Daniel Buck, “Youngest Old Man in Ed Reform”
@MrDanielBuck
Father, Child of God | Research Fellow, @AEI & Director, CERN | Author, "What Is Wrong with Our Schools?"
Probably the best thing I’ve written all year lawliberty.org/the-great-rele…
Every Republican governor needs to pass a Teacher’s Bill of Rights. Three policies to improve schools and their profession: - A right to an orderly classroom - A right to professional trust (freedom from needless micromanaging and regulations) - A right to professional pay (an…
If an administration or district doesn’t have the stones to actually enforce a cell phone ban, it’s probably better to just not implement it at all Nothing ruins a school’s culture like not enforcing rules
We have a cellphone ban in Florida schools, and guess what.... Students are STILL using their cellphones.
I keep getting asked this question: "Well, what if we center student voices in this discussion?" Guess what? I don't much care what students think about this issue. The adults set the rules and expectations in a building, not children.
“Standardized tests are honest measures!” Honestly, standardized tests are the only measure I trust Grades are widely inflated, and teachers and administrators have every incentive to make it seem as though all is well Standardized tests are honest. Can this kid read or not?
Counter point: Textbooks are good Our goal in K12 history education isn't to introduce students to every primary source or to make of them academic historians, but to give them a survey of major events and a working understanding of the narrative of the West Textbooks…
Replacing primary source books with textbooks was also a mistake.
Replacing textbooks with Chromebooks was a mistake
Schools have finally (blessedly) gotten religion regarding the PURCHASE of phonics and the science of reading curricula But do they have the know-how and personnel to do it properly? Praise for @Doug_Lemov and his team for making sure this happens teachlikeachampion.org/workshopsreadi…
Alternative assessments are open to subjective grading. Standardized tests are not.
“Standardized tests are honest measures!” Honestly, standardized tests are the only measure I trust Grades are widely inflated, and teachers and administrators have every incentive to make it seem as though all is well Standardized tests are honest. Can this kid read or not?
Physical textbooks > Digital textbooks This is particularly true for younger learners. It is true for all learners because the navigation system on digital textbooks is beyond atrocious.
Replacing textbooks with Chromebooks was a mistake
Replacing textbooks with whatever the teacher finds online was a mistake.
Replacing books with textbooks was a mistake
I worked at a school that had one simple trick to cope with AI-written materials: Every essay was hand-written in class✍️
If schools ban phones but keep 1-to-1 computing, they shouldn’t have even bothered banning phones, honestly Go paper and pencil or don’t bother