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Sandra Ortiz Ramirez Cunningham 🦋🧿
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Reading Specialist, Reading is Science advocate, Poeta, Madre de dos, my musical husband's biggest fan. @poeticchachita
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Fifty units, including 42 for residents with lower incomes, open on Guadalupe Center’s elementary school campus as KC faces a housing gap.
Rent starts at $455 in new apartments aimed at Kansas City’s affordability gap
Fifty units, including 42 for residents with lower incomes, open on Guadalupe Center’s elementary school campus as KC faces a housing gap.
bit.ly
August 12, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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Most plastics are not recyclable, largely because there is no market for materials labeled 3 through 7.

from @grist.org via @climatedesk.org
Big Plastic wants you to think you can recycle your yogurt container
Those numbered labels, vetted by private interests, can be misleading.
www.motherjones.com
July 11, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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Gov. Mike Kehoe has vetoed millions of dollars in state support for Kansas City arts and culture nonprofits. The Rabbit Hole lost $400,000, Kansas City Zoo and Starlight lost $1 million, and Negro Leagues Baseball Museum lost $750,000. https://loom.ly/QRQwP7U
Kansas City arts groups ‘left reeling’ after Missouri governor slashes millions from budget
Months after area arts and culture nonprofits saw a loss of funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, Gov. Mike Kehoe has vetoed millions more in state support.
www.kcur.org
July 6, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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Instructional coach @mrrablin.bsky.social always has 2 goals in formative assessments:
🧠 Know what students know
👓 See what they need to do next

After plenty of trial and error, he found these tweaks that can make formative assessment even more effective!

#assessment #EduSky
15 Formative Assessment Hacks to Boost Students’ Learning
Common formative assessment techniques can work a little better with these simple tweaks.
edut.to
June 7, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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In a study focused on math word problems, students with strong language comprehension skills but weaker math skills consistently outperformed peers who had strong math skills but weaker language comprehension skills. ➗📗

These scaffolds can help strengthen both areas:

#MathSky #ElementaryTeacher
Shifting Your Approach to Teaching Math Word Problems
These strategies help teachers focus on building students’ language comprehension skills during math lessons.
edut.to
March 13, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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Want to level up literacy lessons? Bring in the arts! 🎶🎨

Elementary teachers, here’s how integrating music and art with ELA can boost reading comprehension and storytelling skills.

#ElementaryTeacher #literacy #MusicEducation
Integrating Music and Art in Elementary School ELA
These strategies help upper elementary students strengthen their visualization skills and understanding of story elements.
buff.ly
March 2, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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Today, the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN) signed on to a statement from One Voice Against Cancer (OVAC), a collaboration of national non-profit organizations representing millions of Americans, delivering a unified message to Congress and the White House.
February 21, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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Marcos is a farm worker in WA. The rows of grapevines are as long or longer than a football field. He works for an hourly wage. #WeFeedYou

Marcos es un campesino en WA. Las hileras de vides son tan largas o más que un campo de fútbol. Trabaja por un salario por hora. #SoyEsencial
February 21, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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On National Caregiver's Day, we celebrate the heart and strength of caregivers and honor the incredible individuals who provide unwavering support to those facing #pancreaticcancer.

We see you. We celebrate you. Thank you. Share this with a caregiver to remind them how much they mean to you! 💌
February 21, 2025 at 6:16 PM