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[Brian Tolentino M.Ed @TolentinoTeach]

When I worked in high-performing schools, the students were just as energetic as the students in low-performing schools.

The biggest difference was not personality or energy levels.

It was their ability to listen during instruction and, when needed, settle into deep, focused work.

Moments of silence and concentration came naturally.

In many low-performing schools I’ve worked in, those moments of deep focus are rare.

There is often constant noise, interruptions, and more excuses made for disruptive behavior.

Silence is treated as unrealistic, almost impossible.

But silence is possible.

And more importantly, it is necessary.

When students take the SAT, they will have to test by themselves in silence.

When students take the bar exam, they will have to test by themselves in silence.

When students take the written exam to become a California Highway Patrol officer, police officer, contractor, or certified personal trainer, they will have to test by themselves in silence.

And long before those tests, they will need to develop the ability to sit, focus, read, think, and work deeply without constant stimulation.

That is reality.

The barrier many students must cross to become the person they want to become often involves sitting alone with difficult material and concentrating in silence.

[Hunter Biden @HunterBiden]

I'm not running for office. But if I were, these are some of the lessons I'd take away from what happened in NY yesterday.

1. Authenticity is measurable. Voters can smell a focus group from a mile away.

2. Endorsements from the current Democratic leadership now read like warnings. The establishment wing of the party is no longer a sword. It's a question mark.

3. Conviction beats caution. The candidates who said hard things about rent, about who pays for what, about Gaza, they won. The triangulators lost.

4. Cost of living is everything. Everything else is wallpaper.

5. The middle is not a strategy. It's an empty room. Voters reached past the establishment to grab someone who actually believes something.

6. Don't fear the base. Court it. The Democrats who ran from their own voters lost. The ones who ran toward them won.

7. If you want to lead a party you have to be willing to fight inside it. Mamdani didn't ask permission. He took the field.

The lesson under the lessons: the country is tired of being managed. People want to be led.

[Men in Blazers @MenInBlazers]

JJ WATT GIVES THE INSIDE STORY OF CONNECTING WITH LEGEND OF THE WORLD CUP, @FreddyLA7 🏆🇩🇪

[B.W. Carlin @BaileyCarlin]

Good lord this edit. Insane.

[Nicole Minét @mouvement33]

The shape of the Obama Museum tower is inspired by 4 hands coming together to hold something sacred inside. The tower is also dynamic and changes with the weather. This is a great watch if you'd like to know more about the thought process behind the design. 🩷

[MK, Ultra victim @MKaylaUltra]

This episode of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia aired in 2020 during peak woke

[Farnoush Amiri @FarnoushAmiri]

Anthony Bourdain: “…the world is, in fact, filled with mostly good and decent people who are simply doing the best they can. Everybody, it turns out, is proud of their food (when they have it). They enjoy sharing it with others (if they can). They love their children...”

[HLTCO @HLTCO]

The full uncut ending of the Knicks’ comeback is superb. Ridiculous to be honest.

[Zaretta Hammond @Ready4rigor]

Do we want our support to be a bridge or a ceiling? 👀

In #edu, over-scaffolding remains a ceiling as students are guided through work, not prepared to take it on. Register by 6/19 to join my Summer Cohort and let’s design for learning power: https://t.co/7ew0B2frlS

[Education Week @educationweek]

How to Overhaul High School Math Pathways (and Why You Should) (Opinion) https://t.co/22Y0rDOXSr

[US Department of the Interior @Interior]

Birds hearing this video: "Finally, a human who speaks the language."

Well done, Samuel.

[SE @hoboteach]

@filicana I get why they are hesitant to move to a RIF but the instability of telling teachers to watch their email all summer in case their is a RIF (there most certainly will be) seems like a terrible idea. Not to mention the chaos of a RIF in August.

[Raymond Brewer @raybrewer21]

My column: Public schools force a needed reset for Nevada high school football

https://t.co/m2e7gQfo8o

[SE @hoboteach]

@CarterEckl Not just a Gorman issue. NIAA has kicked the can too long on issues of equity between zone schools & charter/private recruiting. Independence isn’t a great option but neither was the status quo.

[SE @hoboteach]

@nickimoraa You are correct! But you are the authority over you child. Not the school. If you don’t like the school policies (which are generally dictated by the state) then you exercise your authority by withdrawing your child from the school.

[SE @hoboteach]

@MonteSyrie Awful. 35% chronically absent at my school.

[SE @hoboteach]

@Moore4Nevada @AB8TN Good news. They aren’t involved in voting. They just make a form for another agency available. You’re being ridiculous.

[UTDemoLatterDaySaint @UTDemLttrDaySnt]

Even after all this time, it’s breathtaking to me how easily they lie.

[SE @hoboteach]

@Etsy I ordered a “hand painted” piece from a seller that was supposed to ship from London. Turns out it was drop shipped from Alibaba in china. The seller won’t mark it as delivered so I can’t open a case. Seems you don’t want to know when sellers are really violating your terms

[Shadow Ridge HS Football @defendtheridge]

Thank You Coach Foster! #ShadowFootball