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

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

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. 🔄 6/7

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. 5/7

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. 🤯 🧵1/7

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...

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.

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...

This week at the Copley Primary School #STEM club, we explored Snap Circuits! They made brilliant connections to previous learning and demonstrated excellent problem-solving skills whenever their circuits didn’t quite work as expected. The alarms and flying saucers were the most fun! #Edusky

Wow -hard to believe rules could be so rigid in sch that kids wear diapers to school b/c of lack of access to bathroom breaks so basic it seems almost ridiculous: Philly kids should have guaranteed access to bathrooms/drinking water during the school day. But despi… www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...

"Monkey Trials and Modern Truths: Revisiting the Scopes Trial 100 Years Later," featuring Edward J. Larson. www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2uw... #ScopesSunday

Post-college insights on being labeled “gifted” in K-12 -personal impacts and research blend in this narrative about “the dark side of gifted ed”

"If COVID-19 vaccines, which were widely administered during this period, were indeed causing mass deaths, a sustained and dramatic decrease in life expectancy would be expected, rather than the observed stabilization and subsequent recovery." techingitapart.substack.com/p/the-tale-t...

Postman’s Park in London has one of the best memorials in it. They have a wall of tiles naming people who died while trying to save others. My 80s kid brain feels vindicated by this particular tile. Clearly, quicksand was a real threat somewhere. At some point.

So many districts and some states making moves right now to focus on paths to learning that develop lifelearning competencies and deep important knowledge vs superficial, temporal test-only learning. Learning can be challenging, accessible, and interesting. Mi, Nv, Ky are a few of those on the move.

reflective question that @irasocol asks people with whom we work and one worth asking staff at the end of every school year: ” what learning questions and conversations are you having now that you weren’t having at the beginning of the year in your work with colleagues and with students?” #EduSky

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What a privilege to start my day with a transatlantic dialogue w/ @rethinkingjames.bsky.social and end it with a transpacific conversation w/ Gene Flenady & Robert Sparrow of Monash University in Melbourne!

Worth the read - some eye popping data contrasted here “The disengagement gap: Why student engagement isn’t what parents expect” www.brookings.edu/articles/the... #EduSky @humanrestorationproject.org @tandylott.bsky.social @jbathon.bsky.social @scottmcleod.bsky.social @irasocol.bsky.social

If you’ve taught middle school, you know that a classroom filled with young adolescents can transform from chill to rowdy in seconds. 🌪️ These innovative attention-getting strategies can help restore calm. (Try them now, or keep them in your back pocket for next year!) 🧵1/6 #EduSky #MiddleSchool

“Bloom Library” Is An Excellent Source Of Accessible Online Books In Many Languages larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2025/06/04/b...

Lindsey Graham’s had decades to fix healthcare. Instead, he tried to repeal it. I’ll protect it, expand it, and make sure no one in South Carolina has to go without it.

Really? a sad state for schools — The Elizabethtown School Board in Pa passed a school budget which sees a 2.5% tax increase and cuts in several areas, including funding for middle, high school library books. www.fox43.com/article/news... #EduSky

Good morning #EduSky as the sch year winds down, some children go home to parents struggling to make ends meet, w/addiction issues, anger,mental illness. Kids may take on full-time adult responsibilities while dealing w neglect and abuse. Summer slide is not just academic. Stay in touch if you can.

They look so tired after laying there on their backs. Thanks for helping them.🙏

Breaking: HHS is canceling a $600 million contract with Moderna to develop, test, and license vaccines for flu strains that could trigger future pandemics, including the dangerous H5N1 bird flu virus.

💛📚#TLSkyChat Q6 is LIVE!💛📚 How have STEM materials and activities ignited creativity within your library program? For more information visit: tlskychat.com

Congestion pricing in New York City continues to impress. The NYT reports that 80,000 fewer cars are entering lower Manhattan each month, crashes are down 14%, the speed of all bus routes through the zone are up, and vehicle noise complaints have dropped by half. @emmbadger.bsky.social

Three Accessible Ways To Search For & Find My “Best” Lists larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2025/05/27/t...

If you had just won American Idol what would you do? This PE tchr winner from MIss went back to his students, elem “family” - and bus duty! entertainmentnow.com/american-ido... #EduSky #TeachersMakeADifference

So in the next two weeks I'll be recording episodes with... @stimpunks.org @heymrsbond.com @rethinkingjames.bsky.social AND Gene Flenady & Robert Sparrow (Monash University, Melbourne, AU) A very interesting summer release schedule is on the way! #EduSky

"A project in the UK which included young people designing their own play spaces has led to what researchers say is the highest increase in children’s physical activity ever recorded by an intervention of its kind." (Shared by @irasocol.bsky.social) www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Are you looking to make an IMPACT in the classroom? Today, I am excited to announce the launching of my new book, IMPACT STANDARDS: Designing District Systems that Power K-12 Learning. teachercast.net/standards #EduSky #EDU #Education #K12 #ImpactStandards

Our expert judges arrived and scored the mazes in our final day the of The Fifth Annual Great Marble Maze Challenge

hard to see a beloved elem tchr leave tching, especially a fantastic PE educator but pursuing his dream to sing professionally is a different kind of amazing model for children who he served so well at Crestwood Elem in Meridian, Ms-congrats to American Idol winner Jamal Roberts! #EduSky #PEmatters

“Taking Science Outside” — an interesting article exploring how outdoor learning boosts creativity, wellbeing and social skills, and how we can support primary trainee teachers to feel confident teaching beyond the classroom. www.ase.org.uk/resources/jo... #edusky #eduskyprimary #primaryscience

What defines a #BlueSky #EduSky moment for you? For me in schools, it’s the bonds we build with learners and each other … the DNA of learning begins with connection, community, care… these allow learners to flourish when faced with challenge, rigor, complexity in their work 1/2