Jessica Leader (she/her) 🏳️‍🌈

@smerrill777 @edutopia Platforms like Clever can be great, but if students are only ever reading bite-sized snippets of text that are meant to be forgotten, how can we expect them to care about reading? (3/3)

Over @edutopia, we’ve been hearing about rising student apathy for a good while—but there doesn't seem to be a consensus on how widespread it is or what's driving it. What's your read? Is it a widespread phenomenon, and if so what’s behind it?

@smerrill777 @edutopia What person of any age can be excited about doing something hard when there are games to be played? I also wonder if stand. testing, prep, & blended learning have caught up with students and extinguished their desire to learn. (2/3)

@smerrill777 @edutopia This article encapsulated a lot of what I'm seeing: nytimes.com/2024/04/10/opi… (1/2)

@PBC197 @smerrill777 @edutopia That's always been true, though, I think, but substitute "performer" for YouTube star for 2001, when I started teaching.

@smerrill777 @edutopia Students don’t see the value. Either their parents don’t also see the value or they think they’ll be a YouTube star or NBA player when they grow up and don’t need education.

@MarcusLuther6 Listen...you have not won any of these YET.

@MarcusLuther6 @MsPhanLearns I'm so excited that you annotated this one, and that more students will get to read it! I can't wait to hear how they respond. Feels like a superb example of describing a universal experience by using specific details.

@Larryferlazzo You are one of the most publicly thoughtful educators I follow! Can you give yourself a break and do what you did last year? Even if it's imperfect, the deliverer is YOU, and you have so much to give and need to take care of yourself. (advice I need to give myself, too!)

It’s August, which means I should start thinking about planning for the upcoming school year, but I just don’t want to

@MarcusLuther6 @MarisaEThompson This is unbelievably beautiful and utterly memorable.

@MarcusLuther6 This one also completely gets me: poets.org/poem/i-invite-…

@MarcusLuther6 I've always loved this poem! Another one similar to this is Eve Merriam's "Cliche" (not the best website of record, but it's still the poem): tauhhidblog.blogspot.com/2010/11/poem-c…

Before you begin your thinkpiece, the Supreme Court DID NOT strike down Affirmative Action Admission preferences for legacies, donors, employee families and special recommendations are still allowed The Court struck down Affirmative Action For everyone except WHITE PEOPLE

Not just proud of Mr. Foda--proud of Creative Minds for its movie star-like celebration graphic! (I thought for a minute they'd made a movie about it all!)

Can we pause for a moment to appreciate the word "snooty"? It's just so great.

@LBirnstad @AllisterSBOE @DiyaBardwell So glad to hear about this! Congratulations!

DC’s pride prom was a… SUCCESS WOOOOHOOO

One World Education celebrates our partner Teachers! #teacherappreciationweek @oneworldeducation

Pay our writers! Meet their demands. The stories we tell are nothing without them. #WGAStrike @WGAEast @WGAWest

Wow! 🤩 We’re #DCCharterProud of @FriendshipPCS Southeast scholar, Makiyah Davis, for recently winning third place in the One World Competition - Board Presentation. Congratulations on a job well done! 👏🏾

@dcpcsb @FriendshipPCS Makiyah and her @FriendshipPCS Southeast teachers were an incredible part of @OneWorldEdu's program! A testament to the creativity and voice of young people in DC.

Teaching employs a zillion skills! Many teachers made us who we are. Please, take a moment to thank the teachers in your lives, past and present!

'Hijab Butch Blues: A Memoir' by @lamyaisangry follows Lamya H from her youth in the Middle East to adulthood in New York City, carving out a hopeful story of courage and love. #BookOfTheDay: on.nypl.org/3FrIuiS