- Has your school tossed out the tens of thousands of dollars of Lucy Calkins fraudulent method of teaching kids how to read books yet? I can’t believe it took this long, but our school last week tossed out all of her material. Sadly that’s the only method many teacher know how to teach.
Any idea how much your school paid to Lucy Calkins for her material?
450 points249 comments3 d ago
- Why do we still schedule high school to start at 7:30 when every sleep study says teenagers need later mornings?
Every district I've encountered cites bus logistics, but that feels like accepting a scheduling failure as permanent. Has anyone seen a public district actually solve this without just flipping...
166 points174 comments2 d ago
- If a documentary crew put hidden cameras in average high school classrooms today, what realization would shock the public the most?
162 points176 comments6 d ago
- Seriously....was it a conspiracy?
I am following a public media series called "Sold A Story". Season 1 told the story of the abandonment of Phonics in favor of Whole Language reading instruction and now there is a new series of...
124 points329 comments6 d ago
- Are we teaching critical thinking, or just picking teams?
After this week’s election, this feels like a useful classroom question: can students explain why they support an idea before reaching for a political label? This article from The PEN Weekly this...
15 points25 comments6 d ago
- Hearing how grading works in many public schools today and how bad students are..
and how in some schools, teachers aren’t even allowed to give students a failing grade and the standards of knowledge that was lowered for not only each grade but subject matter… I would have...
14 points51 comments4 d ago
- How would you build a better PE?
The WHO report on adolescent exercise came out and it was, as expected, not great. Among culprits are screens (surprise!), unsafe urban neighborhoods and cultural taboos, especially for girls. One...
13 points34 comments6 d ago
- Does it matter who is elected in government on how our schools are? Maybe not so much. I think it's deeper.
As a high school math teacher of 18 years, I am finding that no matter who is elected statewide like governors or the President(s), it seems like the issues of school systems continue in some form...
6 points39 comments5 d ago
- AI will help girls learn anywhere, they said...
Afghanistan: $390 a year of average income, ChatGPT costs $240 for the annual plan. If you believe AI tutors can reach places where schools can’t, the places where schools can’t are exactly where...
4 points17 comments5 d ago
- (vent kinda?) IEP being removed. Will the rest of high school (Junior + Senior year) and College be the same as it was when i had it?
Im a somewhat smart/somewhat slow thinker (which is prob why i was in a IEP since i think wayy too slow and my speaking skills are kinda eh). Im doing rlly well on all my classes with 94%+ on...
3 points5 comments2 d ago