@nytdavidbrooks is right that College Admissions is changing. Let's change it in a way that helps realign K12 education to the aspirations and needs of America, its families, and young people! Great topic for Brooks' next column. #edchat#collegeadmissions https://t.co/5AO4tAeKst
We think we would have intervened had we been there. @rgay challenges us by asking, "What on earth makes us think that, when the time comes, we will be any different?"
Making People Uncomfortable Can Now Get You Killed https://t.co/6sEXdRToDS
@eduwonkette_jen Bigger perhaps than "the biggest problem," I hear some schools have their students play sports rather than mastering key athletic events, sporting norms, and America's various major and minor league institutions. Dodgeball should be a class, not an activity.
Powerful analogy: "Think about how much worse you feel when you run a fever of 101.3 degrees Fahrenheit, 2.7 degrees above normal. That fever is the equivalent of what the planet is facing."
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@NYSEDNews Fascinating that other than "science" represented in tiny letters, there is no mention of traditional courses: English, math, history, foreign languages. Are we moving away from core subject areas? #edchat
Powerful story on a desperate mother, an intrepid nun, and the horrific gang violence of Haiti. By @Nataliekitro@AZehbrauskas and Andre Paultre https://t.co/wWPN7RTh0X
"This is failure, by design," says @AgnesBridge and @nicpollock in our latest Opinion Video. "Underfunded; Abandoned during covid; and vilified in America’s vicious culture war - teachers have had enough. The real losers are the kids." https://t.co/6xMfo63XI0
"One of the most persistent neoliberal myths was that the world was flat . . . . The past several years have laid waste to that idea. It’s up to those who care about liberal democracy to craft a new system that better balances local and global interests."
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The insidiousness of racism exposed (yet again) . . . #DEI#equity
"Home Appraised With a Black Owner: $472,000. With a White Owner: $750,000." https://t.co/2LIsrD3qrH