One of our favorite parts of our conference is our Future is Now roundtables. Pre-service teachers present and discuss various topics, facilitated by board members. We love being able to support upcoming educators! #pctela25
Thereโs still time to join us this weekend at #pctela25 in Harrisburg! Our three amazing keynotes are speakers that you wonโt want to miss! Come network, learn, and grow as an educator.
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Our Friday keynote, Caiden Feldmiller, sharing his emotional story with our attendees this morning. Thank you, Caiden, for your vulnerability and powerful story. #pctela25
๐ก๐คฏ #FunFact: The school bus system is the largest mass transit system in the US, yet school buses account for < 1% of traffic fatalities each year ๐ซ๐ So this #Weekend 'hit the brakes' on school spirit & 'idle' safely to #Relaxation ๐โโ๏ธโจ๏ธ #BackToSchool#FunFactFriday
Looking back on my years as a teacher, one theme stands out: American schools try to take on too much. Theyโre asked to be the solution for nearly every social problem. But when you try to be everything, failure is inevitable.
๐ So it begins again! ๐
โจ๏ธ Here's to another fantastic year of learning, growth, and memories โจ๏ธ
Welcome, 2025-26 school year! ๐๐โ๏ธ #BackToSchool#FirstDayOfSchool
A reminder that โknowingโ is not binary, it's not an on/off thing. We move through stages; hearing, recognising, recalling, mastering, before knowledge becomes truly usable. This example of of children's different phrases of 'knowing' words from Beck, McKeown, and Kucan is so useful as an illustration.
Independence Day is a reminder that America is not the project of any one person. The single most powerful word in our democracy is the word โWe.โ โWe The People.โ โWe Shall Overcome.โ โYes We Can.โ America is owned by no one. It belongs to all citizens. And at this moment in historyโwhen core democratic principles seem to be continuously under attack, when too many people around the world have become cynical and disengagedโnow is precisely the time to ask ourselves tough questions about how we can build our democracies and make them work in meaningful and practical ways for ordinary people.