Ask Questions
“Keep those students asking questions even if there are no answers, make them walk the talk, and have a purpose greater than themselves?” (Anonymous )
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Hydropower or ?
“That power is a lot better than coal and oil and gas. But is it worth sacrificing a healthy river to help preserve a safe planet?” L.A. Times by Sammy Roth (9/26/23
Writing to Read
“Writing is intrinsically important for all students to learn—after all, it is the primary way beyond speech that humans communicate. But more than that, research suggests that teaching students to write in an integrated fashion with reading is not only efficient, it’s effective.” EdWeek News 1/17/23 by Stephen Sawchuk
41 Million
“About 12.4%, some 41 million, of the U.S.’s 333 million people live at or below the poverty line, the Census Bureau calculates, which is set at about $29,678 for a household of two adults and two children.”
Trailblazer
“Dianne Feinstein will be rightly remembered as a trailblazer – the first woman to serve as mayor of San Francisco and the first woman elected to the Senate from California. But once she broke those barriers and walked through those doors, she got to work.” (Barack Obama ) quote
What TEACHERS THINK
“41% of teachers note that students learn faster when using technology. ” NCES data 2020
Negotiations work
“Even President Biden, who loves a good Netflix-and-chill night, applauded the decision: “There simply is no substitute for employers and employees coming together to negotiate in good faith toward an agreement that makes a business stronger and secures the pay, benefits and dignity that workers deserve,” he said in a statement on Monday. “I urge […]
Gen. Mark Miley
“The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is the nation’s highest-ranking military officer and the principal military advisor to the president, secretary of defense, and national security council. The current chairman, Army General Mark Milley, has served in the military for 44 years, deploying in Iraq, Afghanistan, Egypt, Panama, Haiti, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Colombia, Somalia, and […]
Technology & Learning
“48% of teachers believe students retain more information across all subjects when learning through technology.” NCES data 2018-19
Words Matter
“Each day, our tribe of language holds what we call the world together. Yet the uttering of the word reveals how each of us relentlessly creates. Everyone is an artist. Each person brings sound out of silence and coaxes the invisible to become visible.” by John O’Donohue ( book Adam Cara