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Just how much learning is lost when schools go through three weeks of state testing? I don't want to know what the answer is.

I wish more teachers would realize that WE are the asset! Teachers bring value to our schools. Teachers keep our world moving. Please, never let a school, an administrator, a parent, or anyone else make you feel otherwise.

Here’s what I want for teacher appreciation week. An end to standardized tests and the $1.7 billion spent each year on these tests redirected into classrooms.

"The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality." - James Baldwin

I really love co-teaching and I pray it becomes a much richer discipline over time. There’s nothing like sharing responsibility and modeling community and care. #EOYReflection

One of the ugliest facts of the US is many Americans believe poor children should (can) perform academically the same as affluent children *as if the poverty/affluence don’t matter*

This is what great writing looks like:

Currently thinking about 1. Music festivals 2. Classroom set up 😭 #teacherbrain 🌊🌊🌊

We cannot put students first if we put educators last.

Theyhe SC Dept. of Education canceled AP African American Studies, @thegrio spoke with teachers, school administrators & superintendents to find out why SC essentially canceled the ONLY accredited HS course in Black History. THey all had the same answer. A thread.

🧭 With detailed roadmaps to help reach their goals, Ss are more prepared to navigate the journey! Check out this this worksheet, from educator Lee Ann Jung: leadinclusion.org/_files/ugd/5c0… #StudentSuccess

Continuously wondering why the response to students who are struggling with emotional regulation and basic academics is to send them to trade school before they even have 10 credits. It is upsetting. A sneaky way to give up on students and sent them away.

Dear Black girl in a doctorate program reading and citing articles for research, It gets better sis! At the start, I remember when any one article would take me 30-45min to get through the methods alone. This evening over 3hrs, I've annotated over 12 articles. It gets better.

Oh gosh! I went for an early morning couch sit 😂 and my cat was already laying on the couch! We’re literally twins 😁

Hi new folks! 1) my name is Chanea (sha-nay, not madwoman 😅) 2) I teach high school & community college English & writing 3) mom, sister, wife, daughter, community member 4) core value = compassion 5) I’m a teacher bc Black girls should see themselves in their educators

The last thing I am doing in class is confiscating a frustrated student’s phone Admin can do it or the child can keep it. I am not getting involved with a $1000 device & a kid who is angry at me about it

Definitely beats waiting until the last week before spring break to deliver the harshest criticism a teacher (me) has ever heard.

Older Black woman education professionals DESPERATELY need to check their internalized misogynoir when dealing with young black millennial and Gen-Z teachers. It’s like they eat their young to impress our white coworkers. yayyy??