Comments on: Teachers Take Aim At State Education Policies

By: Jane

Jane — Sat, 16 Jan 2016 09:50:16 +0000

Time to return to the the basics in education. There are too many young people who can’t do math, can’t spell, can’t read….and it is not the teacher’s fault. It is the education system. I have a friend who works for NASA and has a PHD in math/physics….he has trouble with the stupid “common core math”. Don’t re-invent the wheel….make the wheel work with the wagon! (Or car, truck, tractor, robot, whatever!). Teach these kids to think and read/write or they and the economy are doomed to failure.

By: Bonnie Exner

Bonnie Exner — Fri, 15 Jan 2016 23:30:18 +0000

As a retired Escambia County,I can speak to the quality of education the students are now receiving. When I started teaching iN 1971,I had nonreaders to college level readers in a 7th grade English class…this still happens today but more emphasis is now given to low achievers in the elementary le (as it should) to help them catch up.What has changed exponentially is the amount of unfunded mandates our state legislature has added to the curricula of primary and secondary schools.I can personally speak to teaching core values (whose?),evils of the holocaust, cause and effect of all wars and conflicts US has beeninvolved in, as well as personal hygiene, budgeting, and checking for HEADLICE…and so much more besides reading,writing and arithmetic. DON’T MISS UNDERSTAND.
ALL THESE (except the headline check)ARE ADMIRABLE TOPICS TO TEACH,BUT YOU CAN ONLY GET SO MUCH INSTRUCTION IN IN A 50 MIN.CLASS FRAME. Testing was done on a regular basis to see how much the student has retained..NOT TO TAKE AN ENTIRE MONTH OUT OF A CALENDAR YEAR. TO SUM IT UP ALWAYS REMEMBER THE PARENT(S)ARE THE FIRST AND PRIMARY LIFE TEACHER A CHILD WILL HAVE!!

By: john

john — Fri, 15 Jan 2016 12:49:06 +0000

“High quality education” that is laughable!! As for test, they are an engine for accountability for teachers and determine weather the students are “Actually Learning Anything”, but let’s face it, a social progressive public education
is doomed to fail and world history has proven that.