Ed reform can "place blame on people of color for making bad 'choices' & push teachers of color out of the profession" edwin mayorga #TLSI2016

A lot of edwin mayorga's comments are echoing conversations we've had at #TLSI2016: race and capitalism, the value of personalized learning . .

"Educators are professional community workers" -edwin mayorga #TLSI2016

Schools should be community hubs, but are often fortresses within communities, says edwin mayorga #TLSI2016

Solidarity instead of unity: Solidarity is an active practice of recognizing and working through difference. edwin mayorga #TLSI2016

How do we approach communities when we are outsiders? "with an open hand and thick skin" says edwin mayorga #TLSI2016

What teacher leadership looks like at the city or district level. #TLSI2016

Our panel on "Sustaining Our Passion" #TLSI2016

Jessie explains that as an asst. principal, she teaches a class in order to keep her vital and sustaining connections to kids. #TLSI2016

Teaching is "the most revolutionary thing you can do," says Amber. #TLSI2016

"Energy creates energy," says Sam Reed III. What creates energy in your teaching life? #TLSI2016

Tchrs aren't allowed to be intellectuals, and students are taught to answer questions instead of raising them, says @marshapincus. #TLSI2016

Teach in a way that allows you "walk into your classroom with wonder" at what your students will bring, says @marshapincus. #TLSI2016

The dark moments in teaching: "when students show ourselves to ourselves" and make us cringe, force us to grow. @marshapincus #TLSI2016

As teachers, we don't have enough spaces to talk about our blind spots, to hold up mirrors to ourselves. @marshapincus #TLSI2016

What a wonderful group of Fellows! #TLSI2016

#DNCinPHL don't forget #phled, where budget cuts and bad policies - From Democrats and Republicans - have decimated schools

Journalists, if you need to talk with some quotable and inspirational Philly teachers, get at me #phled #DNCinPHL

Thanks Kathleen Melville for the invitation to 2017 Teachers Lead Philly summer institute; more here: teachersleadphilly.org/index.html #PhilWP30 #PHLed

Hey #phled, want to engage kids in election and a chance to win $? Check out this program from the Free Library of Philadelphia: libwww.freelibrary.org/explore/guide/…