Tina Romine

Reader. Writer. Teacher. Books are tiny doors to big worlds.

[Good Morning America @GMA]

This little girl learned sign language so she could thank her local delivery driver and new friend Tim, who is deaf, for everything he does ❤️

[Tim O'Brien @TimOBrien]

Sign outside the Chicago Bagel Authority on Belmont Avenue:

[Tina Romine @tsromine]

This says it all. Shout out to my colleagues working so hard during hard times. #CWHS

[Anne Lamott Quotes @AnneLamottQuote]

“People who teach others to read or to navigate a library, who don’t give up on slow or challenged students, will get the best seats in heaven. I don’t know a lot, but I know this to be true.” ~@ANNELAMOTT

[TIME @TIME]

Historians will debate this period for decades to come. Here's why we should all be keeping coronavirus journals https://t.co/bm5fN99J2G

[MindShift @MindShiftKQED]

Increasingly, teachers are finding that a handful of students—shy kids, hyperactive kids, highly creative kids—are doing better with remote learning than they did in the classroom. @NoraFleming1 @edutopia https://t.co/iGnn1Q9gNi

[NowThis Impact @nowthisimpact]

Police tried to arrest this man for eating a sandwich on a train platform

[Carol Jago @CarolJago]

Everyone agrees that the drop in NAEP reading scores is a call to action, but there’s no agreement on what action to take.

I say, kids need to read more.

[Tina Romine @tsromine]

@creekwoodhs Juniors taking Dual Comp will be using Heartland for Quarter 1. Seniors in Dual/Honors Comp will use Americanized first quarter. Junior Honors will use The US Constitution. Students MUST have these books the first week of school.

[StanceGrounded @_SJPeace_]

The Holocaust was legal. Slavery was legal. Segregation was legal.

People who hid Jews in their homes were criminalized. People who freed slaves were criminalized. People who stood up for equality and justice were criminalized.

Legality is not a guide for morality!

[StanceGrounded @_SJPeace_]

This elderly man is Alan Dornan from Somerville, Massachusetts walks miles every single day with a sign that says "I walk for dreamers and all immigrants.

He was just taken into custody by homeland security officers for civil disobedience.

KNOW HIS NAME

RETWEET THIS

[David Geurin @DavidGeurin]

Great things happen when you...
1. Enjoy your students.
2. Respect your students.
3. Challenge your students.
4. Listen to your students.
5. Believe in your students.
6. Learn from your students.
7. Encourage your students.
#FutureDriven #JoyfulLeaders

[Seth Abramson @SethAbramson]

BREAKING NEWS: A NYT article, echoing claims made on this feed, has stated correctly—for the first time—what the Mueller Report found: that by the standard used in counterintelligence cases, Trump's campaign conspired with Russia. Please RETWEET this news. https://t.co/nxxTTqwKRF

[Tina Romine @tsromine]

Students from #CreekWood High School enjoyed meeting and hearing great YA authors at #seya2019

[Tina Romine @tsromine]

@carlyy_adrianna You are definitely worth someone's time. Remember people love you and recognize how intelligent and amazing you are. We are all better for knowing you. Chin up. I'm confident beautiful days are in your future.

[Anne Lamott Quotes @AnneLamottQuote]

"[Growing up,] there were always one or two kids whose friendship saved us, fed us, and one or two teachers who got us, who got it, who shared the truth that life was amazing but also hard and weird." ~@ANNELAMOTT

[Maria Popova @themarginalian]

Watch to the end. The most optimistic thing I’ve seen in ages. If this tiny friend can make it across the abyss, and with such uncomplicated grace, so can we. (Nail for snail scale.)

[Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson]

Sometimes I wonder whether Virtual Reality has gotten so good that we’ve lost all urge to invent the actual reality that it imitates.

[Anne Lamott Quotes @AnneLamottQuote]

"Churches are good for prayer, but so are garages and cars and mountains and showers and dance floors." ~@ANNELAMOTT