Michelle Bennett

Evidence-Based and Data-Driven • Education • she/her/hers

[Michelle Bennett @meshellbennett]

Somewhat disappointing flight with @SouthwestAir this past weekend where I learned the sad news that the best plane snack ever (Southwest snack mix) was discontinued AND the wifi cut out so I’ll never know what happens in the last 20 min of Inside Out 2 😭

[Michelle Bennett @meshellbennett]

if my plants are so thirsty, why don’t they just water themselves?

[arielle @arielle_slvr]

has anyone else thought about how the alphabet can be mapped out like a high school cafeteria?
a-c: teacher’s pets/honor roll kids (also theater kids)
d-f: class clowns + stoners (fun)
h-j: athletes
k-l: preppy/rich kids (nice)
(1/2)

[Michelle Bennett @meshellbennett]

it’s 5:41 on christmas morning at the airport and the christmas music playing just slyly switched to “Groovy’s Freylekhs” by The Klezmatics, just to go right back to carols

[arielle @arielle_slvr]

fun news! my short story, "ours" has been published in the summer issue @LilithMagazine — it's a heartwarming little gay read that'll make you laugh and cry and howl at the moon (or at least, maybe smile once or twice)

https://t.co/ogSTvgR6cr

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: Beloved author Judy Blume, who resides in Florida, rips into Ron DeSantis for his book-banning campaign saying he "wants to control everything" including "what kids can think, what they can know, what they can question, what they can learn, and now even what they can talk about" and says that Republicans even want to prevent "girls in elementary school from talking about periods," adding sarcastically: "Good luck there.” RT TO THANK JUDY BLUME FOR TAKING A BOLD STAND!

[Rori Picker Neiss @roripn]

This past month has been excruciating, including the q of how public to be with our story. We’re not that interesting of a family. Except our state is targeting us.

When Parents Hear That Their Child ‘Is Not Normal and Should Not Exist’ ⁦@nytimes⁩ https://t.co/Uk18U2q290

[Michelle Bennett @meshellbennett]

fyi if you date your roommate’s friend you’ll be ruthlessly called out the moment you start talking like them

[Michelle Bennett @meshellbennett]

update: they ARE playing hannukah music about lighting the chanukiah, so we’re halfway there!

[Michelle Bennett @meshellbennett]

what do we think are the changes someone at boston logan has a menorah i can light while i wait for my delayed flight

[Michelle Bennett @meshellbennett]

I thought 5 months was bad, but just received an email about a different job app not moving forward, 9 months (to the day) from when I submitted it !!!!!!!

[Michelle Bennett @meshellbennett]

Employers should know that if you are going to send a rejection over 5 months after the job app was submitted, it would honestly just be easier not to send anything at all

[Michelle Bennett @meshellbennett]

Are fun-sized packs of m&m’s worse than other m&m’s? (or am I just eating stale post-halloween office candy?)

[Michelle Bennett @meshellbennett]

Realizing that working in a mostly empty office (people come in infrequently and mostly work remote) means that everyone just gets spooked whenever we unexpectedly see another human.

[pj @pjayevans]

There is a hole in a bagel just like an acoustic guitar but that is about where the similarities end

[Michelle Bennett @meshellbennett]

absolutely obsessed with today’s weather in Cambridge I just wanna scream about it

[Michelle Bennett @meshellbennett]

Forever grateful to have taken this course last year (when it was still optional!) and to be on the teaching team as a TF this year. The energy around this important work is inspiring!

[Carrie Conaway @clconaway]

Today @hgse is doing something awesome: launching our first required course in evidence use for all 600+ of our master's students.

A 🧵…

[Michelle Bennett @meshellbennett]

Incredible new trend I’ve just become aware of: dogs carrying around stuffed animals in their mouths while on walks around Boston/Cambridge (including the bus I am on!) 🥹

[𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐝 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧 @DrBradJohnson]

Education is not teacher centered or even student centered, but it is relationship centered. Teachers thrive w/ positive admin relationships & students thrive w/ positive teacher relationships. Relationships drive education.

[Michelle Bennett @meshellbennett]

@clconaway @WaltEcton @NoraEGordon Was between HGSE and PennGSE for my Masters and sometimes think about what courses/profs I'm missing out on from Penn (though I wouldn't trade what I get here for the world!) - FWIW, nice to know I could've enjoyed learning from this textbook & your insights wherever I ended up!