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Pam Moran @pammoran1.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

in a Va School Consortium for Learning workshop today on increasing rigor of thinking in the classroom w @skiptylermath.bsky.social and Eric Rhoades - Skip asked the group, in your classroom who is doing the thinking and who is doing the talking? The question of today! #edusky #reasoningroutines

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Pam Moran @pammoran1.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Va Educators: The fab Eric Rhoades/Skip Tyler team is facilitating a Va Scl Consortium for Learning (VaSCL) workshop on Nov 11. The workshop will help participants implement strategies to engage students in rigorous thinking ala Va's newly revised SOLs. Space still open! #changethestory #vaeducators

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IdaMae @imcraddock.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

This was so fun to contribute to. Thank you so much for including me!

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Mike Lubelfeld @mikelubelfeld.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Amazing project so proud to be a small part of it and I’m especially proud to amplify the voices of our students in the writing

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Pam Moran @pammoran1.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

A pleasure to edit Real Learning Real Accomplishment w/ @irasocol.bsky.social authors rep state, superintendent,central innovation team, principal, teacher,student voices from East to West w/a few stops in between. They said make it inexpensive so we did! www.amazon.com/Real-Learnin... #EduSky

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Real Learning, Real Accomplishment: Schools that Work for Kids

Amazon.com: Real Learning, Real Accomplishment: Schools that Work for Kids eBook : Socol, Ira, Moran, Pamela: Kindle Store

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Pam Moran @pammoran1.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

@missblovessci.bsky.social started my career as a middle school science teacher - as good as it gets when it comes to kids with enthusiasm!!!!! #sciencematters #scienceteachers

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Pam Moran @pammoran1.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

@nshlh.bsky.social thanks for the follow — my 13 year stint as a superintendent were just the best of times -despite the challenges. #superintendentsmatter

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Human Restoration Project @humanrestorationproject.org · 17/09/2025

Huge congrats to @pammoran1.bsky.social & @irasocol.bsky.social for assembling a team of nearly two dozen educators and school leaders to document their path toward transformative school change in 'Real Learning, Real Accomplishment: Schools that Work for Kids.' We're honored to do our part. 😁

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“As schools across the country confront a disengagement and mental health crisis, the need for a human-centered education has never been more immediate. Grounded in models of practical shifts with an eye toward intentional systems change, Real Learning, Real Accomplishment is a guide for courageous educators and school leaders who want to shift their practice to change the system by learning from those who already have.” - Nick Covington, Cassie Nastase, Chris McNutt, Directors, Human Restoration Project

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Pam Moran @pammoran1.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

First days of school- what do you do? A fav 4th grade tchr called or wrote notes home to every students sharing a strength she had noted about every one of her children. 1/4 #firstday

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Lee Ann Jung @leeannjung.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Do we place students in special education rooms because they need that to learn—or because it feels more convenient? Time to reflect. #LeadInclusion #UDL #EduSky #EdChat #TeacherTwitter

Text on a navy brick background reads: 'Do we place students in special education rooms to meet the students' needs? Or is it sometimes justified to be convenient for adults?'

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Edutopia @edutopia.org · 14/08/2025

If students forget what we teach, it may be a sign that we need to build stronger connections to help them hold on to it. 🪢 Memory isn’t built by covering content once—it comes through retrieving, connecting, using, and revisiting over and over, until it sticks. 🔄 6/7

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Edutopia @edutopia.org · 14/08/2025

After teaching a concept, challenge students to use it in a mini-task: sketch a quick cartoon 🧑🎨, draft a fake text message or tweet 📱, or explain the concept to a younger student 💬. Ask them to create, connect, or solve using the skill—the goal is not to summarize the concept but use it. 5/7

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Edutopia @edutopia.org · 14/08/2025

Without reinforcement, we forget almost everything we learn, @cathleenbeachbd.bsky.social writes. Decades of research show that unless an effort is made to retain new information, 50% of new info disappears within an hour, 75% is gone by the next day, & up to 90% fades away within a week. 🤯 🧵1/7

Line titled The Forgetting Curve. In an hour, your students will forget more than half of what they learn. The chart shows that in 20 minutes, what students remember declines from 100% to roughly 60%. Then by the hour mark, it declines to just above 40%.

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Louisa Connaughton @lpconnaughton.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Excited to share my recent article published on @edutopia.org! It doesn't take much to start to shift practice towards a more shared culture of teaching and learning in our math classrooms. #MTBOS #elemmathchat #iteachmath #edusky #mathsky www.edutopia.org/article/stud...

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Positioning Elementary Students as Experts in Math Class

Encouraging students to take on roles traditionally reserved for teachers creates a shared culture of teaching and learning in the classroom.

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Edutopia @edutopia.org · 15/07/2025

Teaching students how to break a project into manageable pieces can: 🤝 Build collaboration and problem-solving skills 🎒 Increase student ownership 🌼 Cultivate rich classroom community @criticalskills1.bsky.social and Nelia Rath share a how-to guide. #EduSky #PBL #MiddleSchool #HighSchoolTeacher

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Teaching Students to Use Chunking to Tackle Complex Problems

Middle and high school teachers can show students how to break projects into smaller parts to support their ability to manage their work.

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Pam Moran @pammoran1.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

“What’s your next brilliant move?” watching vid from McKinsey& am reminded when anyone whether an educational leader, small business owner, or corporate CEO works with team to translate bold vision into action, amazing transformation happens - worth the watch www.linkedin.com/posts/mckins... #EduSky

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The bold don’t just imagine the future… they build it. | McKinsey & Company

The bold don’t just imagine the future… they build it. What’s your next brilliant move? https://mck.co/3Tt3V9U | 23 comments on LinkedIn

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NPR @npr.org · 07/07/2025

Play isn't just fun. Researchers argue it can help you adapt to difficult circumstances, collaborate better and problem-solve. We'll help you figure out your play personality and how to prioritize play in your life.

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How to bring more play into your life : Life Kit

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Just awful: A 75-year-old man just died in ICE custody, ICE has revealed in a notice to Congress. But here's the rub: This man, a Cuban national, was first paroled into the US in 1966—nearly 60 years ago! They were set to deport him anyway. Details in my new piece: newrepublic.com/article/1974...

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Why Did a 75-Year-Old Man in Poor Health Just Die in ICE Custody?

Isidro Perez came to the United States from Cuba nearly 60 years ago. This is who Stephen Miller is going after now?

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Pam Moran @pammoran1.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Watching proposed reductions to Medicaid roll forward- & remembering how valuable Medicaid reimbursements to school districts for covered services to students such as PT & so much more was when it was first approved. This is approved list for reimbursement in Va www.doe.virginia.gov/programs-ser...

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Adam Hill @adamhilledu.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

This week at the Copley Primary School #STEM club, we explored Snap Circuits! They made brilliant connections to previous learning and demonstrated excellent problem-solving skills whenever their circuits didn’t quite work as expected. The alarms and flying saucers were the most fun! #Edusky

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Pam Moran @pammoran1.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Wow -hard to believe rules could be so rigid in sch that kids wear diapers to school b/c of lack of access to bathroom breaks so basic it seems almost ridiculous: Philly kids should have guaranteed access to bathrooms/drinking water during the school day. But despi… www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...

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National Center for Science Education @ncse.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

"Monkey Trials and Modern Truths: Revisiting the Scopes Trial 100 Years Later," featuring Edward J. Larson. www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2uw... #ScopesSunday

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Monkey Trials and Modern Truths: Revisiting the Scopes Trial 100 Years Later

YouTube video by The Chicago Forum for Free Inquiry and Expression

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Matthew Facciani @matthewfacciani.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

"If COVID-19 vaccines, which were widely administered during this period, were indeed causing mass deaths, a sustained and dramatic decrease in life expectancy would be expected, rather than the observed stabilization and subsequent recovery." techingitapart.substack.com/p/the-tale-t...

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The Tale that Never Was

They told you COVID-19 vaccines would kill millions. The data told a different story.

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Christine Esposito @msespo.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Postman’s Park in London has one of the best memorials in it. They have a wall of tiles naming people who died while trying to save others. My 80s kid brain feels vindicated by this particular tile. Clearly, quicksand was a real threat somewhere. At some point.

Tile against a brick wall: Arthur Strange of London and Mark Tomlinson on a desperate venture to save two girls from a quicksand in Lincolnshire where themselves engulfed Aug 25, 1902.

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Pam Moran @pammoran1.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

So many districts and some states making moves right now to focus on paths to learning that develop lifelearning competencies and deep important knowledge vs superficial, temporal test-only learning. Learning can be challenging, accessible, and interesting. Mi, Nv, Ky are a few of those on the move.

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Pam Moran @pammoran1.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

reflective question that @irasocol asks people with whom we work and one worth asking staff at the end of every school year: ” what learning questions and conversations are you having now that you weren’t having at the beginning of the year in your work with colleagues and with students?” #EduSky

teacher saying goodbye to student at end of the school year

teacher greeting students on 1st day of school

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Nick Covington @covingtonedu.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

What a privilege to start my day with a transatlantic dialogue w/ @rethinkingjames.bsky.social and end it with a transpacific conversation w/ Gene Flenady & Robert Sparrow of Monash University in Melbourne!

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Edutopia @edutopia.org · 07/06/2025

If you’ve taught middle school, you know that a classroom filled with young adolescents can transform from chill to rowdy in seconds. 🌪️ These innovative attention-getting strategies can help restore calm. (Try them now, or keep them in your back pocket for next year!) 🧵1/6 #EduSky #MiddleSchool

23 Ways to Quiet a Chaotic Middle School Class
Teacher-tested attention-getting routines to help you quickly restore calm and focus to noisy middle school classrooms.

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Lee Johnson for US Senate @handle.invalid · 03/06/2025

Lindsey Graham’s had decades to fix healthcare. Instead, he tried to repeal it. I’ll protect it, expand it, and make sure no one in South Carolina has to go without it.

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Pam Moran @pammoran1.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Really? a sad state for schools — The Elizabethtown School Board in Pa passed a school budget which sees a 2.5% tax increase and cuts in several areas, including funding for middle, high school library books. www.fox43.com/article/news... #EduSky

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Elizabethtown school board votes to cut funding for middle, high school books

The Elizabethtown School Board passed a school budget which sees a 2.5% tax increase and cuts in several areas, including middle, high school library books.

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Pam Moran @pammoran1.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Good morning #EduSky as the sch year winds down, some children go home to parents struggling to make ends meet, w/addiction issues, anger,mental illness. Kids may take on full-time adult responsibilities while dealing w neglect and abuse. Summer slide is not just academic. Stay in touch if you can.

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DAPPER DON DHARSHI @dapperdondharshi.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

They look so tired after laying there on their backs. Thanks for helping them.🙏

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 28/05/2025

Breaking: HHS is canceling a $600 million contract with Moderna to develop, test, and license vaccines for flu strains that could trigger future pandemics, including the dangerous H5N1 bird flu virus.

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Shannon McClintock Miller @shannonmmiller.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

💛📚#TLSkyChat Q6 is LIVE!💛📚 How have STEM materials and activities ignited creativity within your library program? For more information visit: tlskychat.com

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Wyatt Gordon @yitgordon.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Congestion pricing in New York City continues to impress. The NYT reports that 80,000 fewer cars are entering lower Manhattan each month, crashes are down 14%, the speed of all bus routes through the zone are up, and vehicle noise complaints have dropped by half. @emmbadger.bsky.social

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Nick Covington @covingtonedu.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

So in the next two weeks I'll be recording episodes with... @stimpunks.org @heymrsbond.com @rethinkingjames.bsky.social AND Gene Flenady & Robert Sparrow (Monash University, Melbourne, AU) A very interesting summer release schedule is on the way! #EduSky

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Nick Covington @covingtonedu.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

"A project in the UK which included young people designing their own play spaces has led to what researchers say is the highest increase in children’s physical activity ever recorded by an intervention of its kind." (Shared by @irasocol.bsky.social) www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

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Bradford project produces ‘outstanding’ rise in children’s physical activity

JU:MP programme included co-design of play spaces, exercise in faith settings and interventions in schools

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Jeffrey D. Bradbury - Your Digital Learning Coach @jeffreybradbury.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Are you looking to make an IMPACT in the classroom? Today, I am excited to announce the launching of my new book, IMPACT STANDARDS: Designing District Systems that Power K-12 Learning. teachercast.net/standards #EduSky #EDU #Education #K12 #ImpactStandards

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Todd LaVogue (he/him) @toddlavogue.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Our expert judges arrived and scored the mazes in our final day the of The Fifth Annual Great Marble Maze Challenge

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Pam Moran @pammoran1.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

hard to see a beloved elem tchr leave tching, especially a fantastic PE educator but pursuing his dream to sing professionally is a different kind of amazing model for children who he served so well at Crestwood Elem in Meridian, Ms-congrats to American Idol winner Jamal Roberts! #EduSky #PEmatters

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Essex and Thames SCITT Teacher Training @etscitt.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

“Taking Science Outside” — an interesting article exploring how outdoor learning boosts creativity, wellbeing and social skills, and how we can support primary trainee teachers to feel confident teaching beyond the classroom. www.ase.org.uk/resources/jo... #edusky #eduskyprimary #primaryscience

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Taking science outside: Supporting primary teacher trainees’ skills in effective outdoor learning and teaching

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Pam Moran @pammoran1.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

What defines a #BlueSky #EduSky moment for you? For me in schools, it’s the bonds we build with learners and each other … the DNA of learning begins with connection, community, care… these allow learners to flourish when faced with challenge, rigor, complexity in their work 1/2

It’s our relationships with young people that will keep them connected with us as educators,, not our grasp of content information or capability to administer tests. From the book Timeless Learning by Socol, Moran, Ratliff (2018)

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