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Comfortable in my skin Cozy with who I am

The Biggest Little State
Joined January 2012
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Jillian Belanger retweeted
“For so long I’ve wanted to be different, and now I’m thankful to be myself” ❤️ So unbelievably happy for Da’Vine! #Oscars
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Beyonce: “Drop the new music.” Me:
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Jillian Belanger retweeted
Replying to @TedNesi @wpri12
Mayor DaSilva: Come visit lovely East Providence! RIDOT: 195 is shut down. Mayor DaSilva:
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Jillian Belanger retweeted
“Please plan your commute accordingly.” 🏊‍♂️
ALERT: The Washington Bridge on 195 Westbound will remained closed to ensure the safety of our residents and visitors until critical repairs are complete. Please plan your commute accordingly.
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Let’s face it: you will have more options in life being bilingual. By improving multilingual education, we have a chance to lift up the opportunities our students.
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Jillian Belanger retweeted
We have an archaic assessment system based on standardized tests that don't begin to measure the full scope of what a student knows and is able to do. These tests are flawed and biased—we must reimagine what assessments look like in this country.
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If you think standardized tests are a reflection of the real-world, just ask yourself how many problems in the real world have only one correct solution.
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Yes! Yes! Yes! 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽
Your ACCESS data is school data- it’s a reflection of how the entire school supports language development. It is NOT merely a reflection of students’ time with their EL Teacher. Language instruction is happening everywhere, with everyone, all day long.
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Jillian Belanger retweeted
I support trans rights. Period. 🏳️‍⚧️
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When you think of the beats of Alien Superstar bumping in the stadium…. RENAISSANCE WORLD TOUR has been consuming me mentally! – at Los Angeles, CA
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Jillian Belanger retweeted
It is obscene to me that we are cutting food stamps for 31 million people at a time when the top 0.1% of Americans own more wealth than the bottom 90%. No one should starve in one of the wealthiest countries in the world.
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Being booked and busy is not a flex to me. Being relaxed and aligned and living in leisure with hobbies you don’t monetize is a flex to me. Y’all be proud of overworking and constant labor. It makes no sense.
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Jillian Belanger retweeted
Rihanna’s interpreter is the real #Superbowl MVP 🔥
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42% of people in the US have a large body type, but only 4.5% of men characters and 2% of women characters prominently featured in ads in the first half of the #SuperBowl have large body types. #AllBodies
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Jillian Belanger retweeted
“…the coloniality of language… capture[s] the colonizer’s imagination of the colonized as having no Language, that is, no Eurocentrically valorized expressivity]” —Veronelli
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Jillian Belanger retweeted
If we value education, we must also value educators.
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If capitalism could "solve" poverty, it would have already. Rather it creates, sustains, and criminalizes poverty.
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Jillian Belanger retweeted
I hope this is true! Good for @Beyonce! This business is such a toxic ass environment for women and children (and sometimes men too). I hope more artist start taking this level of accountability to make their space safe!
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Jillian Belanger retweeted
It’s time to.... submit a proposal for the 2023 WIDA Annual Conference! ⏰ Share your expertise as a presenter at the conference that is by teachers, for teachers! The deadline to submit proposals is Jan. 31, 2023. Learn more on the #WIDA2023 website: events.wida.us/
Black students don't need saviors. They need educators who acknowledge and understand the uniqueness of their experiences.
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