Interesting look at what the UK is proposing for early math. What is fact fluency for? To "use them, not to do them."—"Fluency in maths is more like blending a phoneme into a new word than saying it when the teacher holds up the corresponding card." tes.com/magazine/teach…

Can schools get past the 1-teacher-1-classroom model? tinyurl.com/mrxpp6xy #teaching #teacher

"We’re making the standards fit the kids instead of the kids trying to fit into those standards," says "Moonshot" teacher. Students pursue "competency" in K-pop, bees, Titanic, whatever. Self-paced, no grades. tinyurl.com/4uzcw7pw

Special-ed numbers are up; scores are down. Parents say schools are "ghosting" them about their children's academic problems. tinyurl.com/yxa5hwnt

Teachers can go crazy trying to meet students' special needs -- or lower expectations, writes Dissident Teacher. As and Bs make everyone happy. But students learn less. tinyurl.com/sr6jj35h #teaching #teachertwitter Stephen Green Frederick M. Hess Daniel Buck, “Instruction Geek” Zach Groshell

Sorry but one teacher cannot differentiate every lesson for 27 different kids whose reading level ranges from 1st to 11th and account for 6 different IEPS The inclusion/no-tracking push is simply unworkable

Schools are spending much more on mental health and "wellness" with no evidence it helps the kids who really need help. tinyurl.com/2san527t

Migrants in all-black Chicago schools don't get ESL or bilingual help, but teachers are told to pass them all. “They were dropped at our doorstep, and we’re supposed to keep it moving,” said 1st-grade teacher. tinyurl.com/mr232tc6 #immigrants Reema Amin Mina Bloom

Special-ed numbers are up. Parents say schools are "ghosting" them about their children's academic problems. tinyurl.com/yxa5hwnt

Teachers can go crazy trying to meet students' special needs -- or lower expectations, writes Dissident Teacher. As and Bs make everyone happy. But students learn less. tinyurl.com/sr6jj35h

"We’re making the standards fit the kids instead of the kids trying to fit into those standards," says "Moonshot" teacher. Students pursue "competency" in K-pop, bees, Titanic, whatever. Self-paced, no grades. tinyurl.com/4uzcw7pw

Migrants in all-black Chicago schools don't get ESL or bilingual help, but teachers are told to pass them all. “They were dropped at our doorstep, and we’re supposed to keep it moving,” said 1st-grade teacher. tinyurl.com/mr232tc6 #teaching #migrants #education Erika Sanzi

Reasoning, memory and cognitive flexibility weakened during the pandemic for students and teachers, say a new study. Stress? Long Covid? Screens? Greg Toppo MindPrint Learning tinyurl.com/wucpsd6u #stress #Covidkid #teachers #screentime #memory #thinking Daniel Willingham

Teachers can go crazy trying to meet students' special needs -- or lower expectations, writes Dissident Teacher. As and Bs make everyone happy. But students learn less. tinyurl.com/sr6jj35h

Migrants in all-black Chicago schools don't get ESL or bilingual help, but teachers are told to pass them all. “They were dropped at our doorstep, and we’re supposed to keep it moving,” said 1st-grade teacher. tinyurl.com/mr232tc6

Reasoning, memory and cognitive flexibility weakened during the pandemic for students and teachers, say a new study. Stress? Long Covid? Screens? tinyurl.com/wucpsd6u Jean Twenge (author of GENERATIONS, iGEN) Jonathan Haidt

“Kids are bringing home As & Bs on report cards, even if they are one or two grade levels behind. No doubt this is why so few parents are aware of the post-COVID emergency in student achievement.” Michael Petrilli via RTD Opinions richmond.com/opinion/column… Christian Martinez Rob Damschen

Ever enriching, educating and entertaining, "intensive" parents are driving themselves -- and their kids -- crazy. tinyurl.com/yvw2pm2e #parenting #children #mentalhealth Darby Saxbe Emily Oster Candace Mittel Kahn

Reasoning, memory and cognitive flexibility weakened during the pandemic for students and teachers, say a new study. Stress? Long Covid? Screens? tinyurl.com/wucpsd6u #stress #thinking #memory #learning

Migrants in all-black Chicago schools don't get ESL or bilingual help, but teachers are told to pass them all. “They were dropped at our doorstep, and we’re supposed to keep it moving,” said 1st-grade teacher. tinyurl.com/mr232tc6