Harvey Alvy
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Harvey Alvy
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· Dec 5
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Loss of respect for rule of law can be traced right to the Supreme Court, which has made bizarre decisions, like the one saying that President is above the rule of law. dianeravitch.net/2025/05/14/c...
Chief Justice Roberts Blames “Lack of Civics Education” for Breakdown in Respect for Law
If this weren’t so pathetic, it would be funny. Chief Justice John Roberts spoke at the Georgetown University Law School about the loss of respect for the rule of law. Did he point his finger…
dianeravitch.net
May 16, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Loss of respect for rule of law can be traced right to the Supreme Court, which has made bizarre decisions, like the one saying that President is above the rule of law. dianeravitch.net/2025/05/14/c...
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Here is a blockbuster Q! If our job is to best educate all of our children, how do we do that without employing some form of Diversity, Equity, and inclusion which has now been outlawed in education? Shouldn't that as a process be standardized in some way? #EdChat #
May 6, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Here is a blockbuster Q! If our job is to best educate all of our children, how do we do that without employing some form of Diversity, Equity, and inclusion which has now been outlawed in education? Shouldn't that as a process be standardized in some way? #EdChat #
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It's a good question. Students aren't one size fits all or programmed to the same-sex schedule - I think using global averages to determine this is silly - we need a new paradigm (shoot me plz) for how to bridge kids to standards. Closer to individual, much more flexible. #edchat
So when there is criticism that students aren't meeting standards, who's at fault? The standards are able to be changed. Brain science and current teaching climates cannot. #edchat
May 6, 2025 at 11:59 PM
It's a good question. Students aren't one size fits all or programmed to the same-sex schedule - I think using global averages to determine this is silly - we need a new paradigm (shoot me plz) for how to bridge kids to standards. Closer to individual, much more flexible. #edchat
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Some content areas are so mired by standards that the class is more of a script that repeats itself year after year leaving little wiggle room for the teacher to add much meat. #edchat
May 6, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Some content areas are so mired by standards that the class is more of a script that repeats itself year after year leaving little wiggle room for the teacher to add much meat. #edchat
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I think there should be some guidelines for all public schools to follow … sequencing of classes … I also think any school collecting state/fed funding should also follow the same guidelines. #edchat
Tonight's #edchat topic: Are national education standards viable in today's political climate? Given past results & concerns about standardized testing bias, can they truly improve learning? @realmstrdill.bsky.social @dianeravitch.bsky.social @ascdofficial.bsky.social @edusky.bsky.social
May 6, 2025 at 11:22 PM
I think there should be some guidelines for all public schools to follow … sequencing of classes … I also think any school collecting state/fed funding should also follow the same guidelines. #edchat
Thanks for joining tonight's #edchat on standards and teaching and learning, simulcast on X and Bluesky. Thanks to co-moderators @tomwhitby.bsky.social @markwestonphd.bsky.social @aggieashley.bsky.social @edusky.bsky.social
May 6, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Thanks for joining tonight's #edchat on standards and teaching and learning, simulcast on X and Bluesky. Thanks to co-moderators @tomwhitby.bsky.social @markwestonphd.bsky.social @aggieashley.bsky.social @edusky.bsky.social
Adrian, thanks for your important point. Do standards actually take the professionalism out of teaching? Have standards been created to "block" teachers from individualizing teaching to meet the needs of their specific students? #edchat
May 6, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Adrian, thanks for your important point. Do standards actually take the professionalism out of teaching? Have standards been created to "block" teachers from individualizing teaching to meet the needs of their specific students? #edchat
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Sigh. Nat'l floor? Nat'l cornucopia? Anything without local/classroom flexibility should be a nonstarter, but students and parents deserve some expectations that are built out of the collective wisdom. As a history teacher, we really need to look at English, imo, & stop the laundry lists. #edchat
Tonight's #edchat topic: Are national education standards viable in today's political climate? Given past results & concerns about standardized testing bias, can they truly improve learning? @realmstrdill.bsky.social @dianeravitch.bsky.social @ascdofficial.bsky.social @edusky.bsky.social
May 6, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Sigh. Nat'l floor? Nat'l cornucopia? Anything without local/classroom flexibility should be a nonstarter, but students and parents deserve some expectations that are built out of the collective wisdom. As a history teacher, we really need to look at English, imo, & stop the laundry lists. #edchat
Let's remember that first-rate educational standards at the national or state level do not guarantee student success. Standards are only one part of the teaching and learning process. #edchat @edusky.bsky.social
May 6, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Let's remember that first-rate educational standards at the national or state level do not guarantee student success. Standards are only one part of the teaching and learning process. #edchat @edusky.bsky.social
What can we learn from the history of the standards movement? For example, initially politicians supported standards, then backed off when the standards were closely aligned with high stakes state tests? Do standards narrow the curriculum, or open the curriculum? #edchat
May 6, 2025 at 11:33 PM
What can we learn from the history of the standards movement? For example, initially politicians supported standards, then backed off when the standards were closely aligned with high stakes state tests? Do standards narrow the curriculum, or open the curriculum? #edchat
Tonight's #edchat topic: Are national education standards viable in today's political climate? Given past results & concerns about standardized testing bias, can they truly improve learning? @realmstrdill.bsky.social @dianeravitch.bsky.social @ascdofficial.bsky.social @edusky.bsky.social
May 6, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Tonight's #edchat topic: Are national education standards viable in today's political climate? Given past results & concerns about standardized testing bias, can they truly improve learning? @realmstrdill.bsky.social @dianeravitch.bsky.social @ascdofficial.bsky.social @edusky.bsky.social
Please join us for tonight's #edchat Our topic: Are national education standards viable in today's political climate? Given past results & concerns about standardized testing bias, can they truly improve learning?
May 6, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Please join us for tonight's #edchat Our topic: Are national education standards viable in today's political climate? Given past results & concerns about standardized testing bias, can they truly improve learning?
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NO! No! NO! NO! Do not give my personsl data to DOGE!! www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/u...
Trump Asks Supreme Court to Let DOGE View Social Security Data
A federal judge in Maryland found that scrutiny of the agency’s sensitive information systems by Elon Musk’s team appeared to violate federal privacy laws.
www.nytimes.com
May 3, 2025 at 4:12 AM
NO! No! NO! NO! Do not give my personsl data to DOGE!! www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/u...
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THIS IS LITERALLY CRAZY. Why stop work on infectious diseases? www.wired.com/story/hhs-ni...
RFK Jr.’s HHS Orders Lab Studying Deadly Infectious Diseases to Stop Research
NIAID’s Integrated Research Facility is one of the few federal facilities charged with studying Ebola. Tuesday afternoon, all of its work was put on indefinite pause by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s departm...
www.wired.com
May 2, 2025 at 4:24 PM
THIS IS LITERALLY CRAZY. Why stop work on infectious diseases? www.wired.com/story/hhs-ni...
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Hi Harvey, my colleague and I wrote this article on why GenAI does not have to undermine education. Please help us share it by reposting to promote dialog.
www.frontiersin.org/journals/art...
www.frontiersin.org/journals/art...
Frontiers | Shaping integrity: why generative artificial intelligence does not have to undermine education
The integration of generative artificial intelligence (GAI) in education has been met with both excitement and concern. According to a 2023 survey by the Wor...
www.frontiersin.org
April 23, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Hi Harvey, my colleague and I wrote this article on why GenAI does not have to undermine education. Please help us share it by reposting to promote dialog.
www.frontiersin.org/journals/art...
www.frontiersin.org/journals/art...
Thanks for joining #edchat tonight simulcast on X and Bluesky, on state mandated assessments and the effects, pros/cons. Thanks to co-moderators @tomwhitby.bsky.social @aggieashley.bsky.social @markwestonphd.bsky.social
April 29, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Thanks for joining #edchat tonight simulcast on X and Bluesky, on state mandated assessments and the effects, pros/cons. Thanks to co-moderators @tomwhitby.bsky.social @aggieashley.bsky.social @markwestonphd.bsky.social