[ChildOfThe60s]

I’m not convinced that there are a lot of good teachers based on my personal experience. Which is not to say that the educational system’s problems are simply the teachers.

However I think when we started handing out degrees in education to teach any old subject we started going down the tubes. In the sixties every one of my teachers had degrees in the subject they taught. That’s not the case anymore. And I don’t see how somebody with a degree in education can teach history or English as effectively as those with degrees in those disciplines.

But again, it is my considered opinion that a great deal of public education’s problems relate to political correctness and incompetent administration.

[sparklite2]

I’m not convinced that there are a lot of good teachers

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When New York stops competence-testing teachers because so few could pass the test, there’s not much left to say.

[snippy_about_it]

However I think when we started handing out degrees in education to teach any old subject we started going down the tubes.

A+ for this answer.