#ISEDchat Archive

Independent School EdChat.

Thursday November 1, 2018
9:00 PM EDT

  • bivey Nov 1 @ 9:00 PM EDT
    Welcome to tonight’s #isedchat. Our topic is: “An Inclusive School Community: What do students need from us and how do we handle it?" Please introduce yourself and your role at your school.
  • lcarroll94 - Moderator Nov 1 @ 9:01 PM EDT
    We are so excited to have @bivey moderating #Isedchat tonight on this very important topic.
  • bivey Nov 1 @ 9:01 PM EDT
    Delighted to be here with #isedchat! :-)
    In reply to @lcarroll94
  • crottymark Nov 1 @ 9:02 PM EDT
    Mark Crotty, head of St. john's Episcopal in Dallas. #isedchat
  • lcarroll94 - Moderator Nov 1 @ 9:02 PM EDT
    Lorri Carroll, Director of Lower School at Hamden Hall in CT. #Isedchat
  • pgow Nov 1 @ 9:02 PM EDT
    Hi, all. Peter here, E.D. at @indycurriculum and happy to be back at #isedchat after too long an absence. Thanks, Bill and Lorri!
  • bivey Nov 1 @ 9:03 PM EDT
    Hey, Mark! Good to see you here on #isedchat!
    In reply to @crottymark
  • lcarroll94 - Moderator Nov 1 @ 9:03 PM EDT
    Hi Peter! Great to "see" you! #isedchat
    In reply to @pgow, @IndyCurriculum
  • bivey Nov 1 @ 9:03 PM EDT
    So happy to see you here! #isedchat
    In reply to @JosieHolford
  • skeeTX Nov 1 @ 9:03 PM EDT
    Hi, all. Rob from Dallas and St. John’s. #isedchat
  • bivey Nov 1 @ 9:03 PM EDT
    Peter! <3 Hi! #isedchat
    In reply to @pgow, @IndyCurriculum
  • crottymark Nov 1 @ 9:04 PM EDT
    You, @lcarroll94 @Pgow @skeeTX Feels like the #isedchat band is getting back together!
    In reply to @bivey, @lcarroll94, @pgow, @skeeTX
  • bivey Nov 1 @ 9:04 PM EDT
    Thanks so much for inviting me in and for being here. #isedchat
    In reply to @lcarroll94
  • bivey Nov 1 @ 9:04 PM EDT
    Hi, Rob! #isedchat
    In reply to @skeeTX
  • lcarroll94 - Moderator Nov 1 @ 9:04 PM EDT
    LOVE IT! :) #isedchat
    In reply to @crottymark, @bivey, @pgow, @skeeTX
  • crottymark Nov 1 @ 9:05 PM EDT
    We need @JosieHolford #isedchat
    In reply to @lcarroll94, @bivey, @pgow, @skeeTX, @JosieHolford
  • bivey Nov 1 @ 9:05 PM EDT
    True that. #isedchat
    In reply to @crottymark, @lcarroll94, @pgow, @skeeTX, @JosieHolford
  • lcarroll94 - Moderator Nov 1 @ 9:05 PM EDT
    She's here!! Hi @JosieHolford #isedchat
    In reply to @crottymark, @bivey, @pgow, @skeeTX, @JosieHolford, @JosieHolford
  • crottymark Nov 1 @ 9:05 PM EDT
    Yay! #isedchat
    In reply to @lcarroll94, @bivey, @pgow, @skeeTX, @JosieHolford
  • bivey Nov 1 @ 9:06 PM EDT
    Okay, my heart is full and I know other people are still on their way. Let's get this #isedchat going. :-)
  • pgow Nov 1 @ 9:06 PM EDT
    Hi, Josie! #isedchat
  • bivey Nov 1 @ 9:06 PM EDT
    Q1: Let’s start with that word “inclusive.” How is it often understood and what meaning(s) carry the most positive potential impact? #isedchat
  • JosieHolford Nov 1 @ 9:07 PM EDT
    Great to see you back at #isedchat
    In reply to @pgow
  • lcarroll94 - Moderator Nov 1 @ 9:08 PM EDT
    A1: To me, inclusive means being able to be yourself and feeling accepted and safe. #isedchat
    In reply to @bivey
  • skeeTX Nov 1 @ 9:08 PM EDT
    A1: welcoming to all #isedchat
  • JosieHolford Nov 1 @ 9:08 PM EDT
    A2 "Inclusive" rolls off the tongue and into the website boilerplate but without definition it's a bit of an empty word. #isedchat
    In reply to @bivey
  • pgow Nov 1 @ 9:09 PM EDT
    A1. To me "inclusive" has to be about shared opportunity and experience; almost back to the "you can't say you can't play" thing. Everyone plays, is safe, is part of the game. #isedchat
  • pgow Nov 1 @ 9:10 PM EDT
    A1. (More) And it's not just optics, to Josie's point #isedchat
  • bivey Nov 1 @ 9:10 PM EDT
    I think there's a really power in a definition like that that focuses so completely on the individual's experience and not on a group's "welcoming someone in" which automatically centers power. #isedchat
    In reply to @lcarroll94
  • bivey Nov 1 @ 9:11 PM EDT
    Exactly. Which is why I phrased the question as I did. It has the potential to be powerful but far far too often is actually used to undercut what should be its true goals. Or so I think. #isedchat
    In reply to @JosieHolford
  • crottymark Nov 1 @ 9:11 PM EDT
    A1. Truly inclusive means valuing every community member. #isedchat
  • bivey Nov 1 @ 9:12 PM EDT
    So pulling together our ideas - inclusion is a group-created dynamic within which each person can feel safe to be their own authentic self. Have I... sort of... got it? #isedchat
  • JosieHolford Nov 1 @ 9:12 PM EDT
    A1 We know or think we know what it means but it rarely means truly "inclusive" when it comes to school communities. And perhaps that's OK so long as those NOT included are named. #isedchat
  • lcarroll94 - Moderator Nov 1 @ 9:13 PM EDT
    I love the word authentic! #isedchat
    In reply to @bivey
  • JosieHolford Nov 1 @ 9:14 PM EDT
    A1 As in "Welcome guests" #isedchat But those often excluded fall into all kinds of groups and categories #isedchat
    In reply to @bivey, @lcarroll94
  • crottymark Nov 1 @ 9:14 PM EDT
    By the very nature of our schools--specifically admission policies--we're not going to be totally inclusive. #isedchat
  • bivey Nov 1 @ 9:14 PM EDT
    I would follow that by suggesting that naming those not included, not fully safe within a school community, is a necessary first step to recognizing and decentering the current power dynamic and making the community more truly universally safe. Perhaps? #isedchat
    In reply to @JosieHolford
  • bivey Nov 1 @ 9:15 PM EDT
    It's a big part of my school's mission, and something I think about nearly every day as consistent authenticity is hard to achieve in most any context. #isedchat
    In reply to @lcarroll94
  • JosieHolford Nov 1 @ 9:15 PM EDT
    Yes. And that can be scary. Take cognitive diversity as one example. #isedchat
    In reply to @bivey
  • crottymark Nov 1 @ 9:15 PM EDT
    Yes, because with that comes, hopefully, the recognition of privilege and all that implies. #isedchat
    In reply to @bivey, @JosieHolford
  • bivey Nov 1 @ 9:16 PM EDT
    So with our ongoing discussion of inclusion in mind (and continuing, knowing us!)... Q2: What is the mood in your schools? Which events and issues are kids talking about and what kinds of questions are they asking? #isedchat
  • pgow Nov 1 @ 9:17 PM EDT
    @bivey More than perhaps, I fear. And then we have systemic ways in which social, academic, and extracurricular competition privileges, separates, excludes. "That's all part of growing up." But does it have to be? #isedchat
  • bivey Nov 1 @ 9:17 PM EDT
    Quite true. It makes me think of Robin DiAngelo's "White Fragility" and the necessity of getting the heck over ourselves and settling into a willingness to take an honest look. #isedchat
    In reply to @JosieHolford
  • crottymark Nov 1 @ 9:17 PM EDT
    A2. Immigration. LGTQ+. Usually in very positive ways. #isedchat
  • bivey Nov 1 @ 9:18 PM EDT
    I hear your rhetorical question loud and clear and nonetheless answer, with you, very firmly, "No. And it's our responsibility to refuse to just accept exclusion and hierarchical valuing of human beings as 'natural.'" #isedchat
    In reply to @pgow
  • skeeTX Nov 1 @ 9:19 PM EDT
    A2: 8th graders just wrapped a PBL a/b political party creation and focused on health care, immigration, gun control #isedchat
  • JosieHolford Nov 1 @ 9:19 PM EDT
    Not in a school but am hearing that some schools are really struggling with the impact of tRumpian rhetoric. #isedchat
    In reply to @crottymark
  • crottymark Nov 1 @ 9:20 PM EDT
    Yes, all over the place. The trickle-down effect. I'm afraid. #isedchat
    In reply to @JosieHolford
  • bivey Nov 1 @ 9:20 PM EDT
    That's awesome. I had a great discussion about Kavanaugh, #MeToo, and consent with a sophomore class in which I subbed. They're coming from a great place, and feel safe in our school, but are very fearful about what's next. #isedchat
    In reply to @crottymark
  • crottymark Nov 1 @ 9:20 PM EDT
    An amazing unit! #isedchat
    • skeeTX Nov 1 @ 9:19 PM EDT
      A2: 8th graders just wrapped a PBL a/b political party creation and focused on health care, immigration, gun control #isedchat
  • lcarroll94 - Moderator Nov 1 @ 9:21 PM EDT
    Being in Lower School, I am less exposed to this on a regular basis but I can imagine that older kids definitely have to be talking about it. #isedchat
    In reply to @JosieHolford, @crottymark
  • bivey Nov 1 @ 9:21 PM EDT
    I get that in my Humanities 7 class - a lot more skittish now than on Nov. 8, 2016 and before about discussing politics at all. Indirect discussions of privilege and prejudice are, ironically, easier for them to handle. #isedchat
    In reply to @JosieHolford, @crottymark
  • crottymark Nov 1 @ 9:22 PM EDT
    We only go thru 8th, but our kids talk about these issues in very savvy ways. #isedchat
    In reply to @bivey
  • bivey Nov 1 @ 9:22 PM EDT
    Awesome! May I ask some of their ideas and main focuses? #isedchat
    In reply to @skeeTX
  • pgow Nov 1 @ 9:22 PM EDT
    A2: One of my informants tells me it's "Meme culture" in his school—how social media rules their lives. #isedchat
  • bivey Nov 1 @ 9:23 PM EDT
    Our school is so progressive in so many ways that the realization that a few kids (and adults) are conservative here (and matter as part of the community like all of us) struck my Humanities 7 class this year completely silent as they tried to process it. #isedchat
    In reply to @JosieHolford, @crottymark
  • JosieHolford Nov 1 @ 9:23 PM EDT
    And certain hitherto more muted voices are now emboldened. Red tie culture. #isedchat
    In reply to @crottymark
  • lcarroll94 - Moderator Nov 1 @ 9:24 PM EDT
    Our Middle School just finished up a week long PBL "media conference" on Immigration and its impact on New Haven as a sanctuary city. It was amazing! Great conversations. #isedchat
  • skeeTX Nov 1 @ 9:24 PM EDT
    A2b: as a P, talking a lot a/b elections w/ our 15 year old, esp Senate race here in TX #isedchat
  • bivey Nov 1 @ 9:24 PM EDT
    Glad to hear of some good discussions going on out there despite the stress and tension. So, just curious... Q3: What unspoken questions do you think kids have, and what are we doing about those? #isedchat
  • crottymark Nov 1 @ 9:25 PM EDT
    Which raises an important question: How do we ensure varying opinions get to be expressed? #isedchat
    In reply to @bivey, @JosieHolford
  • JosieHolford Nov 1 @ 9:25 PM EDT
    You've got something really electrifying going on there. #isedchat
    In reply to @skeeTX
  • crottymark Nov 1 @ 9:26 PM EDT
    A3. I think kids are really confused. So much of what they've been taught is not okay is now being done by supposed leaders. #isedchat
  • JosieHolford Nov 1 @ 9:26 PM EDT
    as in "fair and balanced" #isedchat Framing that can take effort and thought.
    In reply to @crottymark, @bivey
  • bivey Nov 1 @ 9:26 PM EDT
    A super important question. I've had kids use independent writing (weekly in Humanities 7) as a forum to share opinions with me. Sometimes, I'll throw a "I also see people in my timelines saying.." comment in to class to give voice to the (in my school) minority. #isedchat
    In reply to @crottymark, @JosieHolford
  • skeeTX Nov 1 @ 9:27 PM EDT
    Kids took positions on both sides and had specific ideas about taxation, health care, gun laws, death penalty. Lots of research and collaboration. They presented to panel seeking donation $$ a la shark tank. #isedchat
    In reply to @bivey
  • crottymark Nov 1 @ 9:28 PM EDT
    I was a judge. So impressed by the kids' thinking. #isedchat
    In reply to @skeeTX, @bivey
  • bivey Nov 1 @ 9:29 PM EDT
    I do think anchoring what we do in a school culture that expects and welcomes multiple perspectives can help kids relax and open up. But I suspect they are growing up thinking political discussions mean a lot of meanness and yelling. #isedchat
    In reply to @crottymark
  • skeeTX Nov 1 @ 9:29 PM EDT
    A3: Ss hear from Ps, their peers, social media and have to navigate their own feelings. Difficult and stressful. We need to be sensitive to their needs #isedchat
  • crottymark Nov 1 @ 9:30 PM EDT
    Yes, and insisting on being right rather than seeking to learn. #isedchat
    In reply to @bivey
  • JosieHolford Nov 1 @ 9:30 PM EDT
    Makes it difficult. And surely a school has to take a stand on many of these issues. That is being inclusive. #isedchat
    In reply to @crottymark
  • pgow Nov 1 @ 9:30 PM EDT
    So interesting. My informants are telling me—conservative and ultra-progressive schools—kids don't seem to be that concerned about "issues." Something seems off there. #isedchat
  • JosieHolford Nov 1 @ 9:31 PM EDT
    Hmm. #isedchat
    In reply to @pgow
  • pgow Nov 1 @ 9:31 PM EDT
    @JosieHolford Thank you for saying that! Yes, taking a stand matters to this! #isedchat
  • lcarroll94 - Moderator Nov 1 @ 9:31 PM EDT
    A3. I think kids are having a hard time telling the difference between fact and opinion (as are many adults.) This wasn't always so hard. #isedchat
    In reply to @bivey
  • bivey Nov 1 @ 9:31 PM EDT
    That's a thing the seventh graders have to work on every year - knowing how to live with "I understood you better even if I'm not changing my mind, and accept you might not change yours either." With the obvious caveat that undermining someone's humanity is never okay. #isedchat
    In reply to @crottymark
  • pgow Nov 1 @ 9:32 PM EDT
    @lcarroll94 That is so true, alas. #isedchat
  • JosieHolford Nov 1 @ 9:32 PM EDT
    How about their parents I wonder. Issues of transgender inclusion for example. most kids may be well ahead of adults around those issues. #isedchat
    In reply to @pgow
  • crottymark Nov 1 @ 9:33 PM EDT
    Just the seventh graders? I know plenty of people of all ages who need to learn this! Sometimes I sure forget it. #isedchat
    In reply to @bivey
  • bivey Nov 1 @ 9:33 PM EDT
    Wow. That is the opposite of my experience. For us, there's the weekly Racial Justice Vigil, plus my taking kids to a climate change rally on Oct. 29 to mark Juliana v. United States. They are heart-breakingly, even depressingly concerned. At least some of them. #isedchat
    In reply to @pgow
  • crottymark Nov 1 @ 9:33 PM EDT
    Well, when so many people, even those in power, call anything they don't like fake news... #isedchat
    In reply to @lcarroll94, @bivey
  • pgow Nov 1 @ 9:34 PM EDT
    @JosieHolford The ultra-prog person now mentions that "gender" is the big issue in her kid's 9th grade, so kids are out ahead of the adults on these things, yes. #isedchat
  • bivey Nov 1 @ 9:34 PM EDT
    Well - that's my Humanities 7 class, so I was focusing on that age group. Yes, people of all ages (including trembling on the edge of 59) need to work on this! #isedchat
    In reply to @crottymark
  • crottymark Nov 1 @ 9:34 PM EDT
    Agreed. More aware and more thoughtful than ever. #isedchat
    In reply to @bivey, @pgow
  • bivey Nov 1 @ 9:36 PM EDT
    I would go with you on that point. Kids in my school navigate trans and non-binary identities like they've grown up with them as a natural part of their lives. Because they have. #isedchat
    In reply to @JosieHolford, @pgow
  • JosieHolford Nov 1 @ 9:36 PM EDT
    And schools are scrambling to develop policies #isedchat
    In reply to @pgow
  • lcarroll94 - Moderator Nov 1 @ 9:36 PM EDT
    A3. I am also having a hard time when I say to students - it's not always about "winning" --- difficult when 'people' say "who cares, we won!"....the end justifies the means. : ( This is not the message we want kids to hear. #isedchat
  • skeeTX Nov 1 @ 9:36 PM EDT
    Schools would better serve Ss if we help them listen to one another and teach them how to converse, even if on opposite sides of an argument. No grade needed for that! #isedchat
  • bivey Nov 1 @ 9:37 PM EDT
    I'm going to go ahead with this question even though I think it might be less of an issue than I was predicting... Q4: How is the adult community in your school pulling together in support of not just the kids but also each other? #isedchat
  • bivey Nov 1 @ 9:37 PM EDT
    1000% agree. (though our middle school has no grades anyway!) #isedchat
    In reply to @skeeTX
  • crottymark Nov 1 @ 9:38 PM EDT
    a4 An ongoing discussion about what it really means to be a community, esp one that per one of Episcopal tenets is a place where we respect the dignity of every person. #isedchat
  • bivey Nov 1 @ 9:39 PM EDT
    Gloria Steinem once said something like, "The end doesn't justify the means. The end is created by the means." (She was more eloquent.) #isedchat
    In reply to @lcarroll94
  • JosieHolford Nov 1 @ 9:39 PM EDT
    Removing grading from the equation is always an important first step in both civility and inclusion! #isedchat imo!
    In reply to @bivey, @skeeTX
  • bivey Nov 1 @ 9:40 PM EDT
    Right. We're not Episcopalian, but we do try and emphasize the necessity of "[respecting] the dignity of every person." #isedchat
    In reply to @crottymark
  • lcarroll94 - Moderator Nov 1 @ 9:41 PM EDT
    A4. I think there are some faculty who are struggling with how to discuss current issues in an unbiased way when they feel so passionate about the things personally. Do any of you have open discussions about this? #Isedchat
    In reply to @bivey
  • JosieHolford Nov 1 @ 9:41 PM EDT
    Sometimes it is really helpful to have some such established values framework. But then of course that too is open to debate. (Thinking African bishops and gay ordination and etc.) #isedchat
    In reply to @crottymark
  • crottymark Nov 1 @ 9:42 PM EDT
    Yes, it helps but is harder than one would hope. #isedchat
    In reply to @JosieHolford
  • bivey Nov 1 @ 9:42 PM EDT
    Great question. I think we often discuss this informally between colleagues, maybe occasionally in departmental meetings (perhaps depending on the department), but schoolwide, not really since the pre-election opening faculty meeting of 2016. Hmmm. #isedchat
    • lcarroll94 - Moderator Nov 1 @ 9:41 PM EDT
      A4. I think there are some faculty who are struggling with how to discuss current issues in an unbiased way when they feel so passionate about the things personally. Do any of you have open discussions about this? #Isedchat
      In reply to @bivey
  • crottymark Nov 1 @ 9:44 PM EDT
    In loose, general ways...but not like we really need to. #isedchat
    In reply to @lcarroll94, @bivey
  • JosieHolford Nov 1 @ 9:44 PM EDT
    And as a follow-up: Does a full and vocal tRumpian (I don't mean someone with conservative policy views) have any place around children in a school that espouses "diversity" and values "inclusion" and "equity"? #isedchat
    In reply to @lcarroll94, @bivey
  • skeeTX Nov 1 @ 9:44 PM EDT
    A4: Some adults openly share their political beliefs while others remain guarded #isedchat
  • bivey Nov 1 @ 9:46 PM EDT
    Important distinction and, I would say, probably not. I think the hard core Trump addicts *don't* value diversity or inclusion, and at best see equity as "identical opportunities" without considering what that actually means in cultural context. If I may be so bold. #isedchat
    In reply to @JosieHolford, @lcarroll94
  • crottymark Nov 1 @ 9:46 PM EDT
    Any political views aside, the behavior would violate most everything in any employee handbook.#isedchat
    In reply to @JosieHolford, @lcarroll94, @bivey
  • JosieHolford Nov 1 @ 9:48 PM EDT
    How does a school"lead" in terms of all this bad stuff? Can schools afford to be bystanders and not upstanders? #isedchat
  • bivey Nov 1 @ 9:49 PM EDT
    I'm kind of both, personally. I do tell kids I would never support a person or policy that doesn't value and respect the intrinsic dignity of all human beings. And I'll tell them I'm a registered independent. I need them to know I love and support them all. #isedchat
    In reply to @skeeTX
  • lcarroll94 - Moderator Nov 1 @ 9:50 PM EDT
    Yes, it would. and yet... #isedchat
    In reply to @crottymark, @JosieHolford, @bivey
  • crottymark Nov 1 @ 9:51 PM EDT
    This is oversimplifying, but we have to hold fast and work extra hard at shaping the right cultures in our schools. #isedchat
    In reply to @JosieHolford
  • bivey Nov 1 @ 9:51 PM EDT
    I don't think we can. I think my school's working openly to support student activism (with adults often fighting the urge to lead and/or to prod) is a positive step. I also think our willingness to acknowledge needed areas of growth helps. #isedchat
    In reply to @JosieHolford
  • pgow Nov 1 @ 9:51 PM EDT
    So "inclusion" is actually a counternarrative to prevailing value systems that likely abut or impinge on school communities trying to create a new version of the world. I guess that brings me to @JosieHolford 's question just now. How do we get through? #isedchat
  • bivey Nov 1 @ 9:52 PM EDT
    As I move through the edu-world, I do sense a sometimes implicit, sometimes explicit worry that being too openly (and actively) inclusive risks offending certain (read: wealthy) parents of current and potential students. That... bothers me no end. #isedchat
    In reply to @lcarroll94, @crottymark, @JosieHolford
  • JosieHolford Nov 1 @ 9:52 PM EDT
    Yes. And figuring that out may be an ongoing struggle. #isedchat
    In reply to @crottymark
  • crottymark Nov 1 @ 9:52 PM EDT
    We have to hold forth an optimistic and hopeful vision and share it with our students. We can counter cultural malaise and pessimism. #isedchat
    In reply to @pgow, @JosieHolford
  • bivey Nov 1 @ 9:54 PM EDT
    If we can't do it within our schools, our kids will never take it out into the world. My school does sometimes get that right - I often talk of our alums "feministing all over the place." Which they love. As do I. #isedchat
    In reply to @crottymark, @JosieHolford
  • crottymark Nov 1 @ 9:54 PM EDT
    Despite my fear and concern, I actually am hopeful because of how I see so many young people responding in the face of all this. #isedchat
  • bivey Nov 1 @ 9:55 PM EDT
    I agree. In fact, I think schools that recognize it as an ongoing process and not a checklist item that can ever be perfected are doing this better than others who are more performative. #isedchat
    In reply to @JosieHolford, @crottymark
  • pgow Nov 1 @ 9:55 PM EDT
    @crottymark I wish I were in a school and could feel this. It would help me. #isedchat
  • lcarroll94 - Moderator Nov 1 @ 9:55 PM EDT
    I love that, too! Just made me smile. #isedchat
    In reply to @bivey, @crottymark, @JosieHolford
  • crottymark Nov 1 @ 9:55 PM EDT
    And because of conversations with people like you all. #isedchat
  • JosieHolford Nov 1 @ 9:55 PM EDT
    Schools are idealistic or as least ideals driven ideal oriented. School are counter cultural. the best of them. And that may need to be explicitly embraced. #isedchat But who still gets included? And who does not?
    In reply to @pgow
  • crottymark Nov 1 @ 9:56 PM EDT
    Come visit us and get a great dose of it! #isedchat
    In reply to @pgow
  • pgow Nov 1 @ 9:56 PM EDT
    Thank you! I just might #isedchat
  • JosieHolford Nov 1 @ 9:57 PM EDT
    I will be VERY interested to see the voting levels of the 18 and up group next week. If they don't vote in higher numbers then we may as well pack it in #isedchat
    In reply to @crottymark
  • bivey Nov 1 @ 9:57 PM EDT
    Oh, I hear you. I cross the threshold into my Humanities 7 or Rock Band classrooms, and my whole body relaxes and my whole demeanour changes. They're not perfect, of course. But they are, so many of them anyway, anchored positively in a desire to respect/be respected. #isedchat
    In reply to @crottymark
  • crottymark Nov 1 @ 9:57 PM EDT
    In TX early voting among those under 30 is up 500%! #isedchat
    In reply to @JosieHolford
  • bivey Nov 1 @ 9:58 PM EDT
    I hear that from so many retired teachers. Like, almost all of them. #isedchat
    In reply to @pgow, @crottymark
  • JeremyDBond Nov 1 @ 9:58 PM EDT
    Sorry I missed this chat tonight. Sounds interesting. Might chime in after the fact. #IsEdChat
    In reply to @bivey, @lcarroll94, @crottymark, @JosieHolford
  • bivey Nov 1 @ 9:58 PM EDT
    Us too! :-) #isedchat
    In reply to @pgow
  • lcarroll94 - Moderator Nov 1 @ 9:58 PM EDT
    And that REALLY made me smile. #isedchat
    In reply to @crottymark, @JosieHolford
  • JosieHolford Nov 1 @ 9:58 PM EDT
    Hopeful sign. #isedchat
    In reply to @crottymark
  • bivey Nov 1 @ 9:59 PM EDT
    Please do! I was hoping you'd stop by. Even had a pre-written question (we didn't quite get to) on parents' roles! :-) #isedchat
    In reply to @JeremyDBond, @lcarroll94, @crottymark, @JosieHolford
  • crottymark Nov 1 @ 9:59 PM EDT
    It's been awesome! #isedchat
    In reply to @JeremyDBond, @bivey, @lcarroll94, @JosieHolford