tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4983334520933101277.post8222427482518101665..comments2024-02-16T06:29:33.587-08:00Comments on Welcome to " The Math UnderGround " -- Seattle & Washington State: A View on Teaching from a wealthy career switcherdan dempseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15536720661510933983noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4983334520933101277.post-70484147615636583922008-09-15T17:51:00.000-07:002008-09-15T17:51:00.000-07:00What's really going to change education is when th...What's really going to change education is when the majority of children enrolling in high school speak a language other than English. At that point, either teachers quit or they teach and its amazing how calm everything becomes. At my current school, students raised their scores 30 points. And would you believe, the majority speak more than two languages - ironically, we are an overflow school and take students from all over our community and surprisingly, very few of our students qualify for Title I. And the majority of our staff, speak more than one language. This is a public school of the future.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4983334520933101277.post-24765335754722624372008-09-15T17:40:00.000-07:002008-09-15T17:40:00.000-07:00Granted Mr. Bloch taught math in middle school (ma...Granted Mr. Bloch taught math in middle school (maybe for two years and then he wrote a book about it. He writes about everything, but curriculum. <BR/><BR/>Finn writes about standards, but not curriculum. Bellevue teachers have had it with top down management telling them to teach scripted lessons. That would be enough to make anyone quit. That's not professionalism, that's a bunch of baloney being passed out by reformers. Why doesn't Finn touch upon things that really matter in education? Answer he gets paid to write about things that can't be fixed.<BR/><BR/>Don't think for a minute that Bloch is any different or any more sincere. His charter school is know different than Kipp or ... The principle involved is churning students. <BR/><BR/>What Republicans need is a red state with a white fence all the way around it. I would have it border Iraq and Iran. Make Bush president for life (I really don't care).<BR/><BR/>Finn says: We have lots to learn from other nations, but lets not follow slavishly. (BS)<BR/><BR/>Finn has got to go. He's the reason teachers have to slavishly rewrite standards and discuss aligning curriculum without any substantive reason every five years. What a hypocrite. Finn won't admit it, but the US is already enslaved by the right wing Fascists who hired him.<BR/><BR/>I opt for the less creative, more practical solution of adopting Singapore curriculum which is already aligned to world standards. They're not treated as separate ideas. Ex out the publishers and their lobbyists. Somebody should muzzle the MSU-Ann Arbor prom queens (I have an 8 minute lesson plan). Pack it up folks, you aren't fooling anyone.<BR/><BR/>Have I been black-listed? Yes and I'm plenty mad. Utah needs 100,000 signatures, they need everyone's support. If you disagree with the current policies, don't renew your membership to organizations like the MAA, NCTM, NSF, AAAS. etc... They're not helping you do your job.<BR/><BR/>By adopting a common, world-class curriculum, you are essentially setting the stage for revolutionizing school and eliminating:<BR/><BR/>1. De Facto segregation<BR/>2. Social promotion<BR/>3. Wasteful expenditures<BR/>4. Fraudulent research<BR/>5. Reform legislationAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com