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[quote=Anonymous][quote]We're only supposed to care about the fates of teachers and their càreers, but who cares about the fact that each year we graduate millions of kids who are at best semiliterate and who can't make change, forget about them in terms of meaningful employment outlook...[/quote]

Okay, but maybe you can figure out how much the teacher has to do with these "problems".  The Statistical Association study says it is somewhere between 1 and 14 percent.  Changing the teacher is  not going to make a huge difference if the statistical association has studied this correctly.

And, we do care about the students.  We are working hard to teach them.  Maybe you should look at other reasons why the kids are semiliterate and can't make change (some of it has to do with tests that allow the use of calculators and cash registers that calculate change for you).  And our use of technology screens.  I would wager that you might get better test scores if you took all of those things away (and it would be cheaper).  Just saying. [/quote]

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