Father, Child of God, Runner | Research Fellow, @AEI & Director, CERN | Author, "What Is Wrong with Our Schools?"
Wisconsin
Joined October 2014
- Tweets33.5K
- Following289
- Followers49.1K
- Likes36.1K
Pinned Tweet
My full written testimony before the House subcommittee today:
"I have had a front-row seat in schools for the last decade, watching as progressives have waged damaging wars against merit, all in the name of equity."
aei.org/research-products/te…
Daniel Buck, “Youngest Old Man in Ed Reform” retweeted
Why are all the young adult fiction books so unbearably bleak?
Self-harm, horrible trauma, drugs, abusive parents
Why not interesting science fiction, fantasy, heroism, historical epics? Anything even remotely uplifting
Why are all the young adult fiction books so unbearably bleak?
Self-harm, horrible trauma, drugs, abusive parents
Why not interesting science fiction, fantasy, heroism, historical epics? Anything even remotely uplifting
Lots of talk and questions about "bipartisan" education reform
Gotta be honest. I'm pessimistic.
What reason would the left have for teaming up with the right if they have the political power and could work without reaching across the aisle?
Daniel Buck, “Youngest Old Man in Ed Reform” retweeted
You'll hear in public education that teachers should never talk for more than 5 minutes at a time
I actually think teachers don't talk *enough*
They are supposed to actively teach new ideas after all.
Can't effectively teach a new mathematical routine or concept in 5 minutes!
Daniel Buck, “Youngest Old Man in Ed Reform” retweeted
Read yet again this morning the edu-homily that "relationships" are the key to real learning. Should I throw away the hundreds of books I own? Unplug the TV and WiFi? Sure, relationships can facilitate or motivate learning, but they're not the mechanism by which it occurs.
Daniel Buck, “Youngest Old Man in Ed Reform” retweeted
The average revenue per student in Wisconsin is $18,746. In a classroom of 15 students, that's $281,190 in taxpayer value. I agree we can pay teachers more--but that doesn't require asking taxpayers to pony up even more. It requires asking districts where this money is going.
Daniel Buck, “Youngest Old Man in Ed Reform” retweeted
I didn’t like Mr Simmons in 9th grade. At all. Fussy old stickler. 30 years later I realized he’d taught me to read. Best teacher I had in hs.
Daniel Buck, “Youngest Old Man in Ed Reform” retweeted
“Kids can’t learn from teachers they don’t like”
1) Simply not true. I learned plenty from teachers I didn’t care for.
2) They’re going to have to interact and work with people they don’t like their entire life. What a terrible message to communicate
Dumb little experiment that went as I expected
I have always used the stand-in name “little Johnny” whenever discussing a misbehaving kid
Just once, I used “DaVonte” name to see what would happen and immediately the insinuation is that I’m a racist
You'll hear in public education that teachers should never talk for more than 5 minutes at a time
I actually think teachers don't talk *enough*
They are supposed to actively teach new ideas after all.
Can't effectively teach a new mathematical routine or concept in 5 minutes!
Daniel Buck, “Youngest Old Man in Ed Reform” retweeted
Classroom management has devolved into theraputing gentle parenting and the result is predictable: a total power vacuum. When teachers prioritize being liked over maintaining firm boundaries, they don't cultivate mutual respect. They get run over by the kids with the strongest attitudes.
Daniel Buck, “Youngest Old Man in Ed Reform” retweeted
The last straw for me as a teacher was a PD titled, "No More Trivial Pursuit!" We were told kids shouldn't study the War of 1812 (which they didn't anyway). Instead they should "grapple with essential questions like, 'Is war ever justified?'" A formula for creating idiots.
I wanted autonomy mainly b/c I didn't want to be forced to use PBL, inquiry, rich tasks or any number of ineffective fads. I'm fairly certain I'm not alone in this
.
the74million.org/article/res…
@rastokke @mikesully97 @BrankinMomma13 @AltB56073878 @tetheredtoed1 @oliviajune82
Daniel Buck, “Youngest Old Man in Ed Reform” retweeted
Kids don't like strict teachers and call them mean. But in the end, they may find that's the teacher from whom they learn most, because that teacher cared more about formation than affection. And yet receiving formation often naturally begets affection.
Daniel Buck, “Youngest Old Man in Ed Reform” retweeted
“College, career, and life ready” means being to take direction from, collaborate with, and, yes, learn from people you don’t like sometimes.
Daniel Buck, “Youngest Old Man in Ed Reform” retweeted
The school to prison pipeline isn’t real.
Suspending kids from school doesn’t cause them to go to prison.
The kids are suspended due to their behavior, and their behavior causes them to eventually end up in prison.
Hope this helps.
