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Transplant here.  I taught in NY before coming here to teach.  I can verify the change.  There were much higher standards in NY.  The people who say it used to be better are also right to some degree (it really depends on the track and the school now).  [b]My experience is that the newer teachers are not the same caliber [/b]and have been schooled in monitoring the testing "data".  There are some exceptions for sure, but in general this is the trend.  
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[b]The new teachers don't know how to teach[/b].  I don't know if it is because they don't understand their material or for other reasons but they rely heavily on handouts and weekly mini quizzes/quizzes/classworks and tests.  Kids spend more time taking tests and quizzes then actually learning. [/quote]

DP. I have wondered about this.  Is it because of NCLB? Principals?  The way teaching is taught in college? Or just the teachers themselves?

It's my impression that this is not an FCPS issue, and not a not-a-northern-school issue, but is nationwide, to some extent.[/quote]

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