@pammoran1.bsky.social
I’m for 21st learning spaces - and they exist everywhere. Retired, rewired school superintendent and now Ex Dir of the Va School Consortium for Learning and a lead with SocolMoran Partners. co-author Timeless Learning
in a Va School Consortium for Learning workshop today on increasing rigor of thinking in the classroom w @skiptylermath.bsky.social and Eric Rhoades - Skip asked the group, in your classroom who is doing the thinking and who is doing the talking? The question of today! #edusky #reasoningroutines
Va Educators: The fab Eric Rhoades/Skip Tyler team is facilitating a Va Scl Consortium for Learning (VaSCL) workshop on Nov 11. The workshop will help participants implement strategies to engage students in rigorous thinking ala Va's newly revised SOLs. Space still open! #changethestory #vaeducators
This was so fun to contribute to. Thank you so much for including me!
Amazing project so proud to be a small part of it and I’m especially proud to amplify the voices of our students in the writing
Real Learning Real Accomplishment features 19 authors including @lusettlesyoung.bsky.social @mikelubelfeld.bsky.social @briankcreasman.bsky.social @imcraddock.bsky.social and many more voices including students #edusky www.amazon.com/Real-Learnin...
Real Learning Real Accomplishment is written by authors describing how they transform states, districts, schls, classrooms so kids in diverse demographic & geographic spaces get real, engaging, connected learning & can show learning evidence not just scores www.amazon.com/Real-Learnin... #edusky
A pleasure to edit Real Learning Real Accomplishment w/ @irasocol.bsky.social authors rep state, superintendent,central innovation team, principal, teacher,student voices from East to West w/a few stops in between. They said make it inexpensive so we did! www.amazon.com/Real-Learnin... #EduSky
@librarianlittle.bsky.social thanks for the follow Hannah!
@missblovessci.bsky.social started my career as a middle school science teacher - as good as it gets when it comes to kids with enthusiasm!!!!! #sciencematters #scienceteachers
@nshlh.bsky.social thanks for the follow — my 13 year stint as a superintendent were just the best of times -despite the challenges. #superintendentsmatter
Huge congrats to @pammoran1.bsky.social & @irasocol.bsky.social for assembling a team of nearly two dozen educators and school leaders to document their path toward transformative school change in 'Real Learning, Real Accomplishment: Schools that Work for Kids.'
We're honored to do our part. 😁
how cool is this for high school librarians across the US! please share — www.theatlantic.com/press-releas... #schoolLibrarian #skybrarian #tlchat #highschool #superlibrarians @imcraddock.bsky.social @schoollibraries.bsky.social @slj.com
love this post @deannamascle.bsky.social learning is a process and product of passion - we are born passionate learners and determined to do big things —
First day of tching - what do you do? I pulled a snake out of a pillowcase (kind of inquiry lesson) and almost got fired. The principal said”if I fired you, how would you ever learn to tch?” And, I gained a mentor for life. #firstday 4/4
First days of school - what do you do? A fav middle school tchr asked kids if they could learn to make anything, what would it be? spirited discussion about money, music, and food #firstday 3/4
First days of school- what do you do? A fav high school physics tcher took classes outside to observe tools being used to accomplish tasks - not an overview of syllabus but a lesson in observing phenomena 2/4 #firstday
First days of school- what do you do? A fav 4th grade tchr called or wrote notes home to every students sharing a strength she had noted about every one of her children. 1/4 #firstday
Do we place students in special education rooms because they need that to learn—or because it feels more convenient? Time to reflect. #LeadInclusion #UDL #EduSky #EdChat #TeacherTwitter
If students forget what we teach, it may be a sign that we need to build stronger connections to help them hold on to it. 🪢
Memory isn’t built by covering content once—it comes through retrieving, connecting, using, and revisiting over and over, until it sticks. 🔄
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After teaching a concept, challenge students to use it in a mini-task: sketch a quick cartoon 🧑🎨, draft a fake text message or tweet 📱, or explain the concept to a younger student 💬.
Ask them to create, connect, or solve using the skill—the goal is not to summarize the concept but use it.
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Without reinforcement, we forget almost everything we learn, @cathleenbeachbd.bsky.social writes.
Decades of research show that unless an effort is made to retain new information, 50% of new info disappears within an hour, 75% is gone by the next day, & up to 90% fades away within a week. 🤯
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Excited to share my recent article published on @edutopia.org! It doesn't take much to start to shift practice towards a more shared culture of teaching and learning in our math classrooms. #MTBOS #elemmathchat #iteachmath #edusky #mathsky
www.edutopia.org/article/stud...
thank you for keeping this conference growing, thriving, and pushing us all to expand our horizons about what’s possible when we make learners a key voice in their learning
Teaching students how to break a project into manageable pieces can:
🤝 Build collaboration and problem-solving skills
🎒 Increase student ownership
🌼 Cultivate rich classroom community
@criticalskills1.bsky.social and Nelia Rath share a how-to guide.
#EduSky #PBL #MiddleSchool #HighSchoolTeacher
“What’s your next brilliant move?” watching vid from McKinsey& am reminded when anyone whether an educational leader, small business owner, or corporate CEO works with team to translate bold vision into action, amazing transformation happens - worth the watch www.linkedin.com/posts/mckins... #EduSky
Play isn't just fun. Researchers argue it can help you adapt to difficult circumstances, collaborate better and problem-solve. We'll help you figure out your play personality and how to prioritize play in your life.
@markwestonphd.bsky.social gorgeous!!
truth @annemariepace.bsky.social
Just awful: A 75-year-old man just died in ICE custody, ICE has revealed in a notice to Congress.
But here's the rub: This man, a Cuban national, was first paroled into the US in 1966—nearly 60 years ago! They were set to deport him anyway.
Details in my new piece:
newrepublic.com/article/1974...
Watching proposed reductions to Medicaid roll forward- & remembering how valuable Medicaid reimbursements to school districts for covered services to students such as PT & so much more was when it was first approved. This is approved list for reimbursement in Va www.doe.virginia.gov/programs-ser...