TEACHERS SPEAK OUT
62TEACHERS SPEAK OUT ! N0 Child Left Behind
Teachers as a group need to unite and speak out. Some of the problems we see in education is compounded by the passive attitude of teachers. A passive response from teachers on current issues does not promote educators as a professional group. When teachers are not responding to current issues as professionals then other groups such as the federal government tends to step in. Teachers need to be seen as professionals just as doctors are. When the federal government is looking to approve a new drug doctors voice is heard and is at the forfront of any decision that is to be made. Doctors as a group determine what are the best procedures in an operation not the fedeal government. They are not responding to the wishes of the federal goverment but controling the directions of the federal government. Professional act as advocates for themselves and the clients they service. Teachers reacted to NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND instead of acting as an advocate. If teachers had responed as advocates and professional they would of helped write the law and not just responded when the law was written. Class room teachers speak out on the issues as professional and be heard. You will be heard when you act as an advocate for yourself and the students you serve. Remember one of the key issues is that you not the federal government should controle the direction of eduction in the United States.
NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND
94-142 was one of the best education laws ever written by the United States Congress. However when No Child Left Behind became law somehow the special education population which was already covered by 94-142 was thrown in with the other students. States such as Mississippi have the special ed. students take the state test. Federal law requires the special ed. population to be tested. States do have the option to create a seperate test for the special ed. students. Instead of doing the right thing and creating a test for the sped. population they are tested by standards that many times they have not even been exposed to. Like to hear your comments on this issue and any other issue related to education.
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Thanks for the comment Jmell! Is there a relationship between public school teachers and illiterate students? Are you trying to make the correlation that the number of illiterate students is directly related to the quality of the public shcool teacher? I have not seen any data that compared teachers in the private school to that in the public school. My personal opinion is that because of no child left behind the objectives covered in public school is equal to that taught in the private school. These objectives if learned will carry over to test such as the ACT which students need to attend college. If NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND has done anything it has made public school as equal to that of a private education. Now to answer your question. It is not the public school teachers that create illiterate students but multiple social issues. You stated IF I have anything to do with my grandchildrens education, that statement is a reflection of just one of the social issues that causes children to be illiterate. Grandparents, parents, and other family members have become disconected with the family. This type of family unit creates an enviroment that is distructive to the development of a child. Being involved in your childrens and grandchildrens education should be the same as taking a shower in the morning, you don't think about it you just do it. When you comment on public education and its teachers be carefull. The education of all americans and not just a few as private education does is one of the things that makes america great.
Hi Tom,
I think you hit on a few issues here in your response to Jmell. I seriously doubt that she was denegrating all public school educations nor the teachers who try and educate the students in those settings.
But what you said is true. Social issues permeate a child's life and parental involvement is key. If a child attending a public (or private) school has to walk through a bunch of drug dealers on his way there and back, or have a disruptive home life and no place to study...this has more of an effect on how they will be able (or if they are willing) to learn than the credentials of the teacher in the school.
I think most teachers try their best but are sometimes met with all kinds of problems and have to become disciplinarians in the classroom rather than educators.
Having local control over the schools makes much more sense than the federal government controlling it. The locals KNOW what needs tweaking or improving where the federal government cannot possibly know such things.
I truly believe that having more control over a child's environment is why so many people choose to put their children in private schools or even home school. Religion choice also plays a role.
Good thought provoking hub.
Thanks Peggy for the comment. Made me think about the question is one of the problems is that schools which are ran by the state have too much federal involvement because we all know without the federal money most schools would not be able to survive. I will give that some thought thanks again Peggy LOL Tom
it was a well intentioned idea coming form non-educators and was not as practical as they thought.
Being in the public education field for over 20 years, working with special needs students,i can say that it does not help the teachers to have a new demand placed on them. The system is broken and needs help,not more reasons to find fault with teachers.
thanks for the comment stacie L. Idea comming from non educators/ I think you just hit the nail on the head stacie l LOL tomdhum
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Jmell 2 years ago
My mother was an elementary teacher for 20 yrs. I taught and directed a private school for eleven years. My children are literate and if I have anything to do with my grandchildren's education, they too, will be literate.
That's more than I can say for the neighborhood children that attend public schools. Is there a relationship between public schools, teachers, and illiterate students?