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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m a teacher.  I hate this thread.  The breakdown between parents and teachers is what’s ruining education.  We’re supposed to be partners.

I do believe teachers are experts in child development and education, and parents are the child’s first and most important teachers.  Let’s not diminish one another’s authority.  That sends a bad message to our kids.[/quote]

I am a parent and now homeschool teacher and I hate this thread too.  Teachers do an enormously difficult job.

I used to agree with you that teachers were experts in child development and education.  And then I figured out my K child was dyslexic and I entered the ugly world of elementary reading instruction. I know that public schools cannot effectively support dyslexic kids (which is a different battle), but they should be able to teach non-dyslexic kids to read. That seems like a basic requirement. (Writing instruction, both handwriting and composition, has been abandoned.)

Teachers are not trained in effective reading instruction aka the science of reading.  Parents have been working for years to get this situation improved and we have been insulted at every turn.  Balanced literacy is a failure. Teachers will say it is admin decisions on curriculum, but admins used to be teachers and curriculum review teams are teachers. So you all really need to accept responsibility for your failed pedagogy.

We can’t trust teachers to make good decisions/ recommendations on reading instruction.  You have proved this with your support for Lucy Calkins and Fountas & Pinnel and Reading Recovery (which has been abandoned in its country of origin).

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You are blaming ALL teachers for the admin's choices? Mental.....

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This is where the breakdown is. Most parents don’t understand the extent that teachers must follow district/admin procedures. Even if we do know a better way of doing something we are limited in our ability, both by time and resources. [/quote]

Here’s the thing- teachers don’t want parents wading into curriculum decisions, school boards don’t get to make curriculum decisions.  Teachers need to hold each other accountable for [b]the mess you’ve made [/b]of reading instruction.  Admins used to be teachers, so it is a teacher culture problem. The ones who know better must use their voices to drive change.[/quote]

Hey, moron. For the millionth time, it's not the teachers.

Parents SHOULD advocate and push the general assembly, VDOE, the school board, APS, school administrators for better reading curriculum. You can do all of that without sh1tting on teachers. OK?

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PP pointed out that admin used to be teachers. So… yeah. Who else is to blame?

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JFC. Teacher <> Administrator. They are two different career paths / skill sets.

What % of school superintendents were reading specialists?

Let's see. Duran hasn't been in a classroom in 22 years. And Murphy was a freaking gym teacher.

You people are mental.

Go bully someone else. 
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But… they were both teachers. It’s not like they had some massive career shift from truck driver to school superintendent. Come on.[/quote]

I'm certain that neither were reading specialists.

Go bully someone else. 
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