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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Speaking from experience as someone who has taught in California and also had my own children as students in that state, tenured teachers coasting to retirement are the very last people in a school that you need to worry about putting undo pressure on or destroying the fragile self esteem of students.

You who keeps blaming them is barking up the wrong tree without a doubt.[/quote]

My friend, who has taught in CA for 20 years, begs to differ. She has sat on teams where they want to bring back ebonics and/or is told that she must grade improper English as correct because the bar must be lowered for these students.  She refuses. She gets kids pushed through the system (she teaches 6th grade), thrown at her, with a 'good luck with this one'. As she put it, she's just narcissistic enough to want to prove those teachers wrong. And she does EVERY time. By the time those kids leave her classroom, they are prepared for 7th grade - she has brought some up multiple grade levels simply by changing how she teaches those children. And she has large classes - no excuse, she says. I have personally sent her iPads and other tools when she can't get them from the district. She does a lot of tactile projects. She had one kid who thought he was a failure, was always in detention, etc.  Within two weeks she had pinpointed a suspected learning disability, set up testing, and had it confirmed. Kid went from failing to straight As. He was plenty smart - why didn't the other teachers notice or care?  Did the parents care? Yes. They were Asian and spoke very little English and had no idea what was going on. They were at a loss. The administration didn't reach out to them. The guidance counselor did not reach out to them. The school board did not reach out to them. My friend did.

And THAT'S how you fix a school. By keeping teachers like my friend and getting RID of those that aren't.

This year, she happens to have the student of a parent who is a very famous businessman. She had no idea until he contacted her after her 'welcome to my classroom, this is how I teach' letter. She caught his attention in very positive ways.  This should get good.[/quote]

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