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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It sounds like a lot of the “overworked” is more just frustration at handling behavioral issues (either directly or indirectly through not getting enough subs to agree to teach at the school due to behaviors), so why don’t teachers try to do something about the behavior? [b]Most parents want much higher behavioral expectations in the schools too.[/b] We talk so much on DCUM about wanting to change different laws, so why is nobody talking about changing whatever laws allow behaviorally disruptive kids to stay in classrooms and drive out all the good teachers? Have the teachers (either through unions or not) actually tried to change this? Or everyone just assumes it’s too hard?[/quote]

Maybe in wealthy areas but at my Title One school, most parents just don't want to be bothered. Many won't answer the phone if you call them during the day. No kidding. They ignore other communications too.[/quote]

Okay, so maybe “most voters” is a better thing to say. Most voters want higher expectations for behavior in our schools. The schools are government institutions funded by taxpayers, so what we want for our country is how it should be.[/quote]

I'm not so sure about this. I'm fairly liberal on a lot of issues but as a former teacher I'm conflicted sometimes because on one hand a lot of Republicans don't care about having strong public schools with decent funding, teacher pay, etc, but on the other hand a lot of the Democrats in my district get obsessed with things like the "School to Prison Pipeline" which really just translates into policies that make it impossible to get disruptive and even dangerous students out of the mainstream classrooms.[/quote]

One day everyone will realize that more pay isn’t the answer to the problems in our schools. American public schools (particularly in areas like DC) are already literally the most expensive in the world. No other countries spend anything even close to what we do.

What they have though is standards - behavioral standards and academic standards.

I guess we’ll need to hit rock bottom first before everyone understands that even more money isn’t the solution here. Unfortunately it will be an entire generation who suffers in the meantime though. [/quote]

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