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Kindergarten Teacher. Perpetual Learner. Evidence-Based Instruction Enthusiast. Fighter for Good in this World.{she.her.hers} ๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿปโ€๐Ÿซ๐Ÿ“šโค๏ธ๐ŸŒŽโœŠ๐Ÿผ

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This. Thank you, Nate.

I am seeing a lot of takes from edu-folks (notably many, but not all, donโ€™t work in disability or special education) saying that Trumpโ€™s threats to dismantle the DOE and public education are not as big and scary as theyโ€™re made out to be.
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12.11.2024 16:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Same. Chaotic. Per usual. ๐Ÿ˜‚

11.01.2024 23:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ˜ฌ๐Ÿ˜ฌ๐Ÿ˜ฌ like you said, ramifications for years to come

04.12.2023 21:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I never believed for a moment the committee would do the right thing. ๐Ÿ˜’

03.12.2023 18:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm thinking a lot about a post on the other place disparaging the "science of learning" and how it isn't a thing. And, while it's a murky term with multiple disciplines and learning is hard to research, we do need vocabulary to talk about the research on and practice of learning.

03.12.2023 13:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Science of Math ๐Ÿง ๐Ÿงฎ Progressively Incorrect Amanda VanDerHeyden
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

27.11.2023 04:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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And I'll re-state my original point by saying, in response to this passage, that we can, and should, do all of these things simultaneously. Of course we can acknowledge the role of politics in education, examine evidence critically, etc.

02.12.2023 15:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh itโ€™s okay,
Iโ€™m rooting for them too. ๐Ÿ˜‚Just not when they play Iowa State ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚

02.12.2023 18:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Main Idea Instruction | Shanahan on Literacy This blog entry explains why main idea instruction tends to be ineffective at raising reading achievement and explains the instructional features that do improve reading ability.

When teaching reading comp, don't give Ss questions about the main idea. This is an assessment tool, but not something that develops reading comp skills. Instead, teach Ss to summarize, analyze text structure, & paraphrase. Tim Shanahan explains: www.shanahanonliteracy.com/blog/why-mai...
#EduSky

02.12.2023 18:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Virginia will always have Tony Bennett and for that, they always win. ๐Ÿ˜‚

02.12.2023 18:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Fake smiling at hypocrisy

Fake smiling at hypocrisy

Emily Hanford researches for years to report on reading instruction. Her haters, โ€œsheโ€™s not even a teacher!โ€

NPO w/ not one person on their staff whoโ€™ve taught 25 1st graders how to read decides they know everything about early lit bc some staff taught MS and HS. This is okay bc โ€œtheyโ€™re teachersโ€๐Ÿ™„

02.12.2023 18:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A single chinstrap penguin is resting on its stomach on a rock with its eyes shut. A headline reads: "Penguins Take Thousands of Naps Every Day." Photo by Paul-Antoine Libourel.

A single chinstrap penguin is resting on its stomach on a rock with its eyes shut. A headline reads: "Penguins Take Thousands of Naps Every Day." Photo by Paul-Antoine Libourel.

Penguins are champion power nappers. They fall asleep thousands of times, each bout a few seconds long, over the course of a single day, researchers have found. It may be an adaptation to their noisy and crowded colonies. www.nytimes.com/2023/11/30/s...

30.11.2023 22:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 371    ๐Ÿ” 94    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 23    ๐Ÿ“Œ 113

๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚ best anecdote regarding gif elimination ๐Ÿ˜‚

29.11.2023 05:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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"Relentlessly on the side of all students" may be the nicest thing anyone's ever said about me. โค๏ธ

13.11.2023 02:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is so well-deserved!

Congratulations to Emily Hanford for articulating this important message, arming parents with the knowledge needed to challenge ineffective practice.

And showing teachers that there is another (effective) way.

Listen to the trailer:

open.spotify.com/episode/3PON...

25.11.2023 10:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Two parallel lines going up and to the right. Top line says "The age I considered "old"". The bottom line says "My age".

Two parallel lines going up and to the right. Top line says "The age I considered "old"". The bottom line says "My age".

My best explanation of parallel lines

19.11.2023 18:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 105    ๐Ÿ” 27    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

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