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Proof that POTUS does not understand education and that he (or BDV for him) has been in ZERO contact with schools.
Spring was NOT “Virtual Learning,” it was CRISIS Learning. Schools had to completely flip the script in a matter of minutes to accommodate a pandemic. 1/ https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1281554061972692994
Spring was NOT “Virtual Learning,” it was CRISIS Learning. Schools had to completely flip the script in a matter of minutes to accommodate a pandemic. 1/ https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1281554061972692994
Most (no?) districts have a prescribed curriculum where everyone is doing the exact same thing. We have a curriculum scope & sequence of what is taught when, but each campus can plan their own units, and then even teacher-to-teacher we have autonomy to personalize lessons. 2/
Suddenly school is closed, and we have to push lessons to thousands of students...curriculum had to be figured out QUICKLY.
Many districts near me had Curriculum & Instruction departments or dept heads on campuses come up with a plan for an entire grade in a district. 3/
Many districts near me had Curriculum & Instruction departments or dept heads on campuses come up with a plan for an entire grade in a district. 3/
Add to that that MANY districts do not provide 1:1 tech, and many that do don’t provide it for elementary.
In districts where there is 1:1, there was a scramble to provide for elem using classroom carts or purchasing new tech. So that took a while to manage. 4/
In districts where there is 1:1, there was a scramble to provide for elem using classroom carts or purchasing new tech. So that took a while to manage. 4/
Many districts don’t provide 1:1 tech at all — on campus there are either computer labs or carts that teachers have to request.
So these campuses had to rely on paper packets. Print them for EVERY student, holding pick up/drop off times, etc. 5/
So these campuses had to rely on paper packets. Print them for EVERY student, holding pick up/drop off times, etc. 5/
Families and students were dealing with their entire universe being flipped upside down, parents who had just been laid off, parents working from home, lack of internet, lack of devices, parents who were essential and had to leave, managing new technology, etc. 6/
So when POTUS wales up and decides to back the “TERRIBLE” virtual learning experience of the spring...don’t buy it. The spring was an exception. The spring was every teacher, district, and school doing the best they could at the moment with resources on-hand. 7/
These same districts have been working non-stop since spring to ready virtual learning for the fall. It won’t be the same as overnight crisis learning management.
I have worked (unpaid) almost every day this summer on instructions for virtual students in my course. 8/
I have worked (unpaid) almost every day this summer on instructions for virtual students in my course. 8/
So if you’re basing your opinion of Virtual Learning on what happened in the spring, DON’T take advice from a man who obviously has no idea what went on and has not taken the time to listen to schools/teachers. Talk to a REAL teacher and get their opinion. 9/
And if you’re in TX, keep in mind that TEA withheld funding for the prior school year (they used CARES funds to supplant rather than supplement their state funding), so all of these schools are doing this without any extra money. /end
(Also don’t take advice from a man who has no idea about diseases or epidemics...maybe listen to the doctors and scientists.)
