[squirt-gun]

Re your #20

Say what you will, government school in NC are among the worst.

I believe there are three things basic to a good elementary education.

1.A teacher fully comptent in her art....If teaching math...she/he should know it backwards and forwards.

2. A proven curriculum, tried and true, and not some new experiment from the NEA like new math and phonetic spelling.

3. dicipline in the classroom.

I am told that in the schools here in Western NC, item 3. is assured and one teacher friend from an exceptional public school system in the N.E and now subbing here said she had never seen such polite children as here in the mountains.

The other two issues seem hopeless....

Look to the over 100 year stranglehold of democrats in Raleigh state government for the answer.

[borntobeagle]

Did you apply the lapse in intelligence to the child of the original poster or the teacher?

I may have misunderstood, but it sounded like you said this about the child.

I'm am from a state similar to yours, we are at the bottom of the list in Public Education, Democrat controlled until 2 years ago.

Discipline is not going to happen in PS until people realize it isn't a dumping ground for children while the parents are out working.

Not all schools are bad. But they are all overly regulated and sensitized.

[PleaseNoMore]

Well, we in NC may be ranked low as a collective bunch but I assure you that there are outstanding schools here. My kids happen to attend two of them.

[thinkingman129]

I'd like to add another:

1. Students who WANT to learn.




That's huge. Especially in rural or underclass regions. The south included.

[Dasaji]

phonetic spelling...
That IS tried and true.

It is the whole language approach that is getting them into trouble.