This article was superficial and misses the mark. His primary objection is that teachers have autonomy and half of all teachers in the US have used Teachers Pay Teachers, but he doesn't specify how many of those teachers are downloading communist propaganda off that website.
As a 10th grade science teacher, I appreciate having autonomy in…
This article was superficial and misses the mark. His primary objection is that teachers have autonomy and half of all teachers in the US have used Teachers Pay Teachers, but he doesn't specify how many of those teachers are downloading communist propaganda off that website.
As a 10th grade science teacher, I appreciate having autonomy in my classroom, which I use to promote inquiry, a sense of place, and technical vocabulary. I can connect everything my students and I do back to NGSS or technical literacy and mathematics standards. I can work with the English and History teachers in my grade to create cross-curricular connections and support their standards as well.
The author should go to the ed schools at colleges as well as state education boards to see where Queer Theory or communist propaganda are coming from. I read Paulo Freire as part of my licensure program over 20 years ago, and my state has determined that aporoved science curriculum has to "center the student's lived experience" if we want to adopt it. Our state health standards have turned away from human anatomy and physiology and are focusing on feel-good identity politics such that NINE YEAR OLDS in my Girl Scout troop discuss gender identity and sexuality regularly (NOT something 9 year olds casually discussed back in the 90s, early 2000s, or even 5 years ago). As of the graduating class of 2023, I have kids who can talk about not fat-shaming or misgendering someone but who arrive in my 10th grade classroom completely clueless about how their body works. They can talk about being "on T" but gasp for air when we are hiking to and from outdoor field work because they are wearing chestbinders.
The author could have dug a little deeper I think.
Agreed! If a teacher has the capacity to develop their own materials, that's an indicator they are in the right field. Teaching is not a robotic activity, and we want our students encountering adults who are passionate enough about their fields to continue understanding it and figuring out new ways to deliver the instruction with wonder and insight. Teaching is not curriculum delivery. That 96% stat tells us absoutely nothing. Quantity of data says nothing about quality of data. Be more nuanced please. Interview some teachers who have developed their own materials for noble purposes. Figure out what the actual organic connection is between teachers, teachers colleges, teachers unions, curriculum developers and ideological indoctrination. This would be worthy of any journalist's time.
This article was superficial and misses the mark. His primary objection is that teachers have autonomy and half of all teachers in the US have used Teachers Pay Teachers, but he doesn't specify how many of those teachers are downloading communist propaganda off that website.
As a 10th grade science teacher, I appreciate having autonomy in my classroom, which I use to promote inquiry, a sense of place, and technical vocabulary. I can connect everything my students and I do back to NGSS or technical literacy and mathematics standards. I can work with the English and History teachers in my grade to create cross-curricular connections and support their standards as well.
The author should go to the ed schools at colleges as well as state education boards to see where Queer Theory or communist propaganda are coming from. I read Paulo Freire as part of my licensure program over 20 years ago, and my state has determined that aporoved science curriculum has to "center the student's lived experience" if we want to adopt it. Our state health standards have turned away from human anatomy and physiology and are focusing on feel-good identity politics such that NINE YEAR OLDS in my Girl Scout troop discuss gender identity and sexuality regularly (NOT something 9 year olds casually discussed back in the 90s, early 2000s, or even 5 years ago). As of the graduating class of 2023, I have kids who can talk about not fat-shaming or misgendering someone but who arrive in my 10th grade classroom completely clueless about how their body works. They can talk about being "on T" but gasp for air when we are hiking to and from outdoor field work because they are wearing chestbinders.
The author could have dug a little deeper I think.
Agreed! If a teacher has the capacity to develop their own materials, that's an indicator they are in the right field. Teaching is not a robotic activity, and we want our students encountering adults who are passionate enough about their fields to continue understanding it and figuring out new ways to deliver the instruction with wonder and insight. Teaching is not curriculum delivery. That 96% stat tells us absoutely nothing. Quantity of data says nothing about quality of data. Be more nuanced please. Interview some teachers who have developed their own materials for noble purposes. Figure out what the actual organic connection is between teachers, teachers colleges, teachers unions, curriculum developers and ideological indoctrination. This would be worthy of any journalist's time.