All true. I’ve been in public education for nearly three decades and part of the union as well. Administration is just as much a part of the problem as the woke left teachers. Traditional liberal and conservative teachers are beside themselves over what’s happening in our schools. I could talk for days about this.
I also wonder if they pay their administration and higher ups a more reasonable amount. It seems that when public schools get money, it all goes to raises for everyone but teachers or it goes to sports. Also, I wonder if they are very particular in what teachers are hired. Most teachers would love to work in a school like this, creating an environment where it's a competitive job to get. My husband and I paid extremely high rent prices for 8 years to put our kids through middle and high school in a place like this, and I don't regret the sacrifice for a moment. These schools are rare and public school is now just a holding center and babysitting gig. Teachers have no authority. It needs to die. Not slowly, immediately.
The system educating and testing teachers is broken. My wife got 98% on the final test to become a teacher. But she said that most got below 50% and that 14% is a passing grade!
Was that the pedagogy test or the content test? I am more concerned about content than pedagogy.--given the current state of pedagogy of course. Cut scores for passing most of the state tests are incredibly low for k-12 students as well. It’s how the states/districts keep their report cards to the public satisfactory. If a state test has 43Q, the cut score for proficient (kind of like a C) is somewhere around 24Q. That means students who scored proficient really failed. Don’t believe what the state or school district report cards are telling you.
Sorry, I don't know what the name of the test was. My wife took this in Montana, I think in the late '80s. It was quite a shock to me to find out how easy it is to pass, yet how poorly most did! She said that most of them crammed before the test, while she did not.
All true. I’ve been in public education for nearly three decades and part of the union as well. Administration is just as much a part of the problem as the woke left teachers. Traditional liberal and conservative teachers are beside themselves over what’s happening in our schools. I could talk for days about this.
I'd love to hear more about your perspective. Please feel free to email me at activelyunwoke (a) gmail.com if you like.
I also wonder if they pay their administration and higher ups a more reasonable amount. It seems that when public schools get money, it all goes to raises for everyone but teachers or it goes to sports. Also, I wonder if they are very particular in what teachers are hired. Most teachers would love to work in a school like this, creating an environment where it's a competitive job to get. My husband and I paid extremely high rent prices for 8 years to put our kids through middle and high school in a place like this, and I don't regret the sacrifice for a moment. These schools are rare and public school is now just a holding center and babysitting gig. Teachers have no authority. It needs to die. Not slowly, immediately.
A FOIA request would answer that! Good question.
Great research Karlyn. Thank you!
Does Carmel spend less than these other schools on Social Justice training & curriculum?
They certainly spend significantly less than many schools teaching it, but hard to say as a blanket statement.
The system educating and testing teachers is broken. My wife got 98% on the final test to become a teacher. But she said that most got below 50% and that 14% is a passing grade!
That's not even an F!
Was that the pedagogy test or the content test? I am more concerned about content than pedagogy.--given the current state of pedagogy of course. Cut scores for passing most of the state tests are incredibly low for k-12 students as well. It’s how the states/districts keep their report cards to the public satisfactory. If a state test has 43Q, the cut score for proficient (kind of like a C) is somewhere around 24Q. That means students who scored proficient really failed. Don’t believe what the state or school district report cards are telling you.
Sorry, I don't know what the name of the test was. My wife took this in Montana, I think in the late '80s. It was quite a shock to me to find out how easy it is to pass, yet how poorly most did! She said that most of them crammed before the test, while she did not.