Posted on 01/31/2018 2:39:52 AM PST by Altura Ct.
Hundreds of teachers in Buffalo Public schools say student behavior is out of control. That’s the finding of a new disruptive student behavior survey from the Buffalo Teachers Federation.
More than 1,200 teachers from Buffalo Public schools participated in the survey. (1,217 total)
The 21 page report shows more than 30% of teachers say that student behavior is out of control and leading to unacceptable learning conditions.
The survey was done over a one month period, and teachers from 65 of the 69 Buffalo Public schools responded.
More than 80% of the teachers who participated believe that discipline and suspensions are under reported. The report also includes anonymous statements from several teachers like this one from McKinley high school that reads, “There is a student in the 9th grade who disrupts and is removed from every one is his classes each and every day. He lunged at a pregnant teacher today. He has been suspended before, but now we “just have to deal with it.”
Buffalo Teachers Federation President Philp Rumore says it’s a multi faceted issue and something must be done to stop it.
“City Hall is saying look it we want you to reduce suspensions. So the principals figure the way of reducing suspensions is to not report them and not suspend. They’re trying to look good. That does not help the student that has the disruptive behavior or the rest of the students who are trying to learn,” said Philip Rumore, Buffalo Teachers Federation President.
Rumore says there aren’t enough alternative programs and school psychologists and counselors. He also says the restorative justice practice in Buffalo Public schools is not enough to combat the student behavior issue. News 4 is told a copy of the report has been sent to the Buffalo Public Schools Superintendent.
For the fully survey, go to http://www.btfny.org/press/disruptive_behavior_results_2018.pdf
The following is a statement from Buffalo Public Schools: Recognizing that students in impoverished urban communities often present challenges, the Buffalo Public Schools has accrued supports through Say Yes Buffalo and a vast network of community partners. Our objective is to have classrooms that are conducive to learning and instruction. District staff will review, with building level leadership Buffalo Council of School Administrators (BCSA), the recently released BTF report. We welcome continued dialogue and leadership in addressing the varying needs of BPS students to ensure their continued and future success.
The District has not heard the claims in the BTF report from any principal. We know that 90 percent of Buffalo Public Schools students possess an extraordinary need that requires a level of direct and indirect supports and professional development for teachers, i.e., Trauma Informed Care, Culturally & Linguistically Responsive Training, and Restorative Practices. Student-centered supports also include mental health clinics, student support staff, enhanced after school and Saturday programming, and Parent Centers to support parents, etc. We must grow the children we want them to be
You reap what you sow
It’s a jungle out there.
And I’ll bet every one of these teachers will stay say they are champions of diversity despite their current exposure to the rough end of it.
=> still say
How come charter schools don’t have this problem...there’s the answer
But Lord knows we can’t have Carl Paladino on the School Board because he called Michelle Obama a man!
Ya think Carl wouldn’t have brought these problems to the surface?
Who would want to be a teacher in an age when snowflakes are raising their kids to feel entitled and to insist that they deserve an A just for showing up. Most kids are well behaved and respectful but snowflakes raise snowflakes and teachers are dealing with that as well as the fallout from 60 years of welfare and the culture resulting from it. Let’s not let this chain become a blanket “blame the teacher” product.
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I went to the fully survey and what I found was chillin chilluns. Yikes! Administrators (according to teachers) deal with problems appropriately 8% of the time.
My wife student-taught in a high school in this district, actually Cheektowaga I think, back in 1969. I wonder if anyone student-teaches (or substitutes) in there any more.
If you follow the link, you will be able to read comments from teachers that are nightmarish.
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It doesn’t seem possible that a school system can be run like this. I went to Catholic schools as a youth, and they were the complete opposite.
In contrast,
By 1890, schools nationwide saw 95 percent of children between the ages of five and thirteen enrolled for at least a few months out of the year, though less than 5 percent of adolescents went to high school, and even fewer entered college.
In addition, while there existed thousands of local schools, nearly one thousand colleges and universities (of varying quality), and scores of normal schools with trained teachers, education was largely locally managed, as the federal bureau of education, while collecting information about the condition of education, possessed no control over local schools. Education agencies on the state level were small, and its few employees had little or no power over local school districts. School systems in large cities could also function with little oversight, such as in Baltimore, where the public schools in 1890 employed only two superintendents for the entire district of 1,200 teachers.
Despite the lack of centralized administration, public schools across America were notably similar, with children learning both the basics of reading, writing, and arithmetic, and the basics of good behavior – the latter being enforced when necessary by corporal punishment. Schools were important community institutions, and reflected the values of of parents and churches, such as honesty, industry, patriotism, responsibility, respect for adults, and courtesy. Memorization, recitation, chants and rhymes were often used in teaching subjects, while solving mathematical problems in one’s own head was promoted.
The inculcation of basic education and self-discipline was purposed to promote good moral citizenry, people who would be honestly employed, and make wise and informed choices, and overall progress in an individualistic, competitive and democratic society, and who would contribute to the vitality of their community and country.[18] http://www.astorehouseofknowledge.info/w/Education_in_the_United_States
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