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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People need to understand that with increased standards, a certain percentage of students will not make benchmarks even with extra help. There are just as many kids on the left side of the bell curve as the right. [/quote]

Performance is going down based on the same standards[/quote]

And so what is the explanation? Ask any teacher and you’ll have it. [/quote]

Let me guess, they will blame the same screens they use in their classroom, but it's only bad when parents use them[/quote]

So when a child comes into my kindergarten class addicted to screens, yes, I’m going to hold their family accountable. How do I know they’re addicted? Classic signs of withdrawal- extreme anger and irritability, very restless, little to no interest in any activity not involving screens. We get about 8-10 kids each year displaying these behaviors. I only use screens for testing that the state requires. That’s it. Some of these children have brain damage from being raised on a screen. How can they learn to read, which requires sustained attention, if they can’t focus on anything?[/quote]
Maybe you only use it for testing but my kid's K teacher absolutely had them play games on then regularly and would play youtube videos instead of reading actual books

By middle school they are playing video games and watching porn at school[/quote]

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