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Rick Wormeli

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Rick Wormeli

@rickwormeli2

Teacher, Author, Education Consultant, husband, father, son, brother, grandfather. Former account @rickwormeli - Also over on @rickwormeli.bsky.social.

Herndon, VA

Joined August 2014

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Rick Wormeli
@rickwormeli2
Jan 1
In 2026, let's walk together, finding every opportunity (and make our own if none are found) to hold candid conversations on oppression, to become aware, remain informed, and do the heavy lifting required. Let's find a way to cultivate hope, dismantle despair, summon courage,
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Rick Wormeli
@rickwormeli2
Jul 12, 2023
This is one of the most disturbing, uninformed, and un-American statements I've ever seen a Superintendent make. I sincerely hope state colleagues can talk him out of the the educational and civic desert in which he's walking. The harm that would come from such policies would be
Aaron Rupar
@atrupar
Jul 11, 2023
"We want the Bible in our schools" -- Ryan Walters, Oklahoma superintendent of public instruction on Fox Business
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Rick Wormeli
@rickwormeli2
Jun 7, 2020
Morning has broken like the first morning....we have become first time grandparents this a.m. Mother and baby all good. 'New light in the world!
Rick Wormeli
@rickwormeli2
Jul 5, 2023
As you're thinking about classroom assessments next year, remember that we grade against criteria for standards, outcomes, learning goals, i.e., evidence of learning, NOT the vehicle used to deliver that evidence. So, unless we're teaching the assessment format itself, whether or
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Rick Wormeli
@rickwormeli2
May 13, 2023
Teachers Aren't Burnt Out. They Are Being Set Up to Fail
Teachers Aren't Burnt Out. They Are Being Set Up to Fail (Opinion)
From edweek.org
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Rick Wormeli
@rickwormeli2
Sep 2, 2018
'Saw BlackkKlansman tonight. Had to sit in my car by myself for a while, radio off, & process the sorrow, pain, & deep urgency I feel for 'country. Last 40 min. are intense, but 'last 3 min.? I didn't breathe. More determined than ever to fight systemic racism, end toxic politics
Rick Wormeli
@rickwormeli2
May 24, 2017
Denying a student the chance to redo a failed demo of learning is the same as saying, "It's okay if you don't learn this."
Rick Wormeli
@rickwormeli2
Feb 22, 2019
"Would I want to be a student in my own classroom?" @pernilleripp
Rick Wormeli
@rickwormeli2
Jan 3, 2022
My son knows me well: 'His Christmas gift to me. Sasa Ke, Beltalowda?! The Rocinate flies here in my office in Virginia! @TheExpanseWR @TheExpanse @ExpanseOnPrime @JamesSACorey
Rick Wormeli
@rickwormeli2
Mar 22, 2023
Yeah, there are other stories today, but the one for me and so many: This morning, two administrators at East High School in Denver, CO kept a student with a gun and the intent to use it from harming classmates. During the pat down at entry, the student shot two administrators
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Rick Wormeli
@rickwormeli2
Aug 19, 2017
Yes, do relationship building the 1st week, but wow, teach something complex and demanding. Give students a deep dive into your discipline.
Rick Wormeli
@rickwormeli2
Aug 30, 2020
7 Strategies Designed to Increase Student Engagement in Synchronous Online Discussions Using Video Conferencing catlintucker.com/2020/05/7-stra… via @Catlin_Tucker
Rick Wormeli
@rickwormeli2
Mar 25, 2018
Just arrived home from emergency flight to Atlanta, and Dulles is filled - wall to wall - with high school students, all from the March, energized, full of bursting potential and a sense of purpose. Dang hard not to tear up in happiness a bit, and wow, it's contagious.
Rick Wormeli
@rickwormeli2
Nov 2, 2023
Why, yes, I do think middle level teaching should have its own separate certification. Thank you for asking. Young adolescents are not elementary or high school children; teaching them successfully requires expertise. #amle50
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