Our Need for Community

Hello colleague,

In this video I share updates for this space, including:

3 reasons for facilitating article/text studies this year

“Public engagement, like through social media, feels risky right now, especially for educators who question topics such as the science of reading and/or are fully committed to teaching in ways that advance equity. Social media can be read by anyone and used against individuals. So, a more protected space is very appealing.”

- Barb, educational consultant

2 options for engaging in this community

1 idea for you to reduce change and increase improvement

My “to-don’t list” as of January 2, 2023

No is a decision. Yes is a responsibility. When you say no, you are only saying no to one option. When you say yes, you are saying no to every other option.

- James Clear (https://jamesclear.com/2018-annual-review)

Best wishes in 2023,

-Matt

P.S. You may find inspiration in the quote below (which I felt worked better as a poem).

Do not interrupt the flight of your soul; 
do not distress what is best in you; 
do not enfeeble your spirit with half wishes and half thoughts. 

Ask yourself and keep on asking until you find the answer, 
for one may have known something many times, acknowledged it; 
one may have willed something many times, attempted it - and yet, 
only the deep inner motion, 
only the heart's indescribable emotion, 
only that will convince you that what you have acknowledged belongs to you, 
that no power can take it from you - for only the truth that builds up is truth for you.

 -- Søren Kierkegaard 

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