I dunno, I might be old school but the first ones to look at in the case of an underperforming student is the parents or legal guardians. I believe in personal responsibility first and foremost . . . like I said probably an old school idea.
I agree, but the problem was greatly exacerbated by school closures and online learning.
C'mon, man. One step at a time. The "gifted" definition will be worked on as soon as California figures out that tricky "woman" definition.
If you connect the dots Scott Irwin is the principle of Dana Middle and Michelle Irwin his wife is the principle of Patrick Henry. Both are ruining their respective schools in the name of equity. Scott and Michelle are the tip of the iceberg to the infiltration of far left hacks that have infiltrated the schools. They have 100% of the San Diego school board and it will be quite a fight for parents to reclaim what has been lost.More parents fighting back in my neck of the woods.
It is interesting to see the evolution of "cause" (--> blame) for underperforming students. What you state above IS an old-school idea - one that I grew up with and generally agreed with. About three years ago, I saw that the school system in CA had a different approach to addressing the learning gap among students whose first language was not English. I was studying for EL (English Learners) / CLAD (Cross-cultural Language and Academic Development) certification. The test provides certification to teach those whose first language is not English. It is pretty much required to have to teach in CA. Most CA schools won't consider you if you don't have it. The material talked about how blaming English Learners and their parents for underperformance was misplaced. It then offered teaching strategies - good, common-sense strategies - to teach English Learners that allowed them to embrace their parents' culture and generally learn content at a higher rate. I won't say I thought everything was valuable, but there was much that was valuable. I have a better understanding and am better prepared because of it. It was worthwhile.
Some of the students don't leave. They stay in the district, but add a class at RSM, AoPS, or Alpha Star.
My personal opinion is that the education gap is a class issue that has elements of race yet it's being treated entirely as a race issue. Now let's stop for a second and ask ourselves, if we can't define what a woman is, do we really want to frame the education gap in terms of race which is orders of magnitude more complicated to determine on an individual basis than determining sex? It's not as if we can't identify those who are not achieving - we don't need their DNA. We can see the neighborhoods/schools that are struggling. Is it really because the Honors classes are not representative of the population?
The parents had nowhere to go or work, what were they doing?
It goes back to redlining, so yes it stems from institutional, deeply imbedded racism.
Redlining is the root cause of poor academic achievement?
He was reading from his talking points and didn’t bother to actually do any critical thinking. Never mind that everything I was addressing had to do with overcoming the gap - not how the gap originated. Shame on me for expecting anything else from him. Fool me once …
This is 100% where we need to be.
Yes, I should have qualified "it's being treated entirely as a race issue." There are influential people who are treating it as a race issue - certainly not everyone - but it's supported by quotes in the media that have not been labeled as unsubstantiated or misinformation (a few below).
www.nea.org
abcnews.go.com
These are cultural arguments related to race but also to socioeconomic status. Plenty of people get stuck in the mud (some just stay there willfully), others keep getting pushed back in.Yes, I should have qualified "it's being treated entirely as a race issue." There are influential people who are treating it as a race issue - certainly not everyone - but it's supported by quotes in the media that have not been labeled as unsubstantiated or misinformation (a few below).
My point was to go through the evolution of the mainstream ideas that are out to explain why we have this gap and what we have done to close the gap. No doubt, we have many people who span the spectrum of ideas as to what needs to be done and why it needs to be done.
Testing is racist: From the NEA
The Racist Beginnings of Standardized Testing | NEA
From grade school to college, students of color have suffered from the effects of biased testing.
"We still think there’s something wrong with the kids rather than recognizing their something wrong with the tests," Ibram X. Kendi of the Antiracist Research & Policy Center at Boston University and author of How to be an Antiracist said in October 2020. "Standardized tests have become the most effective racist weapon ever devised to objectively degrade Black and Brown minds and legally exclude their bodies from prestigious schools."
Homeschooling is racist:
Gifted classes are racist:
Schools debate: Gifted and talented, or racist and elitist?
Public school programs for the gifted and talented are getting increased scrutiny as critics denounce them as modern-day segregation and push for broader access or outright elimination
These are not solely ”cultural arguments”. When people are persuaded by Kendi’s claims, they take real world actions.
We may well become the low wage, uneducated workforce for the world . . . on the bright side manufacturing here will increase!
