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[Paul Gorski | Equity Literacy Institute @EquityLiteracy]

From our introduction chapter. Remember, every step toward equity eliminates inequity or cultivates equity. By itself celebrating diversity doesn't do either. We should celebrate diversity, but it can't become the high optics, low-impact fill-in for high-impact equity leadership.

[Jim Knight 🇺🇦 @jimknight99]

I wonder which teaching strategies would be at the top of the list if we measured curiosity, love of learning, imagination, and self-efficacy instead of (or along with) acquisition of content knowledge.

[edutopia @edutopia]

"Putting students in a group and saying, 'Hey, go do this,' isn’t going to work. Spending time working with students to plan the groups, learn norms and routines, and understand what it means to be part of the classroom culture is key," @MrsSaid17 writes.
https://t.co/xyJjtKclTr

[NextGenScience @NGSWestEd]

Planning for how to meet the needs of students who come in below grade level this fall?

(Hint: it's not going back to the days of memorizing definitions for a vocabulary test.)

Read more about equitably accelerating learning in science here: https://t.co/mL9jQ4rL3Y

[Next Generation Science Standards @OfficialNGSS]

How does science instruction change with the NGSS?

👇 h/t @theNASEM Guide to Implementing the NGSS

[Valini @valini_edu]

@aledaklassen @austinchanning What a quote! You may have just made my summer reading list longer!

[Valini @valini_edu]

Just some light summer reading...

[Education Week @educationweek]

Teachers have to recognize that they are not the focal point of the classroom if they want students to gain and keep knowledge, say educators. #EWOpinion @Larryferlazzo https://t.co/OUQFvzAdGT

[edutopia @edutopia]

This five-step learning routine will have students thinking like scientists in no time. 🔭 🔬
https://t.co/5JSscYULo3

[Valini @valini_edu]

@mathwithmstong @HannLearn Adding on to @HannLearn's idea - pair B2.7 with B3.3-B3.5. Examples of diseases: lung cancer (Ss can even tie this back to mitosis), asthma (social justice option - why are asthma rates higher in low income areas), CO poisoning, bronchitis, emphysema.

[Mrs. Hicknell (she/her) @hicknell]

👏
#WRDSBdestreamed
#WRDSBlearns

@MacKayStassen
@aledaklassen
@shortrjedu

[Usha KelleyMaharaj @KelleyMaharaj]

Oral records & communication are not inferior to written ones. We should embrace the contextual benefits of both formats while not privileging one over the other.

Knowledge in a student’s voice is as powerful as knowledge at the tip of their pen.

https://t.co/jOfZJ0ynuT

[Annesah Hussain @annesahj]

Watching @JullyBlack making this intentional shift in her performance gave me goosebumps!

#HomeONNativeLand

[Jason Bradshaw 🇨🇦🇧🇧 @JBradshaw01]

I’ve said before, I’ve never known an immigrant parent who isn’t as involved in their child’s education as they can be. It’s a huge and often racist misconception to assume that racialized parents don’t care because they’re not on the PTA or attending parents’ night.

[Tee @tanitiamunroe]

A word for educators: Blackness isn’t a trend or a temporary cultural acknowledgement. Commit to a continuous practice in your classrooms and schools to centre Blackness and make it as much of a priority for the other 11 months as you did in February.

[Aleda Klassen @aledaklassen]

Today @wrdsb #snc1w teachers got together to experience #thinkingclassroom, talk about consolidation moves, and think about designing science tasks with higher cognitive demand.

#wrdsbscience
#wrdsbdestreamed
@mrjacksondotca
@valini_edu

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[Next Generation Science Standards @OfficialNGSS]

What does it take to build affirming science learning environments? What can be gained?

Read about it in this new blog post by @WestEd's Rasha ElSayed and Kirsten Daehler: https://t.co/FNHXYJzNnr

[Valini @valini_edu]

This hand-drawn card I received from a student today summarizes all the #ambitiousscienceteaching #phenomena we studied this semester. So many successes to celebrate in #SNC1W!❤️

[STEM Teaching Tools @STEMTeachTools]

Teachers have power and responsibility to change racist legacies of STEM and schooling by engaging in self-work, learning more about racial justice and science education, and centering racial justice in their curriculum and pedagogy. Read more: https://t.co/u7ltWKlnQV #ngsschat

[Dan Wuori @DanWuori]

A lovely illustration of why “school readiness” must have as much to do with schools being ready for children as with children being ready for school.