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Gov. proposing a $290 million increase to base per-pupil funding / minimum per-pupil funding $8,336 / Range would be $150 to $225.
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Ready for this stupid football crap to end and bring on some baseball! #SuperBowl
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Spring Training, it’s a beautiful thing.
#ReadyForBaseball
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Empty, hollow, thud?
Rosenhan “told his psychiatrist his auditory hallucinations included the interception of radio signals and listening in to other people’s thoughts....he reported he had been unable to work or sleep...and he had contemplated suicide.” spectator.co.uk/2020/01/how-…
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When presenting an educational argument, start off by saying “Research says…“ and make up just about anything you want. Teachers are too busy to have the time to fact-check you. It is an effective and efficient way of instituting new initiatives that lack any empirical support.
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Boras says many things — teams are birds, playoff titans hit a Strasburg — and this is most compelling.
“I am letting Bernie Sanders know that if he wants to set up a campaign fund to help teachers negotiate their true value ... I will donate, right today.”
— to @ByMcCullough.
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New Leg-HB5270>create 4 State districts for election to the State Brd of Educ (8 yr. terms). Current Board members are elected statewide.
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HB 4269 passed Ways & Means Committee (to House)-allow a student to fulfill foreign language (MMC) requirement with computer coding.
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HB 4271 passed Ways and Means Committee (to House) that would allow a statistics course or financial literacy course for Algebra II.
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One of the most pointless phrases in education today is “doing something outside of one’s comfort zone“. Given what’s demanded of teachers today, I doubt there are many who are actually comfortable day in and day out being in the classroom.
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A little Ty Cobb footage for your viewing on this Friday.
The interaction between Cobb and Wagner at the beginning still gives me goosebumps
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One psychology professor says school drills that simulate active shooter situations have the potential to traumatize students rather than prepare them.
"We don't light a fire in the hallway to practice fire drills," she says. n.pr/36QHqCa
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Traffic on the Ambassador Bridge presumably when it opened on 11/11/1929 - #Detroit News photo (WSU Library)
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Put this one in the "sky is not falling" camp: "most young texters and Instagrammers are fine. Heavy use can lead to problems, but many early studies & headlines have overstated dangers and omitted context." research by @ShuhBillSkee @orben et al. scientificamerican.com/artic… #psychat
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The #1 problem/weakness in teaching and how to address it. teacherhead.com/2019/10/04/t…
