G.S.M - Global Society of the Minds. We seek truth, we want clarity, we have vision, and our minds never stop thinking! 🧠 🌟
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AI can erase the market value of my writing but not its personal value. The act of writing still means something to me. Putting words together to think & learn makes me feel human. If you want to feel human, try to write something.
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Every time I run across this statistic, it just blows my mind.
ALT A screenshot that explains that US teachers spend about 20% more time in face-to-face instruction each week than other nations.
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Six core ingredients for powerful questioning in the classroom 💡❓ – at Hackney, London
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Teachers who choose to stay in the classroom over moving to administration are leaders too! Honor their choice, dedication, & professionalism. Effective leaders actually embrace this choice and leverage their talents and expertise to benefit the whole school.
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The study’s findings were clear that comprehension strategy instruction is far more effective when, as the authors put it, “background knowledge instruction is included.”
#KnowledgeMatters forbes.com/sites/nataliewexl…
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Double tap if you agree that when you hold your students to high standards, they can and will do the work! 💙
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This idea—that a teacher should only teach for a few minutes before setting kids loose to transition through a maze of stations full of glitter, glue, and razzmatazz—is a glossy, inefficient, ineffective use of class time.
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"The Finnish Education System is the best in the world." - Everyone
"I can explain exactly why that is." - No one.
Well, what if I could tell you exactly why? It'd be worth at least 2 minutes of your time.
A quick thread 🧵👇
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There's a new book by elementary teacher @LindsayKemeny. It provides many good ideas for HOW to teach reading. Specific things teachers can DO. There's a clear explanation of the WHY. Lots of citations to research. Not about any one program.
shop.scholastic.com/teachers…
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And you can !
And you will !
At the PLC Institute with my colleagues. We're determined to transform our school. 😄 @SolutionTree #atplc #collaborative #teamwork
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Only 14% of 8th graders read on their own almost every day, according to the NAEP--a new low.
One reason? A focus on teaching comprehension "skills" has drained the joy from reading.
And it hasn't boosted comprehension.
More in my latest Forbes post:
forbes.com/sites/nataliewexl…
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Here's a list of 50 useful sentences for excellent academic writing.
It will take 5 minutes to add these to your dissertation:
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New study of early-elementary writing found that simply providing time for students to write (w/o explicit instruction in writing) resulted in no growth in handwriting, writing quality, or attitude towards writing
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