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Happy #WorldTeachersDay to all the teachers out there! Thank you for all you do to encourage students to learn, grow & reach for the stars! You inspire us & make us proud to share NASA's mission with you! ❤️📚🚀 nasa.gov/stem

ALT Animated gif of an astronaut in a white space suit pointing at the viewer, then tracing a heart shape in the air

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Do the right thing for the people
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28 Jun 2020
Nearly 80% of teachers in the U.S. are white, but a majority of students are children of color. Having teachers of color yields positive outcomes for all students.
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15 Jun 2020
“Harnessing young children’s desire for fairness and using it as opening to discuss bias and discrimination is not a hard leap, but one that needs to be made explicitly and with instruction.” These *5 elementary strategies* can help discussions. edutopia.org/blog/teaching-y…
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Good news for #TeacherAppreciationWeek2020! We enjoyed calling these @HH_Schools' teachers at home to let them know their inspired ideas will be funded in 2020-21! Congrats to our Innovative Learning Grant Award Winners!!!! Learn more at tinyurl.com/yd4x2sqn #Innovators
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26 Apr 2020
Teachers are increasingly finding one surprise takeaway from remote learning—some students are actually doing better than they did in the classroom. What can we learn from them? edutopia.org/article/why-are…
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Looking for a lesson structure that’s transferable to synch or asynch planned instruction? Try this one! @KristinZiemke @KatieMuhtaris #MCIUlearns
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Want to put a smile on your face? Sing along if you want!

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Here I will share my lesson plans for my students who will not be coming to school for the next two weeks. These plans were developed with my friend @pennykittle , as well as from input from some of my ELA colleagues at Magnolia High School. But before I share, some thoughts:
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🤍 so true!
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Thanks to Veterinarian Dr Jones for sharing her journey with our girls! #HHEF Girls’ STEAM @JKircher007 @LisaRQuinn @hhefoundation
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I stand at my classroom door between each period to greet my kids. My new year's teaching resolution: pick one student before each class and engage that student in a 1-2 minute conversation. I'm first selecting kids who tend to fly under the radar.
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14 Dec 2019
When people ask me about required reading for new teachers, this is my list. @ILTOY2018 #TeachersLeading #TwitterTakeover @chrisemdin @MrTomRad
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Today is the day you can make a difference for all Hatters! Become an HHEF member this #GivingTuesday! hhef.org
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We had SO MUCH FUN at the Kids Sip & Paint last night!!! Thank you to everyone who came to paint and to explore the amazing high school Lab with @PompeiNick and Mr. Killion--all in support of the HHEF's incredible programs for HH students.
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