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@unboundedu Sr. Dir., ELA, She/Her/Hers. Change agent for #EQUITY and #EMPOWERMENT in Education. #fixinjusticeNOTkids

Virginia, USA
Joined October 2015
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@AlfredTatum words coming from @lacrob this morning at #standardsinstitute "LEVELED BOOKS LEAD TO LEVELED LIVES." @unboundedu
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.@RoKnowsMath sat down with Mindful Math to discuss why #culturallyresponsiveteaching is necessary to change disparate outcomes for students of color. Listen to more on this latest podcast episode ▶️: hubs.la/H0HZcK00
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This post by @PamelaSnow2 is an absolute banger. It manages to do so without talking down on the other side. I particularly like Misdirection 4. We needn't fear standards. Especially because the standards help us help students! Some standards are healthy restrictions of freedom.
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Ready for the Summer 2021 #UnboundEdVirtualSummit? 😎 Registration is now open for all pathways: hubs.la/H0HlRvX0
I used DIBELS to assess students' reading skills for the first time today. All I can think about is how much time I have wasted collecting running records when there is a quicker assessment that provides much more meaningful information!
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"We should emphasize not Negro history, but the Negro in history. What we need is not a history of selected races or nations, but the history of the world void of national bias, race hate and religious prejudice." -Dr. Carer G. Woodson bit.ly/3jwHyNG
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If a child memorizes ten words, then the child can read ten words. But, if the child can learn the sounds of ten letters, the child can read… •350 three-sound words •4,320 four-sound words •21,650 five-sound words
“...We can both learn about our racist history, our layers, and our legacies, and we can choose to play a role in dismantling it.” (2/2) @lacrob #UnboundEdVirtualSummit
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Join Dr. Compton, @GaabLab, @FumikoHoeft, @tiffanyphogan, and @yaacovp in discussing early #literacy screening at @AIMtoLearn's 2021 Research to Practice Symposium on Monday, March 15. institute.aimpa.org/programs…
Attention #NCTMVirtual21: One week from today, @SMCintron_Math and Rachel Ruffalo of @EdTrust will be presenting live from 5-6 p.m. ET! Add "A Pathway to Equitable Mathematics: Dismantling Racism in Math Instruction" to your conference agenda now.
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[JUST RELEASED] S3, Ep. 2 of @Amplify's #ScienceofReading: The Podcast features @AliceKWiggins as she unwinds word recognition, a strand of Scarborough’s Reading Rope. 🎧 Listen now: hubs.la/H0FxGRn0 #ELAchat
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This Friday at 1 p.m. ET, join @AliceKWiggins as she presents "Culturally Responsive Teaching & Learning for Early Literacy Success" at #SchoolKitEER Registration is free and open to #edleaders and #teachers hubs.ly/H0FlG-G0 #CulturallyResponsiveTeaching #EarlyLiteracy
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Really interesting arguments from Joe Elliott about dyslexia at the Everyone Reads conference. Key takeaway for me: focus on identifying reading needs that will inform instruction and intervention, rather than labels.
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“Having Ss write about topics unrelated to content represents a huge wasted opportunity to boost learning. Writing isn’t merely a skill; it’s a powerful teaching tool. When Ss write they & their teachers figure out what they don’t understand & what further information they need.
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What Amanda Gorman showed the world was everything BUT magic. The brilliance of a Black Harvard educated young woman may seem like a magical thing, but it IS NOT! She is not an aberration. She is not a unicorn. She is a POET committed to the craft, who spent time researching to
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Every. Word. Of. This. 🧵
1/12 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is upon us. So it’s time for my yearly rant to educators about the white-washing and co-opting of King’s “I Have A Dream” speech.
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We share @MillicentZoe710 's pet peeve: “Nothing makes me crazier than when adults put limits on kids.” #HQIM lift all students up to the standard. #NoLimits #CurriculumMatters
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