[henderson field]

A culture of mediocrity. With words from the George Orwell dictionary. "No Child Left Behind" = "All Children Left Behind."

[George Frm Br00klyn Park]

What passes for educational enlightenment these days boggles the mind. Matt Gouras, of the Associated Press, writing in the Jan. 5 Seattle Times tells a story about Tennessee schools. The success of some students has made other students feel badly about themselves............

The low academic quality of many of our teachers is neither flattering nor comfortable to confront, but confront it we must if we're to do anything about our sorry state of education.
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Guys, From beginning to end, this is a REAL "teacher basher". Or, is it right on the money. There follows a slight reversal{?} found in the middle of the article. Peace and love, George.

An important component of that environment is the capacity to remove students who are alien and hostile to the education process.

[searchandrecovery]

Those who can, do; those who can't teach, become teachers.

[mrs tiggywinkle]

ping

[ReagansShinyHair]

The only way to get better teachers is to end credentialism and start hiring teachers by teaching ability, and not because they've jumped through enough bureaucratic hoops.

[Cincinatus]

Bump!

[Cincinatus]

Bump!