Funny - a hundred years ago kids didn’t have such a difficult time mastering reading, ‘riting, and ‘rithmetic.
In fact, they did far better with a far smaller budget.
Personally, if I were a member of the NEA, I’d have a tough time looking at myself in the mirror each morning before going off to “educate.”
And I certainly would NOT be crying for a bigger budget or more “community involvement.”
A good teacher could teach in a barn with a handful of shared textbooks and handheld slates. In fact generations of teachers did pretty much that.
Agree. All I have heard in the last 22 years is how much worse the schools are becoming, how much lower the kids score on tests, and; the local government here thinks that after throwing more money for each year it will work the next year. Why not be honest? This is greed and lazy teachers.