Jason Becker
@jbex121
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"The urge to excel and the urge to lead aren't the same. Sometimes I think they may be opposites." --Kim Stanley Robinson
Joined August 2015
Today’s #FHSD school boundary 7-day average positive test rate is 28%. #FHSDlearns about COVID
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Lin-Manuel Miranda Is Hosting An AP U.S. History Class Online. @MrsJandtsClass Ya boi, right? https://t.co/uVmRJeS6eS
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Tomorrow at noon, you can tune in to watch Lin-Manuel Miranda discuss U.S. historyIf he’s not the most famous history buff of the modern age, he’s certainly the most popular. Lin-Manuel Miranda is …
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Most schools are completely unprepared for coronavirus and virtual learning . . . https://t.co/nSMPNTxNSQ
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The threat of COVID-19, the novel coronavirus, is forcing educators across the country to think about what they’ll do if they have to close their schools for weeks or even months at a time. State and...
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I just wrote a @theactionnet letter: Contact the State Board of Education to Protect Teacher Planning Time. Write one here:
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WHAT'S HAPPENING?: The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) is proposing to remove the recommended minimum planning time from the Missouri School Improvement Program (MSIP 6). ...
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This: The subtle privitization of public schools, widening the gaps. I've seen it first-hand on both sides. The Power of a Wealthy PTA https://t.co/lFgwIKLS8C
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Thanks to parents’ donations, some public schools can afford shiny extras like coding classes, camping trips, and classroom iPads.Parent-teacher associations, or PTAs, are generally considered quaint...
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This is what love looks like. A man who believes in diversity, equality, humanity. Always Presidential. Always inspirational. Thank you for walking the walk, and leading us all. #CarterWorkProject #HabitatForHumanity
WATCH: Former President Carter, the oldest living former president in US history, helps lead a build of Habitat for Humanity homes in Nashville one day after falling at his home and receiving stitches above his eye. https://t.co/3PZXXetDRu
@HarrySmith has the story now.
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Uploading the final, final, FINALLY final copy of my dissertation to the university like . . .
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So . . . https://t.co/1FD6oUJYwr is broken and I'm a sad Jason now. Does anyone know of a similar service? Free, OBVIOUSLY. Because I deserve it, darn it.
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. . . aaand that's when he saw the capitalization error. #teachablemoment
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My goodness. This is one of the sharpest, most true, most cleverly phrased sentences I have heard in a very, very . . . very long time. Thinking of a tattoo, maybe. Hehe.
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For better or worse, the power-dynamic between Ss & Ts is not what it once was. Our trickiest kiddos need so, so much more than our content knowledge. This shift has to take place on both the personal and the curricular levels. Once more, this time with feeling!
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"Mr. Becker, I gotta give you props. I used to hate reading, but that last book you recommended . . . now I'm actually starting to like it."
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This from @nytimes is the best cartogram of the US I've seen. How we portray the US shapes our political imagination; given the representation disparities of the Senate and Electoral College, more than ever we need to depict the US in units of population rather than land.
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On a side note, is there any better feeling than seeing a professed "non-reader" light up? Is it bad that, along with my pleasure at opening their eyes to the joy of reading, I also always feel a little competitive thrill? Like, "Yeah! I TOLD YOU SO!!!"
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