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P. L. Thomas, Professor, Furman University. Teacher/Writer/Poet. Twitter is not my classroom. Tweets represent me only and no organization

Spartanburg, SC Katılım Şubat 2011
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Stephen Vainker
Stephen Vainker@StephenVainker·
Carl Hendrick has spoken ad nauseam about the central importance of learning facts and the impossibility of learning to think critically without facts. I could produce endless receipts. So how is he shilling for Alpha which...promotes learning how to think over memorising facts?
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Ralph Pantozzi
Ralph Pantozzi@mathillustrated·
The other narrative, of course, is that standardized tests are needed to shine the light on those lazy teachers, who would not teach their students otherwise.
Ralph Pantozzi@mathillustrated

Standardized tests have never “made it harder to ignore students falling behind”. We have always been able to do that on our own. Such tests do not “build a stronger economy” 😆 we know what does that… better economic policies…

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Dylan Byers
Dylan Byers@DylanByers·
NEW: Sharyn Alfonsi goes scorched earth on Bari Weiss: "Over the weekend, my contract with CBS News expired, drawing to a close nearly twenty years with the network, including more than a decade at 60 Minutes. Following an intense editorial dispute over our CECOT story, repeated attempts by my representation to establish a path forward were met with absolute silence from network executives. The message could not be clearer: my time at 60 Minutes is apparently over. In the coming days, network leadership may attempt to hide behind corporate euphemisms like "modernization" and “restructuring” to explain away my departure. Don't be misled. This was not a routine corporate transition; it was a deliberate choice to penalize a journalist for refusing to sanitize factually accurate reporting, and it sends a chilling message to the entire newsroom. Fearless, independent reporting has always been the defining standard at 60 Minutes. Today, CBS management is abandoning that mission, choosing access journalism over accountability and protecting power rather than scrutinizing it. The wall between editorial independence and corporate interest at CBS is being methodically torn down. Journalists willing to challenge authority are being pushed aside in favor of those who will not. If this continues, the result will be a broadcast that looks like 60 Minutes but lacks the courage and character to produce journalism that matters. To my colleagues, who became family - working beside you has been the privilege of a lifetime. You are second to none. I’ve learned exactly what it costs to hold the line right now. Hold it anyway. Viewers and the people who trust us with their stories deserve nothing less." Backstory: - January: puck.news/inside-bari-we… - April: puck.news/bari-weiss-pla… - May: puck.news/sharyn-alfonsi…
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David Labaree
David Labaree@DLabaree·
The NAEP proficiency myth NAEP proficient is not synonymous with grade level.  NAEP officials urge that proficient not be interpreted as reflecting grade level work.  It is a standard set much higher than that.  Scholarly panels have reviewed the NAEP achievement standards and found them flawed.  The highest scoring nations of the world would appear to be mediocre or poor performers if judged by the NAEP proficient standard.  Even large numbers of U.S. calculus students fall short. As states consider building benchmarks for student performance into accountability systems, they should not use NAEP proficient—or any standard aligned with NAEP proficient—as a benchmark.  It is an unreasonable expectation, one that ill serves America’s students, parents, and teachers–and the effort to improve America’s schools. brookings.edu/articles/the-n…
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Matt Dowell
Matt Dowell@dowellml·
You would think this would bother top academic univeristies but who the hell knows what bothers any university anymore. Perhaps nothing bothers them as institutions because, at the boss level, they are empty husks. (Actual humans probably bother them.)
NBC News@NBCNews

A network of fake academic journals masquerading as legitimate publications has published more than a hundred AI-generated papers in recent months, in some cases using the names of real professors at top universities without their knowledge. nbcnews.com/tech/internet/…

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