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re: 65% of 8th graders can't read
Posted on 5/1/18 at 4:18 pm to mooseofterror
Posted on 5/1/18 at 4:18 pm to mooseofterror
No, teachers would be more content with the pay if they could teach and not have to use some BS canned curriculum, and discipline children as they should be. Also, teaching dummed downed versions of education, so certain kids can “pass” is anti-education. They need to fail those who need to be. Send them to special education. Kick them out of school, so those who want to learn have that opportunity. Then, teachers would look at their jobs differently.
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Posted on 5/1/18 at 4:38 pm to slaphappy
Headline is misleading. An 8th grader reading at 7th grade level is NOT proficient but CAN read.
Where there are tons of poor kids reading and math skills lag. This is, in part, because kids who used to drop out of school early are staying in school and being tested (unlike in 1960). And, millions of special ed kids are being served in schools (good thing) longer and are being tested and those scores are factored in. That was not true in the 1950s.
But, in thousands of public school districts all over the country, kids are reading at above grade levels and doing math well.
It is a good thing public schools exist because, if they did not, most of those poor, under-achieving kids would be without any reading or math skills and running the streets.
Where there are tons of poor kids reading and math skills lag. This is, in part, because kids who used to drop out of school early are staying in school and being tested (unlike in 1960). And, millions of special ed kids are being served in schools (good thing) longer and are being tested and those scores are factored in. That was not true in the 1950s.
But, in thousands of public school districts all over the country, kids are reading at above grade levels and doing math well.
It is a good thing public schools exist because, if they did not, most of those poor, under-achieving kids would be without any reading or math skills and running the streets.
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