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I read this article and have to wonder if this reflects something more broad in public education lately. How would this high-level education professional believe that parents would not be outraged by this? Why would they think this is acceptable, especially given the number of days students have not been in school? When I was in school we had to make up almost every day missed for snow by state mandates. I am grateful that adults had the good sense to make decisions that I would not have made for myself.
I read this article and have to wonder if this reflects something more broad in public education lately. How would this high-level education professional believe that parents would not be outraged by this? Why would they think this is acceptable, especially given the number of days students have not been in school? When I was in school we had to make up almost every day missed for snow by state mandates. I am grateful that adults had the good sense to make decisions that I would not have made for myself.
She was probably trying to be realistic. No real education happens the last week of school. Heck, around here, nothing important is taught after the state mandated tests. So basically the list month is field trips and games and movies.
The worst part is she was being honest -- it's not about education, but about money for butts in seats days.
She's not being honest by teaching them to be deceptive by signing in each day.
She's being honest that whole point is just that they signed in, not that they are getting educated. Parents should be thanking her for revealing the excessive taxpayer cost that isn't being spent on education.
She's not being honest, if she was she would have gone public with it not have them sign in. And how is it not about education, or her responsibility to ensure that lesson plans include learning activities and content up to the end of the school year?
Impactful, meaningful and engaging were our instructions.
We had an issue not only due to the state testing but that Seniors left the third week of May and we typically had another 3 1/2-4 weeks until the end of school.
The Super effectively ended the semester early. So what? How much quality instruction and valuable information did the kids miss out on? My guess: nothing.
School years have gotten too long anyway. When I was growing up, summer break was a full three months. Now it's whittled down to two months and change.
Kids need downtime. Especially now, let them recover from the disaster that was remote learning. What a waste; should have resumed in-person classes everywhere back in September.
I read this article and have to wonder if this reflects something more broad in public education lately. How would this high-level education professional believe that parents would not be outraged by this? Why would they think this is acceptable, especially given the number of days students have not been in school? When I was in school we had to make up almost every day missed for snow by state mandates. I am grateful that adults had the good sense to make decisions that I would not have made for myself.
I think if you live in NYC and a few other places in the US, you should get a partial refund of your taxes (the percent of school budgets that go to things involving transportation, school lunches/meals and building maintenance, for example). I also think all kids should be tested to determine if they should be left back for a year.
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