“At its best, public education is the great equalizer – putting opportunity within reach for all Americans. So, where some seek to defund public education, I’m here to defend it unapologetically as the foundation of the American Dream.” - @SecCardona.
Thank you Cindy for your service. I’m
Right there with you…4 decades. Society has changed, kids have too. People who aren’t educators do not understand what schools deal with. If this job was so easy, people would be flocking to this career. Notice no one is.
Spent 4 decades teaching in public schools. Yes, lots of wasted $, esp in admin. But my last 10 yrs, each class had 1-3 autistics, 3-4 non Eng speakers, 1-4 major behavioral issues. I worked my a** off and did the best I could with what was given. I loved my career despite the stress.
It’s been a rough start to the school year in NYC so I’m reposting this. It’s in the application where the learning sticks. I’m seeing lots of 40-min lessons where sts read and write less than 5 words. That doesn’t work. Implementing a flawed program w/ fidelity ensures failure.
Many schools say they are curtailing many of the reading requirements to concede to students' shorter attention spans, standardized testing and to better prepare children for the more modern, digital world.
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Innovative study measures lost language development opportunity due to child’s screen time.
“A first-of-its kind study has found that for every minute of screen time toddlers are exposed to at home, they hear fewer adult words, make fewer vocalisations and engage in fewer back-and-forth conversations with their parents.”
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