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“An educator in a system of oppression is either a revolutionary or an oppressor.” - Lerone Bennett Jr. (views are mine and mine alone)

[bernstein @MsB_MEd]

@MsSaclaridesELA @vupeabody She is the absolute best

[bernstein @MsB_MEd]

@MsSaclaridesELA @vupeabody DM me if you haven’t gotten her info yet!

[bernstein @MsB_MEd]

@mrstylersainato Whaaaaat?!?!? What a loss for MNPS but what an exciting change for you! So awesome!

[bernstein @MsB_MEd]

The misconceptions about literacy are wide-spread and deeply rooted. And the people with them are making decisions about how we fund and run public schools.

[bernstein @MsB_MEd]

@mrstylersainato This is my favorite. Stealing this idea for our advisory!

[bernstein @MsB_MEd]

Finally have my own copies to mark up and study. Thankful for the work of @GholdyM & @TchKimPossible.

What are you reading for PD these days?

[bernstein @MsB_MEd]

This was pretty cool 🤓

[Sian E. Green @sian_eleanor]

It is sort of genius though 😬 the hypocrisy laid bare in how we romanticise historical protesters & revolutions that have got us to where we are today - even the very violent ones - but hate anything that inconveniences us now

[bernstein @MsB_MEd]

@MsSaclaridesELA This is the most accurate 😂😂😂

[bernstein @MsB_MEd]

People acknowledge and reward what they value. If you don’t feel acknowledged or rewarded - find somewhere that values you.

[bernstein @MsB_MEd]

@MetroSchools Had the privilege of teaching 3 of these incredible young people! 😊

[bernstein @MsB_MEd]

Research from the University of Oregon found that comic books averaged 53.5 rare, or more complex, words per 1,000. That's more than children's books which average 30.9 and even adult books at 52.7. One study found that graphic texts promote learning and better recall.

[bernstein @MsB_MEd]

People with no literacy background telling kids graphic novels aren’t real books and that they need to read “chapter books” is frustrating.

Here’s a rebuttal if you need one too: https://t.co/AVbcF5jfWF

[bernstein @MsB_MEd]

"It's not what they read, but how they read and how often they read that's going to improve literacy," says Emily Pendergrass, Ph.D., director of the Reading Education Program at Vanderbilt University.

[bernstein @MsB_MEd]

Public schools are social programs, create opportunity, and prevent crime. When they are funded and staffed fully.

[Mohamad Safa @mhdksafa]

Police don’t prevent crime. They show up after it happens. Crime prevention starts with funding social programs and creating opportunity.

[bernstein @MsB_MEd]

@heymrsbond The flag, the library, the group tables 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[bernstein @MsB_MEd]

Exclusionary practices are really budget friendly!

[bernstein @MsB_MEd]

There is nothing better than hearing badass, passionate, highly qualified teachers talk about their work. Nothing.

[bernstein @MsB_MEd]

What do you notice? What do you wonder?

[Alice Rolli @AliceRolli1]

Nashville looks good in orange today!

[bernstein @MsB_MEd]

Yesterday I was just calling small groups up to put computers away in a charging cart + a 6th grader looked at me and said :

“You’re really good at teaching.”

And it was adorably sweet + kind.