Too much of anything is bad. Classrooms have been moving to 1:1 computers for a decade. Typed notes are retained less than hand written. Research has become "as the AI" leading to lack of development of reading, analytic and reasoning skills. Todays article shares information and examples of how this movement to tech has caused harm. From NBC News: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/moms-liberty-teachers-unions-schools-tech-screen-time-rcna263931 1 cup of coffee article Since Moms for Liberty launched in 2021, the conservative activist group has demonized teachers unions as an “education mafia” that parents “cannot trust,” blaming them for school closures in the pandemic and … [Read more...]
Forbidden Fruit and the Classroom: The Huge American Sex-Abuse Scandal That Educators Scandalously Suppress
This article comes to us via Real Clear Wire written by James Varnay. The information and allegations are disturbing. Every day millions of parents put their children under the care of public school teachers, administrators, and support staff. Their trust, however, is frequently broken by predators in authority in what appears to be the largest ongoing sexual abuse scandal in our nation’s history. Given the roughly 50 million students in U.S. K-12 schools each year, the number of students who have been victims of sexual misconduct by school employees is probably in the millions each decade, according to multiple studies. Such numbers would far exceed the high-profile abuse … [Read more...]
The Hell of Rigor and Critical Thinking in the Age of College and Career Readiness: Administrators of Abuse and Teachers of Despair: One Father’s Experiences
This is a piece written by a father and shared on his Facebook Page - Michael Bohr I have been deeply immersed in the analysis and resistance to the Common Core Agenda for many years now. My involvement began when my children, both of significant intellect and eagerness to learn, with a love of school, began to display a fear of, and a loathing for, public schooling. Their behavior and attitudes changed. My once endlessly positive, relaxed and happy children became negative, stressed and saddened. I set about working with the teachers and administrators to find solutions but I also began researching the new terminology and teaching methods I was hearing from them. I also … [Read more...]
11 Ways Finland’s Education System Shows Us that “Less is More”.
From FillingMyMap.com ................ When I left my 7th grade math classroom for my Fulbright research assignment in Finland I thought I would come back from this experience with more inspiring, engaging, innovative lessons. I expected to have great new ideas on how to teach my mathematics curriculum and I would revamp my lessons so that I could include more curriculum, more math and get students to think more, talk more and do more math. This drive to do more and More and MORE is a state of existence for most teachers in the US….it is engrained in us from day one. There is a constant pressure to push our students to the next level to have them do bigger and better things. The … [Read more...]
WA Senate Bill 6109 – Levy transfer to the State
This is a re-post of an article that aims to show why the loss of local levy's for schools would be harmful. Take a read and let us know what you think. Five Drawbacks of Dammeier Senate Bill 6109... Robbing Peter to Pay Peter On April 15 2015, State Senator Bruce Dammeier introduced Senate Bill 6109 to the Washington Senate Ways and Means Committee. Senate Bill 6109 would transfer about one billion dollars in voter approved local school district levy funds to the State budget where it would presumably be used to meet the state legislature's obligation to pay for teacher salaries. Some call this a Levy Swap bill. Others call this a Levy Swipe bill because it uses local levy funds … [Read more...]