LAUSD Edspeak Translation - Perdaily.com

LAUSD Edspeak Translation - Perdaily.com

LAUSD Edspeak Translation

(Mensaje se repite en Español) Since the beginning of this academic year, we have been translating our posts at perdaily into Spanish, because we think it is appropriate to do so in a school district like LAUSD where 73% of the students are hispano hablante (Spanish speakers) to one degree or another. It is our belief that comprehension in either English or Spanish - and preferably both in the not too distant future - should be the goal of a California culture with a majority Latin American population - It will not hurt any of us.

However, the thought also occurred to me that there is another language that people outside of LAUSD don't understand and that is Edspeak, the platitude filled and politically correct language that is spoken by all those who run LAUSD or are subjected to it. Before getting into an actual translation, which we recently did at perdaily when we went through LAUSD's Latest Strategic Roadmap one should be aware of a core principle of Edspeak that has been developed over generations to communicate superficially with people who themselves are a products of LAUSD: Good Edspeak must be wholly devoid of Cognitive Academic English Proficiency principles or any higher intellectual function as described by Blooms Taxonomy, while also being able to communicate with people having limited mastery of English or any other language - no, I am not just referring to students and parents with limited education, but also many administrators and teachers who still don't know how to tie their linguistic shoe laces.

In order to make this latest lesson of Edspeak accessible, I have decided to use LAUSD's Latest Strategic Roadmap Overview once again as a classic piece of Edspeak writing. And to further simplify Edspeak, which is always a good thing, I will just translate its four key strategies. For those of you who are more ambitious and don't find this sufficient to put you to sleep tonight, you can click on the above Roadmap link for a 28 pages classic