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Joined August 2013
I just posted about Americans being left in the dark about how local schools perform teaching academics. Then I read this nice article by @rickhess99. He did a great job of highlighting a few ways they do it right under our noses.
See how public ed muddies the waters so the average American is left in the dark about how effective their local schools are at teaching academic skills? ⬇️. This isn't done by accident.
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We could greatly improve students' mental health and well being by teaching them to read. Our primary focus should be on getting 95% reading proficiently by 3rd grade. Right now, we are far from that. You can see how well your school does with our easy to use 3rd gr reading.
It takes a team to support students' mental health & well-being, especially during the hectic #BackToSchool season. Thank you to all the mental health professionals working with students, parents, and teachers to provide support when it's needed most. #ThankYouThursday
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RT @Beanie0597: “Hugs and no help”. 😔. Students don’t want condescension and phony compassion. They want knowledge and capable teachers who….
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Parents, if you're told math shouldn't be taught step-by-step and that kids can "discover" it on their own, you're being sold a bill of goods. Run, don't walk, to your local school board to tell them you respectfully disagree and demand better. If you need help approaching the.
We’re being told math shouldn’t be taught step by step—not by fringe voices, but by the most influential orgs and thought leaders in education. Their rally cry is wrapped in emotional language and slick visuals that downplays that their discovery method doesn’t work.
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🙋♀️Raise your hand if you're a teacher and this hits home.
The problem with this is I am a teacher in my 23rd year and I have only ever been to 3 (3!!!!!) beneficial professional development sessions. Most are time wasters that are either not practical or not applicable to a real classroom setting.
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RT @marcportermagee: If all Black students performed at the level of Black Catholic students, the racial achievement gap in reading would b….
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Live in Minnesota and want to see how well your district teaches reading? There's an easy to use chart in this article.
americanexperiment.org
The ability to read by the end of third grade is a critical skill for a child's success — not only for the remainder of his or her K-12 journey and later
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RT @Intrepid_Edu: @EduConsumersFdn @MrZachG Many such cases. What an excellent concept of an organization you have, and indeed profoundly….
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See how public ed muddies the waters so the average American is left in the dark about how effective their local schools are at teaching academic skills? ⬇️. This isn't done by accident.
Here is what the same experts said 2 years ago 🧵. "Yes, there’s learning loss between 2019 and 2022, but in some ways we don’t want to keep going backwards," Marianne Perie, the co-chair of an advisory committee that reports to New York’s Board of Regents, told the newspaper.".
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RT @MrZachG: Modeling is a crucial part of teaching. It encodes information. Direct instruction doesn’t mean passive learning - it is syst….
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RT @MrZachG: We often assume students will learn by doing - that learning IS activity. But learning is a change in long-term memory, not j….
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Not a happy statistic.
Michael Malice is right when he says, "Public schools are literal prisons for children and the only time many people will ever encounter physical violence in their lives."
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RT @Freedom_in_Ed: 🚨 Illinois lowered cut scores, raising “proficient” rates on paper—but not in reality. This isn’t progress; it’s masking….
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RT @1in5advocacy: @ehanford Why are taxpayers still footing the bill for endless "research" when a century of data screams that direct, exp….
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We provide charts on our website that compare NAEP proficiency to what states report as proficient in reading and math. The discrepancies are surprising. If judged by national standards, students in most states are not as proficient in reading and math as the state tests say.
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There are so many instances of public education disguising its failures . let me count the ways. This is just one of many so that the public thinks academic achievement isn't in the tank, when nothing could be further from the truth.
chalkbeat.org
Since switching to the ACT as the high school college entrance exam, the Illinois Board of Education started the process to change cut scores for all state standardized tests. They said benchmarks...
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"the skills that could lift them out of their circumstances are too often left untaught". Well said.
I love this article from @rickhess99. I was a medic in the Army; the stakes for comprehension and mastery are incredibly high, and the training reflects that reality. The goal is to rise above individual circumstances and ensure that every person learns the skill, sometimes one.
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RT @EDSecMcMahon: Louisiana is doing it right - and they don’t need the federal bureaucracy to make it happen. Great to be with @CadeBrum….
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These are the most depressing threads to read.
August School Arrests Thread 🧵 . Arrests related to schools, childcare facilities, & other institutions catering to children will accumulate here through August 2025. Read the July thread here:.
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