Forty p.c of American fourth graders have lower than fundamental studying expertise–and solely 26 p.c of twelfth graders are thought of proficient in math, in response to the federal authorities’s Nationwide Evaluation of Instructional Progress,
So that you would possibly suppose that there wasn’t a lot else on the minds of academics on the newest annual gathering of the nation’s largest academics union.
You possibly can learn an outline of each accredited enterprise merchandise on this abstract revealed by the NEA. However one conference delegate from Texas summarized them by telling me the response {that a} pal of hers received whereas attempting to speak to different union members about the most effective methods to show studying and writing.
“We don’t have time for that. We’ve received to battle Trump,” her pal was instructed.
