Archive for July, 2011
Financial and Political Problems Plague the Troubled St Louis Schools
The 2006-2007 school year for the St Louis schools brings with it a financial deficit and accreditation problems carried over from the previous board majority. Additionally, superintendent Creg Williams’ proposed budget was voted down on June 13, so currently there is no budget for the upcoming school year.
Financial Deficit
Politics in Public Education: The Legislative Agenda
Public education in America has encountered many challenges, particularly in the last three decades. Declining test scores, declining graduation rates, poor results for high school graduates once entering college unprepared, and the clear lack of life-long learning skills are just symptoms of the underlying problems and issues with K-12 education.
The decline of direct parental involvement, poor university education school preparation for teachers, misdirected and inconsistent standardized testing efforts, and the lack of any teacher testing and annual monitoring of teacher progress have all contributed to the problems in public education, and alarming lack of results and preparation of our children. However, underlying the symptoms and the causes that I have cited is the compromising of the true mission and goals we all expect to be unwavering. That is to say, those given the sacred responsibility of educating our students have compromised the very mission of education, and the achievement of the goals and objectives that we have counted upon to be the foundation of our future and our children’s future. This is not an accusation, a supposition, or an opinion. This is a fact. I have seen it and documented it first hand in my own state, and have verified similar encounters and compromises by the educational elite, administrators, and most directly the two largest teacher unions in the United States. It is at a minimum, appalling, and potentially criminal.
Homeschool Etiquette: Discover Polite Ways to Answer Those Inevitable Questions
At some point, you will speculate if you made the right decision to teach your children at home. You may wonder if you really are compliant with the legal requirements. You may worry if your children are suffering academically. Perhaps you will doubt your ability to teach geometry and chemistry. You might grow to be concerned about your children’s capability of entering college. In addition, you may become anxious about what others will say.
Your family and friends will ask similar questions you ask yourself. They will also ask the inevitable ones, such as, “Why do you want to do that?” “What are you afraid of?” “What about socialization?” “What about sports?” How do you respectfully answer them? Prepare what you will say in advance by reminding yourself why you initially decided to homeschool. This will assist you in calmly responding rather than foolishly reacting to those who consider your educational choice as less than desirable.
Home School Makes Your Child Sociable, Gentle and Polite
Till now, there are many critics and experts in different fields have openly criticized the home schooling system. It is a very surprising matter that they have lost the faith in such convenient methods of teaching the students. What is their personal view? To be frank, they claim that home schooling means the channelization of the education and training to the students through home based schools.
Now if the education is meant for enlightenment then it must be spread all over the world. It is also meant for the social communicative system which will train the children to make communication with the rest of the world. Students must be sociable, polite in nature, smart in behavior and polished in attitude. They will be well trained to communicate with others in such a way that everyone will be pleased to talk to the educated youth. Unfortunately a boy who has been specially trained at home will not compete with the boys coming from the public schools or those who are trained in conventional education centers.