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🧵You might’ve heard of restorative justice and how it’s messed up school discipline. But have you heard of PBIS?
For @CityJournal, I investigate how PBIS (Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports) is leading to classroom anarchy
Neetu Arnold
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Neetu Arnold
@neetu_arnold
Joined January 2018
- Asian American voters shifted right…by A LOT National exit polls underestimated the rightward shifts of AA in major urban areas. WaPo, NBC found a shift under 10 pts My analysis of Asian-majority precincts show shifts of 15-30 pts Why the shift? AA voters explain⬇️
- Massachusetts passes major literacy bill 155–0 despite opposition from powerful teachers union: “Districts must use state-approved reading curriculums that include ‘five research-based areas,’ which include not just phonics but also vocab & comprehension, among other focuses”
- Harvard President Claudine Gay is asked about the percentage of conservative profs at Harvard Gay: “I don’t have that statistic, we don’t collect that data” Harvard Crimson survey provides a glimpse: less than 3% of profs hold conservative views
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- Replying to @neetu_arnold1) Punished for being too successful “The injustice of being labeled as privileged, selfish, cheaters, overrepresented, white adjacent, and resource hoarders hurt very deeply” @AsraNomani
- How did Louisiana rapidly rise from 50th to 16th in national reading scores? -Adopted Science of Reading curriculum -Rigorous accountability for state schools, especially struggling ones -Veteran teachers mentor other teachers + analyze student data to see what does and
- Replying to @neetu_arnold2) The anti-crime election “You only understand what you signed up for after Democrats win and you have to put up with crime and squalor” @DasguptaTeesta
- Woah. Texas A&M will close its Qatar branch campus “The Board has decided that the core mission of Texas A&M should be advanced primarily within Texas and the United States”
- Universities have marketed themselves less as academic institutions and more as lifestyle brands. They’ve de-emphasized rigor, standardized tests, and intellectual discomfort in favor of “community,” “fit,” & “experience” Students now expect constant validation, emotionalThese Harvard students…did not react well to the report on grade inflation: “The whole entire day, I was crying. I skipped classes on Monday, and I was just sobbing in bed because I felt like I try so hard in my classes, and my grades aren’t even the best. It just felt
- Replying to @neetu_arnold3) Inflation “Las Vegas is like an island in the middle of the desert, the increase of fuel costs trickled down to the pockets of consumers at the grocery stores w/goods being transported from CA to Las Vegas” @LibertyLumpia
- Manufactured diversity doesn’t work. The University of Michigan spent $250M on DEI programs only to have a more hostile campus: “Students were less likely to interact with people of a different race or religion or with different politics”
- Rep. Jim Banks: “Is this how Columbia University spells the work folks (folx)?” Columbia president Minouche Shafik: “No” Ok. So why is folx littered across Columbia’s website?
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- Rural Alabama school uses low math scores to inform them of which students need extra help Chicago public schools uses “equity-focused grading” to shield students from low grades Math scores improved in Alabama and plummeted in Chicago 🤔
