tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post3981103580862949240..comments2024-03-28T19:47:39.985-04:00Comments on CURMUDGUCATION: IN: Welcome UPSTART Pre-K CyberschoolPeter Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511193640285760299noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-88125062581796929262017-06-28T11:21:46.049-04:002017-06-28T11:21:46.049-04:00Thanks for the link Jennifer. Your comment surpris...Thanks for the link Jennifer. Your comment surprised me since I had always seen it reported that there was a change in some subjects as far as 4th grade. This is year 9 after all, so I would imagine we have all kinds of data on the children to pick through.<br /><br />I followed the provided link and also found the full report. <br />https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/796969_4ff814ee90dc4d1687cd1ee04f5bee70.docx?dn=PreSchool%20Contrast%20Report_0317_ReducedFile.docx<br /><br />After reading over it, I think you may have misread the abstract. The conclusion is that there IS a change between the students enrolled and the control group for math and reading. And no change for vocabulary, and oral comprehension, etc. See the full report for more info. Now obviously there is a lot more to this debate than just academic test scores. I just wanted to clear up the study findings. Coohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11176720775789071455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-45351699802285685972017-04-17T10:19:35.929-04:002017-04-17T10:19:35.929-04:00My sentiments exactly -- sadly. Even at 68 years ...My sentiments exactly -- sadly. Even at 68 years of age, I think the day may come in my lifetime when prenatal ("personalized education") technology, standards, and accountability will result in some form of "measurable" high-stakes testing being administered at the moment of birth. After all, career and college readiness can't begin too early . . . smh.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09929189194337422686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-80331560501745163752017-04-17T09:01:27.874-04:002017-04-17T09:01:27.874-04:00I love your blog and am thrilled to see you take t...I love your blog and am thrilled to see you take this on as a topic. Thank you for giving it more traction... would that Indiana people would care enough to storm the statehouse! Cathy Fuentes-Rohwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082820159572515510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-35137288327440362552017-04-15T21:41:59.509-04:002017-04-15T21:41:59.509-04:00Actually, there IS one now. Came out about a year...Actually, there IS one now. Came out about a year ago. To summarize: there is NO change between students who used the program and a control group.<br /><br />https://www.eticonsulting.org/single-post/2016/05/26/Experimental-Research-on-Preschool-Learning-Technology-in-Rural-UtahJennifer Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11035275432608580082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-2797947966731647342017-04-14T19:48:37.153-04:002017-04-14T19:48:37.153-04:00Indiana grades all of its schools each year, inclu...Indiana grades all of its schools each year, including online schools, on an A-F scale. Literally every online school that tests its students in this state has received an F, every year. <br /><br />My own experience as a high school counselor in Indiana is that a student who withdraws from my school to go to an online school always comes back having earned zero credits. Always. And so when they invariably re-enroll, they are even further behind their peers than when they left. <br /><br />These families who get suckered into online schooling are almost universally our poorest, most troubled, and most vulnerable families. The families that will sign their children up for UPSTART will be cut from a similar cloth, I'm sure. Families with resources will still be sending their kids to an actual, physical pre-school.<br /><br />It's good to see that the many years of outright failure on the part of K-12 online schools in Indiana have taught our state legislature an important lesson. <br /><br />Apparently that lesson was that we weren't exposing these kids to technology early enough.<br /><br />If UPSTART fails, we can start installing online schools on OB/GYN floors in hospitals. Or maybe we can weave online schooling into lamaze classes. ocghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08260900552502492139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-45787418132494172262017-04-14T18:06:20.848-04:002017-04-14T18:06:20.848-04:00Tragic. I remain convinced that 500 years from now...Tragic. I remain convinced that 500 years from now, future generations will look back and wonder why we tortured our children.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03544213160574214282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-30702496809725505742017-04-14T18:03:22.068-04:002017-04-14T18:03:22.068-04:00Creepy baby stalkers!Creepy baby stalkers!edblisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01792046029260177146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-12731919868765560382017-04-14T15:07:28.158-04:002017-04-14T15:07:28.158-04:00...and I'm sure there were absolutely zero eff......and I'm sure there were absolutely zero efficacy studies on this abusive practice! Thank you, Peter Greene, for keeping us informed!Shirleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11756613176679057344noreply@blogger.com