Reform School

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  Posted By: dirtydog @ 03/15/2009 10:48:45 PM

  It is time to stop comparing the US system to others in the world. If we wish to have resutls such as Singapore, perhaps we should follow their example - madatory uniforms, fees for books and supplies, requirements for admission to a school - even elementary - which involve - ulp, gasp, OMG! parental participation, caning [yes, that is right, getting you backside whipped] for offenses such as trunacy, tardiness, lying, not to mention the much higher rate of expulsion because they do not tolorate the types of behavior our teachers must put up with, and finally, if at the end of primary school, your scores don't cut it, no high school for you! If we implement these changes, along with the MUCH higher support given to teachers [both in training, and financial rewards] we might in a decade to two approach Singaport in terms of results.

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  Posted By: vince_90745@yahoo.com @ 01/25/2009 8:40:23 PM

  People wake up and smell the stink! We have a country that is filled with second language learners, students who give minimal effort, parents who have to work and don't allot time to nurturing their children, parents who don't fill it's that urgent that the child do well in school at an early age. We have states trying to cut teacher salaries. Why would anyone want to be a teacher? Reforming school is Five prong. First, government must fund to the fullest their expectations; Second, parents must be held accountable for assisting their child; Third, districts must be held accountable for their wasteful spending; Fourth, good teachers need to be paid & bad retrained (if that doesn't work) fired!; and last but not least students are held accountable for their actions and learning! See these countries you mention hold Education as a priority! Parents take it upon themselves to hold their child accountable for their actions in and out of school. I know because I'm one of those parents! Nothing will change unless first admitting that as parents
  we are accountable for our own child!

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  Posted By: futureteacher @ 01/14/2009 6:25:54 PM

  I don't believe the school system is trying to "shut down some of this education of blacks" or of any students for that matter. Funding and money is definetly a big part as well as the quality of education, and ambition of the teacher. In my opinion we, as a nation, are acquiring many teachers that are just "getting by" through college; that really have nothing else going for them so why not teach. Also teachers do not have very good salaries therefore if a highly intelligent individual had the option between teaching and medicine many would pick medicine due to salary.(that is if they really don't have passion for becoming a teacher) Parents are a big part of the problem, however teachers can't "fix" the parents. They must work around it. Bottom line funding has to be present, and teachers have to be determined and stable enough to provide the education that is key for the future of America.