@ryan2smith

Learning by doing since ‘78.

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Dear kids, it was called MTV Unplugged and it was awesome.
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Peter Weller@mrbg7 Feb 2024
Our high school got rid of quarters five years ago. Instead we have rolling grades, which keeps a continuous average throughout the year. No more "end of quarter" last-ditch efforts to submit work. And because there is no "end," I can be more accommodating. #bfc530
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There are moments in your life that you realize you are surrounded by greatness! This happened Wednesday as I explored the @TxBSPI FUSE program. Grateful to learn from Andrew Kim, Ryan Smith, David Yeager, Melinda Dade, Jose Parra, Marc Levesque, & Catherine Janda! #WWWay
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Take a listen as Patrick Boylan, a Round Rock High School Chemistry Teacher, describes a few of the current challenges teachers are experiencing in the classroom. The truth is, Round Rock ISD salaries are below the average for school districts in the area. youtu.be/QzqWsT_bTyw?feature…
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How to be more alive – Hermann Hesse on wonder and the proper aim of education themarginalian.org/2023/07/0…

How to Be More Alive: Hermann Hesse on Wonder and the Proper Aim of Education

“While wandering down the path of wonder, I briefly escape the world of separation and enter the world of unity.”

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UPDATED PROPOSITION A FAQs: New questions and answers have been added to the Prop A FAQ website. roundrockisd.org/prop-a-2023… Q: Why does the ballot state that the District will be increasing its maintenance and operations tax revenue this year by $0? 1/4
Round Rock ISD Prop A VATRE 2023

ALT Round Rock ISD Prop A VATRE 2023

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We are re-sharing our recent handout explaining what various STAAR scoring levels mean and showing that 75 percent of Texas students passed the reading STAAR in 2022. #txlege #txed
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Thank you to the bipartisan group of 54 legislators who voiced concerns about TEA's dramatic, retroactive changes to the methodology used to rate high schools in the A-F system. It will cause some schools' ratings to drop, even if their actual performance improves. #txlege #txed
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TASAnet@tasanet20 May 2023
With just over a week remaining in the 88th legislative session, we call on the Texas Senate to fund Texas public schools, not voucher schemes. Full statement: tasanet.org/fund-texas-publi…
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As the House Public Ed Committee nears a vote on the SB 8 voucher bill, remember that vouchers are fiscally irresponsible. They provide no oversight for taxpayers and they cost more than projected. Tell your State Rep to stand up for public schools. OPPOSE SB 8. #txlege #txed
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If you agree with Texas educators that the #txlege should keep school funding even with inflation, please take less than a minute to tell them so now – and share this link with everyone you know who supports #txed. p2a.co/mlOGicT
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Please help Anna out. She's doing her dissertation research on math teachers' opinions about acceleration. This will be useful data for us to have as a community. Please share it with your math colleagues.
Anna M. Payne@drannampayne29 Apr 2023
Collecting data for #dissertation regarding #iteachmath 👩‍🏫thoughts on accelerating students. Please help! Looking for a large number of participants. 📊 #mtbos tinyurl.com/2s3cn3ez
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How to disappear – the art of listening to silence in a noisy world themarginalian.org/2019/10/1…

How to Disappear: The Art of Listening to Silence in a Noisy World

“Silence is the presence of time undisturbed.”

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Essentially the argument in favor of school vouchers in the Texas Senate right now isn't about what's good for kids. It's about what would be good for Republican legislators: Bragging rights about a voucher program at national legislative conferences #TxLege
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The 4-pt scale can lead to greater accuracy & reliability in grading. @tguskey clearly made this case a decade ago in his article "The Case Against Percentage Grades" tguskey.com/wp-content/uploa…
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Texas doesn't need vouchers esp during a pandemic, teacher shortage, & w/ unfixed safety concerns. We need to invest in public schools, not divest & create a more inefficient & inequitable system @TexasAFT @pastors4txkids @EducateTexas @dsknight84 @txascd wacotrib.com/opinion/columni…
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Alan Alda
@alanalda17 Sep 2022
Mike Farrell and I today toasting the 50th anniversary of the show that changed our lives - and our brilliant pals who made it what it was. MASH was a great gift to us.
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Excellent points by my colleagues @DrDeMatt @dsknight84. Money matters for all schools but particularly for these schools located in communities with low resources.
David DeMatthews@DrDeMatt28 Aug 2022
Forget campus A-F ratings for a min. What should we rate our state leaders when TX schools serving urban/rural low-income kids are inadequately funded & often staffed w/ the least experienced & effective teachers? "F" @TexasAFT @pastors4txkids @MALDEF wacotrib.com/opinion/columni…

David S. Knight and David DeMatthews: Texas public schools are at a tipping point

The Texas Education Agency recently released school and district ratings for the first time since 2019, and there has been some improvement, but a longstanding trend persists. Many schools in

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We're hiring full & part-time teachers. #ItStartsWithUs 🩺 $0 health insurance for employee 🦷 Dental 👁 Vision 🧠 Mental Health & RX Services 🩼 Disability 🛟 Life Insurance 🧒 Daycare ❤️‍🩹 Wellness & EAP 👏 Unmatched professional development. APPLY 👉ow.ly/K5s550KtVvQ
It starts with us. Round Rock ISD.

ALT It starts with us. Round Rock ISD.

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"Trying to build happiness on a foundation of ego is like trying to build a tower on quicksand." –Pamela Gayle White #DailyDharma
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