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Melissa Surber

@mel-jean.bsky.social
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Newbie Instructional Coach, OG ELA Teacher, Wannabe Poet

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Marcus Luther @marcusluther.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
I'm starting to realize that a lot of folks (too many?) in education think of "efficiency" as something that helps with learning whereas I'm over here trying to intentionally create friction...
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Larry Ferlazzo @larryferlazzo.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
The Pudding has created a pretty impressive site sharing results of a national poll of middle schoolers pudding.cool/2025/02/midd...
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The Middle Ages
Follow hundreds of kids as they navigate their treacherous middle school years.
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Carol Jago @caroljago.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
"The success of novel instruction hinges not just on the quality of the books we teach but on the intellectual culture we surround them with." hechingerreport.org/teacher-voic...
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TEACHER VOICE: Instead of  assuming that kids won't read novels, give them skills to defend their analysis  - The Hechinger Report
Reading novels puts students in community with complex ideas they can explore across weeks. Novels are powerful pedagogy because they are hard and time-consuming to teach. A good curriculum rises to t...
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Edutopia @edutopia.org · 31/01/2025
And afterward: the Jedi Order of operations. ⭐ #MathSky
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