Rob, it’s been an honor to work alongside you over the past several years. You’ve given this city memories that will last a lifetime. You’ll always be a champion in my book. A true baseball man, and even better friend. Proud to know you. ⚾️
"Momentum appears to be growing against any screen time in schools as states like Tennessee and Kansas propose prohibiting ed tech for grades K-5."
States weigh limits, outright bans on ed tech in schools | K-12 Dive https://t.co/YJTaSbpS8A
It’s time for us to get cell phones out of the classroom and create a healthier environment for both our teachers and our kids.
That’s why I called on the State Legislature to send a bill to my desk requiring our schools to implement a “bell-to-bell” cell phone ban, limiting distractions so that our teachers and students can focus on their learning.
Our teachers, parents, and kids need us. Let’s get it done.
NBC: Parents are opting kids out of school laptops, returning them to pen and paper - Parents are forming a loose network teaching one another how to get their children off school-issued Chromebooks and iPads. https://t.co/0STevKcGc8
No matter how long I live after we get through this dark chapter, I will never get over the immorality, the amorality, the corruption, the criminality and the cruelty in service to one of the worst humans to ever walk the earth.
A school that bans phones but keeps kids on Chromebooks for half the day are a bit confused about the problem.
This just reinforces the fractured attention span kickstarted by the phone in the first place.
Get them off the screens and into a book. You’re not sacrificing their ability to be ready for the future by doing so; you’re enabling them to learn in the present.
If you’ve not read this, read it.
If you’ve read it, read it again.
If you know someone who hasn’t read it, get them to read it.
Just get it and read it.
Then read it some more.
@SoLInTheWild I love these strategies. I want to repay the favor of sharing, if you’re interested, I can share a presentation I have to teachers about TWR when I was an instructional coach.
@SoLInTheWild Thanks so much! This is incredible. Could you elaborate on the Enriching Understanding with appositives and the Thinking and Linking grid? Is this the "format" that most of your booklets have?
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