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William Bryant, PhD

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BetterRhetor Co-Founder, #CollegeReadyWritingEssentials author. Helping teachers & students create a bridge betw high school & college writing. #studentsuccess

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Something new for the summer—if you're the parent of a collegebound teen, I've put together lots of free info about what your student needs to know re: the new academic landscape by fall. Special event THIS WEEK ONLY #collegeadvice #collegebound #college families.collegereadywriting.com/live-webinar/c…


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One of the most well-documented and longstanding problems in education is college readiness—with writing proven to be the skill most linked to student success. This blog explores the gap in preparedness and how @BetterRhetor is working to build the bridge. hubs.li/Q0145TwQ0


“Perhaps then there is no greater urgency for education than in rededicating it to the vital work of transmitting the shared knowledge and values that, in our best moments, unify us as a nation.” #edchat #civics #history #geography

Teaching American Values in a Time of Protest via @BetterRhetor #civicengagement bit.ly/30mW01R



Attn: HS educators in need of online, out-of-the-box writing instruction for the fall—you've found it! #CollegeReadyWritingEssentials creates a bridge between high school & college writing. Delivered via Canvas. 👀 👉👀👉Demo: bit.ly/CRWE_demo #remotelearning #onlineclass

BetterRhetor's tweet image. Attn: HS educators in need of online, out-of-the-box writing instruction for the fall—you've found it! #CollegeReadyWritingEssentials creates a bridge between high school & college writing. Delivered via Canvas. 👀 👉👀👉Demo: bit.ly/CRWE_demo #remotelearning #onlineclass

ACT/SAT have a lot of organizational incompetence owing to lack of competition. Both are lumbering and inflexible, so when trouble starts all they have are half-baked patches instead of nimble pivots. @valeriestrauss #standardizedtests #acttest #sattest

Valerie Strauss delineates the troubles at ACT and College Board. | Testing giants ACT and College Board struggle amid covid-19 pandemic washingtonpost.com/education/2020…



Standardized test prep plus emphasis on skills over content are to blame for dismal NAEP results in history, civics, and geography per @natwexler. Add to that the shift in ed toward creating workers rather than citizens. #edchat #standardizedtests forbes.com/sites/nataliew…


Amid accelerating climate change, political/social upheaval. and rampant disinformation, less than 25% of US 8th graders are proficient in civics, history, and geography. We haven't equipped them for the challenges they'll have to face. #civics #history nces.ed.gov/nationsreportc…

BetterRhetor's tweet image. Amid accelerating climate change, political/social upheaval. and rampant disinformation, less than 25% of US 8th graders are proficient in civics, history, and geography.  We haven't equipped them for the challenges they'll have to face. #civics #history
nces.ed.gov/nationsreportc…

How many Americans have to worry about their kids getting kidnapped while schools are shut down? Native Americans do. #MMIW Navajo Families Without Internet Struggle To Home-School During COVID-19 Pandemic npr.org/2020/04/22/839…


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Can’t blame anyone for trying, but it was a mistake to think the sudden transition from regular to virtual schooling would be successful. This experiment shows that distance learning is its own thing, not just a remote version of school as usual. theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…


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