Mary Greco Ellis

Wife, mother, teacher; live for books📚

[Mary Greco Ellis @MaryGrecoEllis1]

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[Bradley W. Carpenter @Brad_Carpenter]

Think about this next time @GovAbbott offers any praise for Texas public school teachers...

Consider your most stressful day/week as a public school educator, then reflect on the following:

(1) Texas public school employees are tired, burned out, underappreciated, and many work in underresourced schools.

(2) Texas teachers busted their rears and sacrificed their own families by helping our students and communities endure a global pandemic.

THEN...

(3) Texas teachers were used as fodder as the Governor told voters they were "woke" and that they teach kids to "hate America."

AND...

(4) Texas ranks in the bottom 10 states in per-student funding.

(5) Texas' $32.7 billion surplus is the size of the budget of South Carolina.

FINALLY...

(6) Policymakers could not find it within themselves to provide teachers with any raise, nor could they find it within themselves to increase school funding...due to their insistence on tying funding to vouchers.

These people MUST be held accountable. The 2023/24 school year should not start until we: (a) increase teacher pay; and (b) increase school funding.

PERIOD.

#txlege

[Saadia Faruqi @SaadiaFaruqi]

Did you know it's Children's Book Week? I'm giving away this big pile of my books (one for each winner), so follow me, like, and RT this tweet for a chance to win. USA only, ends Thursday.
#childrensbookweek

[Mary Greco Ellis @MaryGrecoEllis1]

@JenEarlyMatters You and Steven did a great job❤️

[Christopher Rufo @christopherrufo]

This Colorado Springs father denounces critical race theory and says that "racism in America would be dead today if not for certain people and institutions keeping it on life support"—including public education.

Following his testimony, the school board voted 3-2 to ban CRT.

[Mary Greco Ellis @MaryGrecoEllis1]

@MrsGilmoreGirl @danishCFISD @CFISDJowell You will be such an awesome librarian!

[Mary Greco Ellis @MaryGrecoEllis1]

Op-Ed: When reading to learn, what works best for students — printed books or digital texts? https://t.co/thZNR5AdX5

[Sir Ken Robinson @SirKenRobinson]

It is with heavy hearts that we announce Sir Ken Robinson died peacefully yesterday, 21st August 2020, surrounded by family after a short battle with cancer.

We will be following up with a further update as we begin to follow Sir Ken’s wishes and honour his legacy.

[Lauren Bohm @MrsLaurenBohm]

Not sharing Manipulatives this year? Last year I made these mini Base Ten Manipulatives to use in small group & for students to have their own baggie in their desk. You can find a sheet at Hobby lobby for $0.69! I’m so glad I have these to use this year!

[The New York Times @nytimes]

A 15-year-old student has been suspended for 5 days after posting photos of packed hallways at a Georgia high school, her mother said. “There is no question that the photo does not look good," the district superintendent wrote in a letter about the images. https://t.co/aI7dgrz6W6

[Julie Allen @Teach_jules]

Re-reading Game Changer: Book Access for All Kids by @colbysharp & @donalynbooks

*There will be zero gains in reading achievement this year unless we have a constant, steady flow of physical books in students’ hands*

[Mary Greco Ellis @MaryGrecoEllis1]

Click here to donate to Gina Dockal's Fundraiser for Zoey's Angels. https://t.co/F9Iy94rRRE

[Sir Ken Robinson @SirKenRobinson]

I was about to draft a piece on why schools mustn’t return to normal after the pandemic subsides, when I read this excellent piece by @Niamhms23 on exactly that. https://t.co/e84dwT7qgs Job done.🙏

[Mary Greco Ellis @MaryGrecoEllis1]

@JenEarlyMatters Their presentation worked! Maybe they can come over and convince their grandfather that we need another cat 😉

[Mary Greco Ellis @MaryGrecoEllis1]

@Virginia_Stout What a rebel!

[Sir Ken Robinson @SirKenRobinson]

Beautiful spirit of community and common humanity.

[Jowell Jaguars @CFISDJowell]

Many thanks to the Houston CPA Society for their very generous grant. The books have just arrived, and this is just one group of highly motivated readers! @TXCPAHouston @CyFairISD @JowellJaguars @MaryGrecoEllis1 #jagslovebooks

[Mary Greco Ellis @MaryGrecoEllis1]

Please help this wonderful young teacher and mother who impacts so many other lives!

[Mary Greco Ellis @MaryGrecoEllis1]

Fund for Nicole Graves https://t.co/fATPfwcfXr