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[Beckett Carter @BeckettCarter]

The achievement gap is about race. The environment just makes it worse. To say it isn't about race is a disservice. #edp304f13

[Dani Muita @dkmuita]

How can we expect non-White students to do well on tests that are written from the perspectives of rich White men? #edp304f13

[Dani Muita @dkmuita]

RT @aaballhard: Teachers need to acknowledge that race and culture are not the same thing. #edp304f13 !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Dani Muita @dkmuita]

I don't think the achievement gap can ever fully close. Racial and socioeconomic issues will always affect students' learning. #edp304f13

[Dani Muita @dkmuita]

@kjkEDP http://t.co/iQqFYPzIuP

[Dani Muita @dkmuita]

My quiz was on the best player in the NBA, Kobe Bean Bryant! #NotDebatable #edp304f13

[Dani Muita @dkmuita]

I think CC is a great idea. With everyone being so mobile, creating uniformity in our public schools should prove effective. #edp304f13

[Dani Muita @dkmuita]

"Teaching to the test" should be avoided. Students regurgitating facts isn't an indication that they have learned the material. #edp304f13

[Dani Muita @dkmuita]

@SparksFactory Which is why teachers are there to facilitate. The students' opinions/decisions should never be be all, end all. #edp304f13

[Dani Muita @dkmuita]

Teachers are there to monitor and facilitate learning. Students aren't simply left on their own to do as they please. #edp304f13

[Dani Muita @dkmuita]

Simply regurgitating facts isn't real learning. Students need to know how to apply lessons to larger contexts. #edp304f13

[Dani Muita @dkmuita]

Who can tell teachers what works and doesn't work better than the people that are doing the learning and assignments? #edp304f13

[Dani Muita @dkmuita]

Collaborate with teachers & keep them in the know about decisions that will affect their classrooms. No major surprises, please. #edp304f13

[Dani Muita @dkmuita]

"Principal" and "dictator" are not synonymous. #edp304f13

[Dani Muita @dkmuita]

Give teachers creative freedom to teach their students the content in the curriculum they have been given. #Autonomy #edp304f13

[Dani Muita @dkmuita]

Be sure to include every student in activities/discussion to show they are genuinely liked, respected, and valued. #Relatedness #edp304f13

[Dani Muita @dkmuita]

Differentiate instruction to keep students engaged. If they aren't paying attention, they can't learn the content. #Competency #edp304f13

[Dani Muita @dkmuita]

Teachers can include students in decisions that directly affect their classroom- writing the class rules together on the 1st day. #edp304f13

[Dani Muita @dkmuita]

Autonomy: the sense that our actions are governed by our will, by what we believe to be reasonable, right, justified, or good. #edp304f13

[Dani Muita @dkmuita]

It'd be nice for every school in the nation to be 1:1, wouldn't it? *sigh* A teacher can dream. #EDP304F13