Amy Whittier Grillo

Ed Studies Prof, Center for Pedagogical Innovation, Wesleyan University

[Derek W. Black @DerekWBlack]

Teaching profession pipeline fixes have backfired. Study finds removing entry barriers lowered all teachers’ salaries over past 20 years: devalued teachers w/ credentials, spurred attrition & fueled cycles of shortage & surplus that stagnated wages. 1/x https://t.co/akEOo3oFE4

[Tony Wagner @DrTonyWagner]

Why is it that so little attention is paid to the importance of intrinsic motivation in learning. Music, like spoken and written language, must be taught and learned through play and community, not via rote memorization.
via @NYTOpinion https://t.co/apC9B2VbPn

[Amy Whittier Grillo @AWGrillo]

Is public school as we know it ending? https://t.co/oV0stUWAcD via @voxdotcom

[Amy Whittier Grillo @AWGrillo]

@kenton_card @uclaurbnplnning @FieldsDesiree Fantastic, Kenny! Can't wait to read it!

[Amy Whittier Grillo @AWGrillo]

Register now for the NPE and ELC co-sponsored webinar “The Plot to Undermine Public Education: A Conversation with Investigative Reporter Nick Surgey,” Sept. 11, 3:30-5pm https://t.co/UIKwcugn4g via @EdLawCenter

[Amy Whittier Grillo @AWGrillo]

@anndaraabrams Yep. My head explodes every time a colleague who is a professor of education looks down on a teacher. Talk about losing the thread of one’s work…

[Amy Whittier Grillo @AWGrillo]

@Edu_Historian @UMassLowell @umasseduc Congratulations! And now you are close enough to pop down to Wesleyan for a talk! 😊

[Bruce D. Baker @SchlFinance101]

Jack getting all thoughtful on us again.... (great thread on reductionist college admissions perspectives)

[Amy Whittier Grillo @AWGrillo]

Look what came in the mail today! 😊 Its gonna be my. Each read! ⁦@Edu_Historian⁩

[Alfie Kohn @alfiekohn]

Another instructor reports being delighted and "energized" once "the blinders had been removed" and he stopped trying to tweak the *way* he graded students (forget "standards-based" or "contract" grading) and finally stopped grading altogether: https://t.co/SmBSpPd5kG #ungrading

[Alfie Kohn @alfiekohn]

It's amazing to me how many people hear a question like "What do the best schools have in common?" and immediately just offer an answer. What they should say is, "That depends entirely on what you mean by 'best.'" (Hint: The worse the definition, the more traditional the answer.)

[Peter Greene @palan57]

In other words, if what you know about school is based on direct experience and not what you hear from the media...

[Amy Whittier Grillo @AWGrillo]

@palan57 😂🙄

[Amy Whittier Grillo @AWGrillo]

@Edu_Historian Ted was simply the best. I miss him

[Amy Whittier Grillo @AWGrillo]

The Triumph of Efficiency over Effectiveness -- in Both Public Health and Public Schooling https://t.co/pJHvh6J7ox via @DLabaree

[Amy Whittier Grillo @AWGrillo]

Facepalm.

[leonie haimson @leoniehaimson]

What an idiot. This guy never learns from his mistakes. https://t.co/yMTIrjEzlb

[Peter Greene @palan57]

Time to trot this out again. Diary Of A Socialist Indoctrinator via @forbes https://t.co/L4EfrI8KcA

[Alfie Kohn @alfiekohn]

I've never been able to improve on the management theorist Frederick Herzberg's timeless 10-word maxim: "Idleness, indifference, and irresponsibility are healthy responses to absurd work."

(Teachers/parents: Feel free to substitute "worksheets" for "absurd work.")

[Alfie Kohn @alfiekohn]

A light bulb moment for me was realizing that much of the talk about student "motivation" (how to boost it or why a given kid lacks it) is really code for talking about compliance - that is, the extent to which students do whatever we tell them.

[Lorenzo Jones @dareallorenzo]

Cultivating Justice is meeting community-identified needs around food security, land access, environmental justice, and pathways towards agriculture for BIPOC and formerly incarcerated people. Our goal is to nurture the next generation of farmers of color in Connecticut.