The most challenging part of working in a public school is contending with the fallout from a vast array of social and public policy decisions that we didn't make

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This is your semesterly reminder to assign the types of activities you want to give feedback on (grade). When you assign the type of work that is a delight for you to engage with it goes a long way in helping to assess students learning.

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I cannot express to folks how utterly exhausting and hopeless it feels to spend all day in a school just to leave work and read that somewhere in this country, children and their teacher went to school and got shot and died today.

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The 100th episode of ‘ABBOTT ELEMENTARY’ will take place at Disneyland. It will also serve as the Season 6 midseason finale. #AbbottElementary #Disney

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Down-home version of my work: Teachers are pretty good at their jobs. The state has made their jobs really, really hard with a lot of hard to follow rules and too many tests. Most teachers would love to show kids how to fall in love with books and want a classroom library full of books to share.

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