keepthefaith Posted December 31, 2009 Posted December 31, 2009 Best and brightest? We're talking glorified baby sitters here for the most part not Harvard professors. I won't go to great lengths to defend teachers but the biggest problem I see in schools is parents. We measure the quality of schools usually by standardized test scores and graduation rates. The numbers for inner city schools are usually horrible compared to suburban schools even when they teach the same subjects from the same textbooks. Big difference between the two are parents and the expectations they set for their kids and the supervision the parents provide. This also effects the hiring process. Quite frankly, many teachers don't want the inner city jobs and not because of money. Personal responsibility on the part of parents and adults is our greatest opportunity to improve education IMO and you can apply the same to nearly every social problem.
Gene Frenkle Posted December 31, 2009 Posted December 31, 2009 I won't go to great lengths to defend teachers but the biggest problem I see in schools is parents. We measure the quality of schools usually by standardized test scores and graduation rates. The numbers for inner city schools are usually horrible compared to suburban schools even when they teach the same subjects from the same textbooks. Big difference between the two are parents and the expectations they set for their kids and the supervision the parents provide. This also effects the hiring process. Quite frankly, many teachers don't want the inner city jobs and not because of money. Personal responsibility on the part of parents and adults is our greatest opportunity to improve education IMO and you can apply the same to nearly every social problem. Nobody bashing teachers unions cares about any of this. They just care about small government and what's best for 'me'.
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