Gifted & talented education enthusiast, former academic philosopher, mother of 4 into intelligence, 2e & AI.
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Here we go again...
what would you tell this mom who's concerned about a large discrepancy between her child's classroom grades and standardized test scores?
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2 validations of the concern/mentions of grade inflation. both are showing at the very bottom of the thread.
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Jun 12
y'all are right that the general mood of this piece is wrong - very Harrison Bergeron on a moral level, supported by a warped-to-dishonest presentation of the actual facts.
But "gifted" programs are mostly garbage, and defending them just to get one over on the haters isn't worth it.
"Multiple measures" gifted identification *does* make the whole endeavor capricious and non-academic, but it's been on the rise for 20 years.
If that's what "giftedness" truly is, then sure let's scrap it.
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Jun 12
Is this "gifted" status quo really worth going to the mat for?
You may be defending essentially an SEL program, where the "gifted" money is being spent on dodgy "giftedness" PD and education buzzword conferences.
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Jun 12
The compelling data on gifted ed comes from true acceleration
We might need to study gifted programs as they really are, but it's pretty mishmash in/mishmash out (again, the people in charge of these see it as FEATURE not bug to make them that way)
x.com/paulnovosad/status/206…
Jun 12
Contra my previous post, it's kind of wild that NYC's Gifted & Talented program no treatment effect on standardized math test scores.
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Pamela Hobart retweeted
Jun 11
🚨STILL RECRUITING!
This study aims to better understand how different types of reading support benefit children's learning. We are comparing AI-supported tutoring with Amira (AI Reading Tutor), one-on-one human tutoring, and non-literacy or business-as-usual activities to determine what works best for different students.
▫️Rising 2nd & 3rd graders
▫️Participation is fully remote
▫️1 to 1.5 hrs/week over 10 weeks
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Pamela Hobart retweeted
Jun 10
I don't know how it's come to this
But I, as a parent, am now considering how I can put my kid through standardized testing so that I can evaluate where they actually are.
Is there an app for that?
Jun 10
In a decade, Philly’s graduation rate jumped from 69% ➡️ 84%
Dozens of teachers say it’s b/c admin forces them to pass failing students:
“There’s a bunch of kids in my class that have F’s in reading & I’m probably going to pass them — I’ll bump it up to a D and call it a day”
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Jun 4
I've been thinking about the social value of parents asking other parents about education things lately.
While it *feels* like humans should be giving you better-vetted info, sometimes the social value of the ask is actually negatively correlated to information value
Think about how many people asked questions hoping not just for information but a little human connection ("what are the best graphic novels?" "what's the best way to prepare eggplant?") only to be told "You know about Google, right?" Now think about what it will be like with AI.
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Jun 4
Unfortunately, moms groups are a particularly bad source of information on gifted ed -
they disproportionately trot out myths about grade skipping, going "deeper" not faster into academics, enrichment BS, etc
x.com/gtmom/status/203647181…
Mar 24
A woman recently asked my local mom Facebook group whether her apparently gifted, barely-missed-age-cutoff 4-year-old should skip a grade.
Usually I just brace myself for these messes.
This time, I coded the responses.
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Jun 4
I'm tinkering with an AI chat tool that allows parents to share their gifted kid's situation and receive evidence-based recommendations for educational paths from gifted advisor avatars
Hoping it can push some social-feeling buttons in a harmless way
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Jun 3
Journalists doing their best to 𝚜̶𝚙̶𝚛̶𝚎̶𝚊̶𝚍̶ ̶𝚝̶𝚑̶𝚎̶ ̶𝚐̶𝚘̶𝚘̶𝚍̶ ̶𝚗̶𝚎̶𝚠̶𝚜̶ ̶𝚊̶𝚋̶𝚘̶𝚞̶𝚝̶ ̶𝚝̶𝚑̶𝚎̶ ̶𝚂̶𝚘̶𝚞̶𝚝̶𝚑̶𝚎̶𝚛̶𝚗̶ ̶𝚂̶𝚞̶𝚛̶𝚐̶𝚎̶
keep the focus on student anxiety
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Jun 3
P.S. sob story equivocated on the results of Tennessee's "harsh" reforms, but that seemed fairly dishonest to me, c.f. @karenvaites
karenvaites.org/p/the-southe…
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