LYS Top Tweets From the Week of January 8, 2017

If you are not following @LYSNation on Twitter, then you missed the Top 10 LYS Tweets from the week of January 8, 2017 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.     Choose realistic optimism or get out of leadership. What's the point if you don't believe things can be made better. (By @Leadershipfreak)

2.     The only "school choice" that honors God and our children is choosing our poorest kids' schools and giving them everything they need to succeed. (By @pastors4txkids)

3.     Deliver this message to your Texas Legislature member: Public education for all children is a bedrock conservative Texas value. (By @pastors4txkids)

4.     The madness has to stop. A-F is not about kids; it a political power play to support vouchers. (By @lizfelton28)

5.     Among the most powerful tools that teachers possess are the words they choose to use. ~Fundamental 5 (By @MHSPioneer_JSP)

6.     Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it is better to be alone than in bad company. (By @dw_dwr)

7.     Discipline to me is sacrifice; it's willingness to give up something you want to do, so you can better yourself. – Bobby Bowden (By @CoachMotto)

8.     The primary reason people struggle with giving and receiving feedback is not a lack of proficiency but of frequency. (By @josephgrenny)

9.     "The single greatest determinate of learning is instruction!" ~Fundamental 5 (By @MHSPioneer_JSP)

10.  The preliminary A-F school ratings already stigmatize classrooms in poor and heavily minority areas. (By @RYHTexas)

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