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Phoenix has a plan to ensure your kids get the education they need during this crisis! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f399975daaed364cf212d8b/1600221713882-4IARFSI8FY4F8I4GLY2C/teachers.jpeg Home - Join the Parent-Teacher-Student Alliance Tired of achievement gaps? Tired of the War on Teachers? Tired of moronic standardized tests? Lt. Phoenix has 13 years classroom experience, and a background in sociology of education. His goal: To supercharge Barbourville schools - WITHOUT hurting teachers or students. https://www.phoenixrising.org/the-issues daily 0.75 2020-09-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f399975daaed364cf212d8b/1600291795629-CE1AJ3BA01ZMY9EZ6MZ9/poverty+for+knowledge+gap%3F.jpeg The Issues https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f399975daaed364cf212d8b/1600287899942-3URRTYFCXLV756L1N4VX/Bville+students.jpg The Issues https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f399975daaed364cf212d8b/1600286361113-T5MXSORR1CM2ZRLMRDOU/writing+revoution.jpg The Issues https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f399975daaed364cf212d8b/1600292462159-MIWBC1WI839LGB24G37O/teacher+turnover.jpg The Issues https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f399975daaed364cf212d8b/1600291669098-PNBASK3QH71M4VQ6EVD3/funding+inequality.jpeg The Issues https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f399975daaed364cf212d8b/1600297623742-3Y7WG5AG3W9IWRT67FGN/machine+learning+pic.jpeg The Issues https://www.phoenixrising.org/close-the-knowledge-gap daily 0.75 2020-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f399975daaed364cf212d8b/1600313316928-K8FF0B0NHB3XHDVPYF1S/bad+history.jpeg Close the Knowledge Gap - When I was teaching at the University of Louisville, half my college students did not know when the Civil War happened And I made a promise to find out why. So I started looking at school performance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f399975daaed364cf212d8b/1600361569958-BRVLA48ZAYDHCAOTS26O/2019+test+scores+2.jpg Close the Knowledge Gap - Why do high school test scores fall off a cliff in Barbourville? It doesn’t matter the year. Math or reading. Barbourville and statewide. There’s a consistent trend. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f399975daaed364cf212d8b/1600365018046-U5G151P71WAUWVR4U1JH/knowledge+gap.jpeg Close the Knowledge Gap https://www.phoenixrising.org/writing-revolution daily 0.75 2020-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f399975daaed364cf212d8b/1600378770638-NHL1DVLI30F62QJS0PUT/writing+revoution.jpg The Writing Revolution - What is the Writing Revolution? In American schools, writing is frequently assigned, but rarely taught (well). Which is why today’s writing instruction leaves students pretty bad at it. Which is why most writing instruction in this country fails to make students better writers. After teaching a college class where his mostly college sophomore students were writing at an 8th grade level, Phoenix swore there had to be a better way. He began researching why so many students were bad at writing, and what to do about it. The Writing Revolution is a way to teach writing, originally developed by Judith Hochman for special needs children. The method turned out to be so successful that schools around the country have begun adopting it to improve their student’s writing, from kindergarten though college. Believe it or not, the tricks to teaching writing are a. to start with teaching basic sentence structure, and b. to integrate writing instruction into a content-focused curriculum. The method uses writing to make students better thinkers, and works across all grade and skill levels. Phoenix will work to bring the Writing Revolution to Barbourville. He will empower our teachers by teaching them how to teach writing in ways they never taught possible! https://www.phoenixrising.org/covid-and-your-kids-school daily 0.75 2020-09-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f399975daaed364cf212d8b/1600377777616-786JTZDCWSENW4SSULR2/UWS.jpeg Covid & Your Kid's School https://www.phoenixrising.org/advocating-for-you daily 0.75 2020-09-06 https://www.phoenixrising.org/fight-for-funding daily 0.75 2020-09-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f399975daaed364cf212d8b/1600724917135-A59863ULPN081C57ZQ2W/new+chart.jpg Fight for Funding! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f399975daaed364cf212d8b/1600726427133-CJ02945117V69CW2LS60/rose+cbe.png Fight for Funding! https://www.phoenixrising.org/open-letter daily 0.75 2020-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f399975daaed364cf212d8b/1600368481068-GVAPBLFDP9EI3B5S0NRM/funny+teaching+comic.jpg Open Letter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f399975daaed364cf212d8b/1600368665482-QH6OM39BNKTXN2PU0IMK/teacher+and+child.jpeg Open Letter - How do you tell a kid, who might be dealing with god-knows-what when they go home, that they should put their faith in learning, even if they’re not good at it (yet)? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f399975daaed364cf212d8b/1600368988530-ZZUOQCNWNHL7818BH3GK/Screen+Shot+2020-09-17+at+14.54.29.png Open Letter “And remember kids: Love Learning! Screenshot from my educational TV Pilot https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f399975daaed364cf212d8b/1600369268588-G3IHHXIQS7AYNS7K40UC/teacher+wars.jpeg Open Letter - The problem is, when teachers actually get into a classroom, they often face a lack of respect, parents who demean them, unrealistic expectations from all sides, and an administration that isn’t always as supportive as it should be. While everyone and their cousin has an opinion on teaching, very few realize how hard teaching is to do well. Not to mention the fact that compared to other professions, grade teaching pays less and has fewer avenues for advancement. And that’s not even counting wave after wave of standardized tests, which neither students nor parents nor teachers particularly like, that wastes an entire grade’s worth of a K-12 student’s life, which have done absolutely nothing to improve education in the last 20 years, and have in many ways made school worse! Then on top of that, there’s an organized movement out there that wants to pay teaches even less, take away their pensions, and turn teaching into a minimum wage temp job. This War on Teachers must not stand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f399975daaed364cf212d8b/1600369936396-I4SDA8ST9WNKTI0J0SNJ/turnover+headlines.png Open Letter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f399975daaed364cf212d8b/1600369359456-JB660S6K1JB98LXUJBG5/classic-meme-impact+%281%29.png Open Letter https://www.phoenixrising.org/a-21st-century-education daily 0.75 2020-09-19 https://www.phoenixrising.org/meet-phoenix daily 0.75 2021-05-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f399975daaed364cf212d8b/1600222978785-BLXLG6E2QL58JFSO19XN/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-09-15%2Bat%2B22.21.21.jpg Meet Phoenix Still-shot from “Jon Phoenix, Government Guru,” pilot episode https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f399975daaed364cf212d8b/1620177650911-YW2GM7BF2P84TO1ZF4HK/Manchester+Pic.jpg Meet Phoenix Phoenix, in his capacity as ESGR representative, recognizing a local Patriotic Employer for supporting the Kentucky Guard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f399975daaed364cf212d8b/1600222177113-TTOT94CP7YY2M6RB5JJI/4636398865954484363.jpg Meet Phoenix Phoenix teaching cooking & canning at the Appalachian Children’s Home https://www.phoenixrising.org/about daily 0.75 2020-10-10 https://www.phoenixrising.org/reducing-teacher-turnover daily 0.75 2020-09-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f399975daaed364cf212d8b/1600368121122-8A640M8Q9G52ADMFAAWM/funny+teaching+comic.jpg Reducing Teacher Turnover https://www.phoenixrising.org/home-1 daily 0.75 2020-10-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f399975daaed364cf212d8b/1600219316907-67X4SA1JNRTYZTSOSE5E/20140302_Trade%252B151_0503.jpg Home (Copy) - Covid & Your Kid’s Education Many parents are worried about what effect the Coronavirus Pandemic will have on Barbourville schools. Phoenix has a plan to ensure your kids get the education they need during this crisis! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f399975daaed364cf212d8b/1600221713882-4IARFSI8FY4F8I4GLY2C/teachers.jpeg Home (Copy) - Join the Parent-Teacher-Student Alliance Tired of achievement gaps? Tired of the War on Teachers? Tired of moronic standardized tests? Lt. Phoenix has 13 years classroom experience, and a background in sociology of education. His goal: To supercharge Barbourville schools - WITHOUT hurting teachers or students.