funhusker Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 11 minutes ago, RedDenver said: I'm guessing Baltimore wasn't the only school district to have bad grades during the pandemic. I failed more kids this past year than all of my previous years (8 years) combined. And I teach an “exploratory” class at a pretty respected district in a “well off” part of Nebraska. My colleagues had a similar experience. But I’m still glad I don’t teach in Baltimore Link to comment
B.B. Hemingway Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 16 minutes ago, RedDenver said: I'm guessing Baltimore wasn't the only school district to have bad grades during the pandemic. 41% at a 1.0 GPA or worse. It's a complete failure of local leadership and the parents. Unfortunately, it's not surprising coming out of Baltimore. 3 Link to comment
funhusker Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 2 minutes ago, B.B. Hemingway said: 41% at a 1.0 GPA or worse. It's a complete failure of local leadership and the parents. Unfortunately, it's not surprising coming out of Baltimore. I would put 99.9% of the blame here. 2 Link to comment
B.B. Hemingway Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 21 minutes ago, funhusker said: I would put 99.9% of the blame here. You're a teacher, so I won't discount your opinion on it, but I will say that my two older daughters had two different experiences with distant learning. My wife and I felt like we did our part, and one of the girls had a great/reachable/helpful teacher (multiple emails and zooms per day), and the other girl's teacher was awful (MAYBE a couple zooms/emails a week). 1 1 Link to comment
RedDenver Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 41 minutes ago, B.B. Hemingway said: 41% at a 1.0 GPA or worse. It's a complete failure of local leadership and the parents. Unfortunately, it's not surprising coming out of Baltimore. Your numbers lack any context. How do Baltimore's numbers compare to other major metro school districts? Because if they are an outlier, you have a point, but if there's lots of other districts with similar issues, then it looks like something much more systemic than just the Baltimore leadership. Link to comment
funhusker Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 14 minutes ago, B.B. Hemingway said: You're a teacher, so I won't discount your opinion on it, but I will say that my two older daughters had two different experiences with distant learning. My wife and I felt like we did our part, and one of the girls had a great/reachable/helpful teacher (multiple emails and zooms per day), and the other girl's teacher was awful (MAYBE a couple zooms/emails a week). I was talking the split between parents and leadership. Crappy teachers suck and obviously aren’t limited to Baltimore. I will say I also sent more emails home this past year than previous years combined. The one thing all the failing students had in common: I never got responses from parents except for one. And that one made it obvious I was not to contact her again regarding missing work. 1 Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 25 minutes ago, nic said: Obviously, they have no clue on history. 1 Link to comment
TGHusker Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 1 hour ago, BigRedBuster said: Obviously, they have no clue on history. It is easy to support a dictator if you don't live in his country! Link to comment
Redux Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 Uh if this is a real thing, I'm very concerned... "Dispel Misinformation" is a nice way of saying "Silence those who disagree". I hope this is a Right Wing overreaction to something simple, but I doubt it. 2 Link to comment
RedDenver Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 7 minutes ago, Redux said: Uh if this is a real thing, I'm very concerned... "Dispel Misinformation" is a nice way of saying "Silence those who disagree". I hope this is a Right Wing overreaction to something simple, but I doubt it. Looks like it's right-wing overreaction: https://www.allsides.com/story/perspectives-white-house-asks-sms-carriers-help-curb-vaccine-misinformation Quote The White House and the Democratic National Committee (DNC) dispelled rumors that they are working with cell phone carriers to monitor and fact-check private text messages, after a Politico article Monday said the Biden administration and the DNC were "planning to engage fact-checkers more aggressively and work with SMS carriers to dispel misinformation about vaccines that is sent over social media and text messages." White House and DNC officials reportedly told the Washington Examiner Wednesday that the speculation is false. One of the authors of the Politico article, Natasha Korecki, tweeted clarification, saying, "it’s allied, private groups that are working with SMS carriers – not the White House", and that the groups do not have the ability to read individual texts "aside from the ones they receive themselves." The rumor comes as the White House turns to a more focused approach to vaccinate all Americans against COVID-19 amid the spread of the Delta variant. 1 Link to comment
RedDenver Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 21 minutes ago, Redux said: Has major Patriot Act vibes If it were being seriously considered for legislation, then sure. But this looks like a nothing burger to me. 2 Link to comment
Archy1221 Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 8 hours ago, nic said: well done Democrats. (Is that how it goes) 1 1 Link to comment
nic Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 6 hours ago, RedDenver said: Looks like it's right-wing overreaction: https://www.allsides.com/story/perspectives-white-house-asks-sms-carriers-help-curb-vaccine-misinformation It all depends in which news people read and believe. The press secretary made the comments. Listen to the comments in a video, then read both left wing and right wing media opinions and form your own. Link to comment
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