Norm Scott, retired teacher, blogger, videographer and resistance leader, reports on the success of the Brooklyn student protest against the Chan-Zuckerberg Summit Learning Program.
Norm begins:
Here is today’s ed notes post on the situation at SSJ on the John Jay Campus.
How amazing are the students? At the SLT meeting, at first I could see some of the parents rolling their eyes at some of the things we were saying as the principal is so smooth. But when Leonie hit them with the data being collected, the mood shifted and so did the principal who had at first refused to talk about it but then backed off and there was an at times intense debate. Sue Edelman was there too.
I think the way the meeting played out itself is a story – maybe a play. So much better than the Del Assembly.
Norm
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What powerful students! I love it.
I was taught to do what my students do. If I create an exam or a writing prompt, I take the exam or write an answer to the assignment myself, sometimes in front of the class. It’s a refreshingly simple trick that helps me keep everything engaging, not frustrating. After all, I don’t like to bore or annoy myself.
I recommend that tactic to the Zuckerchans of the world trying to sell online “reinventing” of teaching. Enroll yourself in Summit, Zuckerchan, and see if you can endure the tedium. See how little you can afterward recall of any information you online “learned”. Make sure you use your real personally identifiable information so you can sell it to someone who will sell it to someone else without your knowledge or permission. We will all want to see how “smart” you are! Include your home address like everyone else. I want to send you, let’s say, coupons.
Do unto yourself as you would do unto others.
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This is TERRIFIC NEWS. Go STUDENTS. You are leading the way.
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Love these students ! !
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