(03-06-2018 05:23 PM)Fo Shizzle Wrote:  

(03-06-2018 05:13 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  

(03-06-2018 01:53 PM)Machiavelli Wrote:  What I see on education is more resources driven from public education to alternatives in the name of choice. It’s just an end around of the Board vs Brown

There are far more resources going to public education today than ever before, even after adjusting for inflation. The problem is not that public education is not getting enough resources. The problem is that too much money is being wasted on stupid social engineering and non-productive stuff. Put the money back into the classroom, focus on the three R’s, put children on tracks according to their interests and abilities, and for heaven’s sake find ways to make everybody accountable.

My Mom who taught 31 years is echoing your exact sentiment and has been forever. Teachers know how to teach. Give them the resources...back them up...and then hold them accountable. Not really complicated is it?

Yup!

My mom taught 42 yrs.

Forty two freaking years, you whiners.

And bought/paid for enough schit out of her own checks that I am still clearing out an entire storage unit of accordions, bongo drums, guitars, banjos, harpsichords, hand bells, xylophones and much more, from a dedicated teacher of her craft. She was proficient in an amazing number of instruments.

Taught probably tens of thousands of kids over those years, even saw third generations come through the doors toward the end.

Yet we now hear whining from 20 yr “vets”, who share hallways with blue hair ladies in tennis shoes.

It’s amazing.