Even parents who don’t care much about academics tend to be wowed when they hear something like “At the current pace your child will complete 3rd grade math in about 6 weeks” and then it actually happens. That kind of individualization and precision with pacing feels like magic.
I was sent to the principal for doing multiplication in 3rd grade, my parents never let me back in a government school again. I became a ed reformer that day chilling with the principal in his office.
When my daughter was bored in kindergarten, her teacher told her to read her book upside down
When my 5th grader wanted to look at an algebra textbook in his spare time, the school told him it "wasn't approved for his grade"
If your kid is a fast learner, their learning needs will not be supported.
And if you ask for more academically challenging material, teachers and principals will act like you're making a completely unreasonable request, or simply can you a liar. Maybe to your face, maybe behind your back. (Some of those people are even here on X!)
But at the end of the day, remember that this is your child. They're counting on your to stand up for them.
School isn't just for struggling kids. It's for high achievers and fast learners also.
Every kid deserves to have their learning needs met. Every kid deserves to feel like they belong.
Don't ever let anyone make you feel guilty for advocating for your child.
@bryansunderland@InstituteCicero Two most likely scenarios. 1) they have no clue what they are doing and should be cut off or 2) they know exactly what they are doing and should be charged with criminal fraud.
@johnarnold@sbwnhtx And you can get it from anywhere. We always won upsets for a tenth of what these consultants spend losing. Money used to equal power, now only power=power.
LA’s solution to homelessness is handing out brown bags filled with drug paraphernalia.
This is not care.
This is why people are leaving “housing first” facilities in body bags.
@librarykat@DonnieDetroit19@PJQualityGuru That was observational in the sense of Perry appealing and being able to attract BOTH constituencies. He is MAGA and understands and engages with thoughtful policy solutions for the liberty minded voters as well. Politics is a game of addition and Perry is great at that.
RFK Jr. reveals what HHS found when they went looking for the 375,000 migrant kids Biden lost.
"It's a huge, huge tragedy."
"One guy pretended to be the parent of 42 children. We have no idea what happened to those kids."
"We're now finding them. We found about 137,000 of them, but a lot of them you just can't find. There was about 60 kids who were sent to one address. When we looked at that address, it was a container, a steel container in the middle of a parking lot."
"A lot of them were sent to work at slaughterhouses and picking fruits in the fields. They were slaves."
"So we stopped that. Now everybody who comes in has to validate the relationship. We DNA test them to make sure they're related to that kid. Nobody gets a kid unless we know that is the kid's parent or relative."
"It's a huge, huge tragedy. My agency [under Biden] was the single biggest child trafficker in the world."
@FredWszolek@PJQualityGuru@JohnJamesMI I’ll take the actual conservative any day. My family can’t support establishment trash ever again. Perry for the win!