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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Many of these comments are insulting. I have an engineering degree and a masters in education.  I am a math teacher because I love working with students, I love math and I have the best coworkers anyone could want.  They are intelligent experienced professionals. Many of us have degrees in our field and have switched careers because teaching is our passion. Please do not come forward with cookie cutter methods to improve education when you have never spent a  day as a classroom teacher.  There is much more to teaching high school than content knowledge.  [/quote]

So what are your ideas? Our education system is in crisis. Rather than get your feathers ruffled when people brainstorm ideas, why don't you use your personal experience with teaching to make some suggestions here of what might work. It's easy to criticize other peoples ideas. Please tell us what we need to do.[/quote]

Not the PP but I'll bite.

-Reduce teaching load/class sizes
-Add time for professional development, lesson planning, and grading
-Increase teacher's pay
-Fix falling down buildings and provide adaquate supplies
-Pay for counseling, food, medical care and housing vouchers for students, so they come to class ready to learn

Finally, stop saying schools are failing and education is in crisis. Yes, there are problems, but a lot of it is overblown. We can definitely do better as country, but lots of kids are educated by good public schools. 
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