- RT @tappedinorg: RT @dropoutnation: At Dropout Nation: What Banning Collective Bargaining Doesn’t Mean #TQReform #
- RT @JoeNBC: Collective bargaining is nvaluable right of union members. But that cause won’t be helped by teachers walking put on children. #
- RT @JoeNBC: Whoever came up with the idea of teachers quitting on Wisconsin kids as a negotiating tactic should be fired. It will backfire. #
- My latest column, this on the battle in Ohio, Wisc. & elsewhere teachers pensions: #edreform #TQReform #publicpensions #
- RT @jaketapper @amyewalter: Oregonian reports Rep. Wu’s stafff tried to stage intervention for him re: mental health #
- @dancecookie It is scientifically valid and has proven itself reliable over time, in fact, far more reliable than subjective evaluations. in reply to dancecookie #
- @dancecookie Now, if you oppose standardized testing, then you are going to oppose value-added. in reply to dancecookie #
- @dancecookie But to argue something isn’t a true measure because you don’t believe in it doesn’t make it so. Try harder, please. in reply to dancecookie #
- @dancecookie Right now, we have dropout factories where kids aren’t even learning at all. in reply to dancecookie #
- @dancecookie There is nothing wrong with having dance classes and music classes. But the reality is that if kids can’t read, writer or do in reply to dancecookie #
- @dancecookie math, they are going to be ill-equipped for life in an increasingly global economy in which math and literacy are critical. in reply to dancecookie #
- @dancecookie Meanwhile, testing itself has been proven to be helpful in teaching kids what to learn and how. in reply to dancecookie #
- @dancecookie Your observations don’t equal verifiable fact or empirical evidence. in reply to dancecookie #
- @dancecookie What we have, based on empirical evidence, says that there are plenty of teachers who are inadequate in the classroom. in reply to dancecookie #
- @dancecookie Some of the issues have to do with how they were trained before they got into the classroom. Actually, a lot of the problem. in reply to dancecookie #
- @dancecookie There is also the matter of subject matter competency and empathy, the ability to care for kids who look differently from them. in reply to dancecookie #
- @dancecookie Those are issues too. in reply to dancecookie #
- @dancecookie This isn’t to say that there aren’t trust issues in education. In fact, the reason why the working relationship in reply to dancecookie #
- @dancecookie between teachers and administrators can be so poisonous is because of trust. And a lot of that has to do with the reality that in reply to dancecookie #
- @dancecookie once a poor-performing teacher gets into the workforce, they cannot be easily be removed from classrooms. in reply to dancecookie #
- @dancecookie Part of the poisonous culture problem has to also do with the fact that there are also incompetent principals who shouldn’t be in reply to dancecookie #
- @dancecookie in a school building. And part of the problem is the lack of empirical data and continuous feedback that can help in assessing in reply to dancecookie #
- @dancecookie performance on both sides, and improving what can be improved (and sorting out good-to-great educators from those who aren’t_. in reply to dancecookie #
- @dancecookie But if a kid can’t read in the first place — and 40 percent of students enter school needing reading remediation their parents in reply to dancecookie #
- @dancecookie could never provide b/c they lack expertise — following their interests means essentially going nowhere. in reply to dancecookie #
- Rewind: The Dropout Nation Podcast: Building Cultures of Genius Block by Block #edreform #edgap #
- At Dropout Nation: What Banning Collective Bargaining Doesn’t Mean #edreform #ScottWalker #TQReform #edpolicy #
- @dancecookie We can talk all day about kids following interests. But they are still kids. They are not little adults. It’s why they have in reply to dancecookie #
- @dancecookie adults, namely parents (for guiding them in their moral development) and teachers (for the educational development). in reply to dancecookie #
- @dancecookie From where I sit, just telling kids to follow interests, especially when they don’t have the fundamentals to do that, means in reply to dancecookie #
- @dancecookie they are going to end up in prison and in poverty. in reply to dancecookie #
- The Dropout Nation Podcast: The Importance of High Expectations #edreform #edgap #LatinoEdu #BlackEdu #
- @dancecookie Actually, I didn’t notice the question. My professional information is quite clear and anyone following me knows it in reply to dancecookie #
- @dancecookie I’m an education reporter, an activist and, a reading tutor. Oh, and my father-in-law was a longtime teacher and principal. in reply to dancecookie #
- @dancecookie Try harder. in reply to dancecookie #
- RT @POWERORGmath: @dropoutnation Thx for RT of our #math program and your podcast http://… (cont) http://deck.ly/~RXheC #
- @POWERORGmath You’re welcome. in reply to POWERORGmath #
- RT @SalenaAR: RT @dropoutnation: The Dropout Nation Podcast: The Importance of High Expectations #edreform #
- @POWERORGmath You’re welcome. It’s great work. in reply to POWERORGmath #
- RT @Dr_EricWaters: @dropoutnation: @tappedinorg: What Banning Collective Bargaining Doesn’t Mean #TQReform #edreform #
- The Dropout Nation Podcast: The Importance of High Expectations #edreform #edgap #
- My latest column, this on the battle in Ohio, Wisc. & elsewhere teachers pensions: #edreform #TQReform #JohnKasich #
- Coming Tomorrow: The Dropout Nation Podcast: Sporting Into Reforming Teacher Quality at DropoutNation.net #
- The Dropout Nation Podcast: The Importance of High Expectations #edreform #edgap #ParentPower #CommonCore #
- RT @alabamainsider: At Dropout Nation: What Banning Collective Bargaining Doesn’t Mean #edreform #K12 #teachers #
- RT @harvinmoore: RT @tj_hancock Wisconsin teacher union members make over $100,000 on avg- for 9 mos work #edreform #
- @dancecookie Actually, I know all about the limits of assessments. But, there will never be a perfect test, except the one God gives. in reply to dancecookie #
- @dancecookie Let’s be clear: When folks attempt to use the flaw and perfection argument when faced with a much better method of assessing in reply to dancecookie #
- @dancecookie performance, all that says is that from your perspective, you want to stay stuck in a status quo that isn’t working in reply to dancecookie #
- @dancecookie for teachers, students or taxpayers. in reply to dancecookie #
- @dancecookie By the way, try Miller-McCune: in reply to dancecookie #
- At Dropout Nation: Best of Dropout Nation: Forget Sputnik Moments: The Time is Now for School Reform #edreform #
- @LYRichardson actually kids drop out b/c they have low literacy and reading skills. in reply to LYRichardson #
- @LYRichardson as Robert Balfanz points out, a 6th grader w/failing math grades and misses more than 18 days of school has just 1 in 6 in reply to LYRichardson #
- @LYRichardson chance of graduating. The path to dropping out started long before any sense of hopelessness. in reply to LYRichardson #
- @LYRichardson When we don’t address literacy by 3rd grade, kids end up on a path to academic failure. in reply to LYRichardson #
- @LYRichardson All kids can use a high quality college prep education. The skills used can prepare kids for any path they choose. in reply to LYRichardson #
- @LYRichardson if you are a welder or elevator installer, you will need the same skills to get an apprenticeship as a college sophomore in reply to LYRichardson #
- @LYRichardson Same for machine tool die makers. In fact, firms in that sector recruit collegians who would otherwise go into tech. in reply to LYRichardson #
- @LYRichardson You are right that our schools, especially in Detroit, need to overhaul teaching and curricula. We live in a knowledge-based in reply to LYRichardson #
- @LYRichardson world and the schools don’t prepare kids for that reality from kindergarten onward. in reply to LYRichardson #
- @LYRichardson You are also right about middle class role models. Far too many of the black middle class move themselves away from the very in reply to LYRichardson #
- @LYRichardson neighborhoods and people they should help to ensure that there are more of us. Strength in numbers will make a difference in reply to LYRichardson #
- @LYRichardson in our presence in all aspects of the economy. And the ultimate strength in numbers comes in more young men and women in reply to LYRichardson #
- @LYRichardson graduating from high school and higher education. in reply to LYRichardson #
- RT @ileducprof @dropoutnation: Rewind: The Dropout Nation Podcast: Building Cultures of Genius Block by Block #edreform #
- At Dropout Nation: What Banning Collective Bargaining Doesn’t Mean #edreform #ScottWalker #TQReform #
- NoDropouts.org makes excellent points on the consequences of Wisc. teacher absences on #edgap #atriskkids #edreform #
- Off-edu: A consequence of Gawker Media’s redesign: Outlook RSS gets clogged with repeat copies of Lifehacker posts already deleted. Ugh #
- On the Milwaukee teacher pay situation: The problem isn’t teachers getting 6-figures. It’s that teachers wait 2 decades to get such pay #
- Essentially high-quality work from newly-hired and less-senior teachers doesn’t get rewarded. Low quality work does get rewarded instead. #
- High-quality teachers should be paid well, no matter their seniority. Low-quality teachers don’t deserve the money, regardless of seniority. #
- The system of teacher pay should better-reflect the work good-to-great teachers, who work hard, do every day. #
- What we have in ed today doesn’t work. The teaching equivalent of Ozzie Smiths doesn’t deserve low $. The Mendozas shouldn’t get big bucks #
- So let’s be careful about condemning teachers getting six figures. The real issue to address is who gets the big bucks and who shouldn’t. #
- I don’t begrudge Bill Gates getting the dough. I won’t begrudge a great teacher getting the dough either. #
- Off-edu: The Silver Dollar Gang, which committed murders of #civilrights activists in Natchez & #
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