Top LYS Tweets From the Week of April 10, 2016

If you are not following @LYSNation on Twitter, then you missed the Top 10 LYS Tweets from the week of April 10, 2016 when they were first posted.  And if you are on Twitter, you might want to check out the Tweeters who made this week’s list.

1. "Two of the most powerful, yet underutilized, tools an instructional leader possesses are observation and conversation." (By @DRMetz_MJH)

2. The purpose of teaching is not for informing, but for transforming. (By @clwilkens)

3. A reminder from, "The Ol' Ball Coach." Nothing cures headaches more than wining. Nothing creates them more than losing. (By @LYSNation)

4. Money used in voucher programs would be more useful if spent on improving struggling public schools. (By @RYHTexas)

5. Malice is not required to do dumb things. Too often, folks get caught in the inertia of continuing to do things that simply don't work. (By @tgrierhisd)

6. Ever notice how those who spend the most time criticizing do the least good? Don't waste your time with hate. Celebrate. Shine is infinite. (By @DrStevePerry)

7. An RYHT study found that if ISDs were funded like charters, state support would increase by $4.7 billion. (By @RYHTexas)

8. In past 3 yrs Michigan, North Carolina, Rhode Island, Utah and West Virginia have eliminated Straight Ticket Voting, leaving only 8 states that still use it, one of which is Texas. (By @MarkPJonesTX)

9. No one has ever made himself great by showing how small someone else is. (By @CoachKWisdom)

10. “Teachers - make sure you have finished teaching, before your students have finished listening.” (By @DrRichAllen)

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