I would consider carefully before firing people. I would not expect people who have spent their entire life working in "education" to be experts on how to handle a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic. I would be far more interested in what they think needs to be done now to repair the "damage". It is people like you that actually make moving forward harder. No one can come forward and say, you know, this was a mistake and here's why and here's what we want to do to fix things. You can't ever admit a mistake these days. People like you seize on it and just want to fire everyone. You could be firing the person best suited to help kids catch up. |
I'm not PP, but I have a lot of trouble listening to people admitting a mistake when they sent their own kids to schools that were in person while advocating for public schools to remain closed. To me that means that they knew virtual education was substandard and did what they could to avoid it effecting their families, but where happy to inflict it on others |
Exactly how many people did this? A few PPs on DCUM? Has anyone actually said this to you in real life? I am asking this genuinely. Because I thought the discussion was administrators? Do you mean administrators admitted to this? |
Lots of strawmen! Ha. |
The head of the Chicago teachers union at the time and the superintendent of Alexandria public schools at the time where the ones who made news around here. My kids both had multiple teachers with kids in private and catholic schools who were back in class long before they were. Locally, most of our administrators do not utilize public school either because they are childless or because their children are grown up. They only superintendent with a kid in public school pulled them and put them in catholic school |
Exactly this. And now they tell us it's time to shut up and move on. What they did was borderline criminal, certainly harmful, and there should be consequences. |
It doesn’t help kids. PP DGAF about public school kids. It does hurt public schools (and our kids). It gives the pro-voucher clowns more excuses for why taxpayers should subsidize their private school education. |
You don't care if your kids were hurt. They were sacrificial lambs in the grand experiment. So don't pretend you care now. |
DP. You are out of line. So many people on this thread who are seeing so red you have lost touch with reality and decency. Making ridiculous accusations against people on a anonymous board. Weirdos. |
Precisely |
I have been posting over and over asking this question, but no one will answer it. I just keep getting attacked. Will we get behind funding these programs? WHAT PROGRAMS? Seriously. Please tell me what programs are recommended. Not a rhetorical question. I don't want vouchers, but I'm not in favor of funding programs that don't exist or aren't targeted. You are right about the lack of good faith from both sides. I remember starting a thread when schools reopened with my ideas for immediate targeted interventions, including community partnerships, to reestablish connections between schools and families, and set everyone on a better path. A few teachers offered informed ideas, but the rest of the posts were either people denying that anything needed fixing or people rehashing school closing decisions. So frustrating! That was in 2021; sadly, we haven't made much progress. |
I absolutely care then and I care now. And I see the way to help kids now is to support schools, not tear them down for ulterior political motives. |
What specifically are you doing to support schools other than accusing others of wanting vouchers? |
1:1 tutoring w/individual goals & plan for kids performing below grade level More reading/math specialists to support more small group work & interventions Find ways to improve attendance Continued focus on SEL / mental health Support & trust teachers Push school board to give teachers more planning time & less admin crap |
That’s certainly the goal for some posters here - they clearly admitted it. Just gave my personal list of ideas. |