Email Vanity

[goodwithagun]

I teach for our local school district, and this was part of an email I received regarding a web seminar.

Performance-based assessments demonstrate how well a student understands and applies knowledge and more accurately measures a student's academic development. It concentrates more on the learning process rather than the correct answer. Performance-based assessments represent strategies for the application of knowledge and skills through tasks that are meaningful and engaging to students. Another piece of these would be criteria-referenced rubrics that are clearly defined and student friendly.

[goodwithagun]

Anything catch your eye? This is a web seminar based on obama's Race to the Top educational reforms.

[bboop]

Bad clue here: ‘Process rather than the correct answer’ — EVERYBODY can be a winner, even in math. Oh, yes, too bad there are right answers and wrong answers. As long as the process is right, the kid gets an A. What might ‘correct process’ look like? Numbers on a page? Can they be random? Do the calculations have to be set up right? Or can they be random? Don’t want to hurt any STUPID kid’s feelings now, do we?

Math ed is already so bad, and the fruits of their approach are - the kids are even more confused. They seem hopeful that they can ruin it even more.

And that is so that, what? No parent will ever be able to help their kid with homework? Is it so the State will have zombie workers who cannot think? Perhaps it will be so even more voters will be mind-numbed.

One can only wonder.

[Responsibility2nd]

It concentrates more on the learning process rather than the correct answer.

 

 

 

Just another educrat dumbing down the curriculum.

[sodpoodle]

***Another piece of these would be criteria-referenced rubrics that are clearly defined and student friendly.****

Obviously the singular and plural nouns are math impaired; in addition to the incomprehensible gibberish which follows.

Educated? In which parallel universe?

[Tenacious 1]

The student came to school every day and was not disruptive in class. He/She passes.

It’s the same thing if you were being tested physically. The student did complete 10 full push-ups and passed. Nevermind it took him 10 days via one push-up per day to pass.

The candidate was able to complete the one-mile excercise. It took him/her 60 minutes of walking and resting, but they pass.

Did they do the work? Don’t measure the proficiency, just assess the completion of said task. We’ll call it an assessment. Yea, an assessment. A performance based assessment. Hey, while we’re at it, let’s test them on stuff they are good at and enjoy.

Billy, come here. Hit this nail with this hammer. (hammer hits nail) You pass! You are ready for highschool.

[GeronL]

I think FReepers know that schools have become nothing more than indoctrination centers for the far left. I read an essay the other day that pointed this out clearly, although the topic was why kids hated reading.

If you can find a copy of “I know why the caged bird can’t read” by Francine Prose, read it and share it.

[crazyhorse691]

x = [− b ± √( b 2 − 4 ac )]/2 a -————————————————————————————— Student;”It’s tooo haard! Make it go away” High paid Edumakater; “OK. Count your shoes for extra credit.”

[GeronL]

ever seen some of these self-assessments in high school English class?

The only reason they have to read Huck Finn is to be moralized to about slavery and racism. They learn nothing about literature or English. Class discussion will be molded around those topics, judging the characters and past by todays standards.

This is how “English” class operates nowadays. They learn nothing but the leftwing talking points.

No wonder kids hate to read. They are never taught to appreciate it.

[little jeremiah]

Related thread (saw your link over there!):

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/2850902/posts?page=2

The aim of progressive education is explicitly to indoctrinate
PGA Weblog ^

Children are affected by public schooling even if the parents try their best to undo or counteract the effect.

[wintertime]

My husband and I work with the cub scouts.

I am **convinced**, that in my county the only children who are learning to read and do simple arithmetic have parents who are doing **tons** of afterschooling.

So?....When schools take statewide standardized testing who takes credit for all the hard work done in the home by the parent and child? Answer: The teachers and principals.

Who do the teachers blame when students do poorly? Answer: It is always the parents’ fault.

Honestly....It is **IMPOSSIBLE** to know if a government schools is academically successful or not without measuring **afterschooling**!!!! None do that.

Please note that I said “academically effective”. I did not say “good” because **no** government owned and run school is “good”. All of them by law are godless and socialist entitlements and that is never good for the child. In fact, it is evil.

By the way, I have been hammered by Freepers ( some claiming to be conservative) for using the words, “all” and “none”. So?....If anyone knows of a government owned and run K-12 school that is not godlessly secular ( by law) in its worldview or not a socialist entitlement, please send me a link. I will promptly apologize.

[wintertime]

Children are affected by public schooling even if the parents try their best to undo or counteract the effect.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Yes, they are effected. At minimum they **must** think and reason godlessly just to cooperate in the classroom.

Personally, I have made a decision. Government schooling, is in my opinion, sooooooooo evil that I will no longer have a government school teacher for a friend. I am done with them. ( I wouldn't have an abortion clinic worker for a friend, either.)

[goodwithagun]

As I posted with the topic, I am a public school teacher. There are a few of us out there that are educators and not indoctrinators. From a fellow FReeper I borrowed the idea of making a patriot wall. One of my bulletin boards has the Aristotle quote, “We make war that we may live in peace.” Surrounding the quote are pictures of former students who are now in the armed services, as well as pictures of current students’ family members. Although both our text and our state standardized test refer to the Constitution as a living document, I explain to the students why it is neither living nor dead. I use Chief Justice Scalia’s 60 Minutes interview and transcripts for that. My research paper subject is the Constitution, and students must choose a specific topic and then create and defend a thesis. Guess what. The topics always end up conservative because they can't prove otherwise! Other that educating instead of indoctrinating, I am also the self-appointed anti-propaganda agent. Union and OWS propaganda is constantly posted in the only staff restroom, so I always take my Sharpie with me when I need to “powder my nose”. I think of it like this: If unions claim they have certain rights, then I have the right to pee without communist propaganda surrounding me.

[wintertime]

All of the following applies generally to all government owned and run K-12 schools and is NOT NOT NOT directed to any individual:

Fundamentally....Those who work for the government owned and run K-12 schools have **willingly** chosen a job that that teaches children to think godlessly! Simply to cooperate in the classroom the child must think and reason godlessly.

It is evil to force this godlessness on children and to support, uphold, and establish such a perverse and ( for nearly all children) compulsory system.

It is evil to force citizens to pay for this religiously non-neutral and godless indoctrination. It violates the First Amendment rights and freedom of conscience of the child, the parents, and the taxpayers.

It is evil to force parents to pay extra ( ransom or jizya) just to be able to escape the government's godless and religiously non-neutral grip.

All government run and owned K-12 schools in this nation are socialist-entitlements. Simply by attending children risk becoming comfortable with socialism. Hey! If a government can give them tuition-free school, why not use that government power and force to get **lots** of free stuff? This is evil.

So....Perhaps some government teachers are sneaking in a little religion and Christianity into their classroom. They are teaching an important lesson: Christians are sneaky and break the law.

Government owned and run K-12 schooling is, in my opinion, soooooo detrimental to the child, and such a threat to our nation, that I will not have anything to do with those who willing go to work every day and make this evil monster function. I have personally decided not to have these people in my life. ( And...I don't have abortion workers for friends either.) Some things are just too much.

However....There are a few government teachers who are Christian and conservative. They expect to have very short careers, and they strongly advise parents to never let their children to step foot in one of the government's socialist entitlement school. They are also working hard to see that government godless and socialist-entitlement schooling is shut down.

[Daffynition]

Let real. Get the jargon. Enable yourself to iterate interdisciplinary dialogue. There will be guided quiz tomorrow morning with your assigned brain-compatible communities.

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agendize aggregate assess benchmark cultivate deliver deploy disaggregate disintermediate drive embrace empower enable engage engineer enhance envision evolve expedite exploit extend facilitate generate grow harness implement innovate integrate iterate leverage maximize mesh morph operationalize optimize orchestrate recontextualize reinvent repurpose revisit revolutionize seize strategize streamline synergize synthesize target transform transition triangulate unleash utilize visualize	assessment-driven authentic bottom-up brain-compatible child-centered classroom-based collaborative collegial compelling competency-based constructivist cooperative critical cross-curricular developmentally appropriate discipline-based dynamic efficient global group-based hands-on holistic impactful innovative inquiry-centered integrated interactive interdisciplinary intuitive learner-centered learning-intensive literature-based mastery-focused meaning-centered metacognitive mission-critical multidisciplinary multi-media objective open-ended outcome-based over-arching peer-based performance-based performance-driven proactive problem-based process-based real-time real-world research-based revolutionary school-based school-to-work shared site-based standards-based strategic student-centered subjective synergistic technology-enhanced thematic top-down visionary	action plans action-items alignment applications articulation assessment business partnerships cohorts communities competencies content convergence critical thinking curriculum compacting curriculum integration curriculum decision-making dialogue differentiated lessons education engagement structures enrichment ESLR's experiences explicit direct instruction facilitators functionalities goals higher-order thinking infrastructures initiatives instruction interfaces learning learning styles life-long learning living documents manipulatives mastery learning methodologies models multiple intelligences networks niches objectives outcomes paradigms paradigms pedagogy policies problem-solving processes professional learning communities relationships risk-takers scaffolding schemas solutions staff development stakeholders strategies styles synergies systems teaching technologies units

[Lazamataz]

I wrote this for a recent meeting:

Our company has exhibited leadership by enhancing the facilitation of synergystic, scalable core-competancy paradigm-shifts vis-a-vis the most granular service point of difference, empowering the ongoing assurance of the product architecture being functionally equivalent and parallel to the longitudinal business-practice shift postulated by the use of mission-critical management dialogue technology on a go-forward basis, in accordance with ISO-9001:2008 standards.

Hooah.

[bert]

The optics of that sentence are troubling

[goodwithagun]

That. Is. Awesome.

[wintertime]

Sitting here laughing!

[Lazamataz]

You know the BEST part?

They all sat there nodding, like they had any freakin' clue what I just said.

LOL!

My boss actually came up and congratulated me on having such a keen grasp of the company's culture.

DOUBLE LOL!

[goodwithagun]

You have officially given me a challenge. I will now create a statement using Big Ed buzz words and use that statement at our next Race to the Top (or as I like to call it Plummet to the Bottom) meeting just to observe the effects. I will report back later.