I have a handful of friends who are teachers. Gathering with them over the weekend and hearing about their experiences was eye-opening.
One of my friends teaches at a traditional public school in an impoverished area. He makes a better than average salary but is completely disenchanted by the experience and plans to quit the profession altogether after this school year. He has raised his students' proficiency rate to 90 percent – a remarkable accomplishment made possible by his dedication and hard work. Yet he receives little support from his principal and barely any backup from the students' parents, and his day is so consumed by paperwork and bureaucratic nonsense that he's overwhelmed, frazzled, and exhausted much of the time.
Another friend teaches at a private Catholic school. Though he teaches almost twice as many classes as the public school teacher I know and earns about half his salary, the private school teacher enjoys his work much more. His principal is supportive, his fellow teachers are enthusiastic, and the parents and students are engaged in the educational process. It's a positive, rewarding workplace environment.
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Guess all you negitive nancies ARE READY FOR SCHOOL VOUCHERS NOW...get it on the ballot..NO MORE PUBLIC INDOC CENTERS for the marxist leftards
ReplyDeleteAmen! Leaving this year!!!
ReplyDeleteTeachers cannot properly teach in public schools anymore because of disruptive students causing trouble in the classrooms. The principals cannot or will not do anything. And liberal school boards turn their heads the other way. Lack of discipline at home, broken homes, violent entertainment. There are many reasons for our society of dysfunctional youth today and liberal fingerprints are all over them.
ReplyDeleteAnd yet the BOE still wants to throw more money and think this will fix a failed institution. The problem isn't money, it's liberal policies, a failed family structure, especially in the black community and sadly, a lack of support from the community and the parents.
ReplyDeleteGet the government out of the schools, and run it more like a successful private school, and allow teachers to teach, and force parents to take more responsibility for their childrens actions and education, and I am certain our schools will improve.
Start expelling the ones who are disruptive in the classroom. Private schools don't permit this, so why should the public schools?
6:59, I agree. The government should sell the mass majority of schools to private industry and leave ONE school from each community for problem children not willing to follow the rules of the private schools. They can teach the problem kids common core, since they seem to think they know what they're doing. It would be a win/win for those parents and students who believe their children are capable of higher education. Let the government use their current budget to pay the private business and I can assure you they'd be ecstatic over that income. You also would not need Sheriffs Deputies in those private schools.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a thought for our officials
ReplyDeleteto think about Joe!
The disruptive children need to be separate
from those who want to learn and have manners.
Those Deputies would definitely be needed
in the School for Problem children though.