Education in America

[Orlando Buffalo]

I was speaking with two other teachers this week who also have successful children and we all see something similar, we have an inverse bell curve of intelligence. Kids who are smart are pushed to be smarter and kids who are not as smart are told by parents not to worry about it, hollowing out the middle portion. My average test scores generally are about 70% but half the scores with be 90%+ and half below 50% with little in between. None of it is along racial or gender lines, simply some parents don't care. 

 Separately My first period is 24 kids and 3 will not stand for the pledge, all three are not immigrants, all three complain I don't help them enough, and all three have parents who give no repercussion for not doing homework. I will add that they are only three that complain I don't help. 

[B-Man]

 

 

 

 

[BillsFanNC]

 

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[JFKjr]

Glad the Dept of Indoctrination is leaving!

[All_Pro_Bills]

3 minutes ago, JFKjr said:

Glad the Dept of Indoctrination is leaving!

Another important situation to address is the control of public school teachers unions over the education system.

[Orlando Buffalo]

12 hours ago, All_Pro_Bills said:

Another important situation to address is the control of public school teachers unions over the education system.

This is a state issue, not federal, so unless he wants to make teacher unions illegal, he can't do much. The ending of the dept and making the only federal function to be a Clearinghouse of information of which states are doing better will do wonders 

[dgrochester55]

I do not know if what Trump has in mind will work, but I do know that what we have in place now is not working.

 

We all know that the US is less competitive than ever academically, but it is even more than that. I have heard countless horror stories from various people both personally and online on how ineffective schools are including teachers and admins in school districts.  If you have one or two disruptive kids, everything slows down at the others kids expense to coddle them. Entitled and bratty kids rule the roost and teachers cannot do a thing. Much higher ratios of functionally illiterate kids in middle school and high school.  Teacher are taking retirement as soon as they are able and school have made teaching less enticed by changing pension qualifications from 20 to 40 years and replacing previously good health benefits with the same high deductible junk that most of us are stuck with. If I was a college student, why would I want to be a teacher now?

 

Edited November 13, 2024 by dgrochester55

[BillsFanNC]

 

 

 

[Big Blitz]

 

 

The integration of common core math has set back a generation.   

[B-Man]

 

 

[Orlando Buffalo]

14 hours ago, B-Man said:

 

 

I am actually all for school choice, and I say that a public school teacher, because it will hopefully push the lesser teachers to get better. It also will cause parents to pay far more attention because they have some control. The big issue will be like here in FL when the good schools get full no one new can come in, so getting your kids in the good school early is important.

[B-Man]

 

 

 

 

 

 

[SoonerBillsFan]

Being  married to an excellent educator, what happens to states who need the federal money just to fund their public school systems?  I think there will still need to be some assistance provided,but with set rules governing the funds.

[B-Man]

 

 

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: 

 

‘***** Marxism’ course coming to Cornell University next semester.

 

https://www.campusreform.org/article/*****-marxism-course-coming-cornell-university-next-semester/26836

 

 

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Edited November 24, 2024 by B-Man

[B-Man]

 

It ain’t the funding.  
 

 

( uh-oh, I can feel my sainted, English teacher, mother frowning at me from up in heaven) 

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[4th&long]

Obviously education is seriously lacking in this country. It should work out well closing the dept of education. Just what trump needs, more idiots to fall for his bull####. The country is overrun with redneck whit trash idiots! 

[AlBUNDY4TDS]

12 minutes ago, 4th&long said:

Obviously education is seriously lacking in this country. It should work out well closing the dept of education. Just what trump needs, more idiots to fall for his bull####. The country is overrun with redneck whit trash idiots! 

Hey dumbass, clearly what we've been doing is working right? Right? Trump winning has left you completely shell shocked.

[JDHillFan]

 

[B-Man]

 

 

On 11/27/2024 at 1:58 PM, 4th&long said:

 

This is why trump wants to do away with the dept of education.

He loves people like you, he needs more of you. Don’t bother to read up on a topic you want to try to discuss. 

 

On 11/27/2024 at 2:02 PM, AlBUNDY4TDS said:

The dept of education is effective how exactly?

 

 

Biden's Secret Attack on Faith Schools - Scathing Report Shows 70% of ED Enforcement Targeted Christians

by Margaret Clark

 

A scathing new report claims that the Biden administration's Department of Education's (ED) enforcement actions were focused at least 70 percent on Christian and career-based schools, even though they represent less than 10 percent of the students in the nation.

 

This uncovers an unseen campaign that persisted over the administration's term and can hardly be seen as impartial. American Principles Project director Jon Schweppe released the following statement on their website detailing the report: For the last four years, Democrats have been busy weaponizing every part of the federal government to target their opponents.

 

https://redstate.com/margaret-clark/2024/11/29/bidens-secret-attack-on-faith-schools-scathing-report-shows-70-of-doe-enforcement-targeted-christians-n2182608#google_vignette