Isaac Wells
@isaacjwells.bsky.social
Director of Teaching and Learning with the Core Collaborative
Students can finish the work, but can they explain it? When learners describe their thinking, we see what they understand, where they’re stuck, and what they need next. Completion matters. Understanding matters more. #Metacognition #TeachingAndLearning
When They Can Finish but Cannot Explain
A student turns in the assignment.
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Here's a complete list of all the children's and YA authors featured on our website. schoolreadinglist.co.uk/featured-aut... #kidlit #ukedchat
Children's authors featured on the School Reading List
A list of all the children's authors featured in our recommended fiction and nonfiction reading lists for children aged 3-16.
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The Trump administration is set to open the largest immigration detention camp in the country, at the Fort Bliss military base in El Paso, Texas. Using military resources to detain immigrants harkens back to the darkest chapters of American history, and does nothing to make us safer.
Something beautiful to start the day.
The British Lichen Society@britishlichensociety.org.uk · last yr.Happy World Rainforest Day! #Lichens are an important feature of these wonderful habitats. From loop lichens, to yellow speckle-belly’s to the red eyed shingle lichen & everything in between - they add so much beauty to our rainforests! #worldrainforestday2025 #worldrainforestday
Malnutrition during pregnancy can have lasting consequences not only for the future health of the child but for subsequent generations, research shows.
How famine and starvation can affect Gazans for generations to come
Research on WWII's Dutch “Hunger Winter” has terrifying implications for the region's children—and for their children.
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How do math, #reading skills overlap? Researchers were closing in on answers. Grant terminated at critical point of ambitious study following students for five years. Please read about our work affected by the grant terminations. news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
How do math, reading skills overlap? Researchers were closing in on answers. — Harvard Gazette
Federal grant was terminated at critical point of ambitious study that was following students for five years.
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Something beautiful to start the day.
James Webb 🔴 Gallery@webb-telescope.bsky.social · last yr.NASA's James Webb Space Telescope on Flickr (Feb 7, 2024) NGC 1433, a barred spiral galaxy, showcases stunning contrasts between the infrared observations of Webb and the visible light from Hubble. flic.kr/p/2pwYcCk
Edtech expert @classtechtips.com explains how ChatGPT can help you save time while increasing your impact. 🌟 #EduSkyAI #EduAI #EdTech #Edusky
3 ChatGPT Features Worthy of a Teacher’s Attention
An edtech expert shares how the popular AI tool can help you save time while increasing your impact.
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Becky Pringle entered her final year as president of the National Education Association this past weekend. As she nears the end of her second and final three-year term, she is leading widespread political and legal battles against both the Trump administration and conservative state policymakers.
'We’re Not Done Yet': NEA President Becky Pringle on the Union's Next Steps
The leader of the nation's largest teachers' union promises more activism.
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Love this story about cultivating the joy of reading!
Education Week@edweek.org · last yr.When Leigh Knapp became her school’s first full-time media specialist, she had a vision to change the library into a place where kids felt seen and encouraged, and could discover a joy of reading. Now, she says her efforts have “changed the entire culture” around reading.
