Dr. Duran must go

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:By any metric, Dr. Duran has failed APS students. Under his watch, children are barely even learning anything and the test scores reflect that. Teacher compensation has stagnated while administrative positions keep being added at Syphax with in sight. Our kids cannot go another school year with him at the helm. He is steering APS into a death spiral which it may not recover from.

Duran is truly terrible and he needs to go.

In a school district that is has a large hispanic population, he is just such an awful example. He is deathly afraid of white rich liberals and will do anything to keep them happy. I actually find it really sad to watch him. Maybe he could have and would have made better decisions without the fear. He is also hamstrung by “equity”. If he could be brave and stand up and say this equity crap is just BS to make all you rich white liberals feel better and pander to you and it does nothing to help students who are non white.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:APS admin here. What makes me scared is the plan for grading equity. How are kids going to learn to take responsibility if we take away all deadlines and just let them redo everything over and over?

My middle school kid has a couple classes that have a great grading policy - it motivates them to keep learning and master the material.

They are graded primarily on quizzes and tests.

If they score better on the test than the previous unit quizzes then the test score replaces the unit quiz scores.

And they also have a chance to do test corrections to make up some lost points. To get the points they have to explain what they did wrong and what the correct answer is. So it promotes more learning.

Anyway, I think this grading policy is great and hope more teachers implement it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Everyone is having an equitably sh!tty educational experience. Equal outcomes are all that matters any more, so by that metric he wins.

Where do all of these sh1thead parents come from? ^^^

And you consider yourself better, despite the name calling?

Yes, I’m not raging about fiction.

Hypocritical attitude, but ok.

[Anonymous]

I like him. Sorry!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I like him. Sorry!

So you were pleased with how he handled summer school last summer? You think he did a good job with VLP? You like how he distributed teacher vaccines in January 2021? You are a big fan of his choice to provide zero supports other than Lexia to catch up kids who are behind?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Everyone is having an equitably sh!tty educational experience. Equal outcomes are all that matters any more, so by that metric he wins.

Where do all of these sh1thead parents come from? ^^^

And you consider yourself better, despite the name calling?

Yes, I’m not raging about fiction.

Hypocritical attitude, but ok.

Meh. PP is still a sh1thead.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I like him. Sorry!

So you were pleased with how he handled summer school last summer? You think he did a good job with VLP? You like how he distributed teacher vaccines in January 2021? You are a big fan of his choice to provide zero supports other than Lexia to catch up kids who are behind?

I like him! 🙂

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I like him. Sorry!

So you were pleased with how he handled summer school last summer? You think he did a good job with VLP? You like how he distributed teacher vaccines in January 2021? You are a big fan of his choice to provide zero supports other than Lexia to catch up kids who are behind?

Speaking of fiction.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I like him. Sorry!

So you were pleased with how he handled summer school last summer? You think he did a good job with VLP? You like how he distributed teacher vaccines in January 2021? You are a big fan of his choice to provide zero supports other than Lexia to catch up kids who are behind?

I hate the VLP program, but I think for everything you’re listing, I can tell you something I DID like. The job is huge, and NO ONE is going to be able to do all of it perfectly. I think he’s a smart man, who supports his staff, and cares about kids. Sorry.

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Anonymous wrote:I like him. Sorry!

So you were pleased with how he handled summer school last summer? You think he did a good job with VLP? You like how he distributed teacher vaccines in January 2021? You are a big fan of his choice to provide zero supports other than Lexia to catch up kids who are behind?

Speaking of fiction.

Yeah- that’s true, too. I think there are other supports besides Lexia. I think vaccine distribution went fine.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I like him. Sorry!

So you were pleased with how he handled summer school last summer? You think he did a good job with VLP? You like how he distributed teacher vaccines in January 2021? You are a big fan of his choice to provide zero supports other than Lexia to catch up kids who are behind?

Speaking of fiction.

Yeah- that’s true, too. I think there are other supports besides Lexia. I think vaccine distribution went fine.

If you think vaccine distribution went fine, then you either don't know any teachers or have amnesia.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I like him. Sorry!

So you were pleased with how he handled summer school last summer? You think he did a good job with VLP? You like how he distributed teacher vaccines in January 2021? You are a big fan of his choice to provide zero supports other than Lexia to catch up kids who are behind?

Speaking of fiction.

Yeah- that’s true, too. I think there are other supports besides Lexia. I think vaccine distribution went fine.

Sorry. I didn't also type Dreambox.

For those students selected for summer school because they were significantly behind, but then were cut because APS couldn't staff the program, the only supports provided were Lexia and Dreambox.

[Anonymous]

This whole thread is pointless, because we don't elect superintendents. The school board hires them.

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Anonymous wrote:I like him. Sorry!

So you were pleased with how he handled summer school last summer? You think he did a good job with VLP? You like how he distributed teacher vaccines in January 2021? You are a big fan of his choice to provide zero supports other than Lexia to catch up kids who are behind?

Speaking of fiction.

Yeah- that’s true, too. I think there are other supports besides Lexia. I think vaccine distribution went fine.

If you think vaccine distribution went fine, then you either don't know any teachers or have amnesia.

Haha- I am a teacher! And I know a lot them. How many times have you distributed vaccines to 3,000 people? We’re all vaxxed now. It was fine. You’re like looking past the entire forest, AT a tree.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I like him. Sorry!

So you were pleased with how he handled summer school last summer? You think he did a good job with VLP? You like how he distributed teacher vaccines in January 2021? You are a big fan of his choice to provide zero supports other than Lexia to catch up kids who are behind?

Speaking of fiction.

Yeah- that’s true, too. I think there are other supports besides Lexia. I think vaccine distribution went fine.

If you think vaccine distribution went fine, then you either don't know any teachers or have amnesia.

Haha- I am a teacher! And I know a lot them. How many times have you distributed vaccines to 3,000 people? We’re all vaxxed now. It was fine. You’re like looking past the entire forest, AT a tree.

My daughter's elementary school teacher sobbed through an entire parent teacher conference because she was going to have to teach in person before she was fully vaxxed. She was both furious and terrified.