Today's article comes from Intellectual Takeout written by Jeff Minick. We've said the same thing for years. Don't change methods or types of instruction just because it's been around for hundreds of years. It's time to step back and do a complete assessment of K-12 education and use the best of the best and stop using fads. Sometimes the best way to go forward is to go backward. In 1899, the population of Boonville, North Carolina was under 200. It was a tiny crossroads town in the middle of farming country. It was also the home of the Yadkin Valley Institute and School of Business, which 20 years later would become a public school. My friend Allen, whose ancestors were among the … [Read more...]
Do phones belong in school?
Do cell phones help or hinder education (k-12)? Do cell phones help or hurt social skills? Do cell phones cause distraction and loss of focus? Today we bring you an article published in The Harvard Gazzette by Anna Lamb Bans may help protect classroom focus, but districts need to stay mindful of students’ sense of connection, experts say Students around the world are being separated from their phones. In 2020, the National Center for Education Statistics reported that 77 percent of U.S. schools had moved to prohibit cellphones for nonacademic purposes. In September 2018, French lawmakers outlawed cellphone use for schoolchildren under the age of 15. In China, phones were … [Read more...]
L.A. School District Indoctrinates 5-Year-Olds With Celebration Of LGBTQ Values
How likely is it this can come to your school district? How would you respond? The Daily Wire is the source of the report: Starting next week, many children as young as 5 who attend Los Angeles Unified public schools will participate in a weeklong celebration of “National Coming Out Day,” which falls on October 11. The district issued its “Week of Action Toolkit,” emblazoned with a Black Power Fist over neon rainbow stripes and is nominally optional, although peer pressure will likely prompt elementary school teachers to use its programming. Its version for elementary students contains an “Identity Map activity” that “Prepares students to think critically about identity and … [Read more...]
Hidden word searches for kids
Looking for ways to stimulate the kids? Here are a number of links to sites that offer hidden words from easy to hard. Thanks to the Spruce Crafts! These word searches for kids are all free for you to print and hand over to your kids or students. The kids will have a great time hunting for the hidden words and you'll love that you know they're increasing their problem solving and vocabulary skills. There's a lot of word searches for kids below and you can find more holiday word searches, math word searches, and online word search games for kids that are great for kids. You can also make word searches for kids so you can cover the exact topic or use just the right words you want them … [Read more...]
Portland Public Schools considers move to ‘equitable’ grade system
So grades are under attack as being unfair? Teachers would determine the grade based on their assessment of the student and various factors? Opinions will matter more than results? Your thoughts? What's your school district planning? Do you know? By Paulina Aguilar Published: Aug. 31, 2023 at 8:52 PM PDT Link to original story PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - Portland Public Schools is considering moving to an “equitable grading system,” in which teachers assess students’ work while considering their diverse background needs to promote fairness in the classroom. PPS currently runs on a traditional grading system. “Maybe there some like linguistic inaccuracies … [Read more...]
Washington State K-12 compensation and other data
Our friend Jeff has a website we've mentioned before. Given the strikes at Evergreen and Camas and talk of striking at Battle Ground and other districts around the state we reached out to Jeff asking for an overview of the information he tracks. Following is that discussion with links to his website and data for your perusal. Note: Jeff does an annual update in December to capture the most current data published by OSPI. This data is entirely from OSPI. Jeff amalgamates and organizes it. So if someone claims the data is false refer them to Chris Reykdal the State Superintent of Schools. I have these charts already online for all 295 traditional school districts in WA plus most of … [Read more...]
US Department of Education – LGBTQI Toolkit
The US Department of Education has decided that basic education is no longer it's focus. Now it's time to help schools focus on LGBTQI. We'll pull some quotes from the document but it case you want to review it yourself here's the link: Document The document is a PDF so you should be able to download and open directly from the source. Following are actual verbatim wording from the report. Table of Contents U.S. Department of Education: Supporting LGBTQI+ Youth and Families in School U.S. Department of Education Q&A Resource on Student-Led Groups to Support LGBTQI+ Students and Allies Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Division of Adolescent and School … [Read more...]
‘Equity’ in Education: Equal Opportunity or Equal Outcome?
This article does a good job explaining why "equity" and "equality" are two completely different terms in K-12 education. The article also goes on to describe the damage focusing on equity causes. The original article can be found at: The American Spectator K-12 public education nationwide is fixated on the term “equity.” It has been added to many public school mission statements and core values, but the positive-sounding term means something more — and something more destructive — than providing equal opportunity for students. Identifying and labeling students based on their socioeconomic and ethnic or race group dominates the education conversation, with group academic … [Read more...]
Here are the top education issues state lawmakers battled over this year
An interesting article we came across and offer for your consideration. It was published at The Hill by Lexi Lonas Democrats and Republicans went head-to-head on education policy in state legislatures this year, with each side pulling out both wins and losses as many statehouses close their legislative sessions. The heart of much of the fighting lay in culture war issues led by Republicans, from how lessons about race and gender should be taught to what type of books students should be allowed to read. Here were the top education issues state lawmakers grappled with this year: School choice The new measure that was most successful for school choice this legislative … [Read more...]
School Levy’s – Public Comment
Our articles about school levies sometimes generates comments. Today we share the comments of a person that some may find useful. If you have comments (Pro or Con) about levies we'll add them to this article thread. You can use the comment submission process here or you can email us at swweducation dot gmail dot com. The comments have no reference to to the writer. Comment: Thank you to whomever for compiling this useful information. I am concerned that people don’t have a place to go to get more information before they vote to spent several hundred or thousands of dollars a year on these levy’s. People need to do their own assessment of the cost of these levies. The numbers in the … [Read more...]
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