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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b][quote]Anonymous wrote:
Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania. Just some of the states w stellar public high schools.[/b]

Historically, the northern states preceded the southern in education. Sadly, [b]this still persists[/b] within some southern states today.

This. There are [b]a lot of transplants from the north in NOVA[/b] just used to better quality. I have no idea what the schools are like in Southern Virginia compared to NOVA nor do I care if they aren't noted to be good.[/quote]

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).  My experience is that the newer teachers are not the same caliber 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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The new teachers don't know how to teach.  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 [b]tests and quizzes then actually learning[/b]. [/quote]

I guess the college professors missed this memo, because they all rely more on lectures and class discussions, not solely on classwork quizzes, mini quizzes and tests. My kids come home after an all day school and have to teach themselves the material. We did not have to do that 40 years ago.

Doing classwork and taking tests and quizzes are actually a more powerful way to learn than listening to a teacher.[/quote][/quote]

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