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[Bluegrass Learning @bgrasslearning]

It’s situational. There are some great kids thriving in a homeschool setting, and some who aren’t learning much… it is the same in our schools. The one big disagreement I have with your comment: the “median” kid in our public schools is not doing well. The national data tell us he not reading or doing math at grade level. Would that one child do better in a homeschool setting? It depends. Success of homeschool is highly dependent on the parent doing a good job managing it. If they do, he would be better off at home. If not, he can stay in the public school but know he’s likely to continue as the “median” kid, below where he should be.

[Patrick Heizer @PatrickHeizer]

There is a reason that literally every single developed nation has state-funded compulsory education:

Because it's better for the median student than homeschooling.

[Bluegrass Learning @bgrasslearning]

Ok. We’ll start calling ours “sparkling curds.”

[Yael Moussaieff @Yisraphat]

@AmarisDidNoBad Cheddar is a place in England. No American cheese is actually cheddar.

[James A. Furey @JamesAFurey]

We need to stop lying to students and their parents.

[Fazir Ali @KingFazir]

Watching fans from all over the world experience America has been one of the coolest parts of this World Cup.

People are losing their minds over things most of us don’t even think about anymore:

- Free chips and salsa.
- Buc-ee’s.
- Massive grocery stores.
- Six-lane highways.
- Air conditioning everywhere.
- Endless refills.

Meanwhile, the tournament is being played in world-class stadiums that were already built. No rushed construction. No billion-dollar vanity projects.

It’s hard to ignore what visitors keep saying: the infrastructure is incredible, the people are welcoming, and the scale of everything is unlike anything they’ve seen before.

Sometimes it takes seeing your country through someone else’s eyes to appreciate what we have.

We take a lot of it for granted.

[Steve McGuire @sfmcguire79]

Berkeley Professor Mina Aganagic:

“‘I realized that for students to follow me…I had to start reviewing basic algebra stuff, like fractions.’ The lack of mathematical fluency, Aganagic said, extended even to ‘the meaning of equals in an equation.’”

[Bluegrass Learning @bgrasslearning]

Parents: PLEASE start asking hard questions about those “good grades” your child is bringing home. Are they actually learning? I assure you, in many classes, the A your child receives IS NOT the same as the A you earned when you were in school.

[Dale Chu @Dale_Chu]

The honesty gap has become a multi-layered barrier between parents and reality:

• Runaway grade inflation
• States quietly lowering cut scores
• Record high grad rates

It creates a false sense of security today, but leaves parents blindsided after it’s too late to intervene.

[Bluegrass Learning @bgrasslearning]

30 minutes after this parade yesterday, and days after finals, the plebes (freshman) were in fatigues loading 80-100lb packs and leaving for 3 weeks of field exercises. When the standards are high, kids will meet them.

[Bluegrass Learning @bgrasslearning]

I’ve been guilty of participating in the “kids are doomed” rhetoric that’s ever present. Go to a service academy graduation and talk to a few 18-22yo’s. After visiting a place with high standards, where kids are still asked to do difficult things, the future doesn’t seem so bleak

[Bluegrass Learning @bgrasslearning]

I’ve been guilty of participating in the “kids are doomed” rhetoric that’s ever present. Go to a service academy graduation and talk to a few 18-22yo’s. After visiting a place with high standards, where kids are still asked to do difficult things, the future doesn’t seem so bleak

[Bluegrass Learning @bgrasslearning]

Absolutely true.

[James A. Furey @JamesAFurey]

Parents:

I promise you that if your students are getting straight As in class but scores in the teens on the ACT or reading at a Basic or Below Basic level on STAR or otherwise scoring low on standardized tests, it is not because they are thriving at school with all the extra help or just bad at testing.

What is happening is you're being lied to about their abilities and how much they've been taught.

[Bluegrass Learning @bgrasslearning]

Always happy to hear of our students who go from 25 to 30+ on the ACT and get extra scholarship money. Just as satisfying to hear one went from 17 to 21, hit benchmark on all sections, and can now take dual credit classes she wanted. Also new majors available with a 25 sci!

[Bluegrass Learning @bgrasslearning]

The law allows PUBLIC school children to receive scholarships for special education services and tutoring outside their school system, while staying in their PUBLIC school, if they so choose. And it’s fully funded by PRIVATE donations, not “public” money: https://t.co/iPwe5YHypO

[Governor Andy Beshear @GovAndyBeshear]

Kentucky's constitution says no public dollars to nonpublic schools unless there's a vote from the people.

I put my hand on the Bible when I swore to uphold our constitution and listen to our people – and that's an oath I've kept.

[Bluegrass Learning @bgrasslearning]

But fewer than 608,000 Bristol Motor Speedway‘s. No wonder they don’t have any SEC championships.

[Cthulhu ( ;,;) @Cthulhu_Answers]

For MAGA audience: Iran is larger than 308 million football fields, or 22 million Walmart parking lots.

[Richard Innes @Innes434]

1/ This thread starts with a disappointing set of data from Kentucky’s testing of all public school 11th graders with the ACT college entrance test. As you can see, following years of improvement, the state’s ACT Composite Score has generally decayed since 2016-17. In fact, as of the 2024-25 school year, the Composite is even lower than when this program began back in the 2007-08 year.

[Richard Innes @Innes434]

It becomes more and more disappointing to see some members of the education community continue to deny this.

[Bluegrass Learning @bgrasslearning]

As a submarine veteran, way too much wrong information and downright bad analysis all over X since yesterday’s sinking of Iranian warship. The boat did what it’s built to do and the crew did what they’re trained to do. End of story.

[Rob Maness @RobManess]

FYI for America's enemies: American attack boat CAPTAINS are the most ruthless and competent men I've ever worked with bar none.

[Will Bredderman @WillBredderman]

Worst of all, gym classes are making them run miles an Uber could cover in less than a minute.

[Bluegrass Learning @bgrasslearning]

After working with thousands of students over the past 12 years, there’s one absolute: a child’s grades often tell us next-to-nothing about how much they have learned and what they can actually do.

A’s keep everyone happy, even if the child hasn’t learned much.

[Karen Vaites @karenvaites]

https://t.co/OlLtdywRTb

[Chris Fizer @ChrisKindaReads]

1.) The Count Of Monte Cristo
2.) The Brothers Karamazov
3.) Stoner
4.) Lonesome Dove
5.) Crime And Punishment
6.) Rebbeca
7.) Fellowship Of The Ring
8.) The Hobbit

[mike bski @BskiMike22802]

https://t.co/QGGTX0cYhm