"EDUCATING MAGGIE" | The Real Parents #WontBackDown Against #ALEC |

[geefloyd46]

The actors need to research about the films they make rather than be puppets for Rupert Murdoch


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[Smarmie Doofus]

1. At least she's honest. I hope she meets with the parents. n/t

[DhhD]

2. Form a parent committee that is within your local school district.

Instead of working from the outside, parents should work on the inside, within the school district as a committee to study and produce a finding to take to the educators within the school district. PARENTS SET THE CURRICULUM IN THEIR OWN SCHOOL DISTRICT.

How to start: the same way a professional teacher is trained. Go to a college campus store and purchase the book or books that are set up to train teachers in the Sociology of Education classes. One could even take a course from a University, College of Education. Retired teachers are perfect for this committee: at least one per committee.

Back to the neighborhood school, the district HAS TO set up committees to study and recommend curriculum. PARENTS IN A SCHOOL DISTRICT CONTROL THE CURRICULUMS by this committee system. You, the parent, tell the district educators WHAT they are to teach your children through the method that mentioned above.

A good example is that a committee needs to make sure that a phonetic curriculum is set up in early elementary school classrooms for the Language Lesson. Students that can read and write on grade level can do better, therefore, can stay on GRADE LEVEL as they are promoted through the grades. Getting behind is a big problem. Years of getting behind, become a GREAT problem by high school.

Are you reading with your children once a week? Are you keeping then on grade level during the summer? Send your children to school ready. Keep them ready. How often during the school year do you check your child's folder of work, sign it? The work in a folder is the best way to study for a test as well as seeing that the student is getting the assigned work DONE and IN on time. A folder provides a responsibility and accountability between parent and student and parent and teacher. On the first day of school, a teacher sends home a letter to tell parents that it is best if they bring their child's folder/work with them, to a parent teacher or parent principal meeting at any time needed. Sometimes the folder can be kept at school in the classroom. A folder containing written records is sort of like a report card, a calendar and a record keeping ledger.

Get with your local committee chairperson for an update or make recommendation. Be a part of a committee. Check your child.

[pscot]

3. Good advice

Maybe you could create a post for this. I think the community over at Dkos would probably be interested as well. Our power lies in collective action.

[KSstellarcat]

4. Why should parents dictate the curriculum?

Sorry, but that is insinuating that the parents know more than the highly trained teachers. Am I misunderstanding your post?

[geefloyd46]

5. This isn't about whether the parents know more

Frankly the privatizers really don't care what the parents think. This movie is about mouthing the words of Rupert Murdoch and the other billionaire who put up the money for this. They want to destroy public education, free up the money that is attached to it, and funnel the money out to their business ventures in education. Unfortunately a lot of top actresses, like Maggie Gylennhaal, don't even know what's behind the words they are repeating. American: parents and others are miles away from their children which is why it is easier to steal the money.

[KSstellarcat]

6. I was referring to a reply on here....

....about forming a parent committee to dictate the curriculum that they want taught. I am totally with you re: this movie.

[geefloyd46]

7. No problem

I do believe you have to bring the parents into the conversation about the curriculum what these privatizers have been very successful is driving a wedge between the parents and educators by portraying them as being on different sides. As I like to tell people who do you think would advocate for your children someone who is in the same building as your kids or as a politician who is far removed from him.