Mrs. Lawrence

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[Don Salmon @dijoni]

A true story, oh one of the most famous black artist in America, who taught he was different was target and abuse while on the stage by white nationalist. Ned King Cole.. cause they did not like that. He was singing to white girls.. can you imagine? I just discovered his story. From this beautiful auntie.

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[Jen @jenteach13]

You want to fix education?

Fix #14: Count the administrators in your district. Then count the teachers. Then ask who is in the room with your child.

Let me break down Fix #14.
Pull up your district's organizational chart. Count every assistant superintendent, every director, every coordinator, every specialist, every instructional coach who does not have a classroom. Then count the teachers. Then ask yourself which number has grown faster over the last ten years and which one has not kept pace with what the kids actually need.

What does it mean in practice?
It means every dollar that funds a coordinator of academic services is a dollar that did not fund a teacher, an aide, a reading interventionist, or a classroom library. It means every central office position added is a decision about priorities, and that decision has consequences inside every building in the district. It means the people closest to the kids have the least power and the least resources, and the people furthest from the kids have the most of both.

How does this help kids?
A child is not educated by an organizational chart. She is educated by the person standing in the room with her every day. When we fund the room, staff the room, and support the person in the room, kids learn. When we fund the office instead, kids wait. The bloat at the top does not show up in test scores with a label attached. It shows up as thirty-two kids and no copy paper. It shows up as a teacher buying her own supplies in February. It shows up as the gap between what we say we value and where the money actually goes.

How do we make this happen?
We need district budgets that are transparent and readable by anyone who wants to look. We need school boards that ask hard questions about the ratio of administrators to teachers and demand honest answers. We need communities that understand the difference between a principal who is in the building every day and a director of curriculum alignment who has not been in a classroom in fifteen years. And we need to stop assuming that adding a layer of management above the teachers is the same thing as supporting the teachers. It is not. It is often the opposite.

The goal is not to eliminate every administrator. The goal is to make sure the people closest to the kids are the priority, not an afterthought.

#YouWantToFixEducation

[Mrs. Lawrence @MrsJLaw1]

@Armstrong_BCMS @BearCreekMS Congratulations 🎊! The next year will be even better!

[Typical African @Joe__Bassey]

They won’t teach you about these Black inventions and innovations in schools. That’s why you need to read and do research for yourself while teaching the younger generation.

[Orietta Rose 🇺🇲 @0riettaRose]

He was a first year English teacher & explained why it would be his only year teaching.

Boils down to no accountability for kids' behavior because of parents & administration.

I'll always add: Teachers along the way who kept going along to get along are ALSO to be blamed.

[Bored Teachers @Bored_Teachers]

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[Mrs. Lawrence @MrsJLaw1]

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@Babywwir All 20!

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I LOVE this!!!!

[Albatross @albatross_216]

Omygoooooooodnesss!!!!! WHY have i never seen this before?!? What an awesome idea!!!

Can you imagine as a prerequisite all seniors choose a kindergartners to mentor and teach....... teaching the seniors patience and pride, and the kindergartners have someone to look up to ( not in their family)

And when the seniors graduate, the kindergartners will graduate with them (into first grade)

That would be an AWESOME program!

[TeacherGoals @teachergoals]

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Oh that was dope 🤯🔥