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@JAlexanderPrin1

Surround yourself with people who push you to do and be better. B.M., M.A.E., M.Ed. Ed.D-2026 Recovering Principal, Chaos Coordinator

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J Alexander
J Alexander@JAlexanderPrin1·
A half pound of love and chaos. The other half pound of hate and chaos would not cooperate.
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J Alexander@JAlexanderPrin1·
@Samstricko181 There seems to be a general lack of respect for the people who turn around failing schools by the people in high performing schools. It is a vastly different type of principalship.
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Sam Strickland
Sam Strickland@Samstricko181·
It’s always intriguing how some people who have never led a school let alone turned a failing one around have very deeply set and unfounded views on school improvement and how to do it.
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J Alexander@JAlexanderPrin1·
@Samstricko181 I equate RJ with gentle parenting.Neither works in isolation.Disruption is so bad teachers can hardly get through lessons.Major behaviors are now prevalent in elementary.Along with behavior prevention strategies and teaching, progressive sanctions work to reduce minor behaviors.
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Sam Strickland
Sam Strickland@Samstricko181·
Interesting…. I still hold that a restorative only approach doesn’t work. That’s not an ideological view that’s from endless experience working in, leading & supporting schools… educationnext.org/restorative-ju…
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Tom Bennett OBE
Tom Bennett OBE@tombennett71·
Restorative Justice, one of the worst system-level strategies you can imagine. I've lost track of the number of schools I have supported out of this well-meant but destructive model, where behaviour has spiralled out of control because boundaries have become meaningless. This article demonstrates exactly why, and how it happened in the US. It is a cautionary tale for the age. The extraordinary thing is how it was implemented so far and so fast with *almost no credible evidence to suggest that we should*. It was strategy based on vibes. 'This feels right.' It was also yet another triumph of education elites over education experts: no one in school was crying out for this. Nobody was saying 'please make it impossible for us to send students out, or reprimand them, or set boundaries, if they disrupt or harass their peers.' But that's what they got, and they were penalised if they didn't. RJ can be a useful tool. But it's closer to a glass cutter than a screwdriver; it's niche, not the default. educationnext.org/restorative-ju…
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Edward A. Perin - Psychologist
Edward A. Perin - Psychologist@DoctorPerin·
There is little that will sabotage a child more than doing everything for them.
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Doug Lemov
Doug Lemov@Doug_Lemov·
There should be a $100k fine for any school that that has reading or math scores below 120 percent of state average and offers PD on “integrating AI (or any other tech) in the classroom.”
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The Principal’s Office
The Principal’s Office@educator4ever36·
lol - @CoachAvery17U blocked me! Not certain what he’s afraid of. But for the record and I’ve said it many times - at the three schools where I was Principal my teachers had UNLIMITED supply budgets. It was my priority and I made it happen. My teachers got anything they needed. The only rule was no hoarding and no waste.
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blueicecream
blueicecream@blueicecream·
How do you make a 12-year-old attend lunch detention? I teach math at a public middle school in New Mexico, and we are currently having this very discussion. Students are assigned a lunch detention for arriving to class tardy without a pass or for behavior at the teacher’s discretion. To assign a lunch detention, we add the student to a digital spreadsheet. Teachers can check the spreadsheet to see if the student showed up. Students who are assigned a lunch detention but do not attend are supposed to be reassigned for the next day. After two missed lunch detentions, we are supposed to write a referral that goes to admin. So far, the consequence for these referrals has been… lunch detention. Nobody can touch the children to move them, including the security guard. Parents may or may not give consequences at home. Admin is unwilling to suspend a student for repeated missed lunch detentions. So, in today’s day and age, how exactly do you make a middle schooler go to lunch detention?
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J Alexander@JAlexanderPrin1·
@educator4ever36 I'm going to open another can of worms regarding inequity in high school sports. In high performing teams in volleyball, softball, baseball, and basketball, you better play on a travel team to have a chance of making the high school team. Lots of football teams require 7v7.
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J Alexander@JAlexanderPrin1·
@educator4ever36 Few things in ed piss me off more than sweeping violent behaviors under the rug or misrepresenting the behaviors as not as serious as they should be.
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The Principal’s Office@educator4ever36·
Never forget - this tragedy was a DIRECT result of the failure of Special Education Services on every level. As is still the case in public schools, there a many violent and potentially violent students who are potential dangers that will never be disclosed until tragedies like this.
Congressman Jared Moskowitz@RepMoskowitz

Eight years ago, Parkland was forever changed. Seventeen of our neighbors were taken from us at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, and our community has carried that pain ever since. I pray no other community ever has to endure that kind of loss. Please keep the loved ones we lost in your hearts today, and let’s recommit to building a future where tragedies like this never happen again.

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J Alexander@JAlexanderPrin1·
@Coach_Hendrix @educator4ever36 I have backed my share of coaches and fired my share of coaches. Sometimes you give your coaches everything they need and they still can't win. Sometimes the situation is poor and a coach finds a way. Being the head, whether it's of a school or team, is complicated.
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Coach Hendrix@Coach_Hendrix·
@JAlexanderPrin1 @educator4ever36 So a LEADER has to have a backbone and tell those non crazy parents to sit down and color when they come with pitchforks for these coaches OR those leaders have to give the coach these resources to win!
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J Alexander@JAlexanderPrin1·
@Coach_Hendrix @educator4ever36 No need to get nasty by telling me to retire. And, I am more than excellent at what I do. I don't think HS NIL will be that widespread but just the possibility will make (mostly) parents crazy. And, NIL has ruined college football because NIL was implemented with little thought.
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Coach Hendrix@Coach_Hendrix·
@educator4ever36 @JAlexanderPrin1 If you think that more than about 30 schools will have NIL collectives you need to retire. Now individual kids maybe. Idk. And I think the 30 is way too high. 30 out of over 450. Sports are an extension of the classroom.
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Sam Strickland
Sam Strickland@Samstricko181·
Asking the most vulnerable pupils what they think about a school (& taking this as gospel) is deeply flawed. How many children say they want to be in school all the time? Most kids probably want to be somewhere else. Not because they hate school but because they’re kids.
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J Alexander@JAlexanderPrin1·
Kid punched a kid bc he didn't get his way. Parent & kid claimed hazing within the team. Shut down the program for a week to investigate. Totally made up to try to get the kid off the hook. Parent was good friends with the board president so I wasn't allowed to hold accountable.
Max Price@MrMaxPrice

A team can be literally 24-0 and still have a parent complaining about playing time, reporting non-truths to the AD, and openly rooting against the team. We live in a wild period for sports.

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