Allan Berliant

Academic tutor dedicated to improving Durham public schools

[Allan Berliant @RTPtutor1600]

@mroctober Thank you for your support of @bgcdoc

Of course, you will always be the real Mr October, the straw that stirs the drink.

Next time you are visiting Reggie Jackson Airport Honda, please reach out. We would love to show you the important work that we do at our Clubs

[Allan Berliant @RTPtutor1600]

Move over Reggie (@mroctober), there is a new Mr. October! And a calendar pin-up no less. I am a proud tutor and Board Member of The Boys & Girls Clubs of Durham & Orange Counties (NC). Great Futures Start Here! Please help fuel our life-changing mission. https://t.co/3RHDbkrSfp

[Allan Berliant @RTPtutor1600]

This is so true. I also see it in reading. In both cases, the teachers must know that the students are not ready for the new skill.

From there, students will not speak up about lack of understanding because they think they are the only ones, and the spiral down continues.

[Justin Skycak @justinskycak]

If a student doesn’t achieve automaticity on lower-level skills, it doesn’t even matter how well the teacher scaffolds a new skill – they won’t be able to do it.

[Allan Berliant @RTPtutor1600]

As I like to say, "Some people aren't happy unless they're unhappy."

[Noctara @rumilyrics]

Have you ever try to help someone and realize they like their problems?

[Allan Berliant @RTPtutor1600]

@SloanRachmuth

[Allan Berliant @RTPtutor1600]

Is this what Durham residents want their money spent on? This, instead of education and law enforcement, for example.

[Allan Berliant @RTPtutor1600]

@libsoftiktok

[Allan Berliant @RTPtutor1600]

Is this what Durham residents want their money spent on? This, instead of education and law enforcement, for example.

[Allan Berliant @RTPtutor1600]

Is this what Durham residents want their money spent on? This, instead of education and law enforcement, for example.

[Allan Berliant @RTPtutor1600]

@Beanie0597 So true

[Allan Berliant @RTPtutor1600]

@NCDPI_OEL Shouldn't every day be an occasion for this? What message is being sent to children and parents by isolating one week for this?

[Allan Berliant @RTPtutor1600]

@Beanie0597 @cadebrumley Love it!

[Allan Berliant @RTPtutor1600]

@Beanie0597 You nailed it. I see this much too often. Some schools and school districts even brag that their test results/proficiency rates are not an important factor in determining the success of their schools.

[Allan Berliant @RTPtutor1600]

Interested in people's thought on this. Especially would like to hear views from those in school districts and states with results similar to this:

[Lara Logan @laralogan]

President-Elect Donald Trump announced over the weekend his plan for public education of America’s youth. What he said is historic:

• “First, we will respect parents’ right to control their children’s education.

• “Second, we will empower parents and local school boards to hire and reward great principals and teachers and fire those who perform below par.

• “Third, we will ensure our classrooms are focused not on political indoctrination but on teaching the knowledge and skills needed to succeed - reading, writing, math, science, arithmetic, and other beneficial subjects.

• “Fourth, we will prepare students to love their country and not hate it like they’re trained [to do] now.

• “Fifth, we will support bringing back prayer to our schools.

• “Sixth, we will achieve safe, secure, and drug-free schools with immediate expulsion for any student who harms a teacher or another student.

• “Seventh, we will give all parents the right to choose another school for their children: School Choice.

• “Eighth, we will ensure students can access project-based learning experiences to help train them for meaningful work outside the classroom.

• “Ninth, we will strive to give all students access to internships and work experiences that can set them on a path to their first job. They’re going to be very, very successful. I want them to be more successful than Trump; I will [then] be the happiest person in the world.

• “Tenth, another thing I’ll be doing very early in the administration is closing up the Department of Education in Washington, DC, and sending all education back to the states. We’re going to end education coming out of Washington, DC. We’re going to close it up, all those buildings all over the place, and yet, people who, in many cases, hate our children. We’re going to send it all back to the states.

“Thank you very much.”

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[Allan Berliant @RTPtutor1600]

This is such a serious problem in the city where I tutor.
Students quickly lose interest in learning when they are unable to read homework questions, homework assignments, etc. It affects math problems, too. Yet they are being promoted with acceptable grades.

[Allan Berliant @RTPtutor1600]

@Vanguard_Group No, it's not supposed to me that much work for me as a client. I will tell you that it was in the form to transition from a mutual fund account to a brokerage account. And now I am "restricted" whatever that means.

[Allan Berliant @RTPtutor1600]

@Vanguard_Group
Why do you post your phone hours as 8-4 on Saturday, but your system says office hours are closed? I was calling because my registered rep could not help me with an issue, and I received emails that my account was now restricted.

[TeacherGoals @teachergoals]

Reading counts! 📚

[Allan Berliant @RTPtutor1600]

@GlennPride I do know about your school, and have reached out to you in the past about tutoring your students. Would love to connect as you plan for next year.

[Allan Berliant @RTPtutor1600]

I volunteer as an academic tutor in Durham. For those families of special, unique, trustworthy & important children who also want them to do well academically, please reach out to me.

From the Boys & Girls Club of Killeen, TX:

[Glenn Elementary @GlennPride]

It's EOG eve and we want you to know that tests tell some things, not everything. They don't assess how we are special, unique, trustworthy & important. We speak 2 languages, are gifted 3 point shooters & care for siblings. Our work everyday matters & you can't give that a score!

[Allan Berliant @RTPtutor1600]

@GlennPride @Hunt_GlennPride @DurhamPublicSch @drstacydstewart @juliespencer8 I volunteer as an academic tutor in Durham. For those families of special, unique, trustworthy & important children who also want them to do well academically, please reach out to me.

From the Boys & Girls Club of Killeen, TX:

[Allan Berliant @RTPtutor1600]

@theCreekDPS @DurhamPublicSch What tests should be used instead that will do a better job of assessing students' academic achievement?