Fact: American children of the past could do more than American children of today because the adults in this country expected more of them.
This!! When I was a kid, we used to write out the questions and answers for every question in every chapter of our textbooks for every subject. Pages and pages of writing for homework. Handwritten paragraphs/essays, 3+ page math problems. What happened?!
DEI will continue until each state DOE/OPI is unable to continue the DEI mission under the guise of “whole child” learning. The elimination of SEL, “school health” programs, “trauma-informed” practices, restorative practices, and any other emotional programming has to occur and…
"DEI appears to be a sort of zombie — dead by decree, but animated by cultural and institutional inertia." Great piece by Greg Salsbury via @realDailyWire.
Less toxic empathy...more genuine but tough love.
I had a new student in my Algebra II class. She was homeschooled previously, and this was her first experience in public school. Two days in, she’s already unerolling. I’m not surprised, given our last conversation. Her words when I asked her what she thought: “I wanted to see…
🇳🇿 Meanwhile in New Zealand “We’ve been told to burn healthy strong beehives” “Look at how healthy these bees are no disease or anything” Bees are quite possibly the most important insect to exist - it’s not a coincidence they are now dying out rapidly with Governments also…
Kindergarten used to be optional. The proclamation was made that students who didn’t go to kindergarten started first grade behind. Half-day, then full-day kindergarten became mandatory. Currently, preschool is optional. Now the proclamation has gone out that students who don’t…
Exactly. It can feel like the system hides the truth about reading levels and parents deserve better. We’re working to bring awareness to the gaps in grade-level literacy, starting right here in the Fort Worth area, so no child slips through the cracks.
It’s the “whole child” movement, and it has to be stopped at the state level. State DOE/OPIs want student voices “elevated”, but those same entities are not willing to admit the majority of the students in their schools cannot properly form sentences, tell you what the words…
A student can’t “find their voice” if they can’t form a sentence. ELA teachers who skip teaching grammar in favor of expression cripple students in their ability to do either.
I don't mind helping those in need. I just thinking doing it through the government is a bad idea.
“One of the least appreciated truths of literacy is that decoding and comprehension draw on different sources of knowledge. The first depends on phonemic awareness and phonics—the cornerstones of current SoR reforms. Decoding is a transferable skill; that’s why we can “read”…
This article nails it: top-down literacy laws aren’t enough. We need a seismic shift in teacher prep AND parent activation. Parents are the sleeping giant. We must demand that every child, in every classroom, learns through the Science of Reading. fordhaminstitute.org/national/comme…
Hard to appreciate the scale of this effort. Every blue dot is a NGO.
OSTRICH FARM MASSACRE: Watch The Canadian government treat the carcasses of the beautiful prehistoric creatures they needlessly slaughtered, along with the science and livelihoods they represented, like trash. AvengeTheOstriches.com
Dismay-causing survey Social studies teachers think it's more important that students "be activists" than they "know facts" about history
Don’t look away. This is everyone’s new reality. This is the “science”.
UNIVERSAL OSTRICH FARM WITNESS - FRIEND - VICTIM Nov 6 - Megan Devi My heart is broken. Tonight feels like a battle-axe has struck the very soul of humanity. After nearly a year of pleading, petitions, protests, and desperate efforts to stop it… the inhumane mass murder at the…
"Higher civic learning" , including "how to discern high quality information" and become stewards of "public institutions" : AKA, we'll infiltrate education at every single level and brainwash populism out of you so you can be good servants of the state.
Parents: good ratings, awards, etc are not what you should be looking for when vetting a school Meaningless distractions Ask about books being read, time spent in recess, homework load, attitude toward student needs, openness to customization — the stuff that actually affects…
I just toured one of the best public schools in Arizona, according to state rankings and other accolades (e.g. Blue Ribbon School, US News, etc.). I asked the principal what books my kid will have read by the time she finishes elementary school. She couldn't name a single…
Combatting “whole child” education starts with repealing Every Student Succeeds Act . Search terms “mental health” “school-based mental health” to locate the programs being funded at the Federal level. This model passes down to the state/local levels too. govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CO…
Wait….restorative circles don’t help students learn? Has any told the “whole child” movement within all the state DOE/OPIs? Montana OPI wants restorative circles as a “school wide strategy”. @MontanaOPI
Things that help students learn: Handwriting notes. Reading books. Rules. Things that DON’T help students learn: Sitting in a circle and talking about “trauma.” Reflecting on their identities. Telling white students that they’re racist. Questioning their gender.
No. No, we the people, do not want this.
1 year extension of ACA and open the government NOW!!! Repubs and Dems in Washington - agree please! The people , us, want/need this !!!
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