Tom Hierck

@LaheyHNIC Hughes fight? You're talking about a quitter who registered 7 hits as a d-man over 74 games...

Rick Toccquit and Quitt Hughes fighting over the last pool floatie in Cancun

@thorku @RolandDerek He quit on one team, so don't get too attached. I'm stuck with a jersey because I got attached...

@RolandDerek Please don’t say that I’m already emotionally attached

I’m honestly asking — why did another team trade this guy?

@VinnysCorner1 Gene Mauch of the Montreal Expos

Who was the manager of your favorite MLB team when you started watching baseball?

@TheSports_Shift Mack Jones, the Mayor of Jonesville

@VinnysCorner1 The legend John Boccabella

Without saying Tim Raines, Andre Dawson, Vladimir Guerrero, Gary Carter or Steve Rogers, name an Expo….

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Love this on the wall in the Denver airport! #ownit

@CanucksArmy Nope, being a quitter disqualifies him. When the team needed him the most he bailed (even after letting them bend over backwards to appease him). No team should celebrate a quitter like that.

Is Quinn Hughes the best Canuck of all-time?: Hughes Week canucksarmy.com/news/quinn-hug…

Gotta love @AirCanada land at 4:25 and finally make our way off the plane at 5:25 as we arrived with an international flight at the only gate the airport has apparently…

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Is there a worse rental car shuttle service than the one at LAS? Irregular schedule, always crowded, shuttles that just go past, status change to “not in service” after sitting for five minutes #theworst

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Thanks to all the colleagues for your support of my nomination. Honoured to make this list for the 5th time and to land in the top 10. Congrats to all who were recognized. Humbled to be on the list alongside many inspiring educators. Check it out here: globalgurus.org/education-guru…

@mctownsley Thanks for that Matt. I think it’s easy to get focused on a score than growth. Historically, folks would be ecstatic if a student moved from a B to an A even if they only grew minimally (statistically irrelevant) but still label failure for a kid who grew from 35 to 55.

@thierck Tell me more about what you mean, "allows for a focus on growth and not just achievement." The reason that I ask is because some measurement experts differentiate between product (achievement), process and progress (growth). For example: tguskey.com/multiple-grade…

Thanks Matt. We appreciate your support, and I'd love to hear some of your takeaways.

@mctownsley That's a good point and is what allows for a focus on growth and not just achievement.

@thierck Your book has me thinking about the "granularity" of the learning goals assessed and communicated in the grade book with target-based obviously more fine-grained than standards.

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