tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8705078887057341738.post3761012868969747511..comments2024-03-19T07:30:55.288-04:00Comments on Curmudgeon: One of the problems we face in educationCurmudgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04323026187622872114noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8705078887057341738.post-9703811330173942012011-07-04T16:55:43.892-04:002011-07-04T16:55:43.892-04:00Nah, I don't think so. It seems that other pe...Nah, I don't think so. It seems that other people use it in the district at the elementary school level, so naturally they buy it for the middle and high school kids without asking those teachers.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04323026187622872114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8705078887057341738.post-77327322441546537552011-07-04T15:35:52.118-04:002011-07-04T15:35:52.118-04:00Kickback?Kickback?Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8705078887057341738.post-76157989490068748252011-06-29T10:17:10.179-04:002011-06-29T10:17:10.179-04:00Ironic. Yesterday, the Mrs. received notice that h...Ironic. Yesterday, the Mrs. received notice that her principal had spent some money buying an intervention program. We got online and looked at it -- every single project, lesson or practice was accompanied by this woman's voice, speaking as if the users were stupid 1st graders. You know, the cutesy little sing-song? Terrible.<br /><br />The principal had ignored the recommendations made earlier for a different program and went with this one. <br /><br />Surprise!Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04323026187622872114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8705078887057341738.post-66313565143690258192011-06-29T08:57:14.380-04:002011-06-29T08:57:14.380-04:00In my corporation, the problem isn't with new ...In my corporation, the problem isn't with new tech requested by the teachers. (There's almost no money for that.) On the contrary, the problem is with the tech that gets handed to us by the higher-ups. I'm never consulted about what I might want or need. Never. Not even once in four years. Instead I come in to my classroom and just find something new there. It's happened about a half-dozen times.<br /><br />Lots of that new tech is only occasionally used. Just once I'd like to be asked what I think would be good to have before the administration runs off and spends hundreds of thousands of dollars.<br /><br />I came to education late, and one of the things that never ceases to amaze me is just how top-down it is. Orders, initiatives, equipment, etc. come down from on high, and the good little soldiers are expected to just fall in line. Sigh. <br /><br />Love the blog, by the way. Education needs more voices like yours. Keep it up.Dr. Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00209597695197799059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8705078887057341738.post-40980042015441430572011-06-27T11:52:28.693-04:002011-06-27T11:52:28.693-04:00Teachers (and the whole educational system) have a...Teachers (and the whole educational system) have a tendency to like ideas because they sound plausible. Whole Language as a basis for learning to read sounds plausible. It even works if you can assume that the children will pick up letter-sound correspondence on the fly. But actual research indicates that many do not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com