Do We Need More Accountability From Our Teachers?

[Lasusan4269]

No child left behind is the STUPIDEST thing I have ever heard. This is why children now never learn to read and write. They don't have to. They can only be held back for so many times and that's it. We are making our children unintelligent. These are our future leaders. Do you want someone that is essentially uneducated deciding what is best for our grandchildren? WAKE UP AMERICA!!!!

[ttiiyy]

@Lasusan4269 Well, the law's intention's not too bad. Our government does not provide enough supervision, and some bad teachers never need to worry about getting fired as long as they are under the union's protection.

That being said, the act does have some NEGATIVE consequences. Asking all the students to take one single version of exam is just RETARDED. Different students learn the materials at a different pace. So the measure will never be truly accurate.

[iganzabissassa]

Sometimes it is interesting to consider who backs a spokesman for a particular view. in the case of Terry Moe we see far Right organizations backing him with hundreds of thousands of dollars to promote these anti-union positions, which I'm sure he really believes. Look up Media Transparency and at their site search Terry Moe. You'll find $300,000 in grants for him from The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation. At the same site enter this foundation as a search to see just how extreme they are.

[FastingOnClowns]

The second man is correct, the power needs to come back to the people who can directly make teachers more accountable to their communities and citizens more accountable for their political decisions. Most people walk into the voting booth and tick down the party line without exploring the issues. This has been the ignorance and sloth statism has induced. Power to The People!

[GuitarDudeX]

We need accountablility from our PARENTS!!!!!

The schools are fine, the teachers work VERY hard and do a great job. It's the PARENTS we can NOT hold accountable!! They're not teaching their kids to behave, to pay attention in school, to do their work, to try hard to get a good education to get ahead! Blame the parents!

I'm a teacher. I see kids in the same class where SOME do very well and some do very poorly, all getting the same info from me. What's different?? THE PARENTS!

[sexfanatic]

u can chose ur teacher not ur parents

[EENERish]

GuitarDudeX, Look at the test scores in your district .school by school. While looking at a particular grade level and subject (language or math) check the subgroups and you will see the parent education level has a hell of a lot to do with how well students do on the standardized tests. What can a teacher do about a parent's education level?

[ttiiyy]

@GuitarDudeX You DESTROY your own credibility by taking only one side: teachers. I HATE those TRASHY parents who spoil their children rotten. However, it's RIDICULOUS that teachers' unions BLINDLY protect EVERY single teacher. No Child Left Behind Act has many flaws, but it did get passed for one of important reasons: our system gave teachers too much freedom, and that's why some bad teachers exploit it. If you are a teacher, you KNOW there're bad apples in every school.

[ttiiyy]

@GuitarDudeX One history teacher at my school asked the students to give him $100 for an A on each exam. He never got reported and fired because of the union's protection. Even though I like the fact that the unions can effectively protect the teachers, we seriously need to stop protecting some SCUMBAGS. That teacher got away with what he did because he's old and about to retire. Sadly, another young biology teacher, who's honest and moral, got fired b/c of budget crisis. Sigh.

[ttiiyy]

@GuitarDudeX Don't take me wrong. I would like to spit in the face of scum parents who believe that the teachers should raise the children for them. I believe that the teachers are only responsible for teaching the subject matter. The parents are the ones that should take care of their own children's behavioral problems.

[proteanview]

Caring about public education is like caring about our nation's sovereignty for politicians. We're led by globalist CFR & our capitalist country prefers rampant privatization which is nothing more than dictatorship by unelectable, phantom boards of directors. When u understand the push for privatization, you'll understand why we will never have great public schools. Dems intentionally write a proposal with problems so the GOP can be justified in refusing it... and vice-versa. Political theater.

[FastingOnClowns]

Private schools can only survive by giving quality education. If the education where of poor quality, parents would not pay for it. Public schools have only survived by giving 'free' education. The education is 'free' so who cares about the quality?