Martha Raymond

Special Education and Civil Rights

[Don Winslow @donwinslow]

Look closely at this photograph.

Look closely at the eyes of both people in this photo.

If ever there was a picture worth a thousand words it is this one.

Trump invited him to dinner to "discuss" a cabinet position.

A set up for a photograph.

Trump played him like a fiddle.

[edutopia @edutopia]

Decades of research call top-down teacher evaluation systems into question. What would it look like if peers took on evaluating each other?
https://t.co/DXvBo3h4eq

[Martha Raymond @MRaymondSPS]

Massachusetts mothers team up to create adaptive clothing company

(Via 7News Boston) https://t.co/NJvdCOQ5gb

[👩🏻‍💻Lytania Mackey Knowles @Mackeylytania]

The coolest summer program in town is happening this week! TV camp! How lucky are we to have this space in our schools and to have a teacher willing to teach @SwampscottHS_TV @sps01907 @swampkohut

[edutopia @edutopia]

Managing a classroom of 30+ students is challenging, but experienced teachers have shared some scalable tactics that can make it easier. https://t.co/psVTPnI5rB

[Hadley Elementary @HadleySPS]

Principal Norkun was full of school spirit today dressing up like a K student with his mini me dressed up as Principal Norkun! @sps01907

[Emily Hanford @ehanford]

'If every word is an obstacle and you have to decode it in a very laborious way, it's hard at the end of the sentence to know what the sentence was about." https://t.co/NYMzAEgUYs

[CBS News @CBSNews]

This pediatric surgeon rides into surgery with nervous patients to help ease their minds.

[Martha Raymond @mljk525]

Is There a ‘Science of Math’ Too? https://t.co/5LksdxnfbE

[TCEA @TCEA]

🎈Improve INCLUSION outside the classroom🎈

https://t.co/71uipBbFKT via @brookespubco
#teachertwitter #edchat #teaching

[Martha Raymond @MRaymondSPS]

via @NYTOpinion https://t.co/aGEEszGX1j

[Melanie Brethour @melbrethour]

"Research has demonstrated a correlation between letter-naming and letter-writing fluency, and a relationship between letter-naming fluency & successful reading development." Why teaching handwriting explicitly is so essential!
https://t.co/GZE3zyqTPV

[Martha Raymond @mljk525]

Great day for our Swampscott team at the METCO Leadership Retreat at Gillette Stadium… a big thank you to Milly Arbaje-Thomas, President and CEO of METCO for bringing districts together.

[Jessica Minahan, PhD, BCBA @jessica_minahan]

20 Tips to Help De-escalate Interactions With Anxious or Defiant Students https://t.co/aMjyRfaJee

[CASEL @caselorg]

A study followed kindergarteners for 19 years and found that SEL skills in childhood are just as important as good grades in school. The study suggests that schools should place more emphasis on teaching children social and emotional skills. More here: https://t.co/vMCaQleFQv

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Finland is testing new ways to teach students about fake news. Media literacy is part of the national core curriculum starting in preschool. Here’s what other countries can learn from its success. https://t.co/lAQm9lzVWH

[edutopia @edutopia]

5 benefits of having middle and high school students lead parent-teacher conferences.
https://t.co/2f5WFJ24O3

[James Booth @DrJamesBooth]

Fascinating study showing that activation of Exner’s area during handwriting were correlated with reading skills, possibly representing a neural link between handwriting and reading in children. https://t.co/8NozSzWCdY

[Holly Korbey @HKorbey]

New from me: Researchers are beginning to ask if a lack of childhood independence plays a role in the mental health crisis. "Today’s 18-year-olds are like 12-year-olds from a decade ago. They have very little tolerance for conflict and discomfort." https://t.co/Cjf3OgvUPL