Angela Weinzinger

Passionate about standing for truth and righteousness.

[John Taylor Gatto @realjohngatto]

Grades don't measure anything

other than your relevant obedience to a manager.

[John Taylor Gatto @realjohngatto]

I began to realize that the bells & the confinement, the age-segregation, the lack of privacy, the constant surveillance, & all the rest of the national curriculum of schooling

were designed exactly as if someone had set out to prevent children from learning how to think & act

[John Taylor Gatto @realjohngatto]

One of the first things a family tries to teach its children

is the difference between good and evil, right and wrong.

One of the first things our schools do is destroy that distinction.

[John Taylor Gatto @realjohngatto]

Our cultural dilemma has nothing to do with children who don't read very well.

It lies instead in the difficulty of finding a way to restore meaning and purpose to modern life.

[John Taylor Gatto @realjohngatto]

Boys like Andrew Carnegie who begged his mother not to send him to school

& was well on his way to immortality & fortune at the age of 13,

would be referred today for psychological counseling;

Thomas Edison would find himself in Special Ed until his..genius had been tamed

[John Taylor Gatto @realjohngatto]

You can make your own son or daughter one of a kind

if you have the time and will to do so;

school can only make them part of a hive, herd or anthill.

[Ronald A. Rasband @RonaldARasband]

The temple can be both a place of defense for you and a place of refuge from the growing storms that are around you.

[Sandra Stotsky @sgstotsky]

You're right. It is illegal. I once spoke to a school lawyer in Boston. Lots of school districts pay a retainer fee to a big law firm with someone who knows school law. All K-12 curr. material must be made available to any citizen who wants to see it https://t.co/Y7pIdfVSx0

[Sandra Stotsky @sgstotsky]

Speak to a school lawyer. Parents do have the right to see everything prior to teaching. Local school board can tell super to ensure that. @sgstotsky https://t.co/Dnw1tpLBMp

[John Taylor Gatto @realjohngatto]

I began to realize that the bells & the confinement..the age-segregation, the lack of privacy, the constant surveillance & all the rest of the national curriculum of schooling

were designed exactly as if someone had set out to prevent children from learning how to think and act

[Sandra Stotsky @sgstotsky]

#InTheNameOfEquity Yet another example of how to achieve 21st century equity. Don't strengthen curriculum for low achievers; just take away advanced coursework for those capable of doing it. @sgstotsky Promoted by EdWeek. https://t.co/LKRN0Mfd10

[Sandra Stotsky @sgstotsky]

Why is the "equity" answer never to teach minorities better, but to take advanced coursework away from those who can take it? @sgstotsky https://t.co/ihBEFXcC9T

[Sandra Stotsky @sgstotsky]

Duh. If you lower your standards sufficiently, no one flunks, and no one learns much math, either. @sgstotsky https://t.co/LuMKOhKgo4

[Sandra Stotsky @sgstotsky]

Until governor can show evidence that programs designed to improve education actually do, no data can be collected. @sgstotsky Burden of proof on them. https://t.co/4ld34EwgYQ

[John Walker @johnwalkeroned]

Reflections on mapping out educational vs. social vs compliance within the CA Ed accountability system. If the goal is education, raising the bar, & improved student outcomes, how come there so little accountability in the education circle and so much in the social circle?

[Sandra Stotsky @sgstotsky]

#EdWeek It is doing its best to promote Common Core-aligned standards and tests now in State Plans. Since CC widens "gaps" and weakens public education, it is not clear why it doesn't refuse Gates et al funding.
https://t.co/EuwfRyGGdE

[Angela Weinzinger @angeldwein]

#optout #nomorestupidtests #StopCommonCore https://t.co/3PD0N8X75y

[frank ocean fan @ARIUMIZUMI]

the math sbac just called me stupid and told me to go back to 8th grade algebra

[Angela Weinzinger @angeldwein]

@johnwalkeroned @CSBA_Now The dashboard is stupidly confusing. Makes my eyes cross. And I have heard other parents complain about it as well. CA just can't get education right, no matter how much money they throw or not throw at it.

[Sandra Stotsky @sgstotsky]

#CC Only 13% of AA students "at or above proficient" on grade 8 NAEP math in 2015 & 2017. Why no complaints about CC from Civil Rights orgs? What can & do high schools do?