Posted on 12/25/2014 7:16:54 AM PST by Libloather
Those poor ‘educators.’ Without marching orders from The Party Secretariat how will they meet their indoctrination quotas?
There are some fantastic teachers who work many, many out of school hours to research and plan innovative, engaging lesson plans that advance real understanding of the standards. They spend the summer evaluating successes and failures in their own teaching, and attend specialized training and workshops, often at their own expense. I know, because I was one of them.
These teachers are in the minority. If one-fourth of the teachers in your local school are of this brand, I would be shocked.
The general public would be appalled at some of the "teaching" I've seen and heard about through the professional grapevine.
The absolute worst tend to be athletic coaches, who are REALLY brought onto the faculty to coach, and are assigned classes to justify their existence.
” The math Common Core standards are not that much different than the previous state standards.”
I think what’s happened with Common Core is that the radicals finally painted a huge target on themselves. For example, we had Everyday Math and Mathland (I think that was the absolutely horrendous one) before Common Core.
But Everyday Math is approved by Common Core, so people associate the two (Mathland was so bad that even public schools couldn’t stomach it).
So, Common Core, at least for math really isn’t any worse than what is being used...it’s just that people now have a MUCH EASIER way way to take it on, and for that, I’m happy.
“The testing and evaluations put in place are costing billions, making cronies billions (PARCC and Pearson specifically), and ultimately fix nothing.”
+1
“The absolute worst tend to be athletic coaches, who are REALLY brought onto the faculty to coach, and are assigned classes to justify their existence. “
That is, I think, a huge problem everywhere.
When I taught, I had a textbook which was useful for assigning practice problems and illuminating a few concepts, but my "curriculum" came from a variety of sources. I researched best practices, projects, and assignments and did my actual teaching using those. The textbook was the least-useful resource I had.
I taught in the poorest school with the greatest percentage of minority and "economically disadvantaged" students in my district. My kids ALWAYS led the pack on testing.
That goes for me, too.
I have found only one conservative teacher in the pile I assumed were leftists.
That ain’t new.
Unfortunately she has already started to backtrack on that thanks to unending lobbying by the left. We need to start our own campaign to remind her why she was elected. If she insists on going against her promise, we should let her know her own voters will join the recall effort. Do what you were elected to do! Those other people didn’t vote for you anyway!
Worse. It's about death.
Death of the family.
Death of the nation (and with it representative government).
Death of people (population reduction).
Death of Nature (preservation kills).
Leftists don't have any comprehension for the true ends of their means.
Oh my goodness!
The five year "Teaching Kindergarteners" plan is destroyed!
What, oh what, will they do with the cookie and milk crowd now?
Michelle O. has a plan to eliminate their milk and cookies.
I was lucky because I taught in the school. I had absolute veto power over my son's class schedule, and I picked the teachers who I knew did a good job. My son received a fantastic education.
My door was always open to any parent who wanted to drop by. I encouraged it, although very few took me up on the offer.
I urge any parent to drop into the school unannounced and observe your child's classroom. I especially encourage this if you child is taught by an athletic coach.
I've commented a few times (and more to come) about the McGuffey grave being in circular motion.
A neighbor and I found it easier to "attack" through the GSA club (gay/straight alliance) ... 14 families now committed to removing their kids next year
It's an easy open door to other commentary .. Common Core f'rinstance, which, in Pennsylvania is called PA Core .. a feigned attempt to keep the language of common core out of the conversation.
“My door was always open to any parent who wanted to drop by. I encouraged it, although very few took me up on the offer.”
The ones that drop by are usually the ones you don’t really need to talk to. “How is ____ doing? Fine, Ma’am. He’s making a 94.”
A word to the wise... The CC controversy is completely moot for those parents who have the gumption to home school their kids. Or, failing that, enroll their kids in a quality conservative private school.
That's exactly what the problem is here. You've had this idea of "grades" ingrained in your psyche because that's the way schools have been operating for years. There's nothing to say that a grade-based system is ideal for educating children at all.
Actually, this goes to the bigger question about what I've said for years: Does a public school system even have a place in a free nation?
I don't know about anyone else, but my answer to this question is a resounding NO.
Hey socialist teachers! Go back to the three “R’s” and the rest will fall in place!
My son was homeschooled until freshman year. It was the right thing for our family, and I don't regret it one bit.
I also agree that grade-based education is not the best. The best is one-on-one tutoring with everything geared towards the education of a single child.
Given that we do have a public school system, and that most realists don't envision the immediate demise of public education, I choose to promote the best public education system we can have... while acknowledging its inherent deficiencies.
Standards, study plans and similar Colleges of Education nonsense are not needed. All that is required are educated teachers (educated in the subject matter that they are tasked with teaching) who have a passion for their subject. That means that probably 95% of teachers must go. Currently the teaching profession is a jobs program for semi-literate people whose ethnicity I am not allowed to speak. There are, of course, exceptions to this assertion, but they are very few. I draw on first hand observation of the experiences my grand children have to suffer. Flame away !
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