Rich Ullman

Retired HS teacher, unapologetic defender of traditional methods of instruction, & outspoken critic of educational fads & those who chase them

[Rich Ullman @Edwinivich]

Rather than being a means-to-an-end tool in promoting student achievement, the increasing emphasis on relationship-building so common in schools today is becoming the end in and of itself - the overriding focus of education.

https://t.co/ucDXIGhipH

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Suitable for framing

[Robert Pondiscio @rpondiscio]

"A myth, such as the commonly-held belief in non-existent 'learning styles" is simply false. An instructional illusion, is more dangerous because it contains a kernel of truth."

https://t.co/EZdGvHz2Re

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@BUFSportsTalk @BuffaloEats A.

Can’t live without @buffalobrewpub

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@FixingEducation ALL the accountability
MOST of the blame
NONE of the authority

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@FB_Helmet_Guy Or Gaddafi

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@GregVorse FWIW: The Hastings Street Corridor in the actual pictured city (Vancouver) is just as bad as - or worse than - the most blight-riddled sections of Chautauqua County.

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@hikingtheglobe0 Vancouver.

Now showcase the Hastings Street corridor

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@MrDanielBuck Did the staff even try building relationships?

Was the service sufficiently engaging?

Perhaps the waitstaff should “remember their why.”

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@FixingEducation 1. Warehousing > Instruction
2. SEL > Academics
3. Frequent disruptions & a misapplication of FAPE (See 1)
4. Tech fixation/screen addiction
5. Teacher shortage & teacher quality (not saying there aren’t still some great teachers)
6. Admin fecklessness
7. General societal decay

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@rpondiscio Gilbert Perreault

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@mathewsjh @Acyn @patriottakes Everybody Austin Powering here, and I came to tweet this.

Bravo

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@simpsons_DG “Self-indulgent tripe”

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@rpondiscio Alas, cursed.

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@FixingEducation While I’m sure there are some teachers who assign excessive HW over vacation & weekends, & then drag their feet grading & returning it, this is most likely a manufactured (fake) scenario for clickbait/engagement farming.

That said, most HW should be extra credit/optional IMO

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@FixingEducation The long-awaited finale “opus” in Mr. Holland’s Opus is so lame it ruins the entire movie.

[Robert Pondiscio @rpondiscio]

New from yours truly for @thedispatch

We’re asking schools to do two things at once:
• include everyone
• tolerate almost every behavior
At some point, those goals collide and order breaks down. And soon, so does every other shared space.

https://t.co/F427QYYngn

[Wendy @teachthemx3]

Email from admin: “Please document your plan and anticipated challenges for students who failed the last grading period.”

My plan: teach
Challenge: The student hasn’t been here since December
Next steps: Call the truant officer… oh wait, we don’t do that anymore

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@ChukaIwuh @BrickCenter_ Also incoming:

yOu DoN’T kNOw BaLL!

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@Super70sSports Everybody’s Got Something to Hide ‘Cept for Me & My Monkey

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@tombennett71 @esanzi Even though nobody “wins” when classrooms become unmanageable, I believe I’ll take a decade-later victory lap on this one.

https://t.co/dHjwlrz0Cj

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@KrystleNoel1128 Ditto the WAY OUTDATED Shout song and the obscene train whistle.

Seven Nation Army has also been done to death.