Amanda Cook, M. Ed.

History Nerd • Aspiring Educational Leader | "An investment in knowledge pays the best interest." - Benjamin Franklin | • All on God’s Time

[Amanda Cook, M. Ed. @aehcook]

@RetroReport Excited for this journey! ❤️

[Retro Report @RetroReport]

1/ Each year, Retro Report works with educators across the nation who use our journalism and classroom resources in their teaching. Through that work, we learn how students engage with our materials and how those resources function in real classrooms.

Today, we’re pleased to announce the 2026 Teacher Advisor groups, made up of more than 400 educators across the U.S. Learn more: https://t.co/JCCHHxsqum

Read more about each group below ⬇️.

[Amanda Cook, M. Ed. @aehcook]

@clearinglists @amazon @DonorsChoose Hi! I am a 7th grade Texas History teacher who loves to make history FUN!

Thank you for the support!

https://t.co/gEwyF5F6fC

[Amanda Cook, M. Ed. @aehcook]

@Teach_WA @ClearTheList1 Hi! I am a 7th grade Texas History teacher. I teach on average about 160 students. We love to make history come to life in our classroom and dive deep into our topics of study.

Top needs are pencils and sticky notes!

https://t.co/gEwyF5F6fC

[Amanda Cook, M. Ed. @aehcook]

Dice review game over Texas cities & rivers! Always a fun time in Texas History! @mjhsbears

[Amanda Cook, M. Ed. @aehcook]

First full week has been completed ☑️

[Montgomery Junior High @mjhsbears]

Happy Assistant Principal Week to Mrs. Gilsdorf and Mr. Skelton. Their hard work and commitment each day to our students and staff is greatly appreciated. Thank you both for your servant leadership! #bestofthebest

[Montgomery Junior High @mjhsbears]

Congratulation MJH Teacher of the Year (Edgar Straughter), Newcomer of the Year (Callie Walker), and Spirit of Montgomery (Crystal Lamb)! Thank you for your heart, dedication, and commitment to MJH and MISD students and staff. What a great honor!

[Amanda Cook, M. Ed. @aehcook]

@mjhsbears @callie_pope Yes!!! So well deserved!!! They are amazing.

[Montgomery Junior High @mjhsbears]

A warm send-off for Mr. Greg from his MJH Bear family! We thank you for your 20+ years of service and loyalty to MJH! We will miss seeing you each day!

[Amanda Cook, M. Ed. @aehcook]

My student teacher got me a new laptop sticker. 😂 Too bad November 2053 is so far away! 😅😳🫠😬

[Montgomery ISD @MontgomeryISD]

Check out this video recap of Dr. Ruffin's first month as MISD Superintendent: https://t.co/MV4BRGYkuq

[Amanda Cook, M. Ed. @aehcook]

Student Teachers are fabulous! Love getting to watch an MISD grad now student teaching in the district. #growyourown

[Mark Ruffin, Ed. D. @mruffin15]

“Intelligence plus CHARACTER - that is the goal of true education” Dr. Martin Luther King

[Lincoln Elementary School @lincolnmisd]

Exciting return to Lincoln Elementary School post-winter break! 😊 Students' smiles, laughter, and classroom buzz filled the day. From eager faces to reminders of routines, our first day was a mix of joy and focused learning. 📚👫 @MontgomeryISD

[Montgomery Junior High @mjhsbears]

Second semester grade level meeting going on today. MJH is ready for a great second semester with our students and staff.

[Josh Cowen @joshcowenMI]

#SchoolVouchers:

❌Terrible academic outcomes;
❌Bailouts for sub-prime private schools;
❌Tax breaks for parents already able to afford tuition.
❌Discriminatory admissions—it’s the school’s choice not school choice.

My @TIME piece from April:
https://t.co/jjQjilLZtK

[History Photographed @HistoryInPics]

For a quick moment, imagine you were born in 1900. When you are 14, World War I starts, and ends on your 18th birthday with 22 million people killed. Later in the year, a Spanish Flu epidemic hits the planet and runs until you are 20. Fifty million people die from it in those two years. Yes, 50 million.

When you're 29, the Great Depression begins. Unemployment hits 25%, global GDP drops 27%. That runs until you are 33. The country nearly collapses along with the world economy. When you turn 39, World War II starts. You aren’t even over the hill yet.

When you're 41, the United States is fully pulled into WWII. Between your 39th and 45th birthday, 75 million people perish in the war and the Holocaust kills six million. At 52, the Korean War starts and five million perish.

At 64 the Vietnam War begins, and it doesn’t end for many years. Four million people die in that conflict. Approaching your 62nd birthday you have the Cuban Missile Crisis, a tipping point in the Cold War. Life on our planet, as we know it, could well have ended. Great leaders prevented that from happening.

As you turn 75, the Vietnam War finally ends. Think of everyone on the planet born in 1900. How do you survive all of that? A child in 1985 didn’t think their 85 year old grandparent understood how hard school was. Yet those grandparents survived through everything listed above.

Perspective is an amazing thing. With so much happening right now and as 2023 ends, let's try to keep things in perspective, knowing that we will get through all of this. In the history of the world, there has never been a storm that lasted forever. This too shall pass.

[Bobby Ott @OttTempleISD]

I’m a conservative & don’t support taxpayer dollars spent without accountability, modern day segregation or false narratives portraying vouchers as “parent choice”. The reality is parents don’t get the 💰or choice - the non-public schools get to select the students they want.