How will new Sec of Edu effect FCPS?
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Anonymous
Haha. Yes, but problem children can get kicked out easily. |
Anonymous
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I think Youngkin is an awful human being but I hope this Sec of Ed cleans house at VDOE.
But my hopes are low- FCPS has done all sorts of things that VDOE should stop (fighting parents who try to get their kids services, terrible readng curriculum, falsifying reading test results, etc...) but VDOE doesn't do their job either. |
Anonymous
I’m confident that very little will change. |
Anonymous
| We’ll just end up with more assessments. Sounds great when you are a parent and not a teacher. But all of that data collection and testing ends up on the teacher and takes away from classroom instruction. And we’ll have charter schools. Which doesn’t actually improve anything. They kick out the behavior problems and kick them back to the neighborhood school. Just more taxpayer money in corporate pockets. |
Anonymous
Pray tell where are these moderates and center left ideas? |
Anonymous
This. A thousand times this. Charters are not a solution. And as a parent, I hate all the testing. |
Anonymous
VDOE is responsible for promulgating regulations as to accreditation, and can pull it. That's a lot of power. |
Anonymous
| More assessment more tests and on and on |
Anonymous
This is one of the silliest posts I've ever read. Guidera has been in educational policy from the beginning of her career - she is a noted expert in the field and has spent most of her life and career in the DC area. Which you probably know but refuse to admit. Yawn. Sour grapes are so dull. Aimee Rogstad Guidera is the former President and CEO of the Data Quality Campaign (DQC), a national, nonprofit organization leading the effort to empower educators, students, parents, and policymakers with the information they need to make the best decisions to improve student outcomes. Aimee believes that data have the power to transform education to ensure every child in this country is prepared for success in college and careers. Since it launched in 2005, the education and policy fields have come to rely on DQC’s research and landscape analyses as the only source of information that captures the “state of the states” on effective data use—first with the 10 Essential Elements of Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems, and then with the 10 State Actions to Ensure Effective Data Use. Aimee continues to advocate for better access to and use of data so that educators, parents, and policymakers will have the insights they need to inform better decisions to support student achievement. A respected thought leader in education, Aimee was named one of TIME's 12 Education Activists of 2012. She has also been cited as an expert on education policy and the value of education data by publications such as Business Week, NPR, and Education Week. Aimee is a Pahara-Aspen Education Fellow and an alumna of the Institute for Educational Leadership’s Education Policy Fellowship Program. She serves on the board of directors of the Institute for Educational Leadership and the Friends of the Hennepin County (Minnesota) Library. Before founding DQC, Aimee served as the director of the Washington, DC, office of the National Center for Educational Achievement. She previously served as vice president of programs for the National Alliance of Business (NAB), worked in the education division of the National Governors Association’s Center for Best Practices, and taught for the Japanese Ministry of Education. Aimee received her bachelor's degree from Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and earned a master’s degree in public policy from Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. Aimee and her husband, Bill, are the parents of two school-age daughters. She is an active supporter of her daughters’ public schools and has served as a classroom volunteer, parentteacher organization leader, and advisory committee member. Aimee believes that parents, students, and teachers need to be equally strong legs of the stool of academic success. https://cepr.harvard.edu/people/aimee-rogstad-guidera |
Anonymous
 You want some "abstract goals and statements that placate the types" currently braying about "equity" rather than education? Here ya go:
"Teaching Tolerance’s Social Justice Standards are a set of anchor standards and age-appropriate learning outcomes divided into four domains—identity, diversity, justice and action (IDJA). The standards recognize that, in today’s diverse classrooms, students need knowledge and skills related to both prejudice reduction and collective action." https://go.boarddocs.com/vsba/fairfax/Board.nsf/files/BTFRCZ6CA62E/$file/Final%20Anti-Racism%20Anti-Bias%20Curriculum%20Work%20Session%20Sept%2014%202020.pdf |
Anonymous
+100 She will oversee the VA Dept of Education. Enough said. |
Anonymous
OP here, and ending VDOE enabling of bad behavior by FCPS would be high on my wishlist. |
Anonymous
Exactly this. She is an incredibly accomplished expert in the field of education. If a Democrat had selected her, liberals would be salivating. |
Anonymous
DP. The chip on your shoulder must be visible from space. No one is "afraid of diversity and telling a truthful accounting of history." We are, however, ready to focus on actual education and not the social justice movement du jour. You lost. Deal with it. |
Anonymous
+100 It's laughable that someone supporting the current clowns in office would dare to criticize an incoming elected official. ANYONE has got to be better than what we've been dealing with. |