You have to see it and experience this behavior to truly understand how tragic it truly is for this country. The teachers in Chicago's Public School system are not what they used to be, but heck I wouldn't put myself at risk on the South and West sides of Chicago, so I won't say another word. Like the Baltimore teacher said, we need better students. I believe we also need better parents and better citizens.
Having two biological parents telling their child to behave and do his/her homework is more effective than any amount of money spent on schools, police and jails.
“I believe we also need better parents and better citizens.”
Exactly. The money spent on schools has very little to do with quality of education. The most important thing is Parental attitudes. If the parents demand that the kids learn - they will mostly learn.
If the parents do not, the kids do not.
And it only takes a few non-interested kids to make it hard for most of the rest to learn.