Texas has over 943,000 uninsured children — the worst in the country. I just filed House Bill 321 to quickly and efficiently enroll already eligible Texas children into Medicaid or CHIP. Our kids are our future — and they deserve better.

I learned Bible stories myself in Sunday School and Vacation Bible School. That’s where they belong, not as teaching materials for our public schools whose students come from many faiths. Extreme Republicans would turn America into a theocracy, refusing to honor our

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Ask me about elementary problem posing 🤓

"how would you describe your writing process?"

This is an amazing opportunity for anyone interested in pursuing a masters degree in special education! We would love for you to join our ohana here at University of Hawaii at Manoa ❤️

IES Research issues new evidence-based practice guide for teachers on behavioral interventions during elementary school. Clear expectations, positive attention and praise, and feedback to students display strong evidence. ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/Pract… Michael Petrilli Doug Lemov

Love this ♥️ students thrive with explicit instruction and high expectations! Classrooms that are structured can also be warm and friendly. And, in my experience, holding high expectations for students helps build meaningful relationships with them, too.

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If you will be at PCRC, come chat with me about the pervasive and ineffective “keywords strategy” for solving word problems! And, if you consent, I can also blab about how schema instruction is the best way to counter act it!

We’re focused on feeding our kids. Investing in our schools. Making sure child care is affordable. Regardless of the chaos unfolding in Washington, we’re making Minnesota the best state for kids to grow up.

Tomorrow at #PCRC2025. Danielle Lariviere will spotlight word-problem patterns across assessments used in the US. Go talk to her to learn more! College of Education The Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk

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Brand new article! Key words are NOT helpful for teaching students about word-problem solving. This paper explored how students got distracted by the keyword "more." buff.ly/OskgASX

New paper about a brief word-problem screener for use in the elementary grades. It's free to read this article! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pi… And then download the screener at: piratemathequationquest.com

Excited to share a new open-access practitioner paper all about: (a) avoiding using the keywords strategy, and (b) what word-problem strategies to use instead! Read about how to support students with mathematics difficulty and emergent bilinguals. doi.org/10.1002/trtr.7…