Rob Heise @ChicagoRob

@DeBella_79 @CTULocal1 Define "capacity." That's a HUGE part of the mythology. Research shows that smaller class sizes are one of the most effective ways to ensure kids' learning environment is optimal. And it's study after study after study - all saying the same thing.

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Rob Heise @ChicagoRob

2 years ago

@Sargon_of_Akkad @KyleKulinski Did you read the subtitle of the headline?

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Rob Heise @ChicagoRob

2 years ago

@CynicalPublius @KyleKulinski It's ridiculous that you think something as passive as pronouns in a bio is even a little bit important.

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Rob Heise @ChicagoRob

2 years ago

@miravus @Marcusgibson @jasonhickel @Mangomania111 That's true. And those regulatory structures worked - until they were destroyed. Reagan destroyed the taxes that funded regulation & oversight, and Clinton followed up by destroying the foundations of regulatory agencies. The results: oligarchy; a return to the gilded age.

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Rob Heise @ChicagoRob

2 years ago

@DeBella_79 @CTULocal1 "Underutilized schools" is a myth. It was deeply destructive to neighorhoods - suggesting that certain areas don't deserve good schools. It's shortsighted, too. The neighborhood that has fewer children today won't always be that way, and you can't just undo school closings.

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Rob Heise @ChicagoRob

2 years ago

@DeBella_79 @CTULocal1 If you think teachers can brainwash a kid, you're both giving teachers too much credit and students not nearly enough credit. If you're afraid of students engaging with complex ideas, what is the point of ideas to begin with? The brainwashing is denying that other ideas exist.

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Rob Heise @ChicagoRob

2 years ago

@DeBella_79 @CTULocal1 There are, of course, those of us (I stopped teaching in 2020) that are willing to engage in conversations about morality & justice, but we do it Socratically - through questions; not answers. I never told a kid what to think; I often asked kids to engage with ideas, though.

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Rob Heise @ChicagoRob

2 years ago

@VivekGRamaswamy Such a stupid comment. The Founders weren't "small government;" they weren't "big government," either. They were "let's design a government from scratch." Their first attempt failed, and the Constitution followed. The Founders created a strong, adaptable central government.

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Rob Heise @ChicagoRob

2 years ago

@DeBella_79 @CTULocal1 The idea that CPS and CTU have the same goals is a fundamental misunderstanding. CTU is trying to change the system that you're upset about.

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Rob Heise @ChicagoRob

2 years ago

@DeBella_79 @CTULocal1 I've never met a teacher that is afraid of accountability. Illinois Policy Institute's version of accountability demands that teachers are accountable for a system that doesn't work. Their system is the problem.