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Politicians are Wrecking Our Schools

As election season nears, grandstanding Democratic and Republican politicians will discuss the importance of educators and not teaching to a test. Then, with their empty rhetoric still in the air, they will enact laws that base evaluations on test scores, weaken due process, and inject competition. Meanwhile, many news organizations, who have failed to report on why many educators are against these things, will hail their efforts. None of these efforts will work, and the thousands of teachers and principals who have criticized these ideas will then clean up the mess

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http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002404164

Ya know, ya stupid scrunt, when you demand public money there is only one way to get it: through the government.

The people who run government are politicians.

Politicians will do whatever they must to appeal to the broadest statistical margin.

Have you figured that out yet?

The homeschoolers and voucher advocates have.

You're dumber than you pretend them to be.

[Karin]

and inject competition

[delilahmused]

I understand not teaching to the test but a good, creative teacher teaches those concepts in ways that make children want to learn. Excellent, enthusiastic teachers make the situation work (schools are NEVER without rules, specific textbooks, etc.) and use the given structure as the first rung of a ladder. I'd settle for tests for teachers before they're allowed to teach and every few years after. Something like the SAT where they have to have a certain score to continue teaching.

Cindie

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Cindie

Oh ma'am.

She's got a fat paycheck and benes package for sitting on her fat ass.

Those kids don't mean shit to her by virtue of the fact she'll stop teaching them for days at a time if anyone dare suggest she contribute 1.5% of her salary to her own retirement plan.

The kids are just props--HOSTAGES--for her to get her money.

To have standards would be to introduce a threat to her money bag.

To have standards might expose her in all her unworthiness.

The guilty flee when no man pursueth.

[longview]

Simple concept.  Public servant.

The "public" doesn't like the product being delivered by "public" schools, and amazingly, some politicians are responding by stopping at least some of the policies that hinder improvement.

What's difficult about understanding that?