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I find it interesting that it was posted that parents, teachers, and the media are responsible, yet more vitriol is directed at teachers so far. Interesting because I'm a teacher. Interesting because the federal government DOES fund education. They can't legislate it, but they fund it. NCLB is the result of this. Since the federal government can't legislate, they use funding as a carrot stick to entice school systems to obey their whims. Schools desperately need the money; otherwise, NCLB would have been embarrassingly ignored.
Now, there are millions of teachers doing a horrendous job educating kids. How in the hell can I teach my students civic responsibility when they walk into my classroom convinced that the capital of the United States is Illinois? They're fifth graders and they don't have a damn clue about anything regarding their nation's history or it's form of government. Not a one of my students can tell me what the president's job is.
I try, but it's an uphill battle with 10 ton weights tied to the bumper.
/end threadjack.
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