"W/the kindest of motives, Ts offer lightning-fast rescues to struggling lrnrs." Xtra credit is often that rescue meant to save drowning lrnrs. XC undercuts motive to prsist. Combined w/1 time high-stakes grdng prac that report pnts for evrythng, it's no wonder lrns sit&wait 4 XC

From Joe Feldman's book About the commodity of grades: "We preach the gospel of learning but we make students genuflect to the altar of points"

Great perspective on late penalties--that we incentivize "on time" to the detriment of learning.

Joe's response to "If I stop giving points for homework they won't do it!" "Once teachers explicitly reconnect the purpose of homework--to practice and prepare for the assessment--to more successful results on the assessment, intrinsic motivation reawakens in students"

Questions we should be asking about homework: "Why do we give everyone the same task when we know learners differ?" "Why not empower students to design their own tasks? "Is it fair to penalize non-completion when home conditions vary?" Should kids work longer than an 8 hour day?"

Would we even need explicit SEL programs if we gave students more control over what and how they learn--wouldn't much of SEL develop organically? How do they learn to self-regulate, problem-solve, and set goals when we micro-direct their learning?

NEW: Today I released a Surgeon General's Advisory on #YouthMentalHealth that calls our nation to action to address our #YouthMentalHealth crisis. surgeongeneral.gov/ymh [1/7]

Scott McLeod Paul Schlangen (He/ Him) Matt Townsley Thomas Guskey Tom Schimmer John Hattie Susan Brookhart Cathy Vatterott Ken O'Connor Douglas Reeves Rick Wormeli Retention is not an intervention. See Hattie’s list of influences for the effect size from his meta analysis of this influence. Spoiler: it’s -.32. Not only is it not helpful, retention harms students. They don’t need more of what didn’t work, but instead intervention on skills.

China’s Ministry of Education is getting serious about reeling in the homework load and prioritizing sleep—very top-down but also very child-centered. Students get more sleep as workload reduced - Chinadaily.com.cn global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202112/23/WS…

Snow days persist even in an era of virtual learning—YES! washingtonpost.com/education/2022…

Quote from school official as they called a snow day without virtual learning: “ we believe that traditional snow days provide a memorable and much loved childhood experience for our students”. As well it should be!

If you interested in promoting student mental health, check out this national virtual event "State of the kids: Uniting for youth mental health" sponsored by ABC News and featuring nationally known experts on Tuesday March 22 @ 8pm EST beyondtheracetonowhere.org/state-of-the-k…

Parents, students, educators, concerned citizens - now is the time to spread HOPE.

If a student has money, there are booming businesses that will do their homework for them. Talk about an equity issue! MyAssignmentLab guarantees 100% original work so no fear of plagiarism. Lovely. techacute.com/answered-who-c…

#ELMagChat Students and teachers alike need more downtime, longer lunch breaks, and longer than 3 minutes in between classes. A block of non-academic time for students where they are free to just relax or visit teachers or work on homework.

#ELMagChat I can't say enough about Challenge Success--if you don't know it, it's a fantastic resource!

#ELMagChat A7 take time every day to connect with nature, exercise daily (even if only 10 minutes), connect with friends by text or phone every week, turn off all devices at least one hour before bedtime!

Started school this week. I have my students for multiple years. I know my eyes lit up when I saw them for the first time. What was absolutely beautiful was that their eyes reflected mine when they saw me! #edchat

via @NYTimes nytimes.com/2023/01/12/tec…

Inspiring read—a great program that gets disadvantaged kids into college! the74million.org/article/access…