Anonymous
03/30/2023 12:03
Subject: Re:Schools pushing back on new state standards
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:What are the APS board candidates' position on this?
I would especially like to hear if Miranda will stand up to the state. Her group, APE, was the only group that did not push back when Youngkin took away local school divisions' ability to require masks or use virtual schooling during outbreaks.
I think she's going to have a hard time with this. She has DINOs and Rs in her base who are very pro Youngkin.
Anonymous
03/30/2023 11:39
Subject: Re:Schools pushing back on new state standards
Anonymous wrote:What are the APS board candidates' position on this?
I would especially like to hear if Miranda will stand up to the state. Her group, APE, was the only group that did not push back when Youngkin took away local school divisions' ability to require masks or use virtual schooling during outbreaks.
Anonymous
03/30/2023 10:49
Subject: Schools pushing back on new state standards
Anonymous wrote:NOVA schools should just opt out and not do it. IMO. It's not like Youngkin has any real authority. No one supports him.
Did you look at the new standards? They're fine.
Anonymous
03/30/2023 10:43
Subject: Schools pushing back on new state standards
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:NOVA schools should just opt out and not do it. IMO. It's not like Youngkin has any real authority. No one supports him.
These are state standards. Not optional.
Meh, we'll see. Just ignore them and teach things properly. It's like when soldiers refuse to follow illegal orders. Valid.
Anonymous
03/30/2023 10:41
Subject: Schools pushing back on new state standards
Anonymous wrote:NOVA schools should just opt out and not do it. IMO. It's not like Youngkin has any real authority. No one supports him.
These are state standards. Not optional.
Anonymous
03/30/2023 10:41
Subject: Schools pushing back on new state standards
NOVA schools should just opt out and not do it. IMO. It's not like Youngkin has any real authority. No one supports him.
Anonymous
03/30/2023 10:30
Subject: Re:Schools pushing back on new state standards
What are the APS board candidates' position on this?
Anonymous
03/30/2023 08:27
Subject: Schools pushing back on new state standards
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:But Youngkin opened schools (that were already open)!
If McAuliffe had been elected, they might still have masks in schools. They definitely would have closed down again after cases hit a new record.
There was a bipartisan state bill forcing schools open well before the election, but I guess y’all forget that. Anyway, Mcauliffe is business before everything so the notion that he’d have extended a situation that might hurt his primary constituency is laughable.
Anonymous
03/29/2023 20:01
Subject: Schools pushing back on new state standards
Anonymous wrote:But Youngkin opened schools (that were already open)!
If McAuliffe had been elected, they might still have masks in schools. They definitely would have closed down again after cases hit a new record.
Anonymous
03/29/2023 20:00
Subject: Schools pushing back on new state standards
Perhaps they removed fascism to protect Woodrow Wilson.
Anonymous
03/29/2023 17:51
Subject: Re:Schools pushing back on new state standards
Anonymous wrote:The standards aren't curriculum.
Not sure what you’re suggesting with this comment. The standards are used to shape curriculum.
Anonymous
03/29/2023 14:37
Subject: Re:Schools pushing back on new state standards
The standards aren't curriculum.
Anonymous
03/29/2023 13:33
Subject: Schools pushing back on new state standards
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:aAnonymous wrote:I think FCPS's criticisms are a bit silly, tbh. Too much content! Not enough context!
Schools have been removing content in the name of progressivism for years now, and students are showing the lack. Adding more content, to the subject of social studies and history, is a good thing. The more kids know, the more they can understand and contextualize.
How does one contextualize WWII without discussing fascism?
Synonyms
Considering that conservatives think liberal, progressive, socialist and communist are all the same thing, and those are also somehow the REAL fascism, I don’t think “synonyms” are going to cut it.
Anonymous
03/29/2023 13:20
Subject: Schools pushing back on new state standards
Anonymous wrote:I think FCPS's criticisms are a bit silly, tbh. Too much content! Not enough context!
Schools have been removing content in the name of progressivism for years now, and students are showing the lack. Adding more content, to the subject of social studies and history, is a good thing. The more kids know, the more they can understand and contextualize.
What content have progressives removed? Because I see the opposite, conservatives taking topics and books off the shelves.