Jane Nylund: I-Ready Stinks | Diane Ravitch's blog

Jane Nylund: I-Ready Stinks | Diane Ravitch's blog

Jane Nylund: I-Ready Stinks

Jane Nylund is a parent activist and educator in Oakland.

She writes:

A bit of background: we are a family of two kids through OUSD, nearly 20 years with the district. Strong foundation in math and science, and some experience with statistics. As a classified educator in a high-needs school, I have recently spent time proctoring the I-Ready diagnostic in my fourth grade class. Out of concern for my math group, who all had pained looks on their faces, I was able to view some of the math test questions.

I was appalled at what I saw. Yes, I know the test is supposed to be adaptive, but the material that they expected the kids to try and answer was 6th grade level math, possibly higher. I noted the following:

1) Multi-step unit conversions in the context of a word problem2) Definitions/examples of independent and dependent variables3) Simplification of algebraic CONTINUE READING: Jane Nylund: I-Ready Stinks | Diane Ravitch's blog

Billionaire Sponsored Edtech Sales Pitch | tultican

Billionaire Sponsored Edtech Sales Pitch | tultican

Billionaire Sponsored Edtech Sales Pitch

By Thomas Ultican 4/29/2021

Laurene Powell Jobs and Amplify Education are hosting a “Virtual Summit” which is what they’re calling this May’s sales event. Jobs is very confident that her billions qualify her to shape education policy. In her drive to privatize public education, she has accumulated and created several pro-edtech and anti-teacher organizations. She also provides leadership and money to other billionaire driven organizations promoting education technology while simultaneously denigrating public schools.

When Laurene’s husband, Steve Jobs, died in 2011 she inherited the rest of the billions the couple had derived from the company Steve founded, Apple Inc. Since then, her fortune has grown to more than $30 billion. Fundamentally, Jobs only qualification for shaping national education policy derives from her marrying the right guy.

In 2016, Powell Jobs’ sent Hillary Clinton four uninformed education policy positions:

1. “Re-design entire K-12 system – we know how to do it, but it comes down to political will.
2. “Think about Charters as our R&D … must allow public schools to have leaders that can pick their team and be held accountable.
3. “Need to increase IQ in the teaching sector: Teach for America; they are a different human capital pipeline.
4. “Need to use technology to transform – technology allows teachers and children to focus on content mastery versus seat time; …”

Some Laurene Powell Jobs Connections Mapped in LittleSis

The LittleSis map above has a hyperlink to the original in the caption. Shown here is a minimal display of Jobs’ connections within the movement to privatize and monetize public education. However, every line and name is hyperlinked on CONTINUE READING: Billionaire Sponsored Edtech Sales Pitch | tultican