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When curriculum is treated as a delivery tool rather than a body of knowledge, coherence suffers. @curriculumblog is amplifying a debate every curriculum leader needs to engage. x.com/KnowledgeMatrs/status/…
📢If curriculum is only viewed as a tool to deliver a set of skills rather than the sequential body of knowledge it is—we are diminishing the impact of “coherent knowledge building.”🧱
@rpondiscio explains why knowledge-rich curricula never wins here:
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Co-teaching and instructional coaching — @MattRhoads1990 breaks down what real classroom collaboration looks like. Our author, in conversation. #CoTeaching x.com/Rdene915/status/206583…
Enjoyed talking with Dr. Matthew Rhoads about co-teaching and instructional coaching and education. Listen to our discussion here and subscribe: buff.ly/LZHrqfQ #education #edchat #teaching #learning @MattRhoads1990
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The invisible labor of teaching is real. Planning periods aren't breaks — they're the work that makes the classroom possible. @CaseyJ_edu is sharing what the field needs to hear. #TeacherLife x.com/MarvelTeacher2/status/…
Things #Teachers don’t talk about:

How you use your “breaks” to answer parent messages, update the gradebook, make copies, prep the next lesson, or just sit in silence trying to reset before kids come back to class.
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Strong instructional foundation isn't a step to skip on the way to the next initiative — it's what makes every initiative work. @natasha_nurse amplifying what actually sticks in classrooms. #TeacherDevelopment x.com/JorgeDoesPBL/status/20…
Before the next initiative.
Teachers need a strong instructional foundation.
After 20 years of classroom visits and coaching, I've found that effective core instruction is built on five key components:
Curriculum → Literacy → Strategies → Monitoring → Impact
That's the playbook.
@JTSPOTLIGHTS @MPA_GOJAGUARS @wadestanford @MindyCoreOU @GiganteOrnella
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30 educators investing a Monday in making new teacher mentoring more meaningful. That's how the profession sustains itself. @summers_llm is building this — one mentor at a time. #lftx26 x.com/summers_llm/status/206…
"Failure happens, but is finite. Fear can be ever-present. It can be paralyzing. The goal isn't to eradicate fear, the goal is to lead through it, anyway!"
@jillmsiler
@LearnTexas
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The real question isn't "can AI personalize learning?"
It's "can you describe what your student needs in one paragraph?"
If yes — @ryansagare's Opal walkthrough shows exactly what to do next:
schoolrubric.org/how-i-built…
#EdTech #PersonalizedLearning
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Jun 14
🎙 Nick DeForest just recorded a Globetrottin' ADs episode on the revised & expanded International Education Leadership: A Global Playbook — essential listening for international school leaders.
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"Cumulative exhaustion." If that phrase just landed — @DavidFrangiosa wrote this for you.
#TeacherBurnout #Educators
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Wow! @IamBranum should be proud of all the @RichardsonISD leaders @TEPSAtalk this year. They are killing it!!! #bebold
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Thank you, @thornell5, for an inspiring session on what it takes to be an exceptional instructional leader! It was motivation to better support teaching and learning in my building. #RisdDreamBig @TEPSAtalk
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Problem when college kids are making coin in Name Image Likeness
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71% of U.S. public school teachers said they work at least one second job, per CBS News.
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The mission of @NeboDistrict is to engage, empower, and collaborate for student success! I’m grateful for the opportunity to be the keynote speaker for the Nebo Teaching and Learning Conference! There are awesome things happening in this district!
#ATPLC
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For years, I measured my commitment by how much I sacrificed. The longer the hours, the harder the grind, the more I believed I was proving something.
Then one day, I took a walk at the end of my workday. And everything felt different.
I've been sitting with a question lately that I wasn't expecting: What if I'm not falling behind? What if I've simply arrived somewhere?
There's a difference between chasing a life and living one. I'm still learning to tell them apart.
My latest reflection is here: bit.ly/4o0fm79
Let me know what you think.
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Leaders who read, lead better. @thornell5 on what separates good leaders from great ones — and it starts before the staff meeting. #LeadersAreReaders schoolrubric.org/book/juggli…
I have been saying this for years. So true!!! #bebold #leadersarereaders
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Student engagement isn't a behavior problem — it's a design problem. @curriculumblog on rethinking what engagement actually looks like as a new school year approaches. Worth the listen.
Why We’re Rethinking Student Engagement for the New School Year bamradionetwork.com/track/wh…
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Jun 11
Districts are rolling back devices. Parents are demanding paper.
The EdTech reckoning is real — and the right response isn't a ban. It's intentionality.
@ryansagare taught in Brazil, Colombia, and Portugal. Now he deploys AI at scale. His latest breaks it down: 3 ways tech elevates classrooms, 3 ways it fractures them, and 5 audit questions every school leader needs before next budget season.
schoolrubric.org/silicon-sof…
#EdTech #Teaching
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Jun 8
Work-life balance (29.4%) outranks salary (19.7%) as the top reason school staff stay.
Districts can't always close the pay gap fast. But they can protect planning time and build cultures where people feel heard.
schoolrubric.org/florida-sch…
#TeacherRetention #SchoolRubric
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When a colleague recommends your co-teaching work to their network for support — that's how good ideas travel. @MattRhoads1990's podcast on effective co-teaching is finding the educators who need it. Our author. #CoTeaching x.com/dr_karge/status/205979…
Several persons have reached out to me asking how to support teachers in effectively using co-teaching. This podcast with @MattRhoads1990 How to Co-Teach Effectively " by Have a Life Teaching lnkd.in/gsJyK8Ua might be useful. It highlights some of the features we write about in our CoTeaching Evolved book. You might enjoy listening in while on your summer roadtrip! Enjoy! @SolutionTree @SolutionTreeCA @_2Teach
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Picture books aren't just for early readers — they're one of the most versatile literacy tools in any classroom. @LMReadWrite on making culturally responsive picture books do double and triple duty for literacy. Essential from our author. x.com/LMReadWrite/status/206…
Listen to/watch my newest podcast episode from “The Minimalist Educator Podcast”. We talked about how to be a more efficient and effective teacher of literacy by using culturally responsive picture books for multiple purposes. Shout out to @mattdelapena @lorenlong
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"Those who can teach." @CaseyJ_edu echoing what every educator knows but rarely gets to say out loud. Teacher expertise isn't crowd-sourced — it's earned in the classroom. Proud to publish authors who live this. x.com/CaseyJ_edu/status/2064…
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Shared vision isn't just a statement you hang on the wall — it has to live in teachers' voices and classrooms. @E_Sheninger on the leadership insight that makes vision real. (h/t @curriculumblog for surfacing this.) #edleadership x.com/E_Sheninger/status/206…
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New episode - Leading Beyond the Desk: Why Your Shared Vision Needs a Teacher’s Touch open.spotify.com/episode/26w… | Listen on Spotify or wherever you access your favorite podcasts! #edchat #edutwitter #teachertwitter #educhat #edadmin #suptchat #edleadership
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