Daniel Buck, “Instruction geek” @MrDanielBuck
Former Teacher, Father | Board Member, Classical School | Policy Associate, Fordham Institute | Author, "What Is Wrong with Our Schools?" fordhaminstitute.org/about/fordham-… Wisconsin Joined October 2014-
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Massachusetts Teachers Association introduces two new business items to divest pension funds from companies that support Israel and to support educators who teach "Critical Race Theory" for annual meeting of delegates.
Crazy idea. Instead of "critical literacy," how about ya just TEACH KIDS TO READ and read with them beautiful books. That's it. That's all. The end. No more. No additions. No politics. No "equity framing." No intersectional feminism with Romeo and Juliet. None of that
“It doesn’t matter WHAT students read, just so long as they’re READING!” No, no, what they’re reading is kind of everything. Consider in another context: “It doesn’t matter WHAT students eat, just so long as they’re EATING” The “what” is kind of all important there
Solipsism, American Pre-K Style - The American Mind americanmind.org/salvo/solipsis…
“Just let students read whatever they want!” Except there’s little evidence that student choice fosters motivation and precisely zero that it improves reading achievement Challenging, classical texts skillfully taught by a teacher. This is the way.
“It’s worth pausing for a moment to see what is going on in children’s shows. Far from ivory towers, high culture, or the halls of power, streaming content aimed at kids is a major influence in molding the next generation behind our backs.” americanmind.org/salvo/solipsis…
"Where once radicals tore down the strictures of the Catholic Church or traditional marriage, now not even the gender binary can impose models or guides upon students. Even nature itself must conform to our passions and desires." americanmind.org/salvo/solipsis…
@MrDanielBuck These young teachers themselves have never read the "Challenging, classical texts", and that is a huge part of the current problem.
In the end, we will have wasted billions on consultants, programs, and overhauls of teaching, and we should've just been using the classical model all along. We let the communists get hold of this. Dewey, Counts, Freire, and their ilk captured entire generations of educators.
In the end, we will have wasted billions on consultants, programs, and overhauls of teaching, and we should've just been using the classical model all along. We let the communists get hold of this. Dewey, Counts, Freire, and their ilk captured entire generations of educators.
@MrDanielBuck our MS does mostly literature circles where students pick from about 5 book choices- all contemporary books chosen for mostly political themes. often comic books aka “graphic novels”. 🙄
@MrDanielBuck They seem to think, “conferring with readers” is the secret sauce to fostering motivation and reading achievement.” But when I say, nah, D.I. and holding their hands through complex texts does that, they don’t believe me.
I remember in the early 2000s, during in the Laura Bush era, enormous emphasis was placed on having students read. Yet I remember thinking there was never any discussion about *what* students should be reading. We now know what was filling the bookshelves, & youths' heads.
I remember in the early 2000s, during in the Laura Bush era, enormous emphasis was placed on having students read. Yet I remember thinking there was never any discussion about *what* students should be reading. We now know what was filling the bookshelves, & youths' heads.
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Crazy idea. Instead of "critical literacy," how about ya just TEACH KIDS TO READ and read with them beautiful books. That's it. That's all. The end. No more. No additions. No politics. No "equity framing." No intersectional feminism with Romeo and Juliet. None of that
Solipsism, American Pre-K Style - The American Mind americanmind.org/salvo/solipsis…
Anyone else want to tailgate the local university with me this weekend? I'm thinking we get ringside seats to watch police clothesline the tubby, liberal professor screaming about Hamas LGBTQ+ rights.
Ideology is corrupting education research. People are dismissing quality studies with findings they don’t like, and accepting shoddy studies that reinforce their views. 🧵
@kitty_pryde9 I’m aware Fordham is generally conservative. Facts are not. Reality has no ideology. Either the study is methodologically sound, or it’s not. That’s the only basis for criticizing it. Rejecting empirical work on ideological grounds is anti-science.
“It doesn’t matter WHAT students read, just so long as they’re READING!” No, no, what they’re reading is kind of everything. Consider in another context: “It doesn’t matter WHAT students eat, just so long as they’re EATING” The “what” is kind of all important there
@MrDanielBuck These young teachers themselves have never read the "Challenging, classical texts", and that is a huge part of the current problem.
In the end, we will have wasted billions on consultants, programs, and overhauls of teaching, and we should've just been using the classical model all along. We let the communists get hold of this. Dewey, Counts, Freire, and their ilk captured entire generations of educators.
“Just let students read whatever they want!” Except there’s little evidence that student choice fosters motivation and precisely zero that it improves reading achievement Challenging, classical texts skillfully taught by a teacher. This is the way.
@MrDanielBuck our MS does mostly literature circles where students pick from about 5 book choices- all contemporary books chosen for mostly political themes. often comic books aka “graphic novels”. 🙄
@MrDanielBuck They seem to think, “conferring with readers” is the secret sauce to fostering motivation and reading achievement.” But when I say, nah, D.I. and holding their hands through complex texts does that, they don’t believe me.
I remember in the early 2000s, during in the Laura Bush era, enormous emphasis was placed on having students read. Yet I remember thinking there was never any discussion about *what* students should be reading. We now know what was filling the bookshelves, & youths' heads.
“Just let students read whatever they want!” Except there’s little evidence that student choice fosters motivation and precisely zero that it improves reading achievement Challenging, classical texts skillfully taught by a teacher. This is the way.
@MrDanielBuck Agree 100%. Teaching should instruct. Reading for pleasure is a different story. That’s where you can read whatever you want. The thing is, we know this. It was all just an excuse to get rid of classical texts with pesky ideas like individual rights and freedom and self-reliance.
“Just let students read whatever they want!” Except there’s little evidence that student choice fosters motivation and precisely zero that it improves reading achievement Challenging, classical texts skillfully taught by a teacher. This is the way.
“It’s worth pausing for a moment to see what is going on in children’s shows. Far from ivory towers, high culture, or the halls of power, streaming content aimed at kids is a major influence in molding the next generation behind our backs.” americanmind.org/salvo/solipsis…
Boaler and her supporters apply the word misogyny liberally and selectively. When a man challenges Boaler, he’s misogynistic. But some of Boaler’s supporters have been very aggressive towards women who challenge her work and the same word is not applied. In fact they’re often…
Faculty at @UTAustin are threatening: "No classes. No Work. No Assignments." For professors who want to do that, how about they get: "No employment. No Pay. No public funding." These people forget that they have jobs that taxpayers and parents pay for.
@MrDanielBuck I think you’ll be a far greater leader by creating a classical school & gaining real experience of theory to reality. Honestly, I don’t think you have the disposition of a scholar or philosopher. You seem more like a John Taylor Gatto, teacher/public intellectual type🤷♂️
"An objective ethics is a guide". 🎯 We have abandoned it for moral relativism, and what it has gotten us is people who do not have any other moral compass than following their group. An interesting article on a very important topic we should talk about more often.
"A wide and gentle path of self-actualization has replaced sanctification." My latest and what a friend and editor said is the best thing I've ever written. americanmind.org/salvo/solipsis…
@MrDanielBuck "An objective ethics is a guide". 🎯 We have abandoned it for moral relativism, and what it has gotten us is people who do not have any other moral compass than following their group.
"A wide and gentle path of self-actualization has replaced sanctification." My latest and what a friend and editor said is the best thing I've ever written. americanmind.org/salvo/solipsis…