Michael A. S. Locklear

High school history teacher in South Carolina. Interested in the science of learning, knowledge building, science of reading, and international benchmarking.

[Michael A. S. Locklear @mas_locklear]

As George W. Bush put it, "the soft bigotry of low expectations."

[Mark Anderson @mandercorn]

The forces in our field that would deny students opportunities and access to grade-level expectations, knowledge, and texts is strong. And it is perpetrated under the guise of care and concern.

[Michael A. S. Locklear @mas_locklear]

@RogersHistory @MrDixonMath In South Carolina, the school district can put damages on the student’s “Senior Debt List.” The student won’t be given his/her diploma until all debts are paid. I’ve had 12th grade students who had to pay late fees for library books from 3rd grade!

[Michael A. S. Locklear @mas_locklear]

@Ed_Realist @wight1984 @tombennett71 *its own little fiefdom

[Michael A. S. Locklear @mas_locklear]

@Ed_Realist @wight1984 @tombennett71 Well until we do, each school will be it’s fiefdom with the power to badger and pressure and paperwork every teacher into lowering their standards until they pass along students who haven’t mastered the subject all so the almighty graduation rate doesn’t decrease.

[Michael A. S. Locklear @mas_locklear]

@Ed_Realist @wight1984 @tombennett71 Ok. They need external assessment too.

[Michael A. S. Locklear @mas_locklear]

@Ed_Realist @wight1984 @tombennett71 And that’s just 1 exam board. Other exam boards may offer GCSEs in different subjects. Not to mention the other qualifications that students can take which all have their own exams.

[Michael A. S. Locklear @mas_locklear]

@Ed_Realist @wight1984 @tombennett71 The average English student takes between 8-10 GCSEs and the study each course for 2 years. So it would be most subjects studied.

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[Michael A. S. Locklear @mas_locklear]

@Ed_Realist @wight1984 @tombennett71 Multiple choice exams on 4 or 5 courses that don’t count or only count 20% of a final grade is not the same as what they are talking about. Most high school teachers in the US do not even teach tested subjects.

[Michael A. S. Locklear @mas_locklear]

@_Felton @HKorbey *classwork, not classes

[Michael A. S. Locklear @mas_locklear]

@_Felton @HKorbey Any assignment you give students. Homework, classes, quizzes, and tests. They’re all graded and averaged usually at different weights. So tests might count 40% of the final grade, quizzes 30%, etc.,. Most schools will set minimum numbers in each category and grading period.

[Michael A. S. Locklear @mas_locklear]

@jim_again @edudissenter 1/2 AP is not accessible. Some schools only offer 1 or 2 courses and in most only Honors or GT students take them. Also, it’s testing them on COLLEGE LEVEL CONTENT for COLLEGE CREDIT. I have a problem when our gold standard of HS assessment was not even designed for grades 9-12.

[Michael A. S. Locklear @mas_locklear]

@jim_again @edudissenter 2/2 The idea is that all students take a more standardized curriculum and after they take the GCSEs they move to either A-Levels (AP Exams) or they focus on vocational/technical qualifications. We don’t need to copy their entire system, but there’s a lot we could learn.

[Michael A. S. Locklear @mas_locklear]

@stepvision34 @edudissenter Are you referring to STAAR EOCs? They only test 5 courses. They’re a joke compared to England’s examination system.

[Michael A. S. Locklear @mas_locklear]

@TeamYouTube @Ovhan You did not simplify anything. You're deliberately making it harder for us to find what we are looking for. Why are you making your platform unusable?

[Michael A. S. Locklear @mas_locklear]

@YouTube @TeamYouTube has me about to throw my laptop at the wall! Who thought getting rid of "sort by upload date" was a good idea? I thought the point of an update was to make a site better-not unusable😡

[Michael A. S. Locklear @mas_locklear]

@Wisdom_HQ (2/2) If other people are coming to the meeting I’d probably pick 4 so I could see everyone but wouldn’t be close to the main presenter/chair. If 4 was occupied or it was my first time in that space or with those people I’d probably just sit in 6.

[Michael A. S. Locklear @mas_locklear]

@Wisdom_HQ (1/2) Ok, so it depends if other people are coming to the meeting and if this is a regular meeting or a one-off. If it’s just a one on one I would prefer 1 so I could see the door but I’d probably feel awkward walking behind him or around the table and would just sit in 9.

[Michael A. S. Locklear @mas_locklear]

@Darmir100 @jeffreyhwalton @The_ACNA It’s crazy how Anglicans are left depending on screen shots when all ACNA had to do was open up the document center as they have in previous years. It’s also shameful that none of the business meetings were live-streamed. At least post the recordings.

[Michael A. S. Locklear @mas_locklear]

@jeffreyhwalton @The_ACNA Is there any way to view the Provincial Council meetings? Or even to read the reports? ACNA used to have document centers and live streams/videos of Provincial Councils since last year's Assembly everything seems locked down. This is different from every other serious denom.

[Michael A. S. Locklear @mas_locklear]

@john_seelke @erickalenze I understand what it is supposed to be about. I’m saying that the problem many teachers have with it is that for many students and parents it becomes about endless retakes until they get the grade they want. For admin it’s an easy way to keep kids from failing.

[Michael A. S. Locklear @mas_locklear]

@4qmTeaching I really wish you had one for high school world history.