Terry Heick
Founder and Editor-in-Chief at TeachThought
Critical Thinking. Innovation. Literacy. Founder at TeachThought.
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Jun 6, 2024 |
teachthought.com | Terrell Heick |Terry Heick
by Terry HeickHaving gone on for decades now, discussions around the idea of ed reform are a bit tired. They seem pointless. Exhausting. A waste of time and creative bandwidth. Bottom-up change is exhausting and top-down change is exhausting for entirely different reasons. Rather than state or federal policy, make schools and communities accountable to one another. This would require supporting those communities in various ways and supporting learners by expanding the definition of ‘academic’ success.
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Jul 27, 2023 |
teachthought.com | Terrell Heick |Terry Heick
FacebookTwitterSubscribe12 Common Reasons Students Don’t Read & What You Can Do About Itby Terry HeickWhy don’t students read more? Digital distractions? No books at home? Too much testing? Kim Kardashian? It depends on the student. It depends on illiteracy vs aliteracy.
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I’m curious. Does social media (as it is today) meaningfully add to your thinking and work? Does it, for you, consistently give more than it takes?
The truth should always be easy.
Logged on for the first time in a year and immediately saw a thread naming the following ‘worthless trends’ or ‘barriers to academics’: SEL Learning spaces ‘Anything’ trauma-informed Team-building Replacing letter grades Social justice PBL What happened while I was gone? 😂