Amy Flynn

[Amy Flynn @amymflynn]

Go Rae! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[Amy Flynn @amymflynn]

@HoopMixOnly Orrrr…she’s playing injured and rehabbing a major muscle group essential for shooting.

[Amy Flynn @amymflynn]

Go Rae! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[SIUE Softball @SIUESB]

Regan Duncan with a double and an RBI in the top of the ninth

[Amy Flynn @amymflynn]

@elonmusk How does one determine who is successful?

[Amy Flynn @amymflynn]

@MrDanielBuck Maybe because our educational system perpetuates ineffective “behavior management” practices instead of considering the science behind emotional and behavioral development

[Amy Flynn @amymflynn]

@FixingEducation Fired - immediately. This is assault.

[Amy Flynn @amymflynn]

😳 Brutal

[Clark Report @CClarkReport]

Interesting stat:

17% of the WNBA’s flagrant fouls this season have been committed against Caitlin Clark

The Chicago Sky were responsible for 80% of the flagrants committed against Clark

[Amy Flynn @amymflynn]

@wnbagotgame @ChennedyCarter Sloppy and unnecessarily aggressive - I’m from Chicago…this team didn’t represent our city well. Woman up, play ball and check your jealousy @ChennedyCarter and @Reese10Angel

[Lemont Softball @Lemont_Softball]

SECTIONAL CHAMPS! Such a great team win all around! @sydneykibbon and @rhea_mardjetko pitched a gem! Bats were fire! 11 runs on 11 hits. Two 💣s by @allipawlowicz25 and @AFT2024 ! Also great defense all around! Next up, supers!

[Amy Flynn @amymflynn]

@PicturesFoIder Because you knew the terms when you started. It’s like if I bought a house that was beyond my budget and I expected someone to forgive my mortgage because it was just too much. 🤔

[Amy Flynn @amymflynn]

@voxpopperdition @FixingEducation In our college, grade expectations are higher than other majors, students have to get a minimum GPA to be a part of the SOE, they have to take and pass content/endorsement tests, and complete the EdTPA.

[Amy Flynn @amymflynn]

My niece and her future teammates at SIU-E! 🥎🔥

[Ben Sorden @CoachSorden]

SIUE Softball Boasts Seven Top-Level Signees https://t.co/AhP4NFejce

[Amy Flynn @amymflynn]

@alyssademaioo @RaeganDuncan32 @GBPhoenixSB Aww 🥰 Can’t wait to watch you girls this spring! 🥎🔥

[Amy Flynn @amymflynn]

@CoachSpenc @marobella @BarnHockeyBar Congrats! I went to HS with Eddie - he’s a great guy! All the best in your new venture.

[Trost @TrustTrost]

Dear #IHSA,

We meet yet again.

First it was Carmel’s boys soccer team. Now it’s Lemont’s girls volleyball team.

Can ANYONE in #Illinois tell me that you truly believe the IHSA is doing what’s right for kids by BANNING entire schools and ending the careers of innocent kids over adult mistakes?

What in the hell are we doing?

On the day Crain’s Chicago released a massive story on Tuesday talking about the youth mental health crisis in Illinois - and we know the role physical activity and sports play in self care - we have adults BANNING entire teams of KIDS from playing.

Lemont girls volleyball was BANNED ahead of opening the IHSA statewide tournament on Tuesday, because it played one (1) extra match this season. For some asinine reason, the IHSA has a restriction for the number of regular season games a team can play and it’s 35.

Again, some schools in different sports have large rosters. Some don’t have the ability to fill JV or lower-level schedules due to proximity, staffing or budgets. Put a limit on the number of games a student athlete can play if you’re truly worried about health and safety vs a team rule.

And before anyone says my idea is nuts and that adults and schools can’t be trusted, just stop. The IHSA has said time and time again, “Our system works when schools police themselves.” Then prove it.

Before I go further, let’s make things crystal clear: Do I think the IHSA wants to ban kids? No I do not. Read that again - https://t.co/ob7X2Kx8EV.NOT.

Do I think Carmel or Lemont intended to break rules? No I do not. Read that again - https://t.co/ob7X2Kx8EV.NOT.

Do I think there are some schools and coaches who intend to break rules? Yes I do. Read that again - https://t.co/HLwtgBCwbA.

I’m a huge believer in the #PowerOfSport and what it does for kids, families, schools and communities - on and off the courts and fields. I’m a huge believer in consistency and discipline, which sport teaches on and off the courts and fields.

But I’m also a huge believer in common damn sense. As one #ILSupt said to me this morning, “What are they (IHSA) doing? Does the crime fit the punishment?”

Why couldn’t we suspend a coach for coaching either one or two games or the entire tournament in both of these cases? Why are we hammering innocent kids?

What in the hell are we doing?

I’m the first to hammer the IHSA on its cherry-picking enforcement history. And man, does it have a history.

What I’m learning more and more is that unless you’re from #CPS, you don’t catch a break. (Before I go further: For all those that accuse me of being a CPS lover or suburban school lover or private school fan, you’re one day finally going to realize I’m a fan of all kids.)

First there was Carmel being BANNED for something Taft wasn’t banned for. Now we have Lemont BANNED, so why wasn’t Bogan and Hyde Park boys basketball teams banned when both programs played too many regular-season games? The IHSA sure as hell knew about it.

What in the hell are we doing?

I continue to remind the IHSA: The courts have told you multiple times that your work can have a lasting impact on student athletes.

“We caution IHSA,” the Illinois Appellate Court wrote in a 2003 ruling, “to examine each case carefully to determine that parties’ knowledge and intent prior to imposing punishment that would negatively affect a student for the rest of his or her life.”

I ask you again, IHSA: What in the hell are we doing?

[Amy Flynn @amymflynn]

@TBaranek @IHSA_IL - Let them play! Different outcomes for different schools and sports!

[Help A Teacher @HelpATeacher]

Powerful! 🙌

[Lee Ann Jung, PhD @leeannjung]

🌟 Students with #IEPs should not have to earn the privilege to be in a general education classroom. Belonging should be the assumption, the default. #LeadInclusion #EdLeaders #Teachers #UDL #TeacherTwitter

[Amy Flynn @amymflynn]

@RaeganDuncan32 Great play this weekend! 🥎🔥