Davis Guggenheim premiered a documentary titled “Waiting for Superman” at the 2010 Sundance International Film Festival which examines the crisis of public education in the U.S. through multiple interlocking stories from a handful of students and their families who future hang in the balance while educators and reformers try to find a real and lasting solutions within a dysfunctional system.
I’m just not sure there is one. It’s hard to believe sometimes that an adamant amount of our public school systems are failing. It’s evident that a lack of resources is probably first and foremost.
But if you gave both a private and a public school the same amount resources, I personally think the level of learning would not increase or decrease anymore than what it already was at the school.
For a long time we’re pointed fingers at the parents and responsibility lies there. But the school system has a share in that and that begins with the educators/teachers. While I think teachers are underpaid never get the recognition they deserve, there are other educators who struggle with identifying with both the current educational curriculum and the new generation of students. These are the same teachers who pass students thinking they are doing them a huge favor. These are the same teachers who are bribing our students –money for grades, showing all kinds of videos in class instead of teaching. These are our teachers who are non-certified or who are unqualified to teach their subject areas.
Let’s not leave our youth behind. Reach one…teach one.
The problem is that everyone thinks it's someone's fault except for themselves. They blame everyone but themselves. Teachers say they can't teach students with bad behavior (proper home training). Parents are blaming the Principles for hiring misfit teachers and not meeting the needs for students. Principles are blaming the government for not having enough money to correct the problems. The school board is blaming EVERYONE...and say they need outside organizations to fix there problems. The students either stop caring, don't think there is a problem, or are just being ignored.
ReplyDeleteWhat I say is that it is everyone's fault! Including myself! Everyone is just talking, but only few people are doing something. As someone in education, it is true that one student can cause a horrible learning experience for the entire class. I think that everyone just needs to stop and listen to each other. We are ALL her for the students, but no one is HELPING the students, they are just trying to place blame on someone else.
The Achievement Gap is alive and strong...
Amen to that! Much love to weighing in on the matter.
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