Michelle Lerner

Teaching kids to read

@ehanford @ApplePodcasts Amazing! Congrats to you and the full team!

Sold a Story was the #2 most shared podcast on @ApplePodcasts in 2023. apmg.sharepoint.com/:w:/t/ReadingI…

"I know there are some governors in states that are backing away from the data. Our goal is not to force but to convince leaders, passionately, to pay attention to the data."

"#NAEP results continue to show us progress in education. We can't back away from that, especially for children of color, children in poverty, and children in rural areas like where I'm from. Even with the best performing schools in America, the data shows us there are gaps."

Only on a business trip to DC can you take an afternoon run to some of your favorite places and then have a conversation with a Cabinet Secretary in the same 24 hour period. Excited and grateful to start four more years of work with @GovBoard.

This morning we kicked off our Quarterly Board Meeting with remarks from @SecCardona as he swore in new and reappointed members of our board.

Making this sort of data (and especially #NAEP data) available as soon as possible is critical to making funding and policy decisions at the state and local level. Read the rest of School Pulse Panel findings here: nces.ed.gov/surveys/spp/re…

One thing that I learned working in districts: The folks who manage principals are all-stars who have principals' backs and move teaching and learning forward.

The knowledge building in Ms. Trujillo’s does not end! These kinders are not asleep! 🚫😴🚫 They are acting out dormant, a vocabulary word they need to build their knowledge about trees! #KnowledgeMatters💙

@Amplify Knowledge-rich @Amplify CKLA curriculum engages each and every learner in this 3rd grade class and empowers them to write about what they are learning! #roswellisd #berrendobobcats #KnowledgeMatters💙

The @Amplify CKLA curriculum is designed so that all kids work with grade level texts! Supports are built into each lesson ensuring that learning is more equitable than putting kids in “leveled readers.” #roswellisd #berrendobobcats #KnowledgeMatters💙

Day #2 of our #KnowledgeMatters School Tour in Roswell ISD has us stepping back into Ancient Rome in Mrs. Cobos’ 3rd grade class! We heard these experts reading about Romulus and Remus and discussing why it’s a legend. #roswellisd #berrendobobcats #KnowledgeMatters💙

Now we’re in 2nd grade with the great thinkers of Greece! 🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷 These students have been busy building their vocabulary related to Greek Myths! Turn up the volume to hear them defining “channel.” @AmplifyCKLA #KnowledgeMatters💙

When the content is rich, students have something to say. Zoom in to see what these 5th graders in Roswell ISD had to say about the Aztecs, Incas, and Mayans! #KnowledgeMatters💙

Knowledge-rich curricula build oral language and vocabulary. Notice how Mrs. Tucker builds vocabulary to help her first graders access new knowledge about the advantages of building next to the Nile River! #KnowledgeMatters💙

We all wish we could be in Mrs. Tucker’s class learning about Babylon and Mesopotamia! Her students were experts at making connections to their Egyptian knowledge! “They lived in the desert like we live in the desert. The Egyptians lived in a desert called the Sierra Desert.”

DC leaders need to run to @BurroughsES and @CenterCityPCS @ Congress Heights to learn and to replicate what's working. It's simple, but it's not easy. empowerk12.org/research-sourc…

NEW in @BaltimoreBanner: Interim superintendent brings opportunity to raise student performance from @ClassroomWonder's Barbara Davidson thebaltimorebanner.com/opinion/commun…

"We need to come together—even when that’s hard—when kids’ lives and well-being are on the line." Think you're ready to have an impact on K-12 education? Read why you should join our nonpartisan board. thehill.com/opinion/congre… #NAEP

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Today marks *5* years of Lerner Communications. When I left the best job of my life (#DCPSRising), I didn't know what I wanted to do. So I took a leap. I'm deeply appreciative of the leaders and organizations who believe communications matters.