Escape from Elba
National => Education => Topic started by: Administrator on July 30, 2018, 12:18:28 PM
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Who needs it? Discuss.
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Antelope Valley College’s Aircraft Fabrication & Assembly Rapid Training Program. This program is a great partnership between AVC and local community partners. Cohorts of 24 students take classes in compressed 8 week sessions, gaining valuable hands on training in aircraft fabrication while earning transferrable college credits. The program is rigorous with students spending well beyond 40 hours per week in this classroom and lab setting. With two cohorts, classes begin at 6:30 a.m. and end at 10 pm, six days per week. The program has a 90% job placement rate.
Link...
https://www.avc.edu/
Salute,
Tony V.
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https://www.masslive.com/news/2019/01/hampshire-college-seeking-long-term-partner-amid-financial-challenges-may-not-admit-freshman-class-this-year.html?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=masslivedotcom_sf
The notion of a college's announcing they may not admit their freshman class, after many colleges' admissions deadlines have come and gone, seems suboptimal. Then again, so does the announcement until and unless they are ready to reduce their chance of surviving.
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https://www.masslive.com/news/2019/01/hampshire-college-seeking-long-term-partner-amid-financial-challenges-may-not-admit-freshman-class-this-year.html?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=masslivedotcom_sf
The notion of a college's announcing they may not admit their freshman class, after many colleges' admissions deadlines have come and gone, seems suboptimal. Then again, so does the announcement until and unless they are ready to reduce their chance of surviving.
https://www.educationdive.com/news/vermonts-green-mountain-college-to-close-and-more-are-on-the-rocks/547082/
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The leader of I-Source Leadership Training, Tim Randolph, just died. He was friends with my buddy Jon, and Jon and my Uncle Dennis were the ones who got me involved with leadership training. I went through Basic Leadership Training, and Advanced Leadership Training, with I-Source.
The workshops were all about learning to take responsibility and stop blaming others, and being a person of your word, and being a giver, and coming from a place of abundance. There were other aspects too, such as forgiving your parents, and loving yourself, and after the Basic Training many people dressed in white because they felt fresh and clean. It was pretty heavy duty training, it was powerful stuff.
I am glad that I went to Leadership Training, it was good for me, and Tim Randolph was a cool guy, who helped a lot of people.
May Tim rest in peace.
Salute,
Tony V.
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https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/03/190315110913.htm
40% of all studies of methods to improve teaching fail to provide useful data.
Hey, that's a lower percentage than I would have guessed!
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https://citinewsroom.com/2018/10/singapore-abolishes-school-exam-rankings-says-learning-is-not-competition/?fbclid=IwAR3Lxmsptg8cUP3pB14nii28ls6oCe2cqyMExvid_QgWbJfuDWH23zxyABE
No more school rankings in Singapore.
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https://www.disabilityscoop.com/2019/07/09/survey-teachers-unprepared-students-ieps/26871/?utm_sq=g64pjce08p&fbclid=IwAR0DB5vnd2QPul4nJQRoz8ON2Z8iDj58eSYfAZK5My7UZHRvcYi_XDsNQd4&utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=HollyBlancMoses&utm_content=Articles
Teachers and paraeducators unprepared for students' IEPs.
Not good.
I'm not surprised, unfortunately. It is what I have seen as an advocate and as a public school teacher.
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https://www.reformer.com/stories/deal-with-emerson-college-could-mean-end-of-marlboro-college-in-vermont,589442
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https://graphics.chicagotribune.com/illinois-seclusion/
Child isolation by schools.
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Untested education reform efforts don't make a significant difference.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/03/us/us-students-international-test-scores.html?smtyp=cur&smid=fb-nytimes&fbclid=IwAR28MMBlXjoC3SDHf70bJHAarOGUx28banXWOgEUCeFJlYjexJAb6rkSC_o
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https://www.scituation.net/opinions/2020/04/08/pandemic-epiphany/?fbclid=IwAR2RHsJPy_tLK_KOwr7TcEydI9vTwvmWe_NxEaVi7jPgqNA6SqZgxreJrcU#
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https://www.educationdive.com/news/u-of-california-eliminates-sat-act-as-admissions-requirement/578373/
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https://hechingerreport.org/takeaways-from-research-on-tutoring-to-address-coronavirus-learning-loss/?fbclid=IwAR2bx8Cdmdw7TXD2MI7575RI5fuc0NiXBWYqfza1TDWKyDLsh2-K0Gfo10c
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https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/parents-are-opting-home-school-their-children-due-covid-19-n1232739
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https://www.abc.net.au/religion/universities-in-crises-and-what-to-do-about-it/12714252
How universities are crushing academics.
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Abstract only.
Important information to understand as schools consider extending further into the summer.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-020-00959-9
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https://www.disabilityrightsca.org/post/special-education-during-covid-19-stories-from-across-california
Discrimination in SPED during the pandemic.
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School back in the fall.
Maybe.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/teachers-union-reopen-fall-semester-cdc-aft-weingarten
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Not helpful.
https://dailyprogress.com/news/local/education/86-of-charlottesville-students-in-grades-3-11-are-identified-as-gifted/article_49ff3982-cd5e-11eb-8776-eb3c4344ae73.html
86% are labeled gifted.
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Heeeeere weeee goooo....
https://www.foxnews.com/us/national-education-association-vote-vaccines-masks-students
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https://www.kens5.com/article/news/education/dallas-isd-will-no-longer-use-suspensions-for-high-school-middle-school-students-introduces-reset-centers/287-4e81934e-3b99-4ca0-aada-b4f663e5a302
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(https://scontent-bos3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/244745500_10220314849520678_5227457097826827265_n.jpg?_nc_cat=105&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=825194&_nc_ohc=p9csw_9pitsAX8pTuIO&_nc_ht=scontent-bos3-1.xx&oh=b8caf3f13cdb9b71d84bd3ba739df5ed&oe=61843529)
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https://www.kens5.com/article/news/education/dallas-isd-will-no-longer-use-suspensions-for-high-school-middle-school-students-introduces-reset-centers/287-4e81934e-3b99-4ca0-aada-b4f663e5a302
Data shows prior to the pandemic, of the students placed in out-of-school suspension, 52% were African American, 44% were Hispanic and 2.4% were white.
Someone gotta raise their kids better
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https://www.kens5.com/article/news/education/dallas-isd-will-no-longer-use-suspensions-for-high-school-middle-school-students-introduces-reset-centers/287-4e81934e-3b99-4ca0-aada-b4f663e5a302
Data shows prior to the pandemic, of the students placed in out-of-school suspension, 52% were African American, 44% were Hispanic and 2.4% were white.
Someone gotta raise their kids better
Somebody has to cut down on the racist treatment of kids in schools, Kid.
As with the criminal "justice" "system," so too the schools, where white kids get more lenient treatment for equivalent conduct.
No, I am not going to waste my time providing you with documentation that you will then ignore.
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Asians getting fucked over by racist mayor: https://news.yahoo.com/blasio-ends-nyc-gifted-students-143749839.html (https://news.yahoo.com/blasio-ends-nyc-gifted-students-143749839.html)
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Asians getting fucked over by racist mayor: https://news.yahoo.com/blasio-ends-nyc-gifted-students-143749839.html (https://news.yahoo.com/blasio-ends-nyc-gifted-students-143749839.html)
I don't think that's what's going to happen, though I understand the argument.
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An article to put a smile on Ward's face:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/10/17/want-child-get-ahead-britains-strictest-headteacher-has-harsh
Requires registration to read it, not purchase.
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Mikayla McCauley
I'm a teacher. I have a Bachelors of Science in Elementary Education with a minor in Human Development. I graduated with an endorsement in English as a Second Language and I'm one term away from earning my Masters of Science in Curriculum and Instruction. Let me explain what is happening in this state right now and why it's making teachers angry.
These current bills are masquerading as a fight for transparency in education. It states that districts, schools, and educators must make their curriculum and standards available to their stakeholders (i.e. parents and the general public). The proponents of this bill are aggressively spreading the narrative that educators are trying to hide their lessons from parents. They are being sneaky in an attempt to indoctrinate your students. This is absolute bullshit.
The reality is that curriculum materials and state standards have ALWAYS been available to the public. Have you ever looked? I can show you where to find them. You could look up every standard for every subject K-12. This has never been a problem. So why are teachers pissed?
This bill requires teachers to submit a year's worth of lesson plans for "approval." Changes to these lesson plans must be submitted five days in advance for "approval." Otherwise, the teacher could be subject to discipline in some way or another.
This strips teachers of the ability to change their lesson plans to meet the needs of their students. I have literally had to change a lesson plan IN THE MIDDLE OF TEACHING IT because my students were missing core skills that needed to be reviewed. I've had to extend a lesson into two or more days because students were struggling, we had a snow day, we had a last minute assembly, library was rescheduled, a teacher was absent and a sub didn't show so we had to figure out how to take care of those students, etc., etc., etc. I am a teacher. I have spent YEARS learning how to adapt curriculum and instruction to meet the needs of my students. Students I spend 7 hours a day with 9 months out of the year. And now I need approval from someone who has never met my students, never been in my classroom, and has no clue what they need. And this is what you think will make education better? Having your child's teacher and lessons controlled by people who have never spent one minute with your child? Taking away a teacher's ability to meet the needs of the individual students in their classroom. That's what we will be getting.
Do your research. Talk to a teacher or two. Think about who benefits here. Because I can tell you right now it is not teachers, schools, or students. Teacher working conditions are student learning conditions. Let us teach. Let us do the job we are professionally trained to do.
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https://hechingerreport.org/the-colleges-that-wont-die
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https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2022/03/28/former-school-of-medicine-administrator-pleads-guilty-to-stealing-40-million-from-the-university%EF%BF%BC/
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Lots of astroturfing going on out there...
https://www.salon.com/2022/04/06/stealth-school-board-candidates-are-everywhere-but-stop-the-steal-isnt-working-for-them/
Article rambles a lot towards the end, but still a useful wake up call on stealth candidates.
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https://stanfordreview.org/boaler-professor
This is about the woman who had a bunch of Stanford U students talking about the pressure they felt when labeled gifted, but it is all better now that they are at Stanford and no longer have to deal with the label.
She's involved with the California push to stop having math as one of the main high school subjects, getting rid of the paths to calc in high school and getting rid of middle school algebra. She insists that innate giftedness is non-existent.
She also gets $5k/hour and threatened somebody who tweeted about it (but who didn't mention her name), claiming to have involved the police.
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https://archive.ph/6WuLr
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https://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/2022/04/20/too-big-to-fail-texas-largest-teacher-prep-program-riddled-with-problems-state-finds
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https://fordhaminstitute.org/national/commentary/national-working-group-advanced-education-inaugural-meeting-summary-discussion
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Lots of astroturfing going on out there...
https://www.salon.com/2022/04/06/stealth-school-board-candidates-are-everywhere-but-stop-the-steal-isnt-working-for-them/
Article rambles a lot towards the end, but still a useful wake up call on stealth candidates.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/school-board-elections-conservatives-losing_n_6287ccdae4b01a50ab5805c1
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All white school board is mulling changing school names BACK to Confederate generals.
These boards want ban fiction based on slavery because of the trauma it could cause to white children but give fuck all about the trauma to Black children of having their schools honoring the people who fought to keep slavery in place.
This a defense of white supremacy
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/virginia-board-considers-restoring-names-schools-named-confederate-gen-rcna29622
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Good news, bad news.
Good to see some of the astroturfing is being rejected. Parents want their kids to learn something and have critical thinking skills
Sorry to see Virginia regressing, and suspect we'll see a lot of this slip sliding away across the South. People who for most of their lives couldn't have given the tiniest shit about Stonewall Jackson and suddenly singing ballads about his gallantry.
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https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/advocates-rally-promote-book-japanese-american-incarceration-school-bo-rcna38815
The 3-member group t\hat turned down the book seems unclear on their reasons, but at least some of it was "we'd have to hear the government's side of it."