j spanswick

[Boze Herrington, Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze]

Last night I met up with my favorite English teacher, a lifelong friend who teaches both high school and college courses.

In thirty-five years of teaching, she has never been more worried about her students.

[B&S @_B___S]

In a world where you can be anything, always be a number 50!

[Nature is Amazing ☘️ @AMAZlNGNATURE]

I just found out owls can sit criss cross applesauce!! I don’t know what to do with this info yet but it makes me happy to know.

[j spanswick @jaspanswick]

I just subscribed to Tech Atypically https://t.co/46m57AsUMd

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

Young birds think food will automatically jump to their mouth since their mothers fed them like that.

[Fixing Education @FixingEducation]

Want to RETAIN teachers? Do THESE!

•Make smaller class sizes happen

•Increase planning time

•Improve salaries

•Stop holding teachers accountable for literally everything 🙄

•Let teachers TEACH!

[Nicholas Ferroni @NicholasFerroni]

I don't expect the average US teacher ($58,260) to make as much as the average pro athlete (NBA: $8.3 million, MLB: $4 million, NFL: $3.2 million, NHL: $2.6 million), but I would expect to make more than the average NBA, MLB, NFL and NHL MASCOT ($60k).

[Jay Wamsted @JayWamsted]

We make over four million students take the PSAT every year. They compete for one of just 2500 scholarships.

Their odds are roughly comparable to a random teenage football player making it to the NFL.

Just think about that waste of school time, energy, and mental health.

[j spanswick @jaspanswick]

@MichaelFulwiler Roscoe and Griswold.

[swm @sheathescholar]

if you're not following what's happening in Columbus, OH – it's time to tune in. the teachers' union just voted unanimously to give their 10-day strike notice. the current contract expires in two weeks and the teachers are fighting for what #ColumbusStudentsDeserve.

[j spanswick @jaspanswick]

@mcoxmitchell @CovingtonEDU You got candles and tea?

[Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman]

Only in America do public school teachers race one another to scrounge around on the floor to collect $1 bills in order to... *checks notes* fund their classrooms.

This isn't heartwarming. It's dysfunctional, dystopian shit.

[j spanswick @jaspanswick]

@OrganizeFISH After the 5 hour meeting yesterday, I just couldn’t do it. Props to you.

[Scott Dworkin @funder]

BREAKING: Trump just officially withdrew the US from the World Health Organization at the height of a pandemic. This is the dumbest f**king thing I've ever heard.

[j spanswick @jaspanswick]

@kystokes @OrganizeFISH though just told old contract had it wrong?

[j spanswick @jaspanswick]

@kystokes @OrganizeFISH

[j spanswick @jaspanswick]

@kystokes @OrganizeFISH old vision ratio was 12:1:1 check old contract

[Ashley Myers @OrganizeFISH]

Reminder: This is NOT a vote on accepting the contract. It's a vote on whether to recommend. Membership can still vote this down. #SPSstrike

[Ashley Myers @OrganizeFISH]

"This piece isn’t rehashing of need for fair contract. It’s call for fair scrutiny of parties involved." http://t.co/II3QCFvuZz #SPSstrike

[j spanswick @jaspanswick]

SPS the answer to both questions is "yes" #SEAstrike #SPSstrike