Greg Harris

After 20 yr career in ed policy & advocacy, I returned to classroom teaching at high poverty, urban HS. It gives one perspective on impactful vs wasted reforms.

[Greg Harris @edpolicy]

"[T]he survivors gathered on Capitol Hill this morning brought photos to show how young they were when they met the late convicted sex offender." https://t.co/HE3pYMrecM

[Greg Harris @edpolicy]

@mtgreenee: "I'm leading the way with my own example." Indeed, she is. This morning #MTG was one of three members of Congress who stood with survivors at a press conference "to compel the DOJ to release all of its case files tied to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein" (link in comments). The survivors told harrowing tales about how they were groomed and/or trafficked starting in their early teens.

[Randi Weingarten 🇺🇸 🖇️👩‍🎓📚 @rweingarten]

MTG apologizes: https://t.co/qNiJa4RQkM

[Greg Harris @edpolicy]

@juliet_turner6 Well, Dr, Turner, it seems Ian just mansplained "science" to you. Fortunately, you are young enough to change careers. Barista?

[Terry Grier @tgrierhisd]

New research from Rand shows parents do engage: 73% of school texts get a reply within 11 minutes. When communication is accessible, timely & specific, families step up—key insight for tackling chronic absenteeism.

[Greg Harris @edpolicy]

This gene therapy breakthrough has the potential to treat ALS (aka "Lou Gehrig’s disease") by mitigating and even reversing paralysis. The "real shift in how we think about preventing paralysis in ALS .... [is that] protecting communication between muscles and nerves might be just as important as targeting neurons directly.” https://t.co/Rfd7ycfd4E via @timesofisrael

[Ms. Sam @SciInTheMaking]

Or…hear me out…we could simply teach kids their basic math facts until they’re fluent.

[Greg Harris @edpolicy]

"What we need in the United States is not division; what we need in the United States is not hatred; what we need in the United States is not violence or lawlessness; but love and wisdom, and compassion toward one another .... " Robert Kennedy https://t.co/Pl3bKp4AOK

[Greg Harris @edpolicy]

@ldtkccmorgan @rickhess99 You live in Hill Country. I'm jealous! :)

[Greg Harris @edpolicy]

There needs to be a fundamental review & overhaul of district pacing guidelines that are aligned with standardized tests. The standards movement was supposed to emphasize depth over breadth, but has lost its way. Popcorn passages have replaced books, with brevity prized over close reading and all it entails (annotation, explication, etc). Reading skills are fundamental to developing critical thinkers. Today's students exist on surfaces.

[Greg Harris @edpolicy]

My fellow Dem's missing out on historic opportunity. @GovPritzker should work with @realDonaldTrump in coordination with community leadership to go after illegal guns in top five gun offense neighborhoods. Use Ntl Guard & CPD to cordon off areas and perform massive sweeps--block by block--with drug and gun sniffing dogs, etc. I guarantee the block clubs in West Pullman, for example, know where the guns are. Rely on data and local community for intelligence to inform sweeps and to defend actions in the aftermath.

[Greg Harris @edpolicy]

Whereas high income low-achievers will somehow continue to get into elite colleges.

[Dale Chu @Dale_Chu]

“The move comes at a time when the Trump administration has stepped up its attacks on diversity efforts in education…”

[Greg Harris @edpolicy]

Under today’s regime of curriculum review organization, the “most book-rich curricula in America have the lowest market share,” while “‘passage popcorn’ programs [have] the largest share”: https://t.co/7qCibIRIjq via @karenvaites

[Greg Harris @edpolicy]

“Analysts warn the funding delay will disproportionately affect districts serving low-income students, English learners and students with disabilities”: Trump administration halts $185 million in education funding to Ohio https://t.co/TpnS4q2dWh

[Greg Harris @edpolicy]

@rpondiscio Memorization *in context*. e.g. I recall mind-numbing high school chemistry classes where we had to memorize chemical formulas with little explanation of rationale or application. Science is fascinating, but was taught in ways that was a curiosity killer.

[Greg Harris @edpolicy]

It’s a fine line. As evidenced by work place early adopters of AI (as well as “cheating” students everywhere lol), basic skills can be generated. But who is equipped to be the generators? I’d like to see curriculums reconceived in ways that equip students to be problem solvers. If done right, it’d accelerate exposure to complexity, rewarding (vs delimiting) student curiosity and ingenuity.

[Greg Harris @edpolicy]

@esanzi The widespread embrace of Critical Theory in education colleges spurred mission creep.

[Greg Harris @edpolicy]

When it comes to AI & it tools, Education has taken a defensive posture. At a time when AI is leading to breakthroughs in areas ranging from medical research to workplace productivity, schools box themselves in. I'd prefer to see course requirements scaled down to open up space for more technology classes (academic and vocational) that reflect versus deflect forward trends.

[Greg Harris @edpolicy]

@marcportermagee @RahmEmanuel took a lot of heat when, as Mayor, he oversaw the closure of under-enrolled schools. The spreading thin of resources undermines public education.

[Greg Harris @edpolicy]

@nicolelampert FREE PERSIA ... from the Ayatollah.