ZERO mention of Youngkin here. No letter to Youngkin, just the GA representatives. No encouraging parents to write him. An anti-equity RWNJ political rant that isn’t based on facts. Why is this lobbying group not actually lobbying for our kids? The only thing they seem cabanas of doing is beetching about APS. |
Ah another day. Another dcum thread going off the rails by people who are tired of talking about APE who keep talking about APE. |
Will APE stop talking on behalf of the rest of us parents then who don't agree with your priorities? I'll stop when that happens. |
This thread is literally called "APE and tech (APS)." I mean, isn't that the topic? |
APE's leadership actually congratulated Youngkin when he won. The guy who wants to defund public schools into "Lab" and charter schools. Not to mention private school vouchers. I saw the letter when it came out. I bet it's still on my computer. Every single DCUM thread reflect their dysfunction. They want the chaos. They just do it anon here. |
+1 They are not advocating for the kids. They're just trying to push their own agenda. |
This is sort of this TechEd fantasy that hasn't really panned out. Often the rest of the kids are watching youtube. If they are doing Lexia, they can just tap on answers until they get enough right to go to the next level. The behavior problems in schools are pretty bad due to no-fail and inclusion policies (which are good in theory but often poorly implemented), so even kids who do want to work are often distracted by kids who don't. And this doesn't even address the issue of kids over-using devices at home because they tell their parents they need them for homework. Which they often do! Studies have shown that large group instruction is generally more efficient than small group instruction because kids rarely work independently when the teacher's focus is completely elsewhere. Test scores have consistently gone down in the US, despite billions of dollars spent on tech. And we know that screens have detrimental impacts. There is no evidence that the benefits of individual devices outweigh the costs. I have no strong feelings one way or another about APE but I am dismayed that people don't seem to realize how bad individual devices in schools are. Signed, A teacher |
If you are truly an APS teacher, you wouldn’t be anonymously commenting in a cesspool space. This like everything else posted here sounds like APE talking points. |
+1-another teacher |
+1 - and another one and of course we would comment here… It’s anonymous |
Look at how people react here to anything that seems to agree with APE. If I commented publicly I have no doubt someone would come for my job. |
This teacher disagrees vehemently. |
What grade level do you teach? |
Perhaps the other "teachers" here should tell us what level they "teach" too! |
DP and not a teacher. AEA is quoted in the article as in agreement with this recommendation.
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