Neema Salimi (@coachsalimi) 's Twitter Profile
Neema Salimi

@coachsalimi

Husband, father of 2, math teacher (AP Stats and AP Calculus) and Football Offensive Coordinator. Opinions are solely my own.

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Doug Lemov (@doug_lemov) 's Twitter Profile Photo

What an embarrassment for the SAT to radically reduce passage length. The ability to sustain focus on & make meaning from longer text is an indicator of achievement & likely college success. Simplistic text erodes any differentiating factor for those kids who actually do take the

Connor Boyack ๐Ÿ“š (@cboyack) 's Twitter Profile Photo

20 years ago today, SCOTUS ruled 5-4 that the government could legally take a person's property and give it to a private company using eminent domain. The case arose when a city took Suzette Kelo's home to transfer the property to Pfizer, under the guise that doing so would

20 years ago today, SCOTUS ruled 5-4 that the government could legally take a person's property and give it to a private company using eminent domain. 

The case arose when a city took Suzette Kelo's home to transfer the property to Pfizer, under the guise that doing so would
ProFootballTalk (@profootballtalk) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The NFL and NFLPA managed to conceal a landmark ruling in a collusion case against the league for more than five months. Pablo Torre ๐Ÿ•ณ๏ธ got his hands on it, and we broke it all down on Pablo Torre Finds Out. nbcsports.com/nfl/profootbalโ€ฆ

Doug Lemov (@doug_lemov) 's Twitter Profile Photo

โ€œThe root cause [of grade inflation] wasโ€ฆthe lack of safeguards. Everyone benefitted: pupils were doing better, teachers were adding value, schools were celebrating... It was the pupils, who went into the real world to discover that the grades on their certificates were not

Daniel Buck, โ€œYoungest Old Man in Ed Reformโ€ (@mrdanielbuck) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I keep getting asked this question: "Well, what if we center student voices in this discussion?" Guess what? I don't much care what students think about this issue. The adults set the rules and expectations in a building, not children.

I keep getting asked this question: "Well, what if we center student voices in this discussion?"

Guess what?

I don't much care what students think about this issue. The adults set the rules and expectations in a building, not children.
Lisa Britton (@lisabritton) 's Twitter Profile Photo

When girls were behind in education, we said, ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ธ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜บ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ. Now that boys are behind, itโ€™s ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ธ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜บ๐˜ด. That double standard isnโ€™t just unfair, itโ€™s unacceptable.

When girls were behind in education, we said, ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ธ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜บ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ. Now that boys are behind, itโ€™s ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ธ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜บ๐˜ด. That double standard isnโ€™t just unfair, itโ€™s unacceptable.
David Neill (@dneill62) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Football season is coming so letโ€™s talk conditioning. โ€œIn Shapeโ€ is a complex term that encompasses a variety of qualities: -Aerobic Conditioning -Work Capacity -Repeated Sprint Ability -Energy System training -Heat Acclimation ๐Ÿงตto address each so your team is ready this fall

Daniel Buck, โ€œYoungest Old Man in Ed Reformโ€ (@mrdanielbuck) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Sports: The only way to master your skills is through practice, practice, practice Music: The only way to master your instrument is through practice, practice, practice Modern ed professors: Practicing math problems is oppressive. Students need to just, like, vibe it out

TracingWoodgrains (@tracewoodgrains) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Checking sources is a superpower--you would not believe the stuff people sneak into things. As one example: the book "Keeping Track" is by far the most influential antiโ€“ability grouping book. Key to its argument is a claimed finding that 90% of students can master course

Checking sources is a superpower--you would not believe the stuff people sneak into things. 

As one example: the book "Keeping Track" is by far the most influential antiโ€“ability grouping book. Key to its argument is a claimed finding that 90% of students can master course
Neema Salimi (@coachsalimi) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Another classic example of how great the "illusion of understanding" is in football. What some random fan thinks is "football 101" is 100% wrong.