WAYS TO IMPROVE Education
1 Stop viewing our kids as numbers
2 Less standardized testing
3 Provide actual & appropriate consequences for students to learn from
4 Provide more supports
5 Provide teachers more prep time
6 Smaller class sizes
7 Increase teacher salaries
It was nearly 70° in Alaska just a few days ago.
Cities in Colorado are overrun with wildfire and hundred mile-per-hour winds.
Anyone who denies that we are in the midst of a large-scale climate crisis is not living in reality.
We need bold climate action and we need it now.
@_SydneyMoon Keep it simple. Grilled cheese & a simple salad. Roasted chicken with green beans & rice. Spaghetti with ground Turkey & steamed broccoli.
Hey. The holidays can be rough for everyone.
It’s okay to set boundaries. It’s okay if your holiday doesn’t look like everyone else’s.
It’s okay to not feel merry and bright.
It’s okay to save yourself.
It’s okay to ask for help.
In today's new episode of We Can Do Hard Things, @KatecBowler helps us explore the only question that really matters: How shall we spend our one precious life?
It's one of my favorite conversations of all time.
Listen to #WCDHT here: https://t.co/ZpxUKioWAM
Having access to clean drinking water is a HUMAN RIGHT. Flint residents continue to endure tragic consequences of Flint’s poisoned water crisis despite promises of environmental protections! Demand the EPA make this right. (w/ @NapoliShkolnik) https://t.co/dxT1AUJEKy
Here's a thought:
Closing 7 of 8 polling places in Lincoln County Georgia, in deep rural Georgia, doesn't make it more convenient for people to vote. So, it's probably just a coincidence that it's a heavily black county with no public transportation, right?
My question is…. Why does school board meetings “explode” about CRT (which is not being taught) but NOT exploding over gun violence and kids being killed in schools 🤔
At just 28 years old, Patricia Kingori has received tenure at University of Oxford! This means she has become the youngest Black woman to do so. Congrats, Patricia! You are breaking glass ceilings for many young women of color! 👏🏾 https://t.co/2BNoC1bTdx
Beautiful weather here. Took a long walk and had a good cry for my dad who has been gone nine years. I believe that grief is the tax on loving people and that tears are a tribute; a beautiful way of celebrating having had someone worth missing.
Who are you missing today?
Henrietta Lacks' cells have been used for breakthrough medical research & modern medicine. Pharmaceutical companies have profited from HeLa cells, collected w/out her knowledge, but her family hasn't benefited from it! This genetic injustice can not be tolerated — Add Your Name: