tetheredtoed
@tetheredtoed1
Education advocate. Evidence Gatherer.
One night in 2022, shortly after my brother died, I tweeted asking if anyone could recommend poems about grief or death. An anonymous mutual, whom I’d interacted with a handful of times, DM’d asking if I was ok. We started chatting and never stopped. We got married a week ago.
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We’ve promised this new role to an internal candidate but let’s get 400 people to request 3 letters of recommendation just in case
District central offices are often seen as bloated or ineffective. Superintendents should audit roles: Were they created with intention—or just quick fixes? And if cut, would it impact student outcomes?
If you enjoyed The Anxious Generation, here are 3 recent essays at AfterBabel.com that are like 3 short chapters for parents, on effects of: 1) Porn afterbabel.com/p/how-protect-… 2) Video games afterbabel.com/p/its-not-just… 3) Online gambling afterbabel.com/p/smartphone-g…
“When we hand a ten-year-old a smartphone with access to infinite content streams, we are not liberating them; we are subjecting them to thousands of micro-decisions every day about what to watch, whom to follow, how to respond, and whether to keep scrolling.”
NEW POST: A lot of the evidence on smartphones and kids is correlational but what does that mean for parents and schools? Link in reply ⬇️
Understanding Dyslexia: Signs to Watch for by Age Dyslexia can manifest differently depending on a child’s age and stage of reading development. Early identification is critical to provide effective support and intervention. improvingliteracy.org/resource/under…
I'm not on here much anymore, but thanks to @brian_poncy for the kind words. This fall, I'm going to be doing a reporting deep dive on teacher training at The Bell Ringer. Join me! hollykorbey.substack.com
If you are an educator or care about education, give this a read, subscribe to read this journalists fantastic work. Holly Korby's work is uncovering the same themes of educational malpractice reported in Emily Hanford's "Sold a Story" work. This isn't directed toward teachers in…
Looks like New Jersey is going through the same energy-bill pains as Maryland.
What is up with that delivery fee?
Chestnut Hill West runs every 2 hours like why does septa hate me I’m their biggest fan
This is nothing but lying for likes. Once again, activists and the media are attempting to smear our brave ICE law enforcement who are already facing an 830% increase in assaults against them. ICE did not give immigration attorney Trisha Chatterjee, the woman in the TikTok…
This article cites a study that claims the COVID vaccine saved 3 million American lives. 3 million “saved” plus 1 million deaths = 4 million. The US population in 2020 was 330 million. 4 / 330 would be a 1.2% infection fatality rate (or higher if we assume < 100% of the…
Other nations had a pandemic reckoning. Why hasn’t the US? via @csmonitor -I & others commenting @NIHDirector_Jay csmonitor.com/USA/Society/20…
I still think people should dress however they please. I still think people should be free to say whatever they like about themselves. Trying to outlaw or suppress other people's beliefs is as dangerously authoritarian as trying to force everyone else to pretend to share those…
“A fool and his money are soon parted”
BREAKING: Venmo & PayPal users can now send money to the US government to help pay down the national debt.
This is not just any guy this is someone who has thought through and drawn out a beautiful detailed map of every math skill and how they build upon one another and interrelate ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️
One thing that concerns me about math education at the primary school level is the idea that every math concept, no matter how trivial, needs to be explored for days on end using countless models and manipulatives in order to provide students with a "deep understanding" of these…
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One thing that concerns me about math education at the primary school level is the idea that every math concept, no matter how trivial, needs to be explored for days on end using countless models and manipulatives in order to provide students with a "deep understanding" of these…
A partner at a prominent law firm told me “AI is now doing work that used to be done by 1st to 3rd year associates. AI can generate a motion in an hour that might take an associate a week. And the work is better. Someone should tell the folks applying to law school right now.”
The MN Dept of Education just released a video praising restorative practices at Oak Ridge Elementary in ISD 196 (Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan), here's a summary. Instead of focusing on academics, staff and students now spend significant time in circles, talking about feelings,…
It’s here. Anita Archer’s posits“teach the stuff & cut the fluff.” We’ve done just that. Too much of early reading instr happens in silos so we start with the text and build a comprehensive lesson that address ALL aspects of word knowledge using Maryanne Wolf’s POSSUM approach.
As a microplastics researcher, here’s how I avoid exposure to plastics - Important re school food washingtonpost.com/wellness/2025/…
