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Tonya Olsen
@tonyaoschpsych.bsky.social
•School Psychologist•
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🧵 If you’re applauding the abolishment of the Department of Education, you need to do a little research. You have ZERO clue what the DOE actually does.

Here’s a reality check on what the Department of Education actually does:
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February 9, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Science of Learning! 🙌
If brains are wired to forget, how do you make learning stick?

A landmark study provides a bit of helpful context.

🧵1/6 #EduSky
January 22, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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“Data from the Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights show that, nationally, public schools employ more security guards and school resource officers (SRO) than counselors, nurses, psychologists, and social workers combined.”

www.whitehouse.gov/cea/written-...
The Cumulative Costs of Gun Violence on Students and Schools | CEA | The White House
Children and adolescents are dying from gun violence at alarmingly high rates in the United States, with firearms now the leading cause of death among youth ages 1 to 19 (figure 1). The threat of gun ...
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January 16, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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Leadership isn’t about stunts—it’s about humility, service, and belonging.

Read my latest #PrincipalLinerNotes: principallinernotes.wordpress.com/2025/01/11/t...

#LeadershipRiffs #EduSky
January 12, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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A3: We’re piloting Think, Act, Impact. Ss engage w/a compelling situation, & notice how a thought from that situation influences what others say & do next, & how those actions then influence how others feel. Here’s a link w/the theme of giving docs.google.com/presentation... #EduSkyChat
TAI: Giving PRINTABLE (WARM UPS/EXIT TICKETS/STATION ACTIVITIES)
Think → Act → Impact A framework to see how thoughts influence what we say, do, and feel Name: __________________________________________ Day 1: Play the YouTube video below and then use the chart to ...
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December 10, 2024 at 2:23 AM
Yes!!!
I feel like we need some “school report card” figure that measures how often students are smiling and laughing in classrooms. (Ditto for teachers.)

What it feels like in a classroom matters way too much to not pay attention to.
December 6, 2024 at 4:47 PM
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🚨 NEW PUBLICATION ALERT 🚨

New #TosteTeam pub led by @brennanchandler.bsky.social focused on word reading skills for secondary students with LD. Included in a special issue of Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy edited by Townsend, Lupo, & colleagues. Access it here: tinyurl.com/JAALTosteTeam 1/3
November 20, 2024 at 6:10 PM
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Orthographic mapping is the cognitive process by which readers associate phonemes with their corresponding graphemes so words can be stored for immediate “on-sight” retrieval (Ehri, 2014).

www.ldatschool.ca/orthographic...
November 20, 2024 at 11:36 AM
Super cool!
November 20, 2024 at 4:43 AM
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Okay, this is a BIG DEAL. A whole special issue on evidencing, critiquing, and expanding the science of reading! Kudos to guest editors @courtneyhattan.bsky.social & @kendeou.bsky.social - check out their amazing intro to the SI!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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Expanding the science of reading: contributions from educational psychology
The science of reading consists of a large, evolving, and impressive body of evidence about how humans learn to read and how reading should be taught. This body of evidence has accumulated via dive...
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November 19, 2024 at 12:56 PM
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In times like these, MUSIC is your best friend. Listen to some music—and turn it up..
November 20, 2024 at 2:17 AM
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November 19, 2024 at 4:50 PM
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