passionate educator and coach with expertise in PBL, inquiry & STEM, @pblworks NF; photographer, traveler, San Diegan for life & lover of cheese

Raleigh, NC
Joined November 2008
Friends who work for someone, could you please help my colleague by completing this short (10 question) survey about organizational happiness? 😀 Thank you so much! forms.gle/AAMjfJRyUW6QPm8J6
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Erin Gannon retweeted
People with mental illnesses are more likely to be victims of violent crime than perpetrators—so when politicians like JD Vance & Donald Trump stigmatize people with mental health issues, they only cause more harm. #VPDebate
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It tells you everything that Vance emphasizes the difficulties faced by his wife as a “working mom” when he was a working dad to those exact same kids and appeared to face no difficulties.
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RT @AmyMcGrathKY: Which question do you think is more important? - Exactly which month were you in China 30 years ago? OR - Who won the…
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North Carolina, are you paying attention?
Did you know that the MAGA weirdo running to be North Carolina’s next governor has promised that our state’s elementary students will stop learning science and history if he’s elected? @markrobinsonNC has a whole lot more terrible ideas where that one came from! #ncpol #nced
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Proud of this blog I wrote! 😀 I’d be happy to help you think through your plan, Teacher Friends.
Our National Faculty, Erin Gannon, shares an intentional yearlong plan that led to cross-curricular PBL success. Read more about her process here bit.ly/2OjubRt and explore ways to implement this strategy this upcoming school year.
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This is a hill I will die on. These charts are the worst.
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This thread is sobering and so important for us all to understand, Educators.
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Hi @SnoopDogg, me C. double O K.I.E!
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Ooooh! Hey 3rd grade teachers - check this out. My students ♥️ all things Mathigon!
Division by Heart is now live at fluency.amplify.com along with Addition, Subtraction and Multiplication! Check out this FREE resource, made in partnership with @MathforLove, that helps students learn their math facts. Learn more by clicking on the "?" in the upper right.
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All of this! Bravo @CoryBooker! 🙌🏼
I was at the Republican National Convention yesterday. At the end of a press conference on behalf of the DNC and Biden campaign, I had some thoughts to share.
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Anyone else in my feed planning to read this? I’m up to chapter 10.
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This thing @TheAcademy is doing where they have former Oscar winners talk up the nominees is really well done. The writing and production tonight has been terrific. Laughter and tears through the whole darn show.
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Really @TheAcademy? Still trying to recover from Andrea Bocelli singing during the In Memoriam. 🥺♥️ – at Raleigh, NC
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She had me crying before she even won. Bravo, you amazing woman @DaVineJoy!
Congratulations to Da'Vine Joy Randolph for winning the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for 'The Holdovers'! #Oscars
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Fans of my Wild Robot books! The movie trailer was just released! Check it out! #TheWildRobotMovie #thewildrobot
Sometimes to survive, we must become more than we were programmed to be. Experience #TheWildRobotMovie coming soon to theaters! @universalpics @Lupita_Nyongo
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I just took action with @REI to urge Congress to support safer, greener schoolyards for students nationwide. Join me in taking #CooperativeAction and tell Congress to pass the Living Schoolyards Act now. rei.com/action/network/campa…
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Totally why I’m here… 🤦🏻‍♀️😏 – at Raleigh, NC
Everyone going towards Twitter to check if Instagram is down… #instagramdown
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This is so powerful. Cheering for you, Sara! 🩷 – at Raleigh, NC
Please for the love of God get your mammograms and do your self exams. I want you to thrive my sisters. 🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷
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Beautiful. ♥️
I Wish You Enough… At an airport, I overheard a father and daughter in their last moments together. They had announced her plane's departure and standing near the door, he said to his daughter, "I love you, I wish you enough.” She said, "Daddy, our life together has been more than enough. Your love is all I ever needed. I wish you enough, too, Daddy." They kissed good-bye, and she left. He walked over toward the window where I was seated. Standing there, I could see he wanted and needed to cry. I tried not to intrude on his privacy, but he welcomed me in by asking, "Did you ever say good-bye to someone knowing it would be forever?" "Yes, I have," I replied. Saying that brought back memories I had of expressing my love and appreciation for all my Dad had done for me. Recognizing that his days were limited, I took the time to tell him face to face how much he meant to me. So I knew what this man was experiencing. "Forgive me for asking, but why is this a forever good-bye?" I asked. "I am old, and she lives much too far away. I have challenges ahead, and the reality is her next trip back will be for my funeral," he said. "When you were saying good-bye, I heard you say, 'I wish you enough.' May I ask what that means?" He began to smile. "That's a wish that has been handed down from other generations. My parents used to say it to everyone." He paused for a moment, and looking up as if trying to remember it in detail, he smiled even more. "When we said 'I wish you enough,' we were wanting the other person to have a life filled with enough good things to sustain them," he continued, and then turning toward me, he shared the following as if he were reciting it from memory. "I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright. I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun more. I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive. I wish you enough pain so that the smallest joys in life appear much bigger. I wish you enough gain to satisfy your wanting. I wish you enough loss to appreciate all that you possess. I wish you enough 'Hellos' to get you through the final 'Good-bye.'" He then began to sob and walked away.
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