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1/ The worst thing that could have happened to public schools was the #COVID Pandemic.
As a parent that had kids in 6 different school in two states let me give you my perspective.
As a parent that had kids in 6 different school in two states let me give you my perspective.
2/ I understand that the decision to close the schools was rushed and the first couple of weeks I forgive them for not being able to produce quality materials.
3/ Why months into the shutdown did the materials still seemd rushed?
I am not talking about rushed as in minor mistakes but like the entire thing was created 10 minutes before it was due.
Each homework packet was terrible through the entire process.
I am not talking about rushed as in minor mistakes but like the entire thing was created 10 minutes before it was due.
Each homework packet was terrible through the entire process.
4/ There gross spelling errors in all materials sent home. Obviously wrong information was being presented to the children.
Like easy fact checkable information. It was a mess.
Like easy fact checkable information. It was a mess.
5/ I will leave my gross grammatical error in the previous tweet as a reference.
The instructions to the parents were incomplete at best and showed gross incompetence at worse.
I operate nuclear reactors for a living with extremely complex procedures...
The instructions to the parents were incomplete at best and showed gross incompetence at worse.
I operate nuclear reactors for a living with extremely complex procedures...
6/ ...I literally would have to make up my own ideas of what the teachers were asking in the packets.
The instructions often didn’t even match the information on the packet.
How plants grow instructions on how to tell time work packets.
The instructions often didn’t even match the information on the packet.
How plants grow instructions on how to tell time work packets.
7/ Now I don’t necessarily blame the teachers but the bureaucracy they are burdened with.
I think if my kids’ teachers were decoupled from the school district I would have gotten amazing results.
Want to know how in know this is true?
I think if my kids’ teachers were decoupled from the school district I would have gotten amazing results.
Want to know how in know this is true?
8/ We send my youngest to pre-school which we pay out of pocket for.
The materials from her school were phenomenal.
They were well laid out and had been planned and prepared.
The materials from her school were phenomenal.
They were well laid out and had been planned and prepared.
9/ We also got packets from her preschool two weeks before any of her older siblings did.
She had double the virtual classroom time as well.
She had double the virtual classroom time as well.
10/ Her preschool teachers also make half of the pay compared to public school teachers.
There isn’t an accreditation for pre-school but the school is accredited for kindergarten.
There isn’t an accreditation for pre-school but the school is accredited for kindergarten.
11/ Here is what I learned thorought this process.
The unions intentionally burden teachers with bullshit to ensure “job security” but in reality are doing things at the detriment to kids.
The unions intentionally burden teachers with bullshit to ensure “job security” but in reality are doing things at the detriment to kids.
12/ If we gave parents the right to choose where their education dollars go (I want that money to go to education institutions and not my pocket) then we could get quality education for all kids.
13/ I don’t care if it goes to charter schools, private schools, education co-ops or parents that homeschool.
School choice would allow parents to get high quality education that the teacher’s unions are so against.
School choice would allow parents to get high quality education that the teacher’s unions are so against.
14/ Here are my caveats to ensure my credibility.
I won’t homeschool my kids.
My wife and I aren’t equipped with that skill set.
That money would go to someone else to educate my kids.
I won’t homeschool my kids.
My wife and I aren’t equipped with that skill set.
That money would go to someone else to educate my kids.
15/ In my family teachers are very prominent (more than ministers) and I am willing to state this publicly at negative detriment to my personal relationships.
Until teachers reject their own unions they are as much a part of the problem as the unions are.
#SchoolChoice
Until teachers reject their own unions they are as much a part of the problem as the unions are.
#SchoolChoice
