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I guess the red state govs shipping migrants to DC is getting attention. Maybe that is why Biden decided to finish some of Trumps wall. Just kidding. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pentagon-denies-bowser-request-national-guard-assist-humanitarian-crisis-migrants-arrive-dc

1.5B would make ND crap AND get off the pot.

I agree that appraisals are not easy and not everyone gets them right. For teachers, the admins may actually want to spend time in the classrooms and evaluate. If you have multiple parents complaining every year perhaps you have an issue. They and their kids are the customers. My high school had one man teaching Geometry. He was a nice man but a terrible teacher. Every parent, kid, admin and teacher in my small town (600 kid high-school) knew it. He taught my oldest brother (15 years older than I) down to me and beyond. At least 20 years of being a poor teacher....maybe 30. There was no way to avoid him since everyone took Geometry. I am pretty certain folks knew he stunk at his job within 5 years because my older brother knew when he went through school. I am pretty sure he retired there. I am not sure how this happens but it does. I am also sure every school has a story like this. I mentioned my kid's 4th grade math teacher doing fractions incorrectly. I was going to show the admins her incorrect corrections of my son's tests, but it turns out I didn't have too. Someone else must have. It was a charter, and they didn't renew her contact. There was another teacher that same year and same grade who stepped down mid year. She had a problem with humiliating kids and I suspect a number of parents were upset. My kid was so afraid to get the wrong answer in class that he ended up learning to listen, study and come prepared. It was strange situation because I thought she taught the content of the class very well and my kid actually ended up benefitting from her methods, but I suspect a lot of kids had PTSD from the class. Anyway, some examples that are easy to spot. I don't want to sound negative so I will finish by saying that my kids have had many great teachers and so did I. Teachers that they (and I) will remember. Ones that taught them how to learn and made them want to learn. We took the time to tell those teachers what a phenomenal job we thought they did for my kids. If fact my wife and I told a HS writing teacher this at the last parent-teacher conference. She made my kid who hated writing love to write. It doesn't get better than that.

The laughing emojis made me laugh. Are you all thinking ..."yeah good luck with that"? Maybe that is something we need to work on.

Agreed.

Same way we do in industry I would guess. Performance appraisals and rankings. I am not sure how this is currently done in schools. Seems like it is mostly years of service with standard pay raises. In the engineering services world, it's easy to see who generates a good product and whether it's done in a timely manner. Customer feedback counts and we actively seek that out. If an employee is not measuring up they go on a Performance improvement plan to try and correct the issues. If they go uncorrected they are let go. If the average raise is 4%. Employee raises range from none (very few people here) to 6 or 7% for the top performers. Bonuses can be given out at the end of the year too. Seems like school admins should be able to evaluate talent. When I was coming through a school system behind 5 older siblings a lot of the same teachers were still in the system and it certainly seemed like the parents knew who the good and bad teachers were after that many years.

We check with our kids on what they are being told and are learning. I have not heard them relay anything like this. The only issues I have had so far in 11 years was a 4th grade teacher who literally did not know fractions and a high school history teacher who I felt mis represented detials surrounding the Korean War. The first one pissed me off because my kid was struggling and confused. The second one was minor and I just pulled out old college history book I kept for such an occasion.

We try and be great to the teachers. Gifts, classroom support, keep the whining to a minimum, show appreciation, vote for pay raises. My brother is a teacher in Michigan, so I hear stories. That said, I am also for keeping and rewarding good teachers and getting rid of bad performers. Sometimes that is difficult in unionized school districts.

She a little fired up. Some interesting quotes. https://www.foxnews.com/media/mom-threatens-texas-house-meeting-ambulance-chasing-lawsuits-crt “I'm an atheist, bisexual, bi-racial, homeless person… I do not want my child to be taught that just because she is Black and a woman she ain't gonna make it. I do not want my daughter to be taught that she needs to express herself sexually in her classroom." “We're not going to give a 7-year-old a scalpel and lay a fresh cadaver out on the table and tell them to go dig out that kidney. We don't do that. That would scar a child for life to have to do something like that," she told Fox News Digital. "So telling a child that because they're Black and a woman they're on the bottom of the oppression privilege matrix is just as terrible… [by] putting them in a lifelong state of victimhood." “I wasn't going to let my son be alone in standing against it when he did. He said that anybody can be racist. And anybody can be racist. And I don't care what the woke say about that. Racism is being prejudiced of race, not power plus privilege or whatever – whatever parallel language messaging they're using to describe racism now," Clark said.

Sounds about right. Teachers have always been under paid and they were put in a no win situation during the pandemic.

Anonymous coach quotes for the Big Ten. 2022 Nebraska comments in quotes. https://athlonsports.com/college-football/big-ten-coaches-talk-anonymously-about-conference-foes-for-2022 “In their division, Nebraska still has the best-looking roster. We call it the all-bus team because they look better than anyone else in the West in pregame. Long, tall dudes, really athletic, and then after a quarter or so, you stop worrying because they're usually hurting themselves. They struggle with turnovers, they struggle with technique. I think it's a culture issue." "Defensively they improved, but they lost some of their better guys to eligibility and they filled it with transfers." "We ask ourselves a lot what's going on there because they're pulling in good talent and have the resources, and the administration seems to have faith in this staff." "With the new OC and the do-or-die mentality, they have to manage the summer really well and find the right QB. My guess is that Mark Whipple's going to take over the room. He's a headstrong guy." "The biggest thing they need to do is get the OL to a point where they can run the ball long enough to let the defense breathe. That defense isn't the problem; they were solid as hell at times. The offense just needed to stay on the field and not burn quick possessions, not go tempo and get desperate because you're playing from behind." "Obviously, this is a big year for them. They're talented enough, but is there some kind of mental block here? If they can't come out and win and show some signs that they can build around what they're doing, this is probably it."

Good deal!

Big12 coming for the Gophers! NU, Iowa and Wiscy are next. https://www.minnesotasportsfan.com/big-12-conference-trying-to-woo-minnesota-gophers-away-from-big-ten/

Isn't it obvious it's manipulated? Its funny. Reuters did a fact check on it for those that no longer have a sense of humor.

probably Walker and Doc Oz.

I am more curious what excerpt from the books the board member’s post contained and why Facebook deemed it inappropriate. Was it an accurate excerpt? I do not know.

The irony is that if the committee succeeds in keeping Trump from running in 2024 (whether that be damage or jail), it will help the republicans. Then the Dems turn around and support pro Trump candidates in primaries versus the more moderate candidates because they will be easier to beat….but what if the Dems do not beat them? Isn’t that putting insurrection supporters into public office? Politics is a dirty game. I would never survive it.

I have no idea what is in these books. The article didn’t say. It is ironic that Facebook took down the content though. https://www.foxnews.com/us/oklahoma-school-districts-disciplined-allegedly-violating-critical-race-theory-ban Walters made a Facebook post about the two books, "Gender Queer" and "Flamer," drawing attention to the graphic nature of their content, but his post was taken down by Facebook. The social media site said the material in the post was too graphic.

Gary Barnett turned that program round and Walker /Fritz continued the success. NW was the Big Ten Doormat when I was growing up. Automatic win. I think they had five 7+ win seasons between 1931 and when Barnett showed up in 1991. In a few years, he got them to the Rose Bowl. A lot of credit goes to Fitz for keeping that program together when Walker died.

I have always liked NW and coach Fitz. Funny how 3 wins doesn’t make your seat hot when you coach at NW. The best job security in the Big10.

Yes! I checked that myself. Her 4x400 really split was phenomenal. 22 years old.

Not much to choose from in the MT time zone. Air Force maybe?

Does a media day presser really need this much attention and scrutiny. Win games. That needs scrutiny. NU has a good shot at a good record this year, in my opinion.