Literacy Advocate | AFT Member | Former ELA Department Chair, Writing Center Director, Instructional Coach + Humanities Teacher | Views are my own | He/Him
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Jeffrey Austin retweeted
he’s half right. dems have abandoned the working class. but not by moving left, but by moving right. i wish americans had a better political education because they can see problems but can’t properly ID them
Jeffrey Austin retweeted
I Thought AI in Schools Was a Bad Idea
Then an AI School Offered Me a Job and I Sold Out Faster Than Nee-Dohs at a Spencer Gifts
Jeffrey Austin retweeted
This Massachusetts school district is making gains on math test scores thanks to an approach that emphasizes *productive struggle* w/out being *handheld*
Jeffrey Austin retweeted
This is nuts.
Actors use scripts. Musicians use sheet music. Surgeons follow established procedures.
Why are scripts for teachers treated as an affront to professionalism?
@ehanford explains why Direct Instruction uses them.
Hendrick, et. al. tell us that novices "don't have dots to connect" and are incapable of efficiently solving problems, but then they hire a marketer with no teaching experience or training in pedagogy or practice to be a "learning scientist."
More BS from the betas at Alpha.
Jeffrey Austin retweeted
Public service announcement: Do not use the proportion of students who are proficient on NAEP as a justification for the need to raise achievement unless you know what proficient on NAEP means.
Jeffrey Austin retweeted
New episode of the pod. Have You Heard uncovers a decades-long conspiracy to hide an effective teaching method. Just kidding! It's about parents who are taking on big tech and winning soundcloud.com/haveyouheardp…
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If all we did was constructivist, inquiry-based learning, teachers would rightly push back, saying sometimes students require information/steps to succeed.
So why, when we're increasingly restricted to teacher-centered, explicit teaching, is it a problem to ask for some inquiry?
Jeffrey Austin retweeted
beyond the obvious pedagogical flaws with teaching scripts, remember that they are generally produced by transnational corporations who generate serious economic profit for themselves by (wrongly) convincing teachers that scripts make teaching more equitable and efficient.
Actors use scripts. Musicians use sheet music. Surgeons follow established procedures.
Why are scripts for teachers treated as an affront to professionalism?
@ehanford explains why Direct Instruction uses them.
Jeffrey Austin retweeted
Teachers, You May Think You’re Using Direct Instruction
But Unless You’ve Read an Obscure 1954 DI Book That Was Only Published in Dutch, You’re Doing It Wrong
Jeffrey Austin retweeted
“Axiom: The lower the status of the student population, the more traditional and teacher-centered the education they're likely to receive” - @alfiekohn
(And that some believe they deserve.)
Jeffrey Austin retweeted
Sold a Story 1 - Sold LETRS w/ no science to support the program's effectiveness
Sold a Story 2 - Selling scripted curriculum to de-professionalize teachers, a field consisting of over 70% women
Both make nasty and false claims about teacher expertise
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Just so we’re clear. Standardized tests don’t provide parents with actionable data. 🙄
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As Long as Teachers Spend the Recommended 5 Hours a Day Teaching Their Scripted Science of Reading Curriculum, It Will Work
Any Less Than That and They’re Purposefully Diving Headfirst Into Failure
Jeffrey Austin retweeted
This often gets framed as generational — and perhaps some outside-of-school stuff (“helicopter parenting,” screens, etc.) matters — but a lot of this is the inevitable result of testing and teacher “accountability” measures, which incentivize hand-holding and over-scaffolding.
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