Mcps equity symposium

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Same people over and over again. It’s the equity office just trying to justify its existence since teachers in classrooms have no idea what they do other than create overly repetitious trainings verging on preaching rather than instruction. Teachers are getting very jaded by the lack of concrete action and the justification of lowering standards in the name of equity. Equity is barely mentioned in my school now since it seems to have lost any relatable meaning.

MCPS could provide some actual equity by assigning their equity personnel to teach in schools thereby lowering some classroom sizes.

Bingo

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Another teacher that didn't know about this symposium.

MCPS (and the nation) needs to take a look at what has happened to schools. We need to get back to teaching children to read and do basic math. No child should be leaving elementary. school without these basics, and yet they are.

Part of the reason is standardized testing. We are so busy trying to teach children to read and analyze writing that is well over their heads, rather than just learning to read. Novel studies should be brought back. Reading for enjoyment should be brought back. I have such fond memories of DEAR time and read aloud. Now, all reading is around content standards and answering multiple choice questions.

Then there's math. Instead of teaching the basics, we are teaching problem-solving. In theory, this is great. However, in reality,y kids are not learning the basics and aren't therefore able to apply the basics to the more difficult problems.

If we have to have a DEI department, I'd rather them look at how we can have kids leaving elementary reading!

In my ES, kids had trouble learning math because the teacher constant

[Anonymous]

In my ES, kids had trouble learning math because the teacher constantly taught false information and no one had the guts to call her out on it

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In my ES, kids had trouble learning math because the teacher constantly taught false information and no one had the guts to call her out on it

What is false math?

[Anonymous]

Equity is equal outcomes. If that means everyone does poorly then we have achieved equity

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Same people over and over again. It’s the equity office just trying to justify its existence since teachers in classrooms have no idea what they do other than create overly repetitious trainings verging on preaching rather than instruction. Teachers are getting very jaded by the lack of concrete action and the justification of lowering standards in the name of equity. Equity is barely mentioned in my school now since it seems to have lost any relatable meaning.

MCPS could provide some actual equity by assigning their equity personnel to teach in schools thereby lowering some classroom sizes.

Bingo

you want them teaching Farrakhan stuff in class?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Same people over and over again. It’s the equity office just trying to justify its existence since teachers in classrooms have no idea what they do other than create overly repetitious trainings verging on preaching rather than instruction. Teachers are getting very jaded by the lack of concrete action and the justification of lowering standards in the name of equity. Equity is barely mentioned in my school now since it seems to have lost any relatable meaning.

MCPS could provide some actual equity by assigning their equity personnel to teach in schools thereby lowering some classroom sizes.

Bingo

you want them teaching Farrakhan stuff in class?

You're fun. The point is to put more FTEs in the form of teachers back in classrooms, thereby lowering class size.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Same people over and over again. It’s the equity office just trying to justify its existence since teachers in classrooms have no idea what they do other than create overly repetitious trainings verging on preaching rather than instruction. Teachers are getting very jaded by the lack of concrete action and the justification of lowering standards in the name of equity. Equity is barely mentioned in my school now since it seems to have lost any relatable meaning.

This is all so laughably 2020.

Do they really think people are still into this nonsense?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Another teacher that didn't know about this symposium.

MCPS (and the nation) needs to take a look at what has happened to schools. We need to get back to teaching children to read and do basic math. No child should be leaving elementary. school without these basics, and yet they are.

Part of the reason is standardized testing. We are so busy trying to teach children to read and analyze writing that is well over their heads, rather than just learning to read. Novel studies should be brought back. Reading for enjoyment should be brought back. I have such fond memories of DEAR time and read aloud. Now, all reading is around content standards and answering multiple choice questions.

Then there's math. Instead of teaching the basics, we are teaching problem-solving. In theory, this is great. However, in reality,y kids are not learning the basics and aren't therefore able to apply the basics to the more difficult problems.

If we have to have a DEI department, I'd rather them look at how we can have kids leaving elementary reading!

Thank you for validating the reason that we spend $40,000 a year, per kid, to keep ours in private schools.

I knew it was bad, but this is insane.