"Teacher of the Year" quits over Common Core tests

[Anonymous]

And, the farmer's boss demands that he lines the pigs up at least once a week to determine if the pig is gaining- Instead of feeding the pigs.

LOL (sadly, you can't make this stuff up).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Weighing the pigs will never get at the root of the problem (whatever the problem is) and is not intended to get at the root of the problem (whatever the problem is). The purpose of weighing the pigs is to find out how much the pigs weigh. Do you know everything once you know how much the pigs weigh? No. But you know more about how much the pigs weigh than if you didn't weigh the pigs.

And the farmer already knew the weight of the pigs. And he is trying to do the best he can given the resources he has (and the mandates he has been given). Now what?

The farmer didn't know the weight of the pigs. The pig-keepers knew the weight of the pigs. Now the farmer also knows the weight of the pigs. Other than that, the question is now -- now what? as you say.

[Anonymous]

The farmer didn't know the weight of the pigs. The pig-keepers knew the weight of the pigs. Now the farmer also knows the weight of the pigs. Other than that, the question is now -- now what? as you say.

Why does the farmer need to know? Does he intend to get rid of the pig keepers with the skinny pigs?

[Anonymous]

And, the farmer is demanding that all the pigs be fed the same feed--they must all eat the same amount, too. Even though the pigs may not be able to digest it.

[Anonymous]

And, the farmer ignores what the pig keepers say that works best for the pigs they keep. Instead, the farmer buys feed from a big conglomerate--when the pig keepers have better feed in their barns.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

The farmer didn't know the weight of the pigs. The pig-keepers knew the weight of the pigs. Now the farmer also knows the weight of the pigs. Other than that, the question is now -- now what? as you say.

Why does the farmer need to know? Does he intend to get rid of the pig keepers with the skinny pigs?

Because the pigs are the farmer's pigs.

(To clarify -- in this analogy, the pig-keepers are the teachers, and the farmer is everybody else with an interest in education, including the parents.)

[Anonymous]

(To clarify -- in this analogy, the pig-keepers are the teachers, and the farmer is everybody else with an interest in education, including the parents.)

Disagree. The farmers are the admnistrators. Everybody else is the consumer--who really just want nice fat pigs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

(To clarify -- in this analogy, the pig-keepers are the teachers, and the farmer is everybody else with an interest in education, including the parents.)

Disagree. The farmers are the admnistrators. Everybody else is the consumer--who really just want nice fat pigs.

If so, I think that the analogy has gone beyond where it ought to go.

[Anonymous]

Back to facts:
Teachers know what works and doesn't work for the kids. Teachers know what is appropriate.
Common Core left teachers out of the development process.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Back to facts:
Teachers know what works and doesn't work for the kids. Teachers know what is appropriate.
Common Core left teachers out of the development process.

Back to the obsession with how the sausage was made.

Also, good teachers know what works and doesn't work for the kids and what is appropriate. Bad teachers don't. Unfortunately, there are teachers who are not good teachers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Back to facts:
Teachers know what works and doesn't work for the kids. Teachers know what is appropriate.
Common Core left teachers out of the development process.

Back to the obsession with how the sausage was made.

Also, good teachers know what works and doesn't work for the kids and what is appropriate. Bad teachers don't. Unfortunately, there are teachers who are not good teachers.

+1

Qualitity teachers are born not created. M.Ed. Programs should be required because their are certain baseline pedagogy skills that must be learned, but the abilities to intellectually and socially connect with students can't be taught. Quality teachers are experts in their fields of study and they genuinely think well of people. Quality teachers also teach because they enjoy sharing their passion for the subject matter. Not all teachers have these qualities.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Back to facts:
Teachers know what works and doesn't work for the kids. Teachers know what is appropriate.
Common Core left teachers out of the development process.

Back to the obsession with how the sausage was made.

Also, good teachers know what works and doesn't work for the kids and what is appropriate. Bad teachers don't. Unfortunately, there are teachers who are not good teachers.

+1

Qualitity teachers are born not created. M.Ed. Programs should be required because their are certain baseline pedagogy skills that must be learned, but the abilities to intellectually and socially connect with students can't be taught. Quality teachers are experts in their fields of study and they genuinely think well of people. Quality teachers also teach because they enjoy sharing their passion for the subject matter. Not all teachers have these qualities.

Agree. However, this is what MCPS is doing in the name of equity: they are creating the curriculmn, all handouts, tests and semester exams. The teacher is no longer teaching to the students, the teacher is like a proctor or TA administering the papers and answering questions. Should be interesting to see how this works especially since MCPS population is not middle America, it is the two extremes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Agree. However, this is what MCPS is doing in the name of equity: they are creating the curriculmn, all handouts, tests and semester exams. The teacher is no longer teaching to the students, the teacher is like a proctor or TA administering the papers and answering questions. Should be interesting to see how this works especially since MCPS population is not middle America, it is the two extremes.

So before Curriculum 2.0, every class in every school in MCPS had a different curriculum?

I don't think that's true. And if it was true, I don't think it was good.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Agree. However, this is what MCPS is doing in the name of equity: they are creating the curriculmn, all handouts, tests and semester exams. The teacher is no longer teaching to the students, the teacher is like a proctor or TA administering the papers and answering questions. Should be interesting to see how this works especially since MCPS population is not middle America, it is the two extremes.

So before Curriculum 2.0, every class in every school in MCPS had a different curriculum?

I don't think that's true. And if it was true, I don't think it was good.

Before 2.0 they had textbooks! Now, it's all handouts mass distributed from the county.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Agree. However, this is what MCPS is doing in the name of equity: they are creating the curriculmn, all handouts, tests and semester exams. The teacher is no longer teaching to the students, the teacher is like a proctor or TA administering the papers and answering questions. Should be interesting to see how this works especially since MCPS population is not middle America, it is the two extremes.

So before Curriculum 2.0, every class in every school in MCPS had a different curriculum?

I don't think that's true. And if it was true, I don't think it was good.

Before 2.0 they had textbooks! Now, it's all handouts mass distributed from the county.

How is that relevant to a centralized curriculum? Did different classes in different schools in MCPS use different textbooks?

Also, I didn't think much of the math textbooks my pre-2.0 child used, and I'm not sad to see them go.