@wordsmeanthings

My kids convinced I'm a Ravenclaw. I think I'm Hufflepuff. Spicy takes: pro footnotes; lover of underlining titles; believer in 2 spaces after .

[Charlotte Clymer 🇺🇦 @cmclymer]

You can practically feel the well-earned smugness of a million high school English teachers this weekend. Take a bow, educators.

[Rep. Summer Lee @RepSummerLee]

So now y’all support gender-affirming care?

[Joseph Fasano @Joseph_Fasano_]

I love the em dash—absolutely love it—and I won't let AI take it away from me.

[Pamela Snow @PCSnow1604]

Ferrero, M., West, G., & Vadillo, M. A. (2017). Is crossed laterality associated with academic achievement and intelligence? A systematic review and meta-analysis. PLOS ONE, 12(8), e0183618.

These authors reviewed 26 studies involving more than 3,500 children.

They found no reliable relationship between crossed laterality and academic achievement;
there is no reliable relationship with reading performance;
larger, better-quality studies consistently found null results; and
there is no empirical basis for interventions intended to “correct” laterality or improve learning through laterality exercises.

[Carl Hendrick @C_Hendrick]

“That cannot be the university’s position before an incident of this magnitude. Academic integrity is a value worth defending. The faculty cannot be left on its own in a battle that is decisive if we want to preserve the future of higher education,” https://t.co/7t6g9wtwBv

[Paul Graham @paulg]

A Brown professor gave his students a take-home midterm exam. After suspecting many cheated using AI, he made the final in-person. The orange dots are the midterm scores and the gray dots are the final scores. Looks like all but 3 cheated on the midterm.

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

Authenticity is not about saying whatever pops into your head. It's about sharing what reflects who you want to be.

Healthy self-expression doesn't mean no filter. It involves weighing whether your current thoughts and emotions are aligned with your lasting values.

[TeacherGoals @teachergoals]

For real. 💤

[Nathan Burns @MrMetacognition]

We never actually get taught how to effectively observe lessons - but perhaps we should?

I remember before beginning my ITT, I went to a school in Leeds for a fortnight to observe lessons. I didn’t really know what I was looking for, but I wrote notes, because that’s just what you did, right?

And then I started teaching. Then I started line managing. Then I started leading on performance management, QA and other measures - mainly from observation.

But when did I get taught how to observe? When did any of us get taught how to observe?

I think things are a little different for trainees now - being given guidance (or perhaps just templates) around observations.

But this is something which occurs daily in schools, and is paramount to staff feedback and development.

So perhaps a little PD time ought be put that way?

[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.

[dailySTEM Chris Woods @dailystem]

@C_Hendrick Your distinctions here make a lot of sense based on what I’ve seen as a teacher.
In STEM, this gets called “consuming vs creating” and it’s helpful to see the reading/writing equivalent.

[Andrew Watson @AndrewWatsonTTB]

@middleweb @AMLE @AllisonBehne @RoutledgeEOE @stenhousepub @Larryferlazzo @MindShiftKQED @sharemylesson The "10-minute rule" is often championed, but has surprisingly little research supporting it. Teachers should absolutely rely on our experience, but we shouldn't follow "research-based" claims that lack research.

https://t.co/NZQmO8eLHx

[Fixing Education @FixingEducation]

If you’re an administrator making teacher placements without genuine teacher input, then you’re not advocating for students.

I’ve watched great teachers burn out and leave the profession after years of constant scheduling and assignment changes.

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

A telltale sign of an ignorant leader is failing to read books.

Fiction builds empathy and imagination. Nonfiction boosts concentration and critical thinking. Not reading fuels mental stagnation.

Leaders who “don't have time to read” are leaders who don't make time to learn.

[blue @bluewmist]

THE OLDER I GET, THE MORE CERTAIN I AM THAT WE KNEW EXACTLY WHO WE WERE WHEN WE WERE LITTLE, AND THEN ADULTS TALKED US OUT OF IT

[Monte Syrie @MonteSyrie]

I don’t know if teaching’s ever been harder.

I’ve only taught for 30 years.

So, I can only speak to that timeframe.

It’s never been harder.

[Associate Deans @ass_deans]

Moving your office to a satellite building is not gerrymandering. But, the effect is similar.

[Revolving_Door_Admin @RAD_is_awesome]

Highest graduation rate, fewest number of F's, and the most students accepted to a four-year university, ever! It's amazing what you can accomplish when you put your mind to it by simply limiting what a teacher can input into their gradebook.

[Brian Tolentino M.Ed @TolentinoTeach]

10 Ways to Rebel at the End of the School Year as a Teacher

1. Fart in class. Then immediately blame it on the student who has been giving you problems all year.

2. Give extra credit for writing about giant squid. Don’t tell students why.

3. Randomly award “aura” points for sneezing.

4. Plug in the pencil sharpener so it sits on the floor.

5. Call on random students that don’t exist.

6. Declare a student the “Assistant Regional Manager of Learning.”

7. End class with an inspirational quote: “Those who doubt you probably have a good reason.”

8. Make students write with their non-dominant hand and insist it's a research-based strategy for building grit and resilience.

9. Tell students they can't leave class until they can read an analog clock.

10. When students ask what you're doing this summer, say "Swimming across the Pacific, bruh.”

[The Vertlartnic @TheVertlartnic]

Complex Reality Voted Less Popular Than Easily Memorised Nonsense In Poll