It’s almost as though neither money nor government is the key ingredient for good education.
I am a teacher in a labeled low performing, poverty district. Our state, last I read, has the largest group of Teach for America teachers in the country.
The problem stems directly from children coming from single parent families, dysfunctional families, being raised by either grand or great grandparents & having anger & attitude issues. A large portion of the day for too many teachers is dealing w/ children who have not been taught manners or any self control. And I’m talking kids in kindergarten exhibiting this.
As someone who has become more conservative over the years please answer this question........WHY don’t states penalize single mothers who continue to have children on our taxpayer dime? And I am from a state w/ a very conservative governor. If I am getting all the freebies why not have more kids?
The other thing that Trump has got to do is to cut off the checks they give families for their child if they are labeled learning disabled across the board. There are parents who coach their kids so they can get a check. And maybe a tiny handful use the check for their child, the majority use it to live. I had a special needs little girl (her smile made everyone happy!) whose mom was repeatedly asked to send in pull ups & baby wipes. I finally told her she could not come in until she sent those. And she was getting a large check. So STOP these checks.
Oh, I did not mean to monologue, but education in America is broken.