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Justin Baeder, PhD
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Justin Baeder, PhD
@eduleadership
Education philosopher & instructional leadership author. Creator of Repertoire, the professional writing app for instructional leaders.
- Replying to @madbutwrightLike, I get setting boundaries, but this seems like an insane example.
- Replying to @businessbaristaBro is about to disrupt the license plate industry
- A lot of people seem to not realize that some students are more expensive to educate because they have higher levels of need that require additional staffing. Private schools simply do not accept those students in the first place.The average cost to educate a public school student is $20,000 per year, the average Catholic school elementary tuition is about $4,500. In other words, Catholic schools get better results with 1/4th the money.
- Replying to @davidhogg111Losing in November would also be bad for momentum 😅
- Replying to @MortonHaywardSo the journal asked for revisions but with the stipulation that no new sources be cited. 😅
GIF - This seems to be a hard concept for lots of folks to grasp, so let me explain: Yes, your child can run out of books if they’re an advanced reader. 🧵Running out of books is not a thing that happens at any reading level
- There’s no good way to do merit pay. We have an extensive research literature documenting what has been tried, and why it has not worked. Nobody has any ideas for making it work. They’re just not aware of why it has failed so far.Ohio will be the first state in the country to implement merit-based pay for teachers & principals in our public schools. Pay for performance - period.
00:00 - Replying to @NAChristakisIt’s much easier to write a good statement like this when you have consistent principles to begin with, which Chicago has long been known for.
- The problem with accepting late work without penalty is that due dates exist for CONTENT reasons, not just CONVENIENCE. If you didn't do the work yesterday, you won't be ready for today's lesson, and you'll learn less. If you didn't turn in your draft, you can't revise. Etc.
- Late work isn’t about students needing more time to demonstrate mastery, or life getting in the way. Overwhelmingly, the student wasted class time and has not even attempted the assignment. Allowing them to fall further and further behind is not helpful. Deadlines matter.
- Children have never gone to school because they were intrinsically motivated to do so, or because the teacher matched their “learning style.” Children go to school because adults make them, period. That’s how it has always been, and that’s how it must be today, too.Poor school attendance by any child is always a symptom, rather than the cause of the issue. What falls away first is engagement - the style of teaching, learning & support doesn’t fit the child - inevitably followed by their attainment and only then by their regular attendance.
- Let's be clear: student mental health is a *healthcare* issue, not an educational issue. We need to stay in our lane and not take on the work of therapists, counselors, and doctors. Why is this controversial?
- So if I, as a high school chemistry teacher, am given a student who cannot read or do basic arithmetic, and that student is not proficient with stoichiometry at the end of my course, that’s my fault? Come on.Replying to @eduleadershipThis isn’t gaslighting. If 80-85% of students are not successful in the tier 1 setting, the teacher is to blame and requires additional training, coursework or instructional support.
