Happy Book Birthday! 🥳
REAL LOVE: Strategies for Reaching Students When they See No Way Out by Alexes Terry
Available here: bit.ly/realloveedu
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ISO teachers and administrators in the following Texas school districts:
Beaumont, Connelly, Lake Worth, Fort Worth, and Houston.
Considering putting together a SXSWEdu panel about the impact of state takeover on our schools
This cover is STUNNING.
The entire purpose of literacy in secondary education (6-12) is to teach these skills. Primary education is learning to read, secondary is reading to learn.
There has been a targeted push to limit how students can acquire these skills: we’re asked to teach them in isolation and quickly. +
*Connally, sorry!
Even though making connections (to the self, to other texts, to lived experiences) is a standard across the country, because it’s not easily tested, it’s not taught.
So, in theory, the TEKs (TX standards) are thoughtfully constructed and promote critical thinking! But the truth is very different.