We need a general tweet of the day thread

It's Boltons, all the way down

How is this my fault? If only we fully funded public education. I feel sorry for the kid and his future and just hope the only person he hurts is himself. Don't really see an answer.

The dazzler and mello hate public school districts that don't cede total control to the hive mind of the teacher unions. And then they tell me I don't care about the kids. Geezus. I can't imagine being that stupid and evil. Denver adopted rational common sense change that emphasizes actual education. And now the Empire Strikes Back.

https://www.joannejacobs.com/post/how-denver-schools-improved-choice-accountability

How Denver schools improved: Choice, accountability

Denver schools' reform strategy improved achievement dramatically, concludes a University of Colorado Denver study. "The overall effects of the reforms over 11 years are among the largest ever observed in educational research," concluded researchers.

The reforms focused "on school choice and competition, closing low-performing schools, empowering educators, and holding everyone accountable for test results," writes Jenny Brundin on CPR.

Denver Public Schools improved at a much faster rate than other large and low-performing Colorado districts from 2008 to 2019, the study found. DPS rose from the 5th percentile to the 60th among districts in English and the 63rd percentile of districts in math.

"High school graduation rates went up 14 percentage points, and between 2008 and 2019. DPS students received about 1 to 1.5 years of additional schooling compared to students at other large and low-performing districts," writes Brundin. "All demographic groups, Black, white, Hispanic, Asian Pacific Islander, English learners and special education students, saw improvements."

Today more than half the schools in Denver are district-authorized charter schools or innovation schools, which have greater control over time, budgets, hiring, and can waive elements of the teacher’s union contracts.

The growth of charter schools and performance pay for teachers have been controversial, writes Bundin. "DPS has rolled back" some of the reforms.

A union-backed school board majority is "dismantling" Denver's success story, write Parker Baxter, who headed the UCD study, and education writer Alan Gottlieb in Education Next. The school board offers "vague platitudes about prioritizing traditional district-managed schools and focusing on equity," they write. "Yet there’s no evidence that traditional neighborhood schools in this city have ever provided anything close to an equitable education for all of Denver’s kids."