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It is schools that are at the heart of the STG movement and this is the damning evidence as to why they should be given control of "their" shools ASAP but the idiots in charge are fighting as hard as they can possibly to prevent it

If you really dig deep there are four sides here;
1) The powers that be who want control over the EBR school system so they can maintain the union jobs, the administrative jobs etc.
2) People who see the corruption, and who see how poor the overall system is, but their children escape the crap because they qualify to attend magnet schools are in gifted programs and theyir children have done very well in the current system. They say it's better together, but in reality; they aren't together they are in special schools or taking a special curriculum.
3) People that have opted out for private school. They either can afford it or they suck it up and do it because they think that's the best course for them.
4) Those that believe in neighborhood schools, quality programs at each school, and in schools where not just the smart kids get good teacher or good classmates, but where everyone does.

I'm sure some may say this is an over generalization, and I know it is; but what we are seeing for the most part are people reacting to events according to what general camp they are in.

Except in group one (that's where the corruption is), I really don't see anybody who is "wrong". I can understand where magnet school people are coming from. I can understand why people send their kids to private schools, and I can see why people want the chance to start a system where the schools can be good for just about everyone.

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Posted on 5/9/14 at 11:50 am to doubleb

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If you really dig deep there are four sides here

Four sides and three causes...

1. Shitty people raising kids in a shitty way.
--Many of these are in shitty communities where the pressure to join in the fecal fiasco is a constant. You can have the best teachers in the world at a school but if the kids are getting bombarded with constant negative reinforcements from their community and (often) their family, those teachers face a Sisyphean task.

2. Shitty administrators.
--This one focuses on the shittiness of administrators that won't administer but rather play favorites and the politics of avoidance so they can keep getting by with doing as little as possible. This is what happens when you put weak-willed people in positions of authority.

3. Nationwide standardized testing being the be-all/end-all.
--As these tests become more and more important, schools feel more and more pressure to teach just to that test. Shitty administrators will come up with ways to cheat the test (thus defeating the purpose of the test in the first place).

Solutions:
1. The federal government needs to put less emphasis on national standardized testing. Not every school is standard, nor are all children. If the federal government is going to give money to schools, then give it on a per-student basis, the end. Accountability MUST come from only the state and local levels as this one-size-fits-all business from the federal government has done nothing but LOWER scores over the past 40 years.

2. Any school district with a school that receives a grade C or lower for 3 years in a row will be subject to the following:
---A complete, public review of all administrative staff (including school board members and the superintendent) with the full transcripts being made available for download on each school's website. During this period there shall be no closed meetings of any sort of the school board.

3. The return of corporal punishment and shaming.
---As the ability for teachers to discipline in the classroom has diminished, the unruliness in the classroom has increased. A teacher CANNOT teach in an environment where kids feel free to mock, or even strike, a teacher with impunity.
----For those parents against paddlings, they can either pay to send their kids to a private school or homeschool them.

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