As parents in several states have stood up against standardized education such as Common Core and CSCOPE, one teacher in the Chicago area (Highland Park) has taken a similar (although not necessarily directly related) stand that is now going viral.
Last week, 15-year teaching veteran Ellie Rubenstein posted a 10-minute YouTube video where she decried the state of test-centric eduction after the district she was working in said it was going to be transferring her and several other teachers– a move she says came because those teachers were vocal about their issues and one she says the district has attributed to concerns over the school’s “poor climate.”
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12 comments:
LOVE EM OR HATE EM, i think standardized testing is a necessity. if you asked your kid what they learned in math class today and they respnded by saying, "i learned how to jimmy a car door!". you might start questioning the education your child is receiving, but there would be no way to complain because the teachers could "teach what they wanted."
i know im exaggerating, but hopefully you see the point.
Sorry folks but this problem began with holding good students back so poor students could catch up. Face it, its a behaving issue now in schools because teachers are not allowed to do their jobs.
good thing you're not a teacher
Just put Military men in schools and allow them the freedom to kick the butts of the students that are disruptive, and problem solved.
Teachers are required to test to the test instead of actually teaching a course. In order for the schools to receive state and federal monies they must achieve certain test scores and goals failure to do so eliminates the money. It isn't about teaching the children anymore, it's about getting the money. This is so sad because we keep dumping more money every year into the board of education's budget and deep pockets, and the children aren't learning anything. They don't want you to know that. The unions are running the schools and that is part of the problem.
The same teachers show up every budget year with the same speeches. If they would use that time productively and stop the speeches, maybe they could have a more positive impace where it is needed.
military men in schools to kick butt? lmao sigh, damn I hate people
Ahhh my fellow Eastern Shore citizen the struggles in our schools reach much much further than you can ever imagine. Not all schools in the county are bad, some are good schools but majority of them have lots and lots of behavior issues. Too many people have been turning a blind eye to the downward spiral of our schools. In Wicomico County schools alone it seems to often than not kids displaying bad behavior get away with it and the good kids completely get over looked. Too many kids are not getting properly disciplined because office staff and administrators are sweeping the issues under the rug and fudging the numbers to make it look like its not as bad as it actually is. For example all kids of rumors circulating that Delmar Elementary alone has had kids threatening teachers and attacking teachers and the worthless principal does nothing expect brag about her clothes and lets the kids run wild all to most likely make herself look good and make it looks like no bad issues.If any teachers try to do anything or speak up supposedly they get threatened to be fired or worth.....sounds really shady to me. Mark my words that one of these days someone is going to get very seriously hurt and it will all come out in a major law suit. But don't take my word for it, go and investigate yourselves, I just ask that if you do ask multiple people and don't let them stonewall you or lie to you. Bad leadership starts at the top and for around here it begins with Dr. Frederickson who is a joke of a superintendent of our school system, we should begin by firing him and completely clean house...not just for the students sake but for the sake of our community.
at 66 yrs. old; can you please tell me how in the world we got through school with an excellent education?
we didn't have any of the problems you have today. we had very little money. (stop throwing good money after bad). we were taught basic skills through memorization. we were taught to read the "old fashioned" way and most of us are still avid readers.
we did not have creative spelling, math and english. this is for stupid students and stupid teachers. in other words, no accountability for anyone. we had to pass tests and the teachers taught what was in the textbook. duh...what's so hard about that.
student causing trouble; get him or her out of school period. make the parents accountable. this is the way it was done in the past.
I know i'm wishful thinking here so just get you children out of the government schools while they still have a chance.
10:14 nailed it. Somewhere along the line, we decided it was better to teach children to "feel good about themselves" and to give them "self-esteem" and to make sure all children "succeeded". Stop coddling children who can't, don't, or won't learn --- at the expense of those who will. Teachers spend half the class time telling Johnny to sit down , be quiet, and stop hitting the kid next to him. What does Johnny say? "shut up bitch!". He gets sent to the office, where the Principal, who won't have a job long if his students get suspended a lot and God help him if minority students get suspended, tells Johnny to be good and SENDS HIM BACK TO CLASS. Where he smirks at the teacher and smacks the kid next to him again. They can't read, write, spell, or construct a sentence. When they leave school (failure is not an option, ESPECIALLY for minority students) they can't even fill out an employment application. They can't count change, read a map, or behave properly in a professional atmosphere. It is not the teacher's fault, either. It's your insistence on this liberal "everybody is somebody special" educational theory crap. You are reaping what you have sown....
From a teacher's perspective:
It's a different world then what we grew up in. Mom and dad are often divorced, not married to begin with, or one of them (and in the past year or two, it's mothers as well as fathers) is not around either due to abandonment, death, drugs, mental instability, military duty or long term commute (some even working for the year across country or even in another country. The other parent is working, usually long hours, and sometimes many jobs, just to make ends meet. So, who's raising the the kids? if Grandparents are around, a lot of them have stepped up to help, but many of them are working still as well.
Parents often feel guilty for this, so they buy their kids the latest gadgets and whatnot. My students have better cell phones than I do.
A lot of These kids, or "digital natives" as their generation is termed, is being raised with little guidance, very little moral or ethical upbringing, with parents who do not have time to sit at the dinner table daily as a family, did not take the time to read bedtime stories, sing to their children, nor spend quality time even on the weekends. Digital natives are often on Facebook, texting friends and playing video games late into the night. They come to school with bags under their eyes, and an apathetic attitude because the Wicomico County classroom just can't compete with the fun apps on their cellphones, iPads and iPods. And we don't have the tech to teach them in their digital native language. Kids today are multitaskers, because we've made them that way...except, nobody has taken the time to teach them how to do this effectively, because even their parents have too much going on to handle their own lives effectively. And as much as I want to point fingers back at those who have pointed their fingers at me as a teacher, I can't, because they are doing the best they can in a trying financial time for all of us.
so, again, I ask you, all of you.... Whose raising our kids? Because last I checked, I spent more time with the kids than you did, but the still were "digital" for far longer than I had them in front of me in the classroom.
She must have a husband who can support her. And those who are single what choice will they have? Put up and shut up
I agree with 10:14 and 8:59 yet there is another problem from my point of view. Kids with very disruptive behavior are allowed to stay in the classroom and this keeps all the others from learning. How can students focus? It is exhausting for a teacher. Some of the kids do better away from their friends anyway. Everyone looses.
A teacher should be allowed to teach and the administration should be handling these behaviors. I'm not suggesting suspension but there must be better ways of dealing with today's children. Successful programs that work for these kids who cannot control their mouths, emotions and actions. immediate removal will improve the class climate. More money is not the answer. I am convinced better management from someone trained to deal with behaviors other than the teacher is the answer.
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