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Sun, Jan 22 2012 09:11:00

Describe What It Means To Be A Great Teacher In Six Words

Michelle Rhee's organization, StudentsFirst, is sponsoring a contest to "describe what it means to be a great teacher in six words." Educators on Twitter who have a decidedly different vision of teaching created the hashtag of #6wordessay to share their own perspective. Here's a sampling....

  1. excullen
    can't wait to see what ridiculous #6wordessay michelle rhee will choose as the winner of her contest. love what REAL TEACHERS are creating!
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    Sun, Jan 22 2012 00:15:21
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  2. DreaMcCoy
    Great Teachers respect & love @DianeRavitch #6wordessay
    DreaMcCoy
    Sun, Jan 22 2012 00:01:57
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  3. AdamBessie
    RT @johnkuhntx: Real teachers reject canned, scripted teaching. #6wordessay
    Adam Bessie
    Sun, Jan 22 2012 00:17:10
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  4. TeacherReality
    RT @johnkuhntx: Real teachers reject unequal school funding. #6wordessay
    TeacherReality
    Sun, Jan 22 2012 00:17:02
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  5. KirstenOlson1
    RT @johnkuhntx: Real teachers reject teaching to tests. #6wordessay
    Kirsten Olson
    Sun, Jan 22 2012 00:27:05
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  6. AdamBessie
    RT @johnkuhntx: Real teachers reject charters' skimming students. #6wordessay
    Adam Bessie
    Sun, Jan 22 2012 00:13:56
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  7. AdamBessie
    RT @johnkuhntx: Real teachers reject CEOs playing school. #6wordessay
    Adam Bessie
    Sun, Jan 22 2012 00:13:58
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  8. TeacherReality
    RT @johnkuhntx: Real teachers reject excluding the needy. #6wordessay
    TeacherReality
    Sun, Jan 22 2012 00:17:07
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  9. Chrissy_Kelly
    RT @leoniehaimson: Great teachers are not measured in numbers #6wordessay @m_rhee
    Chrissy Kelly
    Sat, Jan 21 2012 16:58:32
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  10. garyrubinstein
    Khan will learn it for us #6wordessay
    Gary Rubinstein
    Sun, Jan 22 2012 00:14:39
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  11. garyrubinstein
    Same kids, same building, same lies #6wordessay
    Gary Rubinstein
    Sun, Jan 22 2012 00:11:23
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  12. mardieteach
    RT @march4teachers: business models should stay in businesses #6wordessay
    mardie
    Sun, Jan 22 2012 00:20:14
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  13. DianeRavitch
    RT @garyrubinstein: How can an economist be wrong? #6wordessay
    Diane Ravitch
    Sun, Jan 22 2012 00:21:10
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  14. DianeRavitch
    Merit pay never works, never has #sixwordessay
    Diane Ravitch
    Sun, Jan 22 2012 04:26:18
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  15. GetUpStandUp2
    RT @garyrubinstein: There's gold in them thar kids #6wordessay #sixwordessay
    Susan DuFresne1
    Sun, Jan 22 2012 00:33:19
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  16. Angie_Sullivan1
    RT @pseudandry: I teach to students, not tests #sixwordessay
    Angie_Sullivan
    Sun, Jan 22 2012 01:02:55
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  17. Joe_Mazza
    Meeting parents where they are = key. #6wordessay
    Joe Mazza
    Sun, Jan 22 2012 04:26:18
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  18. flynn_catherine
    Passion and curiosity inspires kids learning. #6wordessay
    Catherine Flynn
    Sun, Jan 22 2012 04:26:18
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  19. japansa
    I'm a teacher, not a scapegoat. #6wordessay
    japansa
    Sun, Jan 22 2012 04:26:18
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  20. markwarschauer
    Light fires instead of filling pails #6wordessay #sixwordesay
    markwarschauer
    Sun, Jan 22 2012 04:26:18
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