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Congressional Democrats, and Obama, have decided that interns and novice teachers should listed as "highly qualified educators". Can you imagine something more harmful to government education?
Yes, I can.
"The Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning's report concluded that:
"Districts have increased class size and reduced time for teachers to plan and deliver instruction, holding teachers to the same rising standards with more students in their classes and fewer days in the instructional year. These conditions, set against California's disastrous budget climate, cause deep concern that too few of the state's 6.2 million students will have the effective teachers they need to help them become well-educated productive citizens."
In fact slightly larger class sizes make absolutely no difference. End the union controlled and ownership of teachers and we will see progress and quality. Failure to end the extortionist control of the schools and we will continue to have high drop out rates (LAUSD is above 50%). Failure to enforce our immigration laws (California schools have a minimum of 10% and possibly 25% of students who are either children of illegal aliens or illegal aliens themselves) and the cost of education goes up and the quality of education continues to drop.
This is a perfect storm allowed by families and voters. Until we say "enough", government schools will be textbook cases of why government is a failure and a waste of tax dollars.
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Yes, I can.
"The Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning's report concluded that:
"Districts have increased class size and reduced time for teachers to plan and deliver instruction, holding teachers to the same rising standards with more students in their classes and fewer days in the instructional year. These conditions, set against California's disastrous budget climate, cause deep concern that too few of the state's 6.2 million students will have the effective teachers they need to help them become well-educated productive citizens."
In fact slightly larger class sizes make absolutely no difference. End the union controlled and ownership of teachers and we will see progress and quality. Failure to end the extortionist control of the schools and we will continue to have high drop out rates (LAUSD is above 50%). Failure to enforce our immigration laws (California schools have a minimum of 10% and possibly 25% of students who are either children of illegal aliens or illegal aliens themselves) and the cost of education goes up and the quality of education continues to drop.
This is a perfect storm allowed by families and voters. Until we say "enough", government schools will be textbook cases of why government is a failure and a waste of tax dollars.
More...