Have you looked at literacy stats in the US lately? Something like 20% of adults have low or no reading ability. Only 12% of adults have a high ability.
And Common Core has made this significantly worse. Kids in schools using the modules (different from the standards) come into 3rd grade having been taught to read through rote memorization and at that point the curriculum switches from “learn to read” to “read to learn” and they stop getting the same level of formal English instruction. Comprehension skills are in the fucking toilet and the assessments they recommend for tier 3 intervention in my district aren’t even wholistic enough to assess comprehension.
We sold our education system to text book corporations and it almost immediately failed the kids that started school as their system was being implemented. American schooling will be privatized within my lifetime. Hope the kids like working in the factories because their parents can’t afford high school like the rich kids. (Scholarships are, of course, available as long as you’re conventionally intelligent and fRom A gOoD FAmIlY)
Yeah but chuds hate it because their death cult has stuffed their heads with pro-privatization rhetoric. I like the common core standards. But the modules are an active harm to children. It’s like they were written by people whose idea of teaching comes from watching teenage sitcoms.
Liberals love it because it is a fun mental exercise.
It’s basically a joint strike fight and McDonald’s at the same time.
At this point - we have teachers who grew up on common core and hate it as professionals now.
It teaches very narrow definitions, and puts an emphasis on performing on written tests. It’s got no relation to the real world.
The math stuff, yeah, it can be a good system, but it’s not for everyone. Especially children, it’s math, there are multiple valid ways to get an answer, and honestly with the way technology is going, understanding what are the actual factors in the problem matters more.
Same with history, memorization of details matters less than knowing broad pictures, as more and more history keeps happening, but also history works best in a way that relates to the child.
I’m just rambling.
Fuck, the most useful thing for ChatGPT and data science in education is helping teachers and schools with getting a kids attention on that sweet spot of things they need to know in ways that appeal to them. Of course, that won’t happen as that would be a good thing and not be profitable.
Have you looked at literacy stats in the US lately? Something like 20% of adults have low or no reading ability. Only 12% of adults have a high ability.
And Common Core has made this significantly worse. Kids in schools using the modules (different from the standards) come into 3rd grade having been taught to read through rote memorization and at that point the curriculum switches from “learn to read” to “read to learn” and they stop getting the same level of formal English instruction. Comprehension skills are in the fucking toilet and the assessments they recommend for tier 3 intervention in my district aren’t even wholistic enough to assess comprehension.
We sold our education system to text book corporations and it almost immediately failed the kids that started school as their system was being implemented. American schooling will be privatized within my lifetime. Hope the kids like working in the factories because their parents can’t afford high school like the rich kids. (Scholarships are, of course, available as long as you’re conventionally intelligent and fRom A gOoD FAmIlY)
Everyone but the people who sell common core text books hates common core.
Yeah but chuds hate it because their death cult has stuffed their heads with pro-privatization rhetoric. I like the common core standards. But the modules are an active harm to children. It’s like they were written by people whose idea of teaching comes from watching teenage sitcoms.
Chuds hate it because it’s called Common.
Liberals love it because it is a fun mental exercise.
It’s basically a joint strike fight and McDonald’s at the same time.
At this point - we have teachers who grew up on common core and hate it as professionals now.
It teaches very narrow definitions, and puts an emphasis on performing on written tests. It’s got no relation to the real world.
The math stuff, yeah, it can be a good system, but it’s not for everyone. Especially children, it’s math, there are multiple valid ways to get an answer, and honestly with the way technology is going, understanding what are the actual factors in the problem matters more.
Same with history, memorization of details matters less than knowing broad pictures, as more and more history keeps happening, but also history works best in a way that relates to the child.
I’m just rambling.
Fuck, the most useful thing for ChatGPT and data science in education is helping teachers and schools with getting a kids attention on that sweet spot of things they need to know in ways that appeal to them. Of course, that won’t happen as that would be a good thing and not be profitable.