Amy W. Pento
@amypento.bsky.social
Instructional specialist, former Spanish teacher, news junkie, Cuse fan, dabbler in CogSci, mom of two grown-ups; Teacher training isn't good enough — let's fix that
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Are You a Math Teacher? Latest news - California Middle School Math teacher Barry Garelick will be presenting along with JUMP Math founder John Mighton. Traditional Math never goes out of fashion. Why? Getting the right answers still matters.
March 25, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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“As districts and schools lose funding for those professional learning opportunities, we don’t have that ongoing professional development for Ts so that they have that deep understanding of the math concepts,” Knighten said.
Count the tropes.
www.k12dive.com/news/is-lack...
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Count the tropes.
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Gaps in teacher prep blamed as one root cause for math performance woes
One expert suggests a decline in certified teachers and professional development opportunities is a root cause for lagging achievement.
www.k12dive.com
April 2, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Firing all of the JAGs (Judge Advocates General)—the top lawyers in each service branch—is just as bad as, if not worse than, firing (most of) the Joint Chiefs.
February 22, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Firing all of the JAGs (Judge Advocates General)—the top lawyers in each service branch—is just as bad as, if not worse than, firing (most of) the Joint Chiefs.
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Here is the pre-RFK vaccination schedule for your kids. Please download it before he is confirmed and changes/deletes it.
Give it to your pediatrician and say this is the schedule you want your kids on.
Making this my pinned post.
Give it to your pediatrician and say this is the schedule you want your kids on.
Making this my pinned post.
February 4, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Here is the pre-RFK vaccination schedule for your kids. Please download it before he is confirmed and changes/deletes it.
Give it to your pediatrician and say this is the schedule you want your kids on.
Making this my pinned post.
Give it to your pediatrician and say this is the schedule you want your kids on.
Making this my pinned post.
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You cannot recover from this with future investments
The data uncollected are lost forever
The data uncollected are lost forever
The NAEP 2024 -2025 Long Term Trend Age 17 assessment will not be administered in the upcoming weeks
Unbroken testing series since early 1970s
Nothing like ignorance to keep our country moving forward
Unbroken testing series since early 1970s
Nothing like ignorance to keep our country moving forward
February 21, 2025 at 3:24 AM
You cannot recover from this with future investments
The data uncollected are lost forever
The data uncollected are lost forever
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This is pretty straightforward authoritarianism: if you don't support my toxic businesses, I will use my government power to kneecap yours.
Extraordinary story the Wall Street Journal.
X is threatening advertisers that if they don’t spend more, Elon Musk will use his influence in government to block company mergers.
That’s extortion.
X is threatening advertisers that if they don’t spend more, Elon Musk will use his influence in government to block company mergers.
That’s extortion.
February 20, 2025 at 10:11 PM
This is pretty straightforward authoritarianism: if you don't support my toxic businesses, I will use my government power to kneecap yours.
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sure, mitch mcconnell cynically masterminded the plot to destroy the US constitution and american democracy, but you have to at least credit him with lifting up his own constituents in Kentucky to make it one of our richest and most prosperous... (touching earpiece) wait I'm getting new information
BREAKING: Sen. Mitch McConnell says he won't seek re-election in 2026, ending a 40-year Senate career. nbcnews.to/4i5uZ9p
February 20, 2025 at 10:57 PM
sure, mitch mcconnell cynically masterminded the plot to destroy the US constitution and american democracy, but you have to at least credit him with lifting up his own constituents in Kentucky to make it one of our richest and most prosperous... (touching earpiece) wait I'm getting new information
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Mark my words—He is going to try to shut down mail-in voting. When he does, we will sue and we will win. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Trump expected to take control of USPS, fire postal board, officials say
The move threatens to upend trillions of dollars in ecommerce business and the 250 year-old Postal Service.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 21, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Mark my words—He is going to try to shut down mail-in voting. When he does, we will sue and we will win. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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NEW: Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%.
https://propub.li/43487Tj
https://propub.li/43487Tj
Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
propub.li
February 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW: Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%.
https://propub.li/43487Tj
https://propub.li/43487Tj
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NEW: Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
www.propublica.org
February 20, 2025 at 12:10 PM
NEW: Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
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Genuinely insane that a major newsroom isn't running a live post today trying to verify what is and what isn't being impacted by the federal funding freeze. Embarrassing how bad the media response is to this.
Based on the frantic questions I've googled recently — "how do executive orders works," "can gay marriage be repealed," "what is the Office of Personnel Management," "do food stamps still work," — only to find nothing from media outlets, I'm ready to say the mainstream media is in serious trouble.
January 28, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Genuinely insane that a major newsroom isn't running a live post today trying to verify what is and what isn't being impacted by the federal funding freeze. Embarrassing how bad the media response is to this.
Want to learn ways to use The Writing Revolution in the content areas so students not only become stronger writers but also learn your content better? If so, join me
at ResearchED in NYC. You'll see lots of examples from secondary and CKLA K-2.
at ResearchED in NYC. You'll see lots of examples from secondary and CKLA K-2.
January 24, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Want to learn ways to use The Writing Revolution in the content areas so students not only become stronger writers but also learn your content better? If so, join me
at ResearchED in NYC. You'll see lots of examples from secondary and CKLA K-2.
at ResearchED in NYC. You'll see lots of examples from secondary and CKLA K-2.
What a win! Bravo, Buffalo!
a red flag with a buffalo logo and the words let 's go buffalo below it
Alt: a red flag with a buffalo logo and the words let 's go buffalo below it
media.tenor.com
January 20, 2025 at 3:03 AM
What a win! Bravo, Buffalo!
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"Even half-right means that frequently using laptops, tablets, and smart phones in schools and university classrooms may be undercutting a primary mission of public schools: teaching critical thinking skills."
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Internet’s Effects on Children and Adults: Re-Wired Brain?
If you use smart phones, laptops, and other devices more than a few hours a day and find them informative, stimulating, if not captivating–here are two books you want to avoid. And if you hav…
larrycuban.wordpress.com
December 27, 2024 at 10:24 AM
"Even half-right means that frequently using laptops, tablets, and smart phones in schools and university classrooms may be undercutting a primary mission of public schools: teaching critical thinking skills."
larrycuban.wordpress.com/2024/12/27/i...
larrycuban.wordpress.com/2024/12/27/i...
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FINAL: Syracuse 52 Washington State 35. The Orange finishes 10-3 on the season, its third 10 win campaign in the last 23 years. Quick recap ⬇️
Syracuse tops Washington State in Holiday Bowl for 10th win of season
Syracuse football's explosive offense was on full display as the Orange beat Washington State in the Holiday Bowl for its 10th win of the season.
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December 28, 2024 at 4:46 AM
FINAL: Syracuse 52 Washington State 35. The Orange finishes 10-3 on the season, its third 10 win campaign in the last 23 years. Quick recap ⬇️
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the progression of AIDS treatment in my lifetime, from how terrifying it was as a child in the 80s to stories like this 40-odd years later, is genuinely one of the human race’s most awe-inspiring scientific achievements. it was a nonnegotiable death sentence for SO LONG
After nearly three decades, a Minnesota summer camp for kids with HIV/AIDS is closing and up for sale... because retroviral drugs are so effective that there aren't enough campers.
Science works, y'all.
www.startribune.com/closure-of-n...
Science works, y'all.
www.startribune.com/closure-of-n...
Closure of northern Minnesota camp is ‘the greatest story.’ Here’s why.
Willow River, Minn., camp One Heartland is for sale after serving kids there for nearly three decades.
www.startribune.com
December 28, 2024 at 1:24 AM
the progression of AIDS treatment in my lifetime, from how terrifying it was as a child in the 80s to stories like this 40-odd years later, is genuinely one of the human race’s most awe-inspiring scientific achievements. it was a nonnegotiable death sentence for SO LONG
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After nearly three decades, a Minnesota summer camp for kids with HIV/AIDS is closing and up for sale... because retroviral drugs are so effective that there aren't enough campers.
Science works, y'all.
www.startribune.com/closure-of-n...
Science works, y'all.
www.startribune.com/closure-of-n...
Closure of northern Minnesota camp is ‘the greatest story.’ Here’s why.
Willow River, Minn., camp One Heartland is for sale after serving kids there for nearly three decades.
www.startribune.com
December 27, 2024 at 9:46 PM
After nearly three decades, a Minnesota summer camp for kids with HIV/AIDS is closing and up for sale... because retroviral drugs are so effective that there aren't enough campers.
Science works, y'all.
www.startribune.com/closure-of-n...
Science works, y'all.
www.startribune.com/closure-of-n...
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My nine-year-old got an old Brother typewriter for Christmas, and is writing a screenplay. When she gets to the end of a line and it dings, she goes, “yay!”
I now realize how sad it is that this is missing from writing on computers. I would write more for a ding. I really would.
I now realize how sad it is that this is missing from writing on computers. I would write more for a ding. I really would.
December 26, 2024 at 11:35 PM
My nine-year-old got an old Brother typewriter for Christmas, and is writing a screenplay. When she gets to the end of a line and it dings, she goes, “yay!”
I now realize how sad it is that this is missing from writing on computers. I would write more for a ding. I really would.
I now realize how sad it is that this is missing from writing on computers. I would write more for a ding. I really would.
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Tell me how I walked out of Wicked today only to figure out at the end of the movie that it was about the wicked witch of the west from the Wizard of Oz. 😭
December 26, 2024 at 12:47 AM
Tell me how I walked out of Wicked today only to figure out at the end of the movie that it was about the wicked witch of the west from the Wizard of Oz. 😭
I expected this Syracuse game to be bad...but it's so much worse
a bald man wearing a plaid shirt and a vest is looking at the camera with his hands on his hips
Alt: a bald man wearing a plaid shirt and a vest is looking at the camera with his hands on his hips
media.tenor.com
December 21, 2024 at 5:48 PM
I expected this Syracuse game to be bad...but it's so much worse
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I think this should be kind of a big deal: Elon Musk tweeting at 1:03am, “Only the AfD can save Germany.”
The AfD is Germany’s neo-Nazi party.
The AfD is Germany’s neo-Nazi party.
December 20, 2024 at 11:25 AM
I think this should be kind of a big deal: Elon Musk tweeting at 1:03am, “Only the AfD can save Germany.”
The AfD is Germany’s neo-Nazi party.
The AfD is Germany’s neo-Nazi party.
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NEW: Women experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves.
We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position. ⤵️
We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position. ⤵️
If You’re Pregnant, Here’s What You Should Know About the Medical Procedures That Could Save Your Life
Women experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds…
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December 19, 2024 at 12:00 PM
NEW: Women experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves.
We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position. ⤵️
We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position. ⤵️
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The world's richest man managed to take $190 million away from a *child cancer research center* with his posts yesterday. Funding now stripped in the new bill.
December 19, 2024 at 10:22 PM
The world's richest man managed to take $190 million away from a *child cancer research center* with his posts yesterday. Funding now stripped in the new bill.
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"In this episode of Radio Atlantic, we make the case for reading books, one memory at a time."
Hanna Rosin speaks with Rose Horowitch and other Atlantic writers about the books they read in high school that stuck with them.
Hanna Rosin speaks with Rose Horowitch and other Atlantic writers about the books they read in high school that stuck with them.
Why Reading Books in High School Matters
You’ll understand when you’re older.
www.theatlantic.com
December 19, 2024 at 10:40 PM
"In this episode of Radio Atlantic, we make the case for reading books, one memory at a time."
Hanna Rosin speaks with Rose Horowitch and other Atlantic writers about the books they read in high school that stuck with them.
Hanna Rosin speaks with Rose Horowitch and other Atlantic writers about the books they read in high school that stuck with them.