Now, this is a Twitter thread worth reading:
And not once has anyone said that the problem is due to uncompetitive schools, or the achievement gap, or ineffective teachers, or anything else associated with our metrics for accountability with respect to educational quality.
— Drew Gitomer (@DrewGitomer) April 10, 2020
Those deficits are literally responsible for killing or harming thousands of people in this country, with the greatest impact being on the people that they couldn’t care less about
— Drew Gitomer (@DrewGitomer) April 10, 2020
To be clear, the last thing I’m suggesting is to start testing for soul, compassion, character, judgment and courage. But when we have a system where there is only one currency that has purchasing power, we wind up with far too many highly educated but dangerous people.
— Drew Gitomer (@DrewGitomer) April 10, 2020
At this moment in time, our first thoughts should not be how do we make up for reading and math score losses. I’d opt for focusing on how we use education to restore our humanity. Not sure how we do it but I’m open to suggestions.
— Drew Gitomer (@DrewGitomer) April 10, 2020
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