Edu. M.A. Teach Plus Fellow-Alum. Peace Corps šøš³. I talk about education, running, nature, baked goods, parenting, and health. My views are mine alone.
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Gretchen retweeted
āThe largest evaluation of an instructional coaching program to date, published this month in the journal @EEPAjournal found no benefits to either teacher retention or student test scores from an intensive, expensive teacher-coaching model used in hundreds of schools.ā
A Major Teacher-Coaching Program Flopped. What Went Wrong? edweek.org/teaching-learningā¦
Gretchen retweeted
If you didn't come from a family of readers, make sure a family of readers comes from you.
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What could be more progressive than wanting to improve education outcomes and life opportunities for disadvantaged children?
Teaching and Learning Reform: Emily Hanford's SOLD A STORY 2 is out to challenge progressive pedagogy. Will it empower parents and spark a sea change? #edreform edweek.org/teaching-learningā¦
Gretchen retweeted
PLEASE take 5 minutes to fill out the form.
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(Deadline extended to the 15th)
Gretchen retweeted
I think one of the biggest issues facing public education right now is that most of the employees are not satisfied in their jobs. Itās really challenging to run a successful organization with that many unhappy people. And at the end of the day, the students lose out. Start by addressing this and things might possibly get better. But any other efforts will fall short if the staff are unhappy.
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If the response to a student throwing a chair is to ask whether the teacher made the lesson engaging enough, I'd like to know how boring a faculty meeting has to get before the same logic applies.
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This is your daily reminder that language in children's books is significantly richer than language in our daily conversations with children.
If you want your kids to have a large vocabulary going into school, you must read to them.
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What are the most effective methods of improving student achievement? An NYT investigation.
For me, the data point in the bottom left quadrant is absolutely critical to understanding why student achievement goes wrong so often: teachers making up their own curriculum.
nytimes.com/2026/09/28/upshoā¦
Gretchen retweeted
First new iron mine in the US in 50 years opened in northern Minnesotaā¦
Hey kids, study geology, chemistry, & physics!
Gretchen retweeted
This is from a teacher who had the courage to speak up at a school board meeting. The highlighted statement is what really resonated with me.
Superintendents- if your teachers, APs, and Principals stopped working unpaid hours, would your district fall apart?
Gretchen retweeted
Educational leadership conferences are largely a scam focused on vague platitudes and inspirational mumbo jumbo, when the average principal believes in a long list of bad ideas that include emphasizing anything but the instruction that will get kids to learn the material.
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New Pisa data pours cold water on the notion that AI in the classroom will make kids smarterā¦ on average children who use AI to do tasks in class perform 20 points worse than kids who donāt
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It's often said that stories are psychologically privileged, but I have always thought that this would be easier to do in science than in mathematics. Here's a study that confirms my prejudice: bit.ly/4gSEdqi
Gretchen retweeted
āhappyā Labor Day to the teachers lesson planning nights & weekends, those working 2 jobs, those paying out of pocket for their classroom supplies, those caring for other peopleās children all day & going home exhausted to their own children at night, you deserve better
Gretchen retweeted
Schools are shifting away from full novels to excerpts to prep students for state exams and accommodate lower stamina for reading. chalkbeat.org/newyork/2026/0ā¦
