Bob L. Just My Opinion, But This Has To Be Why The United States Is Falling Behind Other Countries In Education.
Jan. 17th 2015
You would think that by now that these people would see why this Country is falling behind other Countries, Lack of hands on in school, to much testing, to much home work, and not enough learning in school, in other words, teachers are not doing their jobs, they are spending to much time on the picket line and wanting less to do in the class room.
These educators keep saying they are for the kids and that no child will not be left behind, WELL, they are being left behind because these educator are not doing their jobs, wake up and look at what is going on in our education system, lack of education from people who want more money for less work, you get the same thing in a Government job, more money less work, this is more pay with more people to do the same job, (example Ten people doing the same job that four people could do), do less for more.
Look at some of these signs, it does not say no child left behind, NO, it says no teacher left behind, now does this tell you why our education is falling behind other Countries, THEY TEACH, not picket for less to do. This was done when school was in operation, but no, they locked the
kids out of school to strike for more money and less to do, and their excuse we are doing it for the kids, who is actually benefiting, not the kids.
While this is happening, there are more people who are not getting the benefits of more money, but they have to pay for these people and try to stretch their pay that is getting smaller to pay for public employees to get more pay. The more the private sector loses in pay the more people are put closer to living on the street, because they can no longer pay their bills to keep a roof over their heads or buy food, how about the people who will not be able to get better pat or cost of living increases.
Jan. 17th 2015
You would think that by now that these people would see why this Country is falling behind other Countries, Lack of hands on in school, to much testing, to much home work, and not enough learning in school, in other words, teachers are not doing their jobs, they are spending to much time on the picket line and wanting less to do in the class room.
These educators keep saying they are for the kids and that no child will not be left behind, WELL, they are being left behind because these educator are not doing their jobs, wake up and look at what is going on in our education system, lack of education from people who want more money for less work, you get the same thing in a Government job, more money less work, this is more pay with more people to do the same job, (example Ten people doing the same job that four people could do), do less for more.
Look at some of these signs, it does not say no child left behind, NO, it says no teacher left behind, now does this tell you why our education is falling behind other Countries, THEY TEACH, not picket for less to do. This was done when school was in operation, but no, they locked the
kids out of school to strike for more money and less to do, and their excuse we are doing it for the kids, who is actually benefiting, not the kids. While this is happening, there are more people who are not getting the benefits of more money, but they have to pay for these people and try to stretch their pay that is getting smaller to pay for public employees to get more pay. The more the private sector loses in pay the more people are put closer to living on the street, because they can no longer pay their bills to keep a roof over their heads or buy food, how about the people who will not be able to get better pat or cost of living increases.
States consider requiring US citizenship test for graduation
By CHRISTINE ARMARIO and BOB CHRISTIE
01 16 2015
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona's new law
requiring high school students to pass the U.S. citizenship test in
order to graduate appears likely to be adopted in a handful of other
states this year, though educators warn it's not a fix-all solution to
the nation's dire knowledge of civics.
Fewer than a
dozen states currently require students to take a civics exam, and
passing it isn't necessary to graduate in all of them. In most states,
civic education instead revolves around a one-semester U.S. history
course.
Arizona on Thursday
became the first to specifically require the U.S. citizenship test, a
100-question exam that tests knowledge of facts on subjects like the
Founding Fathers, the Bill of Rights and U.S. presidents.
"This
has been building for a long time," said Ted McConnell, executive
director of the Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools, a civic
learning coalition co-chaired by former U.S. Supreme Court Justice
Sandra Day O'Connor. McConnell said he and others are wary that
legislators are only skimming the surface of what students need to know.
"The folks who are civic
educators and experts by and large are pushing for a much, much more
well-rounded approach," said Paul Baumann, director of the National
Center for Learning and Civic Engagement at the Education Commission of
the States, a state-led research organization.
For years, education leaders have sounded the alarm on the state of civic education.
Just
13 percent of high school seniors scored as "proficient" or higher in
American history on the 2010 National Assessment of Educational
Progress. Voter participation in the most recent midterm elections was
the lowest in decades, and even entertainers like Jay Leno have tapped
into the country's weak civic knowledge with laughable pop quiz history
tests.
The Arizona-based Joe
Foss Institute has set a goal of having all 50 states adopt the U.S.
citizenship requirement for high school students by 2017, the 230th
anniversary of the U.S. Constitution. The institute says legislatures in
15 states are expected to consider it this year. The North Dakota House
of Representatives overwhelmingly approved the same measure Thursday,
but Arizona's proposal was the first to become law.
The
Foss Institute promotes the test to state legislatures as a way to
increase knowledge of basic government by students. The leader of the
organization is former California U.S. Rep. Frank Riggs, who came in
last in Arizona's Republican primary for governor after running a
hard-right campaign focused on immigration and rhetoric against
President Barack Obama.
The
Arizona law requires high school students to correctly answer 60 of 100
questions on the civics portion of the test for those aspiring to become
U.S. citizens. Passing is required to earn a high school or GED diploma
starting in the 2016-17 school year.
Utah, South Dakota, Tennessee and other states have bills already presented or about to be introduced.
McConnell
said he believes the Foss institute's projection that more than a dozen
states will pass the requirement this year is accurate. Yet he and
others who have been pushing for improved civic education sum up the
effort like this: "Right problem, wrong solution."
"The
leaders in the civics education field I've spoken about this with are
generally concerned that this exam does not capture the full breadth and
scope of the competencies and outcomes we're looking for students to
develop," Baumann said.
Baumann
said states that do have a civics exam — other than Arizona — test
knowledge that the U.S. citizenship exam does not: Valuing equality
before the law, the purpose of democratic government, and good
citizenship practices.
The citizenship exam, by contrast, only requires "very basic knowledge of U.S. government," he said.
"We
fear this test would take away the precious little time awarded for
civic education now and drive instruction toward dry, rote memorization
of facts that would quickly be forgotten," McConnell said.
O'Connor,
the co-chair of McConnell's group, initially supported the Foss
Institute's work but did not back the U.S. citizenship test requirement
bill; judicial work precluded her from being involved in any legislative
initiative. It was unclear whether she favored the test as a component
of civic education.
The U.S. citizenship test
requirement also comes amid a larger debate over concerns that testing
required under No Child Left Behind and other laws has resulted in a
narrowing of the curriculum — taking away time from instruction in
topics like civics. One Center for Education Policy study found that 27
percent of districts surveyed reported reducing time on social studies
either somewhat or to a great extent.
___
Associated
Press reporters Michelle Price in Salt Lake City, Alan Suderman in
Richmond, Va., Erik Schelzig in Nashville, and Kevin Burbach in Sioux
Falls, S.D. contributed to this report. Armario reported from Los
Angeles.
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Follow Christine Armario at http://twitter.com/cearmario and Bob Christie on Twitter at http://twitter.com/APChristie
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