Why do you think is causing American schools to fail?
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We learned the basics first: reading, writing, arithmetic. In our state (WA) we have the WASL test for 3rd, 8th, 10th grades to pass and those scores are deplorable. We need to focus on learning not rote memorizing for tests.
Kids also watch too much TV or play video games. We read or played games that engaged our minds. We also had chores to do, which taught us discipline. We usually had one parent home when we got out of school to make us do our homework. Our parents did not have to teach the subjects like they do now.
We are dumbing down our students and we need to hold the system accountable. If I had children in school today, I might home-school them, and I don’t believe in homeschooling as a general rule.
WAKE UP, AMERICANS
Sure, some other countries are much more efficient, but that comes at the price of choice. Students are told by the school what career track they are on– if the student has other aspirations, that’s just too bad. How long do you suppose the American public would stand for a school system that told mom and dad what junior would be allowed to get an education for– or even if it was going to continue past a certain point.
Even under and American system built on choice, we still aren’t sure what schools are for. Are they to provide vocational training? Should all students be made college-ready, no matter what their ability? Are we trying to create good citizens, or just help people get the jobs they want? Should schools provide young people with a wide and varied background, or should Junior’s career path set by age 15 and all classes from then on be focused on that career?
As a society, we don’t know the answer (heck– even adults can’t agree whether it’s more important to make big bucks, or have a happy life) and our schools reflect that cultural uncertainty. And because we have so many ideas about what schools are supposed to do, there will always be yardsticks by which schools will measure short.
Yes, Asian students are good at doing tests. But can you be certain that they are creative, able to work as a group, and think outside of the “box”?
Can you be certain that American schools are failing?
School districts continue to struggle year after year to create a budget that will pay for everything schools need. It’s a shame when schools can’t even afford to buy the simplest of supplies that teachers need to teach (ie books, teacher resources, tape, scissors, computers, math manipulatives, etc). Teachers end up spending a huge amount of their own money every year to get the materials they need to teach.
Teachers are stressed out in the classroom because they have 22+ students who’s abitlity levels range from “above grade level” to “special education, far below grade level”. Teachers are NOT just passing on students they can’t handle. They are doing the best they can while being presented with so many challenges and limitations.
Students and parents need to get more involved in education. School and learning does not only take place between 8a.m. and 3 p.m. It is the responsiblity of parents to make sure their kids are going to school and getting there on time, doing their homework to the best of their abilities, and being productive students. Parents need to get involved in their kids schools. Go to PTO/PTA meetings, volunteer their time in the classrooms, go to parent/teacher conferences to discuss their child’s strengths&weaknesses. Ask a teacher “What can I do to help?”
That leads to fewer teachers (they don’t get paid enough).
Which leads to larger classes.
And that leads to many students missing a good education, just because they can’t hear, understand or ask questions in such large classes.
(And teachers tend to pass on the difficult students, because they can’t handle it either…)
Back to lack of money in the school systems.
Voters have to read ballots carefully and think of their children to get the money back on track for public schools.
As a child myself, we are stuck in a dictatorship for most of our day.
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