Ed Knight, New York Teacher

Teacher in New York. Not the city.

[Ed Knight, New York Teacher @EdKnightTeacher]

A "trial to prove innocence"? That's some quality Salem Witch Trials reasoning right there.

[Nancy Pelosi @SpeakerPelosi]

The Grand Jury has acted upon the facts and the law.

No one is above the law, and everyone has the right to a trial to prove innocence.

Hopefully, the former President will peacefully respect the system, which grants him that right.

[Ed Knight, New York Teacher @EdKnightTeacher]

The world is moving on to AI. Meanwhile NY public schools still haven't come to grips with cell phones.

[Ed Knight, New York Teacher @EdKnightTeacher]

It's a bold strategy, Cotton.

https://t.co/NGEn7G7w7S

[Ed Knight, New York Teacher @EdKnightTeacher]

Is there a more Orwellian phrase in education than "School Resource Officer"?

[Ed Knight, New York Teacher @EdKnightTeacher]

How messed up is the US education funding model? So messed up that even switching to the (appalling) US health care funding model would be a vast improvement.

https://t.co/VRD3TW1ZUR

[Ed Knight, New York Teacher @EdKnightTeacher]

We can end at least one of these.

https://t.co/9EWBiVlTft

[Ed Knight, New York Teacher @EdKnightTeacher]

None of my students wanted to talk about Nashville today. Instead we talked about career plans, selling a pickup, what a mortgage is, and getting along with siblings.

#1 advisor-advisee relationship rule: make sure they know you care. NB you must actually care.

[Ed Knight, New York Teacher @EdKnightTeacher]

From the new NYSED FAQ.

Heaven forbid the test scores actually count for something.

[Ed Knight, New York Teacher @EdKnightTeacher]

If you've been teaching a long time, you have a probably under-utilized resource: former students. Invite them to Zoom into your classroom so they can talk to current students.

Bonus points if you're in a small town and their younger siblings/babysittees are in your class.

[Ed Knight, New York Teacher @EdKnightTeacher]

In class on days like tomorrow, I always do a lot more listening and asking than I do talking.

https://t.co/FK1DoxlZXb

[Ed Knight, New York Teacher @EdKnightTeacher]

@GusoffTV No, I am upstate.

[Ed Knight, New York Teacher @EdKnightTeacher]

What was the best thing a teacher or mentor ever did for you?

[Ed Knight, New York Teacher @EdKnightTeacher]

I dusted off the blog.

https://t.co/iFhbqgykAN

[Ed Knight, New York Teacher @EdKnightTeacher]

Gell-Mann amnesia.

Unrelatedly, fwiw, Gell-Mann said he did poorly in high school physics (he won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1969).

https://t.co/scX1Uytlqp

[Ed Knight, New York Teacher @EdKnightTeacher]

We all have to fight against Gell-Mann amnesia. 1/2

[Ed Knight, New York Teacher @EdKnightTeacher]

@BillyM2k Gell-Mann amnesia.

https://t.co/scX1Uybcch

[Ed Knight, New York Teacher @EdKnightTeacher]

New York State Gives The Same Earth Science Performance Test Every Year.

https://t.co/73WVfH8396

[Ed Knight, New York Teacher @EdKnightTeacher]

@michelletandler Karol Markowicz at the NY Post did run a piece on it a couple of days ago, for which I am grateful. But other than that - nothing that I know of. :(

[Ed Knight, New York Teacher @EdKnightTeacher]

@OutlawAcademy It's shameful.

[Ed Knight, New York Teacher @EdKnightTeacher]

Guessing All Cs Is Now Enough To Pass The New York State Algebra Exam.

More to come.

https://t.co/bw0axSsG69

[Ed Knight, New York Teacher @EdKnightTeacher]

Thank you Karol Markowicz. The more light we can shine on this, the better.

https://t.co/foyZkBNKw1