"Education as a whole is not a problem waiting to be fixed but a set of issues, problems, and opportunities to be addressed." (Weller, 2022).
I'm an advocate for #DesignThinking. Not as a way of solving problems but as a way of exploring the world. This idea comes from Jon Kolko, a designer.
This thinking helps push past the idea that #education is broken and opens up to us (educators) the opportunity to explore issues, opportunities and problems and develop new approaches (small) based on evidence and feedback.
This is me just unpacking my thinking. 😋 @edutooters
@aus_teach @edutooters I appreciate your thoughts on this issue. I think that as a statement to empower educators to improve the situation reframing the problem is good. We talk a lot about locus of control. What can you change, what can't you change. By addressing specific issues you can make a positive impact.
However, at the end of the day, education is fundamentally broken and can not be fixed. It will take more than incremental fixes to make it work correctly.
@edutooters @aus_teach @scerruti I’d love to hear more about what you feel is “fundamentally broken” about education if you’re willing.
@DavidKnuffke @edutooters @aus_teach caveat: US education system
Lack of respect for the profession has eroded compensation driving the best away. Resulting in lower standards and a feedback loop of declining performance. Florida and Arizona are putting bodies in classrooms. California discussed eliminating the CBEST as a requirement.
Union/government partnerships have carved educational practices and methodologies in stone limiting or eliminating certain forms of innovation.
Etc.
@scerruti @DavidKnuffke @edutooters @aus_teach
As a California teacher who has taken the CBEST, I can tell you it is the lowest of all bars. Anyone who can’t pass that has no business being anywhere near a classroom.
@JenRoberts @scerruti @DavidKnuffke @edutooters @aus_teach I agree on the bar on the CBEST, which as others have pointed out is now waivable, but even with that said. All of these tests present financial barriers (in California, if you are in a program fees on all tests are covered by the state).
CBEST is $90, each CSET is $127, and the edTPA is $300. So easily $500+
Worse, the CSET and edTPA are very problematic tests. Working in STEM teacher prep, and this is well documented, multilingual learners and students with disabilities fare much worse on the very writing intensive assessment.
Also worth pointing out, that as we expect and demand students engage in UDL strategies and equitable practices that we use inequitable tests on them.
@JenRoberts @scerruti @ZingerLearns @aus_teach @edutooters 💯💯💯