Sara Clements

Former teacher, #edreform-er, dog lover. VP, State Government Affairs, McGuireWoods Consulting

[Robert Pondiscio @rpondiscio]

Competent reading instruction with teacher train and ongoing coaching on high-quality curriculum is the *opposite* of a "miracle." It should be the standard everywhere.

[Sara Clements @SaraSClements]

@rpondiscio When you get to HS literature, if you aren't referencing the bible at some point, you are doing your students a disservice. How do you teach Lord of the Flies without it? Biblical allusions all over the place.

[Sara Clements @SaraSClements]

Thank you for this, Robert! Excellent piece. I hope other journalists have the time, capacity, and interest to replicate her success on other issues.

[Sara Clements @SaraSClements]

@Danmartinez305 @poohj916 🥂🥂🥂

[Sara Clements @SaraSClements]

@Danmartinez305 @poohj916 Happy anniversary!!!!

[Sara Clements @SaraSClements]

Amazing!! He's lucky to have you!

[Berny Jacques @BernyJacques]

He did it! My mentee Christian is now a high school graduate! This is my 9th year as his mentor through the Big Brothers Big Sisters program; I’ve seen him overcome a lot and persevere through challenges. Great day! 🎓

@BBBS_TampaBay

[Sara Clements @SaraSClements]

We don't mess around in FL 💪🏼💪🏼

[Jeanne Allen @JeanneAllen]

State's education department proudly dons their "We are #1" banner! Great job @CommMannyDiazJr @RonDeSantis & most of all, education entrepreneurs! #PPI24 #ParentPowerIndex @USNewsEducation

[Sara Clements @SaraSClements]

Give this man award.

[Robert Sterling @RobertMSterling]

This is more innovative than anything Google has done in the last 20 years

[Sara Clements @SaraSClements]

@ErinVanSickle @RunningNoleFan !!!!!!

[Sara Clements @SaraSClements]

@DuellSays I can't unsee it now

[Sara Clements @SaraSClements]

Big moves in CO on students-first funding 💪🏼

[Ready Colorado Education @ReadyColo]

Senate Minority Leader @Paul_Lundeen's closing remarks on HB24-1448, the school finance reform bill, elevated the importance and moral imperative of funding student needs over systems. The bill is currently awaiting the Governor's signature.

Read Sen. Lundeen’s remarks below:

"[House Bill 1448] is responsible to the state budget, it is sensitive to district needs, it is elegant in establishing a new mathematical formula that at the end of the day, most importantly, honors students.

It’s a transformation from a formula that was about systems into a formula that is about students. It is our responsibility, it is our moral imperative that we meet every student who shows up on the doorstep of our public schools asking for, needing a free public education that we acknowledge the circumstances from which that student arrives, and the opportunity that the student may move forward in their life to.

Nothing is as important in a child’s life, beyond love, family and friends, than the education they get. And it is critically important that this formula will offer the promise of actually making the way we fund public education about those precious souls that are the future of our state and the future of our country for the first time."

Read the full bill: https://t.co/gNIfoJK92c

[Sara Clements @SaraSClements]

@rpondiscio I'm amazed how many high schoolers today have never had a W2 job, when virtually all of their parents did at this age. Why aren't we encouraging kids to work?

[Sara Clements @SaraSClements]

@DuellSays Ben..if you're reading...I'm just making fun of Sam 😆

[Sara Clements @SaraSClements]

@ReadyColo @TEN_Colorado @DFER_CO @ColoradoKidsOrg @TeachPlusCO @COSucceeds @ColoradoStand @COCharterSchool @Paul_Lundeen @BrendaBautsch @JonathanKFiner I see you, Leslie!

[Sara Clements @SaraSClements]

@DuellSays ....but is it? haha

[Sara Clements @SaraSClements]

Big news from TX!

[publiccharters.org @charteralliance]

Congratulations to @starleecoleman, new President and CEO at the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, bringing more than two decades of experience to the role. Can't wait until you start in August!
See our full press release: https://t.co/zLJuhiPPQB

[Sara Clements @SaraSClements]

FL ranked #1 in higher ed tuition & fees, #2 in 2- and 4-year college grad rates, and #5 in college readiness.

[Manny Diaz Jr. @PresMannyDiazJr]

Florida retains the #1 ranking in Education for a second year in a row! Thanks @GovRonDeSantis for your leadership in showing how it's done in the Education state! @EducationFL @FLBOG @FLCollegeSystem https://t.co/6k3I5gLFdz

[Sara Clements @SaraSClements]

This is incredibly frightening.

[Carl Hendrick @C_Hendrick]

It's worse than I thought: "Nearly a quarter of UK five-to-seven-year-olds now have their own smartphone."

[Sara Clements @SaraSClements]

A friend in a large district FL told me months ago that not a single book protested there had been by a parent with kids in the district, only activists. Thank you @JenniferCanady_ for cracking down to make sure schools aren't wasting valuable time.

[Ron DeSantis @GovRonDeSantis]

Governor DeSantis Champions Legislation to Support Florida's Turnaround School Program and Parental Rights in Education https://t.co/VDIjHJ1PQX

[Sara Clements @SaraSClements]

@DanDaley @brucelsuarez The best!!