"Churches are good for prayer, but so are garages and cars and mountains and showers and dance floors." ~ANNE LAMOTT

If you’re a teacher… don’t assume your students know you care about them. You gotta show ‘em… every day. If you’re an administrator... don’t assume your teachers know you support them. You gotta show ‘em… every day.

"[Growing up,] there were always one or two kids whose friendship saved us, fed us, and one or two teachers who got us, who got it, who shared the truth that life was amazing but also hard and weird." ~ANNE LAMOTT

Watch to the end. The most optimistic thing I’ve seen in ages. If this tiny friend can make it across the abyss, and with such uncomplicated grace, so can we. (Nail for snail scale.)

Sometimes I wonder whether Virtual Reality has gotten so good that we’ve lost all urge to invent the actual reality that it imitates.

Students from #CreekWood High School enjoyed meeting and hearing great YA authors at #seya2019

BREAKING NEWS: A NYT article, echoing claims made on this feed, has stated correctly—for the first time—what the Mueller Report found: that by the standard used in counterintelligence cases, Trump's campaign conspired with Russia. Please RETWEET this news. nytimes.com/2019/04/25/opi…

Great things happen when you... 1. Enjoy your students. 2. Respect your students. 3. Challenge your students. 4. Listen to your students. 5. Believe in your students. 6. Learn from your students. 7. Encourage your students. #FutureDriven #JoyfulLeaders

This elderly man is Alan Dornan from Somerville, Massachusetts walks miles every single day with a sign that says "I walk for dreamers and all immigrants. He was just taken into custody by homeland security officers for civil disobedience. KNOW HIS NAME RETWEET THIS

The Holocaust was legal. Slavery was legal. Segregation was legal. People who hid Jews in their homes were criminalized. People who freed slaves were criminalized. People who stood up for equality and justice were criminalized. Legality is not a guide for morality!

Everyone agrees that the drop in NAEP reading scores is a call to action, but there’s no agreement on what action to take. I say, kids need to read more.

Police tried to arrest this man for eating a sandwich on a train platform

Increasingly, teachers are finding that a handful of students—shy kids, hyperactive kids, highly creative kids—are doing better with remote learning than they did in the classroom. Nora Fleming edutopia ow.ly/NjZn50zp7JU

Historians will debate this period for decades to come. Here's why we should all be keeping coronavirus journals ti.me/3eUciWl

“People who teach others to read or to navigate a library, who don’t give up on slow or challenged students, will get the best seats in heaven. I don’t know a lot, but I know this to be true.” ~ANNE LAMOTT

Sign outside the Chicago Bagel Authority on Belmont Avenue:

This says it all. Shout out to my colleagues working so hard during hard times. #CWHS

This little girl learned sign language so she could thank her local delivery driver and new friend Tim, who is deaf, for everything he does ❤️