RT @tombennett71: Looking at my emails today: two messages from teachers in schools where the students and staff are being terrorised and a…

@JaleneCooke @greg_ashman Me too.

@edudissenter @greg_ashman And so I come home after a 12 hour day and have to do homework with my child? Not very considerate.

RT @greg_ashman: Homework. It’s become a trope to say it does not work. Does it work? Yes. The research evidence is messy and imperfect, b…

@bledwine @JamesAFurey I’d enjoy reading something, if you have the time.

hi Leah. I believe what James is referring to is that there has yet to be any experimental, peer reviewed research that shows that differentiation results in any significant learning gains in a sustainable way. There’s only one study out of UCONN that shows minute gains in achievement, but the resources necessary to achieve that small of gain were exorbitant and not reproducible in anyway.

@JakeCowling Hi Jake! I’d love to know more about this. I use worked examples and create so many slides.

@C_Hendrick @cbokhove @JohnPeterJerrim you’re absolutely correct Carl. I’ve forgotten more about general teaching and teaching mathematics, than any of my administrators will ever know. The thought of any of them describing what’s going on in my classroom to any authority is deeply disturbing.

@Miss_Snuffy An understatement. I enjoyed the interview with Tom Rogers today. Keep up the good fight @Miss_Snuffy.

@dylanwiliam I tried organizing by topic, but that went south within a year. It will have to wait until I retire from teaching and have one job. Endnote and tagging is a good idea. For whatever reason I never thought to had my books. I’ll think about that.

@dylanwiliam Very Welcome. A drop in the bucket compared to what I’ve learned from you. I’m envious of your alphabetized books.

@effortfuleduktr N o worries. Good luck

@tombennett71 Wondering how this is possible. I can’t watch now, but unless the school replaces with a school device and allows them to use it for whatever, whenever they want?

@cadebrumley @datadrivendyon1 Nice work @cadebrumley!

@tombennett71 You continue to inspire me @tombennett71

Been there. You probably know about about diffuse thinking - state of mind where you allow your thoughts to wander and make connections between ideas. It's the opposite of focused thinking. I’m neuro divergent so I have the opposite issue most times. Lol. Maybe go doing something productive but mindless.

It’s absurd. Basic literacy is essentially the ability to read and write a short, simple statement about one’s daily life Functional literacy is the ability to read and understand everyday materials like newspapers, bus schedules, and medicine labels. which is essentially what we consider to be about a third grade level. So essentially, a literacy rate is the percentage of people who can write a sentence about their day, but not necessarily read a newspaper or a medicine label.

RT @LukeTryl: 71% of the public would also to support a national ban on smartphones in schools for people under 16, with every age group mo…