Funny. When I attended school board meetings in the 2000’s, the teachers blamed poor performance on having to teach for the tests.
Teacher unions always say it is about the kids, but it is really about tenure, the paycheck, the pension and the other benefits. Competition is sorely needed as an alternative to public schools.
Teachers unions competing against themselves. Is that real competition?
When my kids were in grade school in the 2000’s, parental volunteers were there everyday. (I was one of them.)
Doubt that happens anymore.
Some parents today seem to be OK with social media and teachers raising their kids.
Absolutly, when I taught I knew the material that would be tested in the future and made certain that I covered it. There was also time to teach things that held interest for the kids. So I did that too. Teaching was great and we all enjoyed the class. Win Win, right?
Oh and if the test showed that some kids did not get some part of the course? I was shown that by my department head and the next year I would revise that unit to get more success the next test. That is how I thought it should work.