“An educator in a system of oppression is either a revolutionary or an oppressor.” - Lerone Bennett Jr. (views are mine and mine alone)
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It is sort of genius though 😬 the hypocrisy laid bare in how we romanticise historical protesters & revolutions that have got us to where we are today - even the very violent ones - but hate anything that inconveniences us now
.@juststop_oil protestors halted a performance of Les Misérables at the Sondheim Theatre during the climax of act one tonight. bit.ly/3to3T9y
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For decades, schools have applied a de facto “don’t ask, don’t tell” grading policy in which admin don’t ask how teachers create grades & teachers don’t share.
The result: Schools aren’t really sure what grades really represent. This is problematic from a data perspective.
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Senator Blackburn took $1.25 million from the NRA.
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Uncomfortable truth: Students use apps to cheat because the system grades based on "right answers" and compliance, instead of encouraging intellectual curiosity. If we truly want students to stop cheating, we need to dismantle the system that rewards them for it.
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If you’re afraid that books might change someone’s thinking, you’re not afraid of books, you’re afraid of thinking.
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"You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive."
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To ask teachers to be on the front line of mass shootings, the front line of a pandemic, and the front line of the struggle against inequality all while underpaying them and systematically underfunding the education system is both cruel and a recipe for societal collapse.
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Let's do a comparison between this and the worst MNPS building. – at Nashville, TN
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It's absurd when people say, "Why are teachers sharing anything about their personal lives?!" to try to silence LBGTQ+ Ts.
Ever spend 9 months every day with someone who didn't reveal anything about their life?
No, you haven't because they're a serial killer and you'd be dead.
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Back in February, a church in Tennessee made a large bonfire and burned books.
Two months later, a legislator on the House floor said he would burn books deemed inappropriate in school libraries.
So, that’s Tennessee right now.
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Real learning loss is:
- students not having a teacher because they resigned.
- students having teachers who are burnt out.
- students having teachers who are struggling to survive so they have to work another job.
- students not having the resources that they need.
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It’s very difficult being an introverted educator because you have to force yourself to be “on” every day. Almost every aspect of your work involves doing the thing that requires most of your energy - interacting with people.
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Important reminder to all school admin: You work for your staff-not the other way around. If you pull into your school every day thinking everyone works for YOU, you’re in the wrong position.
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So proud of and inspired by our @JTMooreMS writers!
@JTM_IB students - who also are sisters - publish "A Middle Schooler’s Guide to Surviving Quarantine: Tips, Tricks, and Ways to Stay Sane in These Hard Times."
mnps.org/blog/2020/12/15/mid… 👏👏👏
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getting a comprehensive guide to K-12 shit-stirring from @MsB_MEd right now. sometimes you're like "okay I know what my values are, but can I really implement those and stand up for them while keeping my job? do people actually do thos?"
they do. it's really hard, but they do.