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So there was a choice. Thank you for agreeing.
So there was a choice. Thank you for agreeing.Common Core was tied to funding in several ways:
That's truth, and when there is money tied to it? control and strings come with the $$$$$$$$$$$$ to
you want the money? join common core no want to join? no money
Not at all. If the states stopped sucking up the federal money, they could run their schools anyway they saw fit.non sequitur
And don't forget the chemtrails......Yes. I am sure they can also tell that the world is flat just by looking at the flat horizon. They don't need no eggheads telling them it's round. Just common sense. Duh.
That's another example of the pseudo science being taught as factual.
Teachers are given a curriculum by their school boards.
Once again, take it up with the voters in the local communities.
Oh no, parents that didn’t care about their kids education enough to pay attention prior to COVID are “waking up” and going to go yell at school board meetings.
Yawn. Been watching that play out for years. Who cares? Let them yell and let them change their school board or curriculums or whatever.
Yep.Another tactic is to find as inexpensive as possible place to move to in a better school district. It will cost you more, but not as much as private school tuition - especially if you have multiple children. My girlfriend did that for the benefit of her three daughters.
So there was a choice. Thank you for agreeing.
How will it improve ? Kids from Florida are taught fake history that would only be accepable in a Florida University.
Teaching that slavery id good for you and banning books is not a rounded education.
The people who have these crazzy ideas will be in charge.
What are you on about? Provide some facts, direct links. Don't presume we all know what you are talking about.
Let me hazard a guess though... Perhaps factual information showing that slaves were expected to be useful to their then masters? That they were taught methods of farming, smithing/iron working, construction skills, animal husbandry, furniture construction, wood working, and so on?
Are you arguing that these "skills" were not marketable when slavery was abolished? That those freed who may have been given land to farm already had the hard experience to make it work? Those who sought work in construction, or in jobs making clothes and other sundries were able to do so easily?
The people at the local level will be in charge.
The idea of the Dept. of Education was to create some basic standards nationwide. You know, like reading levels per age group, understanding of mathematics per age group, basic science knowledge per age group. etc. Try to develop standardized testing to provide base lines of area knowledge.
This most certainly the case.It was not created to fund teachers' unions, or push DEI, ESG, or any other racial, sexual, self-identity bull crap.
Agreed, since the US spends far more per pupil than any other nation, yet its test results are middle of the pack and going down.Since it has not been doing its job, why keep it around?
I support all of the above. The truth is there are increasing numbers of teachers becoming disillusioned with their teachers' unions. If they could, they'd quit them.What are you on about? Provide some facts, direct links. Don't presume we all know what you are talking about.
Let me hazard a guess though... Perhaps factual information showing that slaves were expected to be useful to their then masters? That they were taught methods of farming, smithing/iron working, construction skills, animal husbandry, furniture construction, wood working, and so on?
Are you arguing that these "skills" were not marketable when slavery was abolished? That those freed who may have been given land to farm already had the hard experience to make it work? Those who sought work in construction, or in jobs making clothes and other sundries were able to do so easily?
The people at the local level will be in charge.
The idea of the Dept. of Education was to create some basic standards nationwide. You know, like reading levels per age group, understanding of mathematics per age group, basic science knowledge per age group. etc. Try to develop standardized testing to provide base lines of area knowledge.
It was not created to fund teachers' unions, or push DEI, ESG, or any other racial, sexual, self-identity bull crap.
Since it has not been doing its job, why keep it around?
That's not the truth.I support all of the above. The truth is there are increasing numbers of teachers becoming disillusioned with their teachers' unions. If they could, they'd quit them.
No, it wasn’t.The idea of the Dept. of Education was to create some basic standards nationwide
That's not the truth.
Teachers Across America Reveal Increasing Desire to Quit the Big Unions
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – As educators and students enter the annual “Back to School” season, hundreds of teachers are returning to their classrooms armed with information to help them be more effective voices for their workplace rights and their students’ educational careers: they’re standing up to the national teachers’ unions political agendas and putting their students’ needs first.
- Press
- August 31, 2023
The 2023-24 school year begins on the heels of politically charged annual conventions by the National Education Association (NEA) and American Federation of Teachers (AFT), both of which focused their meetings on non-education subject matters such as climate activism, racial division, gender-affirmation in the classroom and a “robust 2024 election strategy that centers LGBT issues”.
The Freedom Foundation recently conducted its inaugural Teacher Freedom Summit in Denver, bringing together 200 teachers from across the country to build support for teachers who value a strong education system for kids over woke political indoctrination in the classroom. Teachers were informed about their workplace representation and legal rights as well as alternatives to teachers’ unions like the NEA and AFT.
“I couldn’t be happier with the outcome of our first teacher summit. It was a huge success and exceeded all expectations” declared Aaron Withe, CEO of the Freedom Foundation. “Based on positive feedback from conference attendees, it is clear teachers want to make this an annual event that grows in attendance every year.”
“As a former teacher, I was deeply touched to see how emotional some of our guests became when they realized they have like-minded friends in the teaching profession who share their priorities and values. As teachers quickly learned during the conference, they aren’t alone in their desire to leave the NEA and AFT and stop funding a radical agenda they don’t support,” added Eloise Smith, Freedom Foundation director of teacher engagement.
For the rest, here's the link: https://www.freedomfoundation.com/t...eal-increasing-desire-to-quit-the-big-unions/
This seems like a hammer to crack a nut. Trump has installed a wrestling lady to close down the dept of education and presumably transfer its undertakings to the various states.
Will the states be ready to assume control.?
Education in many states seems to be in the hands of ideological lunatics. How will the interests of the children be safeguarded ? In particular the poorer children.
How will a qualification awarded by Florida, for example, be rated by employers alomgside a qualification issued by a normal state ? It all seems very problematic.
All states have teachers unions, only a handful have less 50% of their public school teachers in unions. The large population states -- e.g. NY, CA, IL, NJ -- all have unionization above 90%. Most importantly, in the schools that struggle the most -- urban public schools -- it's effectively 100% if you exclude public charter schools.How many States have unionized teachers? How do those States compare to non unionized States?
Some right to work need be applied.I support all of the above. The truth is there are increasing numbers of teachers becoming disillusioned with their teachers' unions. If they could, they'd quit them.
I am not wasting my time reading all your links and dissecting each of them point by point.How are you defining "pseudoscience"? It's in the peer reviewed literature.
Face masks help control transmission of COVID-19 - PubMed
Face masks help control transmission of COVID-19pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
with due respect i think you mean after the DOW these deleterious factors became common.at least at high school and grade school if you didn't have the grades you didn't pass - again before DOEThat’s probably true, but was mostly the result of discovering that ‘social promotion’, combined with grade inflation, improved graduation rates.
student loans actually drive up education costs
Over a lifetime, individuals with a Bachelor's degree make 84% more than those with only a high school diploma."We can't just be telling people a bachelor's degree at any cost is the golden ticket," Akers said. "That's the message they've been getting. And so people are signing on the dotted line, basically at whatever price it takes to get them in."
What else would they spend it on?We spend about 70% of our budget on faculty and staff," she told CBS News.
That one I agree with you on.Many colleges and universities now operate like small cities, and some critics say that's led to administrative bloat. There are now three times as many administrators and staffers as there are teaching faculty at leading schools, according to an August 2023 report from the Progressive Policy Institute.
I shouldnt really have to explain this but.What are you on about? Provide some facts, direct links. Don't presume we all know what you are talking about.
Let me hazard a guess though... Perhaps factual information showing that slaves were expected to be useful to their then masters? That they were taught methods of farming, smithing/iron working, construction skills, animal husbandry, furniture construction, wood working, and so on?
Are you arguing that these "skills" were not marketable when slavery was abolished? That those freed who may have been given land to farm already had the hard experience to make it work? Those who sought work in construction, or in jobs making clothes and other sundries were able to do so easily?
The people at the local level will be in charge.
The idea of the Dept. of Education was to create some basic standards nationwide. You know, like reading levels per age group, understanding of mathematics per age group, basic science knowledge per age group. etc. Try to develop standardized testing to provide base lines of area knowledge.
It was not created to fund teachers' unions, or push DEI, ESG, or any other racial, sexual, self-identity bull crap.
Since it has not been doing its job, why keep it around?
I shouldnt really have to explain this but.
There is no way that the horrors of slavery can be balanced out by learning to shoe the Massas horse,
You people consider wearing a mask to be an infringement of your freedom. But you seem cool with actual slavery.
Breathtaking.
imho The answer to that question is ~ yes for multiple people.Does Trump live rent-free in your head?
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