I am excited to share that Prompting Deeper Discussions is available for pre-order. 🔥 Amazon: https://t.co/SzecMeXUzi Barnes and Noble: https://t.co/JD7kLFH4jQ ASCD (will come w/ study guide):

Y'all really want yall babies googling “Santa Claus?” Anything and everything else magical? Yall really want them kids infinite scrolling at 8?? Whyyy?

Schools are begging parents to “hold the line” on elem kids getting cell phones and I’m genuinely confused about why it’s even a fight. Childhood already only lasts like 7 seconds. Why the hell yall want to speed it up??? That’s crazy to me

@MattRKay As someone who has taught through anemia and diminished heart function, I say… PHHHBBBBPPPPTTTHHH to this rule. (All better now, and I *still* sit if I need to. Ain’t putting my health last anymore.)

Teachers need to have presence. They need to take up space. This *can* be accomplished from a chair. At times. I saw mom do it for years. I do more of it myself as years add up. (& when I stand up - often for emphasis - it means something. I can see kids eyes get bigger. 😁)

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KP is like that teacher everyone knows is awful but they can’t be fired #eagles

From "device hoarding," to *quiet quitting," all the way back to "drapetomania," capitalism will always find some way to tell you you're crazy for not volunteering to be exploited.

Me: “Alright y’all it’s the last class before break, *and* your class is ahead… we can learn or chill.” Most kids: (theatrically flailing around in mock dismay at not learning more about the constitution.) One Kid (very reluctantly closing notebook): “I mean… we could…”

@rickwormeli2 @MattRKay I especially found ‘ developmental consequences of outsourcing imaginative labour to an artificial agent ‘ brought clarity to the issue

Sometimes it’s just as simple as, “if I was in this class - even as an adult - what would I say?”

An underrated skill is imagining what students *might* say in response to a prompt. When a class discussion fails, sometimes I look back and wonder why in the world I thought those questions would succeed.

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Cmon parents let’s be smart.

This might sound corny but I am extremely grateful for the role that Little Caesar’s has played in my life. I grew up with a single mom and there was never food in the house. She waited tables at a Mexican place called El Leoncito and was always working during dinner. My daily

This is football and life (teaching especially) The best “hang their hat” on certain class discussion moves, get *real* good at them. Don’t chase the shiny things. Are never rushed into stuff they aren’t prepared to talk about. They make thoughtful adjustments as needed. 💯

Underrated credit goes to Brandon Graham on the #Eagles first fourth down stop of the game on a tackle that Moro Ojomo made last night. Graham knocks back the #Lions LG into Jahmyr Gibbs and halts his momentum.

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For those who want to try it out in their classroom! https://t.co/BVNP5liBat

Def should have included “kids loved it!”

Started a unit in Creative Writing grounded in @MarcusLuther6 “Great Sentences” slide deck. Thx man! Long live “shop talk” on here ❤️