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May 2015

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Greg McVerry

@erinkelly12 @JimKellyInc Two heroes I wish I never had. So thankful for @HuntersHopeFDN for their support of CHOP in the fight against Leukodystrophi

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@erinkelly12 @JimKellyInc Two heroes I wish I never had. So thankful for @HuntersHopeFDN for their support of CHOP in the fight against Leukodystrophies. The CHOP family made an impossible but inevitable journey a walk amongst courage, knowledge, hope, tears, goodbyes, and beginnings. Much love to my brother Bobby, hit wife Constanza and of course Baby Bobby

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@politico #politics #corruption Only in Congress can you not do your job, get almost 100% job security, and then vote to give yourself a raise. Seriou

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@politico #politics #corruption Only in Congress can you not do your job, get almost 100% job security, and then vote to give yourself a raise. Seriously I ask you to list the accomplishments of 114th congress. What landmark legislation has been passed or repealed? Beyond the doc fix, not much. Highway funding? Nope. Repeal or renewal of Patriot Act? Nope. R

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I support John Oliver and thank him for his comments. I really do not understand those who fight for civil rights and equity in education fighting for

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I support John Oliver and thank him for his comments. I really do not understand those who fight for civil rights and equity in education fighting for standardized tests. I believe annual testing will survive ESEA renewal (if its renewed and pray it is so we can disarm Obama and Duncan) It is a circular argument. The tests show that scores are rising so we n

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Open Web Leadership and #teachtheweb

So we had our next leadership and learning (formerly Open Fluency Call) yesterday. Don't have time for a a full blog post so wanted to jot down a few thoughts. You can find the etherpad here . Not sure if there is an audio recording. Will post if it happens. Agreements (subject to change often) We will start thinking abut this as Open Web Leadership instead

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Can you count metacognition #rhizo15 #digped

Had a great #digped conversation today about evaluating tools. We talked about the primacy of pedagogy and how we evaluate our tool use. Here was my fav exchange How can we ensure the tools we implement benefit students and learning? How can we invite students to help evaluate tools? #digped — Hybrid Pedagogy (@HybridPed) May 1, 2015 @HistoryJack @HybridPed

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