tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post1611780641721073283..comments2024-03-22T02:15:56.280-07:00Comments on Jersey Jazzman: COVID and "Learning Loss": Test Scores Should Not Be Our Immediate ConcernDukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16535645107179796099noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-69460503617201994882021-04-01T09:20:28.958-07:002021-04-01T09:20:28.958-07:00I agree with this so much.
I just tweeted this, a...I agree with this so much.<br /><br />I just tweeted this, a few days ago:<br /><br />"The best thing that governments, schools, parents, communities… can do for children is to quit the fixation about kids “falling behind” in reading, writing, geometry, etc. <br /><br />Instead, we should obsess about how we can help them recapture joy and bits of their stolen youth."<br /><br />I don't know what the rules are for extending an an acronym that has already been extended, but I think we'd do well with STREAM education, where recreation is part of the curriculum. <br /><br />And no, I don't think that there should be compulsory summer school, but no-cost, at-school summer programs should certainly be an option. Scott Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12189767595575471099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-17202238737563988112021-04-01T09:20:03.700-07:002021-04-01T09:20:03.700-07:00I agree with this so much.
I just tweeted this, a...I agree with this so much.<br /><br />I just tweeted this, a few days ago:<br /><br />"The best thing that governments, schools, parents, communities… can do for children is to quit the fixation about kids “falling behind” in reading, writing, geometry, etc. <br /><br />Instead, we should obsess about how we can help them recapture joy and bits of their stolen youth."<br /><br />I don't know what the rules are for extending an an acronym that has already been extended, but I think we'd do well with STREAM education, where recreation is part of the curriculum. <br /><br />And no, I don't think that there should be compulsory summer school, but no-cost, at-school summer programs should certainly be an option. Scott Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12189767595575471099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-31758542087445440432021-03-31T14:10:01.924-07:002021-03-31T14:10:01.924-07:00Good take.
The bit about grade retention is partic...Good take.<br />The bit about grade retention is particularly frustrating - as you say, the entire cohort suffered this. The time to talk about grade retention was a year ago, or at least last summer in preparing for the 20-21 school year. The discussion should have been about how far we would run with the assumption that this school year isn't a grade level's worth of learning, from "let's be uniform about trimming/focusing curricula" out as far as "let's re-zero the grade-age alignment and make 'gets an extra year in classrooms' the default". Benjamin Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04115050650579749235noreply@blogger.com