Chris Dickerson

Probably my worst quality is that I get very passionate about what I think is right. -Hillary Clinton

[Chris Dickerson @ChrisSDickerson]

Yes! I have been thinking so much lately about teachers gatekeeping opportunities or lowering expectations of reading (and writing) under the claim of wanting students to love it.

This-> “they can still learn to love reading - if their teachers love the readers that they ARE”

[EvidentlyReading @EvidentlyR]

I've been thinking about what teachers mean when they say, "I want kids to love reading," or "I want kids to 'be readers.'"

Because they mean a very specific, culturally-constructed type of love that looks a certain way. It looks like a mirror of these teachers. (1/9)

[Dr. Neighborhood Publicist @nhoodpublicist]

Lmaoo I did not expect her to go this hard

[retrocvnt @retrocvnty]

Movie taste is so important to me because imagine marrying someone that doesn’t know where this is from

[Chris Taber @edulorechris]

Is it controversial to say that I think over half of all teacher instructional time should be scripted?

Scripted direct instruction would reduce teacher workload and improve student outcomes (in most schools).

Comment your thoughts below…

[Dejeen Salih @DSalih62742]

So peaceful @MNPS_kidshealth @NormanBinkley #Mnpswellnessweek2025

[Susan Bingham @bingham_su40674]

Peaceful performance for Kindergarten
Thank you The Laos Performers!
@MNPS_kidshealth
@NormanBinkleyES
#mnpswellnessweek2025

[The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller]

⚡️JUST NOW: The cruel @WilliamLamberth bill to block undocumented kids from schools across 🇺🇸 interrupted by the Lord’s prayer, until trooper escorted clergy and others out

It passed Gov ops 8-7 (@RepFaison joined the Dems against)

[James A. Furey @JamesAFurey]

If your professional identity as a teacher is built on being "relatable," then you've really misunderstood the mission. You're not a camp counselor and you're not their friend.

Kids don't need an overgrown best friend (they don't like you that much anyway, trust me), they need adults who demand excellence and, more importantly, model it.

[MoonPie @MoonPie]

Effective immediately

[Zach Groshell @MrZachG]

Sort of unbelievable that a school can let their kindergarten teachers decide how “academic” they want to be based on some personal philosophy or preference and then reshuffle the students in the next grade, forcing G1 teachers and every teacher thereafter to pick up the pieces.

[Belmont University @BelmontUniv]

From Arkansas to China to Nashville, Chris Dickerson '17, MAT '20 is changing lives through literacy education. Now he's been named to @ILAToday's 2025 "30 Under 30" list! Read this alumnus’ story: https://t.co/AJsMSAbDUx #ThatsOurBruin

[The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller]

WATCH: “If that money’s available, why is it not already in teachers’ paychecks?”

WILSON COUNTY superintendent Jeff Luttrell lights up @GovBillLee for trying to bribe teachers to back his vouchers scam with a $2000 bonus.

[Emily Hanford @ehanford]

Have you ever heard of a school system making a documentary about why it's changing the way it teaches reading? https://t.co/Tz2f6RIf4M

[Emily Hanford @ehanford]

"The question now is whether Calkins is so much a part of the problem that she cannot be part of the solution. 'I’m going to figure this out. And I’m going to clarify it or I’m going to write some more or speak or do something or, or—fix it.' But can she? Can anyone?"

[Kamala Harris @KamalaHarris]

Live from New York, it's Saturday night.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Walz: A paper said, 'this guy might be the poorest guy to run for V.' I'm not poor but I lived on a teacher's salary. Thank god I was in a union. I didn't expect to get rich but I didn't take an oath of poverty and I sure as hell don't want someone like Trump crapping on my job

[Dana Goldberg @DGComedy]

Jesus Christ. Listen, if your drop your kid off a boy and he comes back a girl, take that child back to school because you took home the wrong child. Enough of this bullshit! Teachers can’t even give your kid an Advil without parental consent.

[The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller]

WATCH: Inside Politics says Marsha Blackburn didn’t reply to their invitation and asks her Democratic opponent @VoteGloriaJ, “Why won’t Marsha show up and debate?”

GLORIA: It ain’t easy to defend her record!
https://t.co/0EwckALoE5