tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post396250036972057622..comments2024-03-29T04:34:05.185-04:00Comments on CURMUDGUCATION: Standardized CharacterPeter Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511193640285760299noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-39858380235459080342016-08-09T19:22:07.963-04:002016-08-09T19:22:07.963-04:00To avoid snarkiness, I will come out and plainly s...To avoid snarkiness, I will come out and plainly say that there are definitely many teachers who need some training in decent behavior. When I look back at what was dished out to me growing up, I realize that I must have had quite a bit of grit. I can name three people who said things to me that should have cost them their jobs....one ended up banished from education but for financial crimes as a principal, not the sexual harrassment that I endured from him in 6th grade. <br /><br />I thought parents were supposed to teach decent behavior and school teachers were supposed to reinforce it. What do I know? I am just Jane Q. Public. I am supposed to believe that the professionals know better than me. When the professionals cannot agree, what happens? Well, I guess you get idiotic programs like the one mentioned in this post. I think this is psychological abuse. More experimenting on young people. "The experts" abandon their dumb ideas in a few years and leave a lot of pain in their wake. No accountability. Something has got to give.Kobishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16778054056084383752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-13349402585665803032016-08-09T11:08:38.894-04:002016-08-09T11:08:38.894-04:00In MA, Chris Gabrieli, failed gubernatorial candid...In MA, Chris Gabrieli, failed gubernatorial candidate and educational gadfly has set up a "non-profit" (naturelment) called TransformEd which "measures " SEL by distributing student surveys. School systems of course must pay for the surveys, directing scarce dollars away from other priorities. And Gabrieli and his staff all draw a salary from this business whereas previously they did not. <br />Brought to us by thr usuals: BillandMelinda, New Schools Venture Fund, etc. http://www.transformingeducation.org/team/laMissyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00516322307725011313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-73160766484335577242016-08-09T06:58:51.476-04:002016-08-09T06:58:51.476-04:00Listen to Dr. Duke Pesta- The Case against Common ...Listen to Dr. Duke Pesta- The Case against Common Core- on You Tube. All this is part of the Core and controlling kids. He goes through in detail with references!! Excellent. I teach and am seeing all fall into place. Bad news. I will try to stay my course of what I know is right. And it's not any part of Common Core. Trump will I hope get rid of dept of Ed and Common Core, which will unfortunately take about 20 years to undo. karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07425877133055844079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-54148416701463669712016-08-08T17:46:06.200-04:002016-08-08T17:46:06.200-04:00Texas is making sounds about including this nonsen...Texas is making sounds about including this nonsense in our schools, too. While basing funding on performance, and cutting school budgets to force teachers to "be creative." It's madness.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01223251137400603071noreply@blogger.com