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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it’s significant that APE and AEA are in agreement with this. I support it as well as APS staff/parent[/quote]

I don't take educational "recommendations" from a lobbying group that twists the "science" to fit its agenda. No thanks. [/quote]

I don’t trust stealth Republicans no matter what they might say to embed themselves in the community.
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So is the head of the teachers' union a "stealth republican" then? Truly, there is no limit to APE's insidious, corrupting influence![/quote]

The issue isn’t that they think iPads in k-2 are bad; everyone agrees that they’re not ideal. The issue is that they are shifting the conversation to it. I agree that K-2 shouldn’t spend much time on iPads, but given they don’t actually spend a lot of time on them (and they need them for state testing), it’s a low-priority “issue”. There are many more important issues they should be addressing.

Their goal is to scream about APS and pretend like they’re building community consensus. They don’t actually address the hard issues. 
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We all have to remember that APE is a LOBBYING Group. APE is not starting with research and science and studies to study the hard problems in education and arrive at the best outcome. They do it the opposite way. First they come up with an agenda based on what their members want. Then they cherry pick data or misrepresent or misconstrue it to make it look like the science supports their agenda. This is exactly what they did during the pandemic when they wanted schools open so they manufactured the justification for it. Remember the ludicrous claim that Covid doesn’t spread in schools? And follow the science as if it was a given that it was on their side?

And don’t even get me started on their pretended expertise.

It’s the same here. They dislike tech (triggered by virtual learning maybe?) and they have an agenda. We need to figure out the right balance of teach in our schools, but APE has zero credibility or qualifications as we do it. [/quote]

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