Congratulations to Johnathan. When the Geography Bee is over, his teachers should take time to help with grammar. I wish reporters wouldn't print raw quotes. I think repeating bad grammar doesn't make the paper and the subject sound authentic so much as ignorant.
I think it's part of the problem to report that schools are failing to develop students. How about "the students are failing to develop?" How about a nod to shared responsibility?
The article reads like curriculum and teaching is inconsistent because teachers are ignorant of grade-level curricula and possible unfamiliar with material they should be teaching . But I don't know any teacher who doesn't want to and can’t teach grade-level curriculum to properly-prepared students.
As an urban teacher I know the real problem is that for a majority of inner-city students attendance is poor (<90%) and enough students' manners and behavior are often so bad/disruptive that you spend as much (or more) time working on behavior as you do on lessons, and you can't stay on track with any grade-level curriculum because you constantly have to try to re-teach to students who haven't been there and/or haven’t done the work from previous lessons, courses and grade-levels.
And, In my experience, when teachers start teaching something that is not in the high school curriculum it's because they want to help the students make up missed or un-mastered material, and not because they are fuzzy on academic content standards. We want to give all students equal opportunities in primary and secondary education but at some point bad decisions on some students’ parts agglomerate and prevent them from being able to avail themselves of opportunities such as honors and AP courses. And at that point it isn’t in the power of a teacher, principal or superintendent to right the wrongs of 3, 5, or more, years of poor academic effort.
Struthers geo whiz headed to state
Congratulations to Johnathan. When the Geography Bee is over, his teachers should take time to help with grammar. I wish reporters wouldn't print raw quotes. I think repeating bad grammar doesn't make the paper and the subject sound authentic so much as ignorant.
March 30, 2013 at 6:24 a.m. permalink suggest removal
Canfield wrestlers go 5-0 at tournament in Cuyahoga Falls
Congratulations! Hard work, team spirit and great coaching!
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Report: Schools failing to develop students
I think it's part of the problem to report that schools are failing to develop students. How about "the students are failing to develop?" How about a nod to shared responsibility?
The article reads like curriculum and teaching is inconsistent because teachers are ignorant of grade-level curricula and possible unfamiliar with material they should be teaching . But I don't know any teacher who doesn't want to and can’t teach grade-level curriculum to properly-prepared students.
As an urban teacher I know the real problem is that for a majority of inner-city students attendance is poor (<90%) and enough students' manners and behavior are often so bad/disruptive that you spend as much (or more) time working on behavior as you do on lessons, and you can't stay on track with any grade-level curriculum because you constantly have to try to re-teach to students who haven't been there and/or haven’t done the work from previous lessons, courses and grade-levels.
And, In my experience, when teachers start teaching something that is not in the high school curriculum it's because they want to help the students make up missed or un-mastered material, and not because they are fuzzy on academic content standards.
We want to give all students equal opportunities in primary and secondary education but at some point bad decisions on some students’ parts agglomerate and prevent them from being able to avail themselves of opportunities such as honors and AP courses. And at that point it isn’t in the power of a teacher, principal or superintendent to right the wrongs of 3, 5, or more, years of poor academic effort.
May 3, 2011 at 2:49 p.m. permalink suggest removal