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then there's this

artappraiser — Mon, 27 Dec 2021 02:51:30 +0000

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then there's this

A 2019 report by the National Center for Education Statistics determined that mid to high literacy in the United States is 79% with 21% of American adults categorized as having "low level English literacy," including 4.1% classified as "functionally illiterate" and an additional 4% that could not participate.[1] According to the U.S. Department of Education, 54% of adults in the United States have prose literacy below the 6th-grade level.[2]

In many nations, the ability to read a simple sentence suffices as literacy, and was the previous standard for the U.S. The definition of literacy has changed greatly; the term is presently defined as the ability to use printed and written information to function in society, to achieve one's goals, and to develop one's knowledge and potential.[3]

The United States Department of Education assesses literacy in the general population through its National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL).[4] The NAAL survey defines three types of literacy:[5]

prose literacy: the knowledge and skills needed to search, comprehend, and use continuous texts. Examples include editorials, news stories, brochures, and instructional materials [....]

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which includes a reminder that this Republican former first lady cared about the problem:

Caption: First Lady Barbara Bush at the 1989 UNESCO International Literacy Day celebration

yeah there are definitely

artappraiser — Sun, 26 Dec 2021 21:05:58 +0000

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yeah there are definitely some bullshit jobs here with high salaries that need to be defunded:

“The staggering headcount of managers, analysts, supervisors & specialists—who don’t step foot in classrooms—working in Tweed, the DOE’s downtown headquarters, or in borough or district offices, has risen to 5,100 from 3,500 since 2014.

Of these educrats, some 2,240 received

1/ pic.twitter.com/gqJI1kAAIg
— Moms for #EducationFreedom (@Moms4EDFreedom) December 26, 2021

salaries between $100,000 and $200,000 last fiscal year. Another 44 collected more than $200,000, payroll records provided by the watchdog Empire Center show.”

Fund students, not systems and administrative bloat. #SchoolChoice
2/2https://t.co/uZI6Xyky0L
— Moms for #EducationFreedom (@Moms4EDFreedom) December 26, 2021

and I wouldn't be surprised to learn that some of the positions are political payola, similar to what the D.A. is finding out about the scandals about payouts for "homeless services". The dysfunctional result of the large number of high-paid bureaucrats in social services in NYC government is legendary, goes beyond De Blasio and is why many say they voted for Bloomberg and Giuliani, because they didn't feed the machine but threatened it, because those two were not beholden to that social services machine, it was more like "produce or get out."

The NYPD is one of the few that don't have this problem, the foot soldiers do get very decent salaries, but they are foot soldiers doing actual work. The more highly paid managers there are doing actual work, no like, theoretically rewriting curricula or theorizing on mental health, but working on actual crime problems like terrorism since 9/11 and the problem of bringing guns across state lines into areas where they are illegal and are seen by many as the equal of the FBI. Our expensive social services, on the other hand, like the education system, are the pits. When there are some decent ones, like Public Health, they often get ignored....

I am one citizen that has been sickened by this since the days of Koch, it's really sickening to learn what many of this six-figure-salary people do for the tax money they receive, they mostly just aggravate and make worse the lives of citizens. It's why I keep my registration as an Independent here even though that means I can't vote in primaries. It's that important to me, not feeding that huge machine of worthless, counterproductive work. Bloomberg is the one that started to make them perform for citizens, that was actually his main goal and he wasn't beholden. He made great progress and De Blasio took that many steps back = sickening.

GOOD!

artappraiser — Thu, 16 Dec 2021 20:54:00 +0000

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GOOD!

This open letter on math education in the US urges @CADeptEd to reject the latest draft California Math Framework (CMF) which eliminates 8th grade Algebra I. It has over 150 signatories, including Fields Medalists, Turing Award winners, & Nobel laureates: https://t.co/9z44RZNZi4 pic.twitter.com/VWkSFF7vmC
— Pete Skomoroch (@peteskomoroch) December 4, 2021

cc @TonyThurmond @GavinNewsom @tedlieu @Scott_Wiener please read this letter and urge @CADeptEd to replace the Math Curriculum Framework and Evaluation Criteria Committee (CFCC) and start the Framework draft process over with new authors.
— Pete Skomoroch (@peteskomoroch) December 4, 2021

If our CA state leadership doesn’t act on this quickly and replace the committee, then voters will replace them with new elected officials who will.
— Pete Skomoroch (@peteskomoroch) December 4, 2021

REALLY, WHAT ARE THEY THINKING, THEY WANT CALIFORNIA TO FURTHER GO DOWN THE TOILET?!! Yes, I am shouting. That tweet really clarified it for me -KIDS NEED REAL MATH FOR THE FUTURE!!! Go and fuck with the Humanities if you want, but leave math alone, for chrissakes it's really stupid what they are doing.

Hallelujah!

artappraiser — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 23:46:15 +0000

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Hallelujah!
“Balanced literacy has not worked for Black and Brown children,” Banks said. “We’re going back to a phonetic approach to teaching. We’re going to ensure that our kids can read by the third grade. That’s been a huge part of the dysfunction.”https://t.co/XmDPHkoEg3
— Robert Pondiscio (@rpondiscio) December 12, 2021

It is absolutely crucial that the spirit of these statements be fully understood. Culturally relevant instruction AND the science of reading research when orchestrated with conscious competence create internal harmony for the scholar. https://t.co/7HFRh9Heff
— Dr. Tracy Weeden (@weedentracy) December 12, 2021

Actually Literacy proficiency is the foundation of liberty but, unfortunately, ~65% of public school students do NOT read or numerate proficiently thanks to poor-quality Balanced il-Literacy curriculum & #dysteachia.

No Literacy, no liberty or equity, @rweingarten.#FundStudents https://t.co/jDOgdGngwy pic.twitter.com/CTOI6HFz47
— Marilyn Muller #LiteracyIsEquity (@1in5advocacy) December 12, 2021

As tests are eliminated and

artappraiser — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 01:56:19 +0000

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As tests are eliminated and standards are lowered in the name of "equity," let's recall that there are *empirically tested* methods that *actually work* to develop the full human potential of disadvantaged kids. https://t.co/6JPDAukxtW
— Free Black Thought (@FreeBlckThought) December 11, 2021

Yglesias:

artappraiser — Fri, 10 Dec 2021 02:55:56 +0000

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Yglesias:

Interesting things afoot in New York. https://t.co/KNixt8zlhU pic.twitter.com/kp10m1ZLGL
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) December 9, 2021

the article also notes the President of the teachers' union did not attend and that

What was left unsaid during Thursday’s news conference was that fundamental changes to city schools typically require at least tacit approval from the United Federation of Teachers. The union did not endorse Mr. Adams during the Democratic primary, and the mayor-elect’s support for charter schools and skepticism toward education bureaucracy do not bode well for the union.