Until the parents take responsibility for their children, there is no cure for this mess.
Good points raised by all...our schools are a mess and we will never fix the problem until we stop catering to the lazy
We value the rights of the underachiever over the rights of those desirous to benefit themselves. This needs to change
ITA. Students need to want to learn and value education. Parents have to stop viewing school as daycare and be responsible for their kids behavior. Teachers need to freakin teach and it would help if they were educated and smart. Most education majors in most colleges have mickey mouse classes. Anyone with a heartbeat could get a degree in education. The state boards, now Praxis tests, are ridiculously easy. Even in grad school, the classes are so easy, it’s pathetic. I graduated from Penn State with a different major then went to grad school, 2 master degrees later and the one in education was a breeze. A few years ago I had to take the Praxis tests to be certified in NJ and barely studied, after 20 years, yet still aced them. And, so many fail the praxis. Most ed majors are the bottom of the barrel and that’s a fact.
Then there’s the teachers’ union. A thug organization. We need to get rid of the union before we even try to change puplic education in this country.
I send/sent my kids to catholic school until high school and fortunately I live in an affluent area so the puplic high school is exceptional. But it’s still the same crap only here they don’t want parental involvement or being questioned because it shows the many flaws.
I grew up in the inner city and taught in inner city philly as a young teacher. I also taught in an affluent PA town and now live in one. It will be a cold day in hell when I’d ever again teach in the slums or the city or any area where I have to deal with lowlifes.
We have to stop allowing the unions and the government to run the schools.