Erica Sandberg

Intermediate elementary teacher. Passionate about explicit instruction and dodging edu-trends.

[Nidhi Sachdeva, PhD @nsachdeva2019]

1/2 Misssed #rEDTO2026
Here's the stream to watch! @researchED1 @tombennett71
Morning Sessions: https://t.co/NOR1iwt684
Includes:
Welcome
Opening Remarks
Keynote 1 (Kareem Weaver)
Breakout 1 (Barbara Oakley)
Breakout 2 (Nidhi Sachdeva)
Keynote 2 (Nick Gibb)

[Erica Sandberg @sandstorms]

@BarryGarelick that’s awesome! Wish I were there. I’ve never been to Toronto!

[Erica Sandberg @sandstorms]

@BarryGarelick @suzk715 @greg_ashman @rastokke @MrZachG I was watching her keynote at ResearchED in Toronto

[Erica Sandberg @sandstorms]

@suzk715 @greg_ashman @BarryGarelick @rastokke @MrZachG How discouraging!

I just heard Anita Archer refer to “Productive Struggle” as “Productive Failure” and couldn’t agree more.

[Ashley Kay Doty @AshleyKayDoty]

Released 10/16/26: The Science of Clear Math Teaching.

Another must-listen from @rastokke
#cognitivescience #scienceoflearning @chalkandtalk

[Erica Sandberg @sandstorms]

Great way to spend a rainy day at home in Vancouver #researched #researchEDToronto
I got a selfie with @AnitaArcher -keep up the fight! ❤️Dr. Barbara Oakley taught me about “grokking” and thanks to everyone else who presented today!

[Erica Sandberg @sandstorms]

Anita Archer at ResearchED in Toronto up next!!!
Watch the livestream:
https://t.co/YHPjWi2e9w

[Anna Stokke @rastokke]

🚨Why are so many students struggling with math?
CBC just released an audio documentary on math education in Canada - a bit like a mini Sold a Story for math. They cover a lot in 25 mins: problems with education research, where math instruction has gone wrong, what needs to change.
Please have a listen 🎧
https://t.co/k90ezZN1wY

[Anna Stokke @rastokke]

Ben Solomon: Memorization should not be a dirty word in math. Adults are the problem, NOT kids. Kids are proud when they memorize math facts. This is essential for later math.

[Erica Sandberg @sandstorms]

@nsachdeva2019 @D_Paul_Gautreau @researchEDCan @rastokke @NickGibbUK @KJWinEducation @Ready4rigor @Educhatter @researchED1 @tombennett71 This is fantastic! What time do they begin?

[Nidhi Sachdeva, PhD @nsachdeva2019]

@researchEDCan Guess what we are going to livestream our keynote sessions from #rEDTO2026

Tune in Saturday Oct. 24, 2026 using this link.

Share widely!
@rastokke @NickGibbUK @KJWinEducation @Ready4rigor @Educhatter @researchED1
@tombennett71

https://t.co/bGNPsx3eKe

[Anna Stokke @rastokke]

Anita Archer: “We cannot afford to use methods that do not make children smarter”

[Erica Sandberg @sandstorms]

What the Math is even going on here? https://t.co/ipuGPKbVxo

[James A. Furey @JamesAFurey]

The teacher who gives a failing grade has to explain it to the student, the parents, and the principal.

The teacher who gives everyone an A has a quiet weekend.

Still confused about how grade inflation has gotten so bad?

[Growing Up Retro @GrowingUpRetro]

There was something special about being a kid when adults didn't feel the need to entertain you every minute of the day.

Your parents could take you somewhere incredibly boring, and you were just expected to deal with it.

The bank. The hardware store. Your mother's friend's house, where you sat on a couch covered in plastic and weren't allowed to touch anything.

Nobody handed you a screen. Nobody worried about whether you were having fun.

You studied the wallpaper. You read the same magazine three times. You stared at the clock and wondered if the second hand had stopped moving.

And if you made the mistake of asking, "Can we go now?" your mother gave you that look.

You know the look.

The one that could end your entire afternoon without a single word being spoken.

I swear, we developed half our imagination simply because our parents refused to entertain us.

Looking back, I think being bored was one of the best things that ever happened to us.

[beanie0597_2.0 @0Beanie05923291]

I’m not interested in hearing about your “passion for social justice and equity” if you promote inquiry-based learning over explicit instruction, believe ambiguous, skills-based education is superior to knowledge-rich, content-focused education, and advocate for restorative circles instead of clear, consistent discipline.

You can’t say you’re passionate about social justice and equity while supporting practices that perpetuate inequitable access to knowledge and policies that harm students who are victims of verbal and physical abuse at the hands of their peers.

[Nidhi Sachdeva, PhD @nsachdeva2019]

When a child doesn't learn as a result of instruction provided, isn't that a question we should be asking about the instruction instead of making it about that child's inability to learn?

[Daniel Buck, “Youngest Old Man in Ed Reform” @MrDanielBuck]

“Schools have bigger issues to deal with than the dress code!!!”

Yeah, they have those bigger issues because they refuse to hold the line on smaller stuff like the dress code

[Anjanette McNeely @AnjanetteMcNee2]

@MrZachG sharing actions of the most effective teachers.

[MartinCothran @MartinCothran]

Let's just call this what it is: The Bloom's Taxonomy Hoax, one of the worst frauds ever perpetrated on American schools. The interlocking directorate of teachers colleges and professional development organizations misportrayed a learning framework that supported the centrality of basic skills as one that fundamentally undermined them.