Better solution is to PURGE teachers and administrators who have ‘Education’ degrees. Let them go back to school to actually LEARN something credible, like trash sorting.
But without those requirements a teacher won’t be required to go through a college “education” program and be taught to be a good little leftist.
End the union stranglehold as well. But the best way is to offer choice with competition and public schools will wither on the vine
SURE they are.
Garbage in, garbage out.
Perhaps states could subsidize Education 101 and Education 102 courses.
This might mean second-year students would only have to pay say 75% of two semesters worth of tuition and the states would in turn have plentiful supplies of possible teachers.
The most effective single method to improve public schools is to end government unions. The second is to end totally federal government funding and regulating local schools. The third is to eliminate teachers’ colleges as a credential for employment (which includes licensing).
I was taught by the WWII generation until about 1965. They had no professional training. They were very good. Then, along came the college grads. It was a noticable step down.
End teacher unions.
No, end teacher unions. Teachers should still qualify, but that qualification should be merit based, not union or political oriented.
Start with eliminating that fake doctorate, Ed.D. Almost every school principal in my area has one. And don’t get me started on the “Education” majors I went to college with (naturally none in any of my upperclass courses) as an Engineering student.
end unions, license with background check and performance based employment.
> I am an attorney by trade. I have a degree in law, yet I am precluded from teaching about the Constitution in Milwaukee Public Schools. <
I’ll play the devil’s advocate for a moment. I wonder if this guy would be okay with folks practicing law without going to law school, or without getting a law license.
Now on to more serious things. I was a high school teacher for decades. And I see two things of value with teacher licenses.
1. It shows you have a good grasp of the subject matter. My first license was in chemistry. I had to obtain enough credits in the subject, and then pass a state exam to get that license.
I know the ins and outs of chemistry. I know the lab safety rules, and I can answer advanced questions the students might have. And one more thing. I taught for awhile at a private school where no teaching license was necessary. Some of my fellow teachers were quite competent. Some really didn’t know what they were talking about.
2. The license also (theoretically) shows that you know how to teach the subject. And here’s where the problem lies! University courses on ‘how to teach’ are almost always worthless, unrealistic trash.
I dunno. Perhaps an alternative might be to set a rigorous test for each subject. Pass that test, then intern for a semester under the eye of a master teacher. And that internship is important.
College professors don’t need to know how to motivate students. They just lecture away. It’s different in the public schools. You gotta learn the art of how to present a lesson.
When I was a kid, my mom took a part time job at a nursery school while my brother and I were at school. She loved working with kids, and the extra money was welcome. She did that for a few years. Then the state moved in and told her that she had to take certain “education” courses so she could continue working there. She had two degrees, but that wasn’t enough for the state.
She quit.
need parental review of cirriculumn
Teacher’s unions might declare a foul on that one.
Just close them.
The time has come for seperation of school and state.
Simple! Only one solution with any possible chance of working...
It's damning to look at what students learned a century ago versus what passes for education now.
Most crapola taught in schools can be learned over the internet.
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Basic Civics and hands on skills in Camp settings.
Basic home econ and household finance in community settings.
Animals and farming, machinery and structures, manufacturing and logistics, etc . . . all in hands on settings from folks in the field.
Not in a silly classroom, with an over-credentialed stooge leading the group.
really is time to change things in a very big way-
I have a much better idea. Implement a voucher system so parents can opt out of sending their kids to dysfunctional public schools with their marxist teacher’s union.