Education Is Power

On a mission to get every kid to see themselves as readers

[Education Is Power @eduispower]

@nhannahjones It's been the past couple of nights. I was wondering the same thing.

[Education Is Power @eduispower]

@AyannaPressley @UrbanSouthBelle I felt the same way and started an IG page @black_boys_are to celebrate what we see when we see our black boys.

[Tami Charles @TamiWritesStuff]

Just like moons hidden in the dark,
there will be times
when you, too,
will question your place
in the universe.

but...

Did you know that you are sun rays,
calm, like ocean waves,
tough, like montañas
magic, like stars in space?

[Education Is Power @eduispower]

@JasonReynolds83 I remember those days when I had my locs😢

[Education Is Power @eduispower]

@shaunking WTF is wrong with you? This is what you choose to focus on at a time like this? You are obsessed. People are scared and loved ones are dying and your petty-ass obsession with taking Biden down is getting old and tired. Get the fuck over it.

[Education Is Power @eduispower]

@MattRKay I feel this for my own 8th-grade son.

[Kisha Howell, Ed.D. (she/her) 🇵🇸 @Kishahowell3]

To every teacher that’s heading into a week of online learning I just want you to know that you’re brilliant! Many of you are jumping out of your comfort zone. Please do not pressure yourself to be perfect. This is a learning space for all of us. Celebrate yourself and have fun!

[Ana Navarro-Cárdenas @ananavarro]

At the market today, I saw 2 buyers screaming at employees. It’s not the stock-boy’s fault there’s no toilet paper. They’re showing up to minimum-wage jobs, putting themselves at risk, to help the rest of us. Behave like civilized humans, damn it, or stay home & order online.

[Education Is Power @eduispower]

Do your learning materials reflect the students you serve?
#diversitymatters https://t.co/Uwfqs45MNi

[Education Is Power @eduispower]

I’ve been saying the same thing.

[Charlotte Clymer 🇺🇦 @cmclymer]

Steyer spent $250m on his presidential campaign, only to drop out after South Carolina. Imagine if he had put that into a half dozen school districts.

#SouthCarolinaPrimary

[The Root @TheRoot]

Much of Black History has been misused, whitewashed, led astray.

In this episode of #UnpackThat we dive into how sanitizing the Civil Rights Movement impacts the reception of modern-day movements like #TakeAKnee & #BlackLivesMatter: https://t.co/6m7f8z9cbR

[Education Is Power @eduispower]

@BernieSanders And Russia

[Education Is Power @eduispower]

@ava For real!

[Education Is Power @eduispower]

@marclamonthill She was clearly in her feelings. She became undone after he challenged her.

[Education Is Power @eduispower]

@marclamonthill This is absurd and ridiculous. Class sizes have already increased in many schools over the last couple of years, so yes doubling is dangerous. Not to mention, with current teacher shortages, where are they going to find people who would be willing to do this?

[Kisha Howell, Ed.D. (she/her) 🇵🇸 @Kishahowell3]

So. I'm curious. When did education become death by testing? Why are adults, specifically district leaders and superintendents remaining complicit in this? Help me understand how one can rationalize siphoning so much time for endless tests rather than actual teaching?

[Education Is Power @eduispower]

@Kishahowell3 Love this! I’ve been through so many cycles of this but the plan becomes clearer when you keep moving.

[Howard Fuller @HowardLFuller]

Am I the only one outraged that on NAEP 4th grade reading nationwide in 2002 the gap between whites&Blacks was 29 points on average scale scores and in 2019 it is 26. Its not a genetic issue therefore why does the gap persist?More important why we so damn quiet about it?

[Jonathan Snead, Sr. @Principal_Snead]

“You can’t do [standards and pedagogy] without relationships. Why? Because kids will work for you if they trust you. They won’t if they don’t.”
#ASCDCEL
-Dr. Tiffany Anderson

[Stacey Shubitz @sshubitz]

“Protecting this instructional time is imperative to supporting students in building strong reading habits that will carry outside of the classroom and create lifelong readers.” Taken from @NCTE’s updated Statement on Independent Reading https://t.co/8vDiDAsnsZ