EdTech

Why do many teachers find professional development (PD) ineffective, boring or worse? PD is typically presented by people trained in pedagogy but not in andragogy, which focuses on engaging adults through relevant, practical, and experience-based methods. See the difference:

From @tlnwilkinson: “Stealing awesome ideas like this is the best part of social media. Best morning work ever!!”

@GaabLab Enough. This is insane. Such misplaced anger and energy. The complexity of the problem is so far beyond this kind of knee jerk response. Yes, there’s a problem. No. One lady and a publishing company did not cause it. 😡😡😡 ~retired elem teacher and mom to “different learners”

Every year my mom gives my kids an ornament. I have them on display in a glass case during the holidays. #PD4uAndMe

I host a traditional Italian Christmas Eve dinner every year with different kinds of fish. #PD4uAndMe

ELD is sacred. It should not be optional and although phonics is important (and always has been) phonics should not take over ELD time. 👇🏽

The second edition of the ELL Teacher’s Toolbox is amazing! This is a resource I can’t recommend enough to educators of multilingual learners. Larry Ferlazzo & KHullSyp

You've probably heard of "because, but, so" in English instruction. Is there an equivalent for teaching #science? In this post, Ben Rogers 🦄 champions the use of "as, when, while" for understanding scientific thinking. Check in out: bit.ly/4kiNEiu