Zaretta Hammond

Teacher Educator | Best-Selling Author of “Culturally Responsive Teaching & the Brain” (2014) | Champion for Equity, Literacy and the Science of Learning

[Learning & the Brain @learningandtheb]

Could there be a better conversational duo than @leaningshane and @Ready4rigor? (This is a rhetorical question.)

Check out their discussion here:

https://t.co/3ureH9NIiH

[Zaretta Hammond @Ready4rigor]

Always remember: Reading isn’t just comprehension. It’s curiosity.

Curiosity fuels deeper learning & lasting understanding. It grows when students question, notice patterns, and wrestle w/ ideas. Turn reading into inquiry. Build learning power. Join: https://t.co/qx1hVt0Evw #edu

[Zaretta Hammond @Ready4rigor]

Youre not one strategy away. You're one system away. New protocols will not fix disconnected instructional design. My Instructional Design & Planning Cohort is about that shift.

Design for how students process and apply learning. Register by 6/19: https://t.co/7ew0B2frlS #edu

[Zaretta Hammond @Ready4rigor]

Do we want our support to be a bridge or a ceiling? 👀

In #edu, over-scaffolding remains a ceiling as students are guided through work, not prepared to take it on. Register by 6/19 to join my Summer Cohort and let’s design for learning power: https://t.co/7ew0B2frlS

[Teruko Dobashi @TerukoDobashi]

Book club finale: thank you @Ready4rigor for helping us deepen our work & strengthen instruction for our learners. We are committed to helping students learn how to learn—because cognitive justice means every child gets access to rigorous instruction, opportunity, and success.

[Zaretta Hammond @Ready4rigor]

@TerukoDobashi @TerukoDobashi This warms my heart so much. We’re in it together ❤️💪🏾

I’m going to be doing a masterclass in the Fall on the tools ⚒️ in chapters 6,7, &8. Stay tuned. More in my newsletter. Let me know what topics you all might want a deep dive around.

[Zaretta Hammond @Ready4rigor]

What if your lessons actually built independence? Most move students through work, not into it. Cognitive independence is designed.

My Summer Cohort is all about that shift & you’ll leave it w/ new tools that build learning power. Join me: https://t.co/7ew0B2frlS #edu

[Zaretta Hammond @Ready4rigor]

@helenrey It’s in there, especially formative assessments and checking for internalization, not just checking for understanding. We move from formative assessment to formative action by design.

[Zaretta Hammond @Ready4rigor]

Coverage is not learning. You can check off standards & still not build students’ ability to process, retain, or apply knowledge. Rigor is about how well students can think.

Let’s design for learning power together. Secure your spot by 6/19: https://t.co/7ew0B2frlS #edu

[Zaretta Hammond @Ready4rigor]

#Teachers get smarter together, through shared practice, data, & deepening student thinking. That’s the why behind my upcoming offerings.

Join my 5/5 talk on designing instruction that builds learning power & keep going in my PLC: https://t.co/jjSQNs6s3T #TeacherAppreciationWeek

[Zaretta Hammond @Ready4rigor]

@SteveChiger @nsachdeva2019 We will keep trying!

[Zaretta Hammond @Ready4rigor]

Happy to be talking about the intersection of equity and the science of learning in this month’s edition of the Learning Professional.

I will share some of those thoughts in my keynote ay @researchED_US on May 2 in NYC alongside @nsachdeva2019 the other featured keynote.

[Learning Forward @LearningForward]

The Learning Professional is at researchED this weekend! Our new science of learning-focused issue will be included in researchED conference attendee bags. We are honored to contribute to the great discussions that will be happening at researchED NYC on May 2, as researchers, authors, policy makers and practitioners gather to learn about the science of learning. https://t.co/DcOG7U2Duy

[Zaretta Hammond @Ready4rigor]

Look, AI can support #edu, but it can’t replace instruction that builds thinking.

When students aren’t doing the cognitive work, gaps don’t close. Join my free 5/5 webinar to unpack what it takes to design instruction that builds real learning power: https://t.co/Ha99lnDLPW

[Zaretta Hammond @Ready4rigor]

If you’ve been saying “I’ll redesign my units this summer,” don’t wait. We can’t close learning gaps w/ engagement strategies alone. Only the learner learns.

Register to join my Summer Cohort (June–Aug) & build lessons that build real learning power: https://t.co/7ew0B2frlS #edu

[Zaretta Hammond @Ready4rigor]

That’s not a lack of ability. It’s biology responding to social pressure 🧠

We may not control the test, but we can shape the mindset students bring into the room. Here are four practical tips to support students:

[Zaretta Hammond @Ready4rigor]

Standardized #testing season is underway. Let’s be clear: tests don’t just measure content, they measure context.

When students fear confirming negative assumptions about their identity, the brain shifts into protection mode. Stress rises. Working memory narrows. #edu

[Zaretta Hammond @Ready4rigor]

High expectations held with care build learning power in students. In #education, warm demand is love in action.

#Teachers, download my Warm Demander Self-Assessment Tool to gauge your warm demand in the classroom: https://t.co/KsqarPAksc

[Zaretta Hammond @Ready4rigor]

Ok ya’ll lol. Be sure to pick up Rebuilding Students’ Learning Power for more tools (https://t.co/ZLnA6uevjC) and join the Ready4Rigor mailing list (https://t.co/L3XG7N8XMT) for more tips and takes.

A happy holiday season to all of you!

[Zaretta Hammond @Ready4rigor]

While #metacognition is all the rage, it’s not just enough to build learning power. What’s needed too is meta-strategic thinking, a fancy word for helping students think about & shape their learning moves.

Let’s look at 3 ways to build it using the sci of learning. 🧠 #edchat

[Zaretta Hammond @Ready4rigor]

Meta-strategic thinking is not just reflection. It’s awareness in action.

When we give students the tools to pause, plan, monitor, and adjust their thinking, not one-off strategies, we prepare them for rigorous learning and life beyond the classroom. #edu