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Posted by 3-9 on Wed Jan 4 21:40:03 2012, in response to Re: OP-ED: What Americans keep ignoring about Finland's school success, posted by Concourse Express on Wed Jan 4 20:42:04 2012. Simply raising the standards and simultaneously abandoning the system for measuring if progress is being made isn't going to work. Teachers can then say (again) an 'A' is whatever they want. IMO, you have to start with the teachers and principals and their work environment. Giving them better pay/bennies is one thing, but so is making teaching a worthwhile profession again. At the same time, the principals have to be able to manage them (including firing them if the teacher is bad). To top it off, you have to enforce respect and authority, which is a herculean task in schools full of kids who are brought up to hate authority. Lastly, the teacher/administration setup is probably such a mess, what with the red tape and threats of litigation, it's no wonder education is the way it is. |
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