Anonymous
Post 12/21/2021 18:32     Subject: How will new Sec of Edu effect FCPS?
Anonymous wrote:I am not happy with the direction of FCPS on several fronts but this pick, the rhetoric I read on DCUM, etc...just gives me pause. Where have all the sane people gone?
FYI-this article reminded me of lots of threads on DCUM

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/far-right-extremist-moms_n_61ba330de4b0456499dcc9bf


Dcum and fcps are just so far peft that anythimg moderate or even center left sends them into a panic. It is just so hard left on this site.
Anonymous
Post 12/21/2021 17:14     Subject: How will new Sec of Edu effect FCPS?
I am not happy with the direction of FCPS on several fronts but this pick, the rhetoric I read on DCUM, etc...just gives me pause. Where have all the sane people gone?
FYI-this article reminded me of lots of threads on DCUM

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/far-right-extremist-moms_n_61ba330de4b0456499dcc9bf
Anonymous
Post 12/21/2021 16:15     Subject: How will new Sec of Edu effect FCPS?
Anonymous wrote:
I can tell you right now the biggest difference is charters can decide who enrolls and who doesn’t.


In most states with charter schools, the schools have to hold a lottery for admissions. They are not allowed to decide who enrolls and who doesn't.
Anonymous
Post 12/21/2021 14:42     Subject: Re:How will new Sec of Edu effect FCPS?
It’s odd that FCPS spends tons of money on consultants every year, but that when the Governor-elect appoints someone with a background in educational consulting to oversee VDOE the same people who defend FCPS’s current expenditures on consultants then turn around and claim it’s somehow a big problem. Hypocritical much?
Anonymous
Post 12/21/2021 14:01     Subject: How will new Sec of Edu effect FCPS?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:What’s her qualifications?


She's never been a teacher - just a policy maker and data cruncher, which makes her the obvious pick. Wouldn't want anyone with any actual understanding of how anything really works in the classroom. Last sec of ed under republicans was just like her, which is how we teachers ended up with "accountability" policies that were so nonsensical they literally made children and teachers cry.


She's VA's Betsy DeVos.

And the answer to OP is this: she'll issue abstract goals and statements that placate the types that are currently filing for recalls and complaining about schools being renamed and clutching their pearls over theories that are not being taught in schools. On a day-to-day basis, she'll have no effect whatsoever on FCPS. At least in any way that y'all are expecting. As others pointed out, the decisions you all are complaining about happened locally (and although YOU may not have supported the decisions made, lots of people did).

So, enjoy watching . . . . nothing.


She controls VMPI and state level implementation of the literacy law, if it passes this year. I care about those.
-OP


Everyone cares about math and literacy curriculum, even the ones you disagree with. But there will be nothing earth-shattering for FCPS. FCPS kids who go on to college overwhelmingly are successful, in the sense of their ability to keep up with curriculum (math and "literacy"). Sure, there may be small tweaks here and there, IF this comes to pass. And that's a big if.

Otherwise, you'll see a lot of posturing and pandering. And little else.


Let me guess, you have an older kid.

And of course people across the political spectrum care about math and reading. Fairfax NAACP loves our current school board and also led the charge on getting FCPS to at least plan to fix ELA.
Anonymous
Post 12/21/2021 13:57     Subject: How will new Sec of Edu effect FCPS?
A listing of her qualifications (or lack thereof) is a vicious attack?!
Anonymous
Post 12/21/2021 13:48     Subject: How will new Sec of Edu effect FCPS?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:What’s her qualifications?


She has never been an educator and has no degrees in education. She is a consultant who makes money off of schools. She wants more testing because she’s all about “data.” She lives in Minnesota. She is a charter school advocate.

Arid Qarni was horrible! But Youngkin made a really badly pick.


She has degrees in public policy and government, and has worked in the education field for decades, but I guess you can pretend she’d be far more qualified to lead a state-wide department if she had a degree in elementary education from Longwood. And she sent her own kids to FCPS before moving to Minnesota.

You people are so partisan and afraid that anyone will ever challenge people to do things differently or better. The fact that you’re attacking her so viciously before she even takes office is precisely why others welcome her appointment.


Oh, well how very nice and clever for you. But, the point stands. She's not an educator. Never has been. She has little control over local school board issues. And she's not really "challenging anyone to do things better or different", she's here to cater to the parents afraid of diversity and telling a truthful accounting of history. Period.


She literally has not started yet, and you think you can definitely sum up either her experience or her tenure in advance.

Thanks for underscoring just what poor losers you are and how terribly frightened you are of anyone questioning your stranglehold on public education in the state. It’s not like you’ve been doing anything remotely close to a good job lately, so best to step back and let some new voices be heard for a change.
Anonymous
Post 12/21/2021 13:42     Subject: How will new Sec of Edu effect FCPS?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:What’s her qualifications?


She has never been an educator and has no degrees in education. She is a consultant who makes money off of schools. She wants more testing because she’s all about “data.” She lives in Minnesota. She is a charter school advocate.

Arid Qarni was horrible! But Youngkin made a really badly pick.


She has degrees in public policy and government, and has worked in the education field for decades, but I guess you can pretend she’d be far more qualified to lead a state-wide department if she had a degree in elementary education from Longwood. And she sent her own kids to FCPS before moving to Minnesota.

You people are so partisan and afraid that anyone will ever challenge people to do things differently or better. The fact that you’re attacking her so viciously before she even takes office is precisely why others welcome her appointment.


Oh, well how very nice and clever for you. But, the point stands. She's not an educator. Never has been. She has little control over local school board issues. And she's not really "challenging anyone to do things better or different", she's here to cater to the parents afraid of diversity and telling a truthful accounting of history. Period.
Anonymous
Post 12/21/2021 13:41     Subject: How will new Sec of Edu effect FCPS?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:What’s her qualifications?


She's never been a teacher - just a policy maker and data cruncher, which makes her the obvious pick. Wouldn't want anyone with any actual understanding of how anything really works in the classroom. Last sec of ed under republicans was just like her, which is how we teachers ended up with "accountability" policies that were so nonsensical they literally made children and teachers cry.


She's VA's Betsy DeVos.

And the answer to OP is this: she'll issue abstract goals and statements that placate the types that are currently filing for recalls and complaining about schools being renamed and clutching their pearls over theories that are not being taught in schools. On a day-to-day basis, she'll have no effect whatsoever on FCPS. At least in any way that y'all are expecting. As others pointed out, the decisions you all are complaining about happened locally (and although YOU may not have supported the decisions made, lots of people did).

So, enjoy watching . . . . nothing.


She controls VMPI and state level implementation of the literacy law, if it passes this year. I care about those.
-OP


Everyone cares about math and literacy curriculum, even the ones you disagree with. But there will be nothing earth-shattering for FCPS. FCPS kids who go on to college overwhelmingly are successful, in the sense of their ability to keep up with curriculum (math and "literacy"). Sure, there may be small tweaks here and there, IF this comes to pass. And that's a big if.

Otherwise, you'll see a lot of posturing and pandering. And little else.
Anonymous
Post 12/21/2021 13:29     Subject: How will new Sec of Edu effect FCPS?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:What’s her qualifications?


She has never been an educator and has no degrees in education. She is a consultant who makes money off of schools. She wants more testing because she’s all about “data.” She lives in Minnesota. She is a charter school advocate.

Arid Qarni was horrible! But Youngkin made a really badly pick.


She has degrees in public policy and government, and has worked in the education field for decades, but I guess you can pretend she’d be far more qualified to lead a state-wide department if she had a degree in elementary education from Longwood. And she sent her own kids to FCPS before moving to Minnesota.

You people are so partisan and afraid that anyone will ever challenge people to do things differently or better. The fact that you’re attacking her so viciously before she even takes office is precisely why others welcome her appointment.
Anonymous
Post 12/21/2021 13:03     Subject: How will new Sec of Edu effect FCPS?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:What’s her qualifications?


She's never been a teacher - just a policy maker and data cruncher, which makes her the obvious pick. Wouldn't want anyone with any actual understanding of how anything really works in the classroom. Last sec of ed under republicans was just like her, which is how we teachers ended up with "accountability" policies that were so nonsensical they literally made children and teachers cry.


She's VA's Betsy DeVos.

And the answer to OP is this: she'll issue abstract goals and statements that placate the types that are currently filing for recalls and complaining about schools being renamed and clutching their pearls over theories that are not being taught in schools. On a day-to-day basis, she'll have no effect whatsoever on FCPS. At least in any way that y'all are expecting. As others pointed out, the decisions you all are complaining about happened locally (and although YOU may not have supported the decisions made, lots of people did).

So, enjoy watching . . . . nothing.


She controls VMPI and state level implementation of the literacy law, if it passes this year. I care about those.
-OP
Anonymous
Post 12/21/2021 08:57     Subject: How will new Sec of Edu effect FCPS?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:What’s her qualifications?


She's never been a teacher - just a policy maker and data cruncher, which makes her the obvious pick. Wouldn't want anyone with any actual understanding of how anything really works in the classroom. Last sec of ed under republicans was just like her, which is how we teachers ended up with "accountability" policies that were so nonsensical they literally made children and teachers cry.


She's VA's Betsy DeVos.

And the answer to OP is this: she'll issue abstract goals and statements that placate the types that are currently filing for recalls and complaining about schools being renamed and clutching their pearls over theories that are not being taught in schools. On a day-to-day basis, she'll have no effect whatsoever on FCPS. At least in any way that y'all are expecting. As others pointed out, the decisions you all are complaining about happened locally (and although YOU may not have supported the decisions made, lots of people did).

So, enjoy watching . . . . nothing.
Anonymous
Post 12/21/2021 08:33     Subject: How will new Sec of Edu effect FCPS?
Anonymous wrote:What’s her qualifications?


She has never been an educator and has no degrees in education. She is a consultant who makes money off of schools. She wants more testing because she’s all about “data.” She lives in Minnesota. She is a charter school advocate.

Arid Qarni was horrible! But Youngkin made a really badly pick.
Anonymous
Post 12/21/2021 08:07     Subject: How will new Sec of Edu effect FCPS?
Perhaps she'll insist that FCPS teach the difference between effect and affect.
Anonymous
Post 12/21/2021 08:03     Subject: How will new Sec of Edu effect FCPS?
Anonymous wrote:She sounds fantastic to me. The entire Youngkin administration will be a breath of fresh air.

This article includes video.

https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/virginia/virginia-education-secretary-aimee-rogstad-guidera/65-d03969bf-c767-4638-9e7b-22454aa264ea


+1

I’m cautiously optimistic and I voted for Terry. She seems to be an effective leader and is focused on changing outcomes. I really hope that she is able to avoid partisan fighting and do what is best for actual learning. Our kids deserve that.