"Taylor said he won't blame anyone,"
Probably because he's to blame. Heads need to roll.
Maybe they need to bring back the King James Version of English, and the King's Bible.
Thomas Sowell's "Inside American Education" documents numerous ways teachers attack parental authority.
Teachers have asked third-graders, "How many of you ever wanted to beat up your parents?"
In a high school health class, students were asked, "How many of you hate your parents?"
Fire all the teachers...hire new ones.
Dump the curriculum
I guess you are not familiar with Baltimore City schools. I read the article and yawn. Baltimore City schools have a 19% truancy rate, and that is its strong point.
...in a prepared statement from the NEA.
(snip)
Parents want to know how the situations will be fixed.
Maybe start by being parents?
They're all spending too much time pushing Amway products.
If Taylor needed to see this report before he knew the problem existed as was this bad, he needs to be fired, or recalled.
BTW, would this be called a hard hitting expose on WOOD TV?
;-)
There are scads and scads of Christian schools in the area, in addition to many, many home-schoolers. So one could argue the public schools are filled with those left behind.
Obviously, they need to lower the standards. (/sarcasm)
The attitude toward education begins at home. If the parents don't value education, neither will the kids.
"Throw more money at the problem," will be the final solution.
Students are failing across the country yet, teachers are paid more then ever in history.
They say they need more money.
In your job, you have pay for performance.....right? Do the same thing with teachers. Break the unions and demand that the teachers perform. Right now, it's called dumbing down our kids. These kids are the future of this country......demand that the schools fix it.
Quick - lower the standards and give that school some more money!
In the days of yore, the CA public school system was a model for other states to follow. That was until the liberals took over the reigns of leadership and the illegal population began to over-run the public school system.
Money is flooded into the public school system for teacher development, and interventions for the ELL population and little progress has been gained.
Superindents/adminstrators/teachers run at the first sign of conflict. They are afraid of lawsuits not only from each other, but from parents of students.
The lack of "zero tolerance policies" for poor behavior is missing in some of the schools. Suspensions/expulsions are a matter of public record (school accountability report cards). Therefore, adminstrators do not suspend/expel students because they do not want their schools to be viewed by the public in a poor light.
Some districts..there is the view social promotion is acceptable. Must not damage a student's self esteem by retaining them.
There is a lack of parent accountability as well as student accountability especially in low income schools (SES schools).
Taylor is being transparent..attempting to get ahead of the game because his job is on the line...Plenty of superintendents, across the nation, do not want to lose their high paying jobs.
Fixing this problem requires starting in K or 1st grade. By the time these kids are 14 or 15 it is way too late.
If the public schools used and taught a solid curriculum consisting of math facts, arithmetic and phonics thru the 3rd grade, these kids would at least have a good base.