Research shows that kindergarten needs to be a full-day, play-based program emphasizing social-emotional learning and hands-on activities. Classrooms should be packed with materials that spark creativity and curiosity. Teachers support and guide play and discovery intentionally to ensure each child makes progress toward specific learning goals.

Several HISD teachers shared the NES Daily Schedule for five and six year-olds.

Each day, students take four quizzes, adding up to 20 per week. With 22 kids, that’s 440 quizzes to grade and teachers are often up until midnight double-checking Mike Miles' error-ridden PowerPoints.

There’s no room for reteaching. If students don’t grasp the lesson today, teachers must move on. For example, the SSO/ED interrupted a teacher’s lesson to demand she start the DOL (Demonstration of Learning), ignoring her concerns about students needing more time to grasp the concepts and insisting that the class was ten minutes behind schedule.

You may also want to read “A Day in the Life of a Third Grade NES Student” here.

This is educational malpractice. 

Will you help stop Miles from causing further harm to schoolchildren and public education? Can you-

• SPEAK at the board meeting this Thursday at 5 pm. Registration is from 5 pm today until noon on Wed. Registration details are here.
• WRITE a letter to the Greater Houston Partnership urging them to vote no on the HISD bonds because Miles has brought chaos to HISD and he cannot be trusted to manage a $4.4 billion bond. Here’s a sample template and email addresses. 
• PHONEBANK or BLOCKWALK against the bond and the horrible takeover this week. Find out more at houstoncvpe.org/events.