Tracy Compton

Glad to know you think I hate teachers @MelanieForEdu because I believe in #science, want #openschools and I #fightfor five for all kids in @fcpsnews #openfcps

"She's not flashy or charismatic, but her stoic delivery cuts to the bone." (me, not the lovely @Debra_Tisler pictured below in the review). I'll take it, @HollywoodInToto! #15DAYS hollywoodintoto.com/15-days-review/

Serious question for @EDSecMcMahon and the Trump administration: States continue to fail IDEA-eligible students—delaying evaluations, denying services, violating IDEA rights. Yet federal special education enforcement is (at best) lackadaisical, and (at worst) being slashed. Why not demand compliance instead of weakening oversight? 🚨 @POTUS @realDonaldTrump – American children are counting on leadership here—what are you afraid—the Big, Bad 'Disability Rights' NGOs that are defrauding taxpayers of millions while obstructing access to evidence-based instruction, supports, &/or therapies (e.g., Speech & Language, Occupational Therapy). @FLOTUS @MELANIATRUMP @FirstLadyOffice @SusieWiles @VP @JDVance @SLOTUS @SecRubio @StephenM @KatieMiller @PressSec @karolineleavitt @AAGDhillon

To every kid with a learning disability: don’t let anyone — not even the President of the United States — bully you. Dyslexia isn’t a weakness. It’s your strength.

@PhantomLady47 @JamieWhistle My first computer science classes in university were done without laptops. So if I could do it in college as a major, I bet a school could figure it out for kindergarteners.

@JamieWhistle I’m part of an information technology based magnet school system where our students start learning coding in kindergarten. Tell me how they do that without a computer.

At the beginning of the elementary school year- I have the Chromebook battle- it starts in kindergarten. They expect my kindergarten student to carry home a Chromebook- every single night. I email- I say do not send them home with the Chromebook. They come back with the Chromebook. I have resorted to handwriting giant notes saying this Chromebook will be destroyed if it is sent home again- and then I tape the note all over the Chromebook and I tape the Chromebook shut. No elementary student in this country needs a Chromebook- they need pencils and paper and books.

See, I remember when y’all quashed the story of kids with severe disabilities trapped in Kafkaesque virtual learning that violated their civil rights en masse (per an investigation by the Biden administration). When you finally published the story six months too late, you blamed “America” rather than the teachers union that organized a sickout to force schools to go virtual or the cowardly school administrators who knew what the union was doing and lied to parents to cover it up. But sure, keep patting yourselves on your back for your “bravery”.

There's just no reason that a 2nd grader should be typing on a computer instead of writing by hand.

Don't give up on your dyslexic kid. I don't care what the school says. Don't for 1 second let go of the rope. And sometimes you just have to choose your kids over being liked by adults. This Thanksgiving I'm grateful to parents who understand their duty. youtube.com/watch?v=2fyjxT…

Textbooks still matter. They give students a clear roadmap, free teachers from reinventing content, and, when well-designed, boost learning more than ad-hoc resources ever can. It’s not about going “old school.” It’s about giving every learner a solid spine to build knowledge on.

Today, we spent class time reviewing for the upcoming exam. Some students asked if we’d be playing Kahoot or Blooket. I told them we wouldn’t be doing that. This is what we did instead. ⬇️

Parents, please beware that over a quarter of American students spend over 5 hours a day on school-issued devices They don’t walk into their classroom and read a book or complete math problems by hand They stare at a Chromebook or iPad from bell to bell

If you can’t read by the end of 3rd grade, then you shouldn’t go to 4th grade until you can (subject to only very few exceptions). If a kid doesn’t make the transition from “learning to read” to “reading to learn” by 4th grade, their chance of achieving success in life plummets. Mississippi adopted it & went from 49th out of 50 states to the top 10 in 4th grade literacy. Yes, it just takes courage & that’s exactly what we’re bringing to education in Ohio.

70S: Kids don't need math facts, there's CALCULATORS 90S: Kids don't need math facts, there's COMPUTERS 2000s: Kids don't need math facts, there's the INTERNET 2025: Kids don't need math facts, there's AI The world keeps changing - kids brains don't - kids need math facts

The tale of two curriculums One is based on a constructivist perspective, the other is Direct Instruction. Same topic. Same kid. One gives a thousand times more practice!!!

Thank you to this incredible group of advocates, educators, and parents who came together to share a fact for Dyslexia Awareness Month. When we raise our voices together, we change the story. #DyslexiaAwareness #1in5 #ShareAFact

@JamesAFurey How many of them are simple best practices? How many require little/no effort from the teacher (text to speech available, etc)? How many of them are actually being monitored and tracked by the district for effectiveness? I get what you are saying but context is important.

I’ve seen service plans with as many as 40 accommodations. Tell me how a teacher deals with this.

@FFXParentsAssoc Does he realize that FCPS pays for private school for many kids because they can’t provide a free and appropriate education for them? Does he not know that parents have fled the district because of the lack of services provided to their children? Mateo, DM. Happy to chat.

"But I'll bet you dollars to donuts that any public school in our county will give a kid a better education than homeschooling or private school regardless of the school or how qualified the parents are that are teaching " Mateo Dunne straining credibility in touting the merits of FCPS.

SB 🧵 The school board votes to begin the community engagement process for opening a new AAP center at Poe Middle School. The SB also asks the supt. to develop a plan for establishing AAP centers at every middle school in the division.

@karenvaites My friend @Debra_Tisler created back to school literacy guides for K-3. The quick start guides contain questions to ask teachers and children to assess literacy learning. Take a look: emergentliteracy.org/resources?utm_…

I think this is spot on, and fits with what I hear from parents. Yet no one is empowering parents with better questions to ask and “look fors” to gauge whether local schools are delivering quality instruction