@skylar-in-tn.bsky.social
Dad, instructional coach, former English teacher. Here to read posts in education (generally) and literacy (specifically), political news, and other oddments. Fan of dialogic teaching, Arthur Applebee, and cracking open big ideas in the classroom.
As an adolescent, I essentially believed that it did. It took me a long time to come to terms with the reality that it does not.
November 12, 2025 at 2:40 PM
As an adolescent, I essentially believed that it did. It took me a long time to come to terms with the reality that it does not.
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a thing about human teachers—it’s not just about having someone around who’s “nice” or “encouraging,” there’s no substitute for a teacher who likes ideas and enjoys being in a room full of thinking students
October 15, 2025 at 1:11 AM
a thing about human teachers—it’s not just about having someone around who’s “nice” or “encouraging,” there’s no substitute for a teacher who likes ideas and enjoys being in a room full of thinking students
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Let companies and employers produce workers and let our schools produce citizens. There is no vision of a thriving public education without reclaiming the central mission of schooling as the place where we live diversity, equity, and inclusion.
October 9, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Let companies and employers produce workers and let our schools produce citizens. There is no vision of a thriving public education without reclaiming the central mission of schooling as the place where we live diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Updated my app just to bookmark this.
October 7, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Updated my app just to bookmark this.
See this is just another example of you being awesome with this stuff. This is great.
October 7, 2025 at 12:36 AM
See this is just another example of you being awesome with this stuff. This is great.
Have I recommended this one yet? Really, really enjoyed it.
September 22, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Have I recommended this one yet? Really, really enjoyed it.
I was that person who needed this. You saved a life today.
September 2, 2025 at 1:48 AM
I was that person who needed this. You saved a life today.
I'm laying in bed trying to laugh as quietly as possible so I don't wake Suzy.
August 28, 2025 at 4:21 AM
I'm laying in bed trying to laugh as quietly as possible so I don't wake Suzy.
I think of this Shel Silverstein poem a lot.
"...and some kind of help is the kind of help / we all could do without."
www.best-poems.net/shel-silvers...
"...and some kind of help is the kind of help / we all could do without."
www.best-poems.net/shel-silvers...
Helping poem - Shel Silverstein
Agatha Fry, she made a pie And Christopher John helped bake it Christopher John, he mowed the lawn And Agatha Fry helped rake it Now, Zachary Zugg took out the rug And Jennifer Joy helped shake it
www.best-poems.net
August 25, 2025 at 1:49 AM
I think of this Shel Silverstein poem a lot.
"...and some kind of help is the kind of help / we all could do without."
www.best-poems.net/shel-silvers...
"...and some kind of help is the kind of help / we all could do without."
www.best-poems.net/shel-silvers...
Yes! So happy to hear this for you.
August 10, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Yes! So happy to hear this for you.