Anonymous
Post 05/20/2024 21:10     Subject: Future of Education
I think Trump will definitely win. It scares the crap out of me but our education system and corruption is so rampant its only logical that would be the result. Dysfunction has gone on so long in the US our populace is dumbed down and cannot critically think on top of being easily manipulated and greedy.
Anonymous
Post 05/20/2024 07:34     Subject: Re:Future of Education
As a parent and community member, I value the public school system. And I don’t want the voucher-pushing RWNJs to trash them.


RWNJs have very little to do with public schools. How many School Boards are predominantly Republican?

Many public schools are ruined and there are no vouchers. If there were, perhaps a few parents could afford a private school, but in reality, there are not spots for all who would make the choice.




Anonymous
Post 05/19/2024 23:54     Subject: Future of Education
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:Pay teachers more. Better pay = better teachers.


I think the funds would be better spent by reducing the credentials needed for teaching to a 2-year vocational program, reducing teacher compensation by 35%-50%, but then hiring twice to three times as many teachers to reduce class sizes to no more than 15 kids per class.

Which is to say that academic outcomes will improve more with a greater number of less-qualified teachers, than with fewer but higher-qualified teachers.


Peer reviewed research does not support this approach. I'm not interested in having my kid taught by someone making 30k per year, who can't afford to either live near school or have decent transportation.

The correlation between class size and results is also low.


Peer-reviewed research is how we got in this mess. We are up to our neck in peer-reviewed research, almost all of which is going to recommend Leftist solutions whether the data points that way or not.

What we lack are consequences for parents and kids who cause problems & don’t take opportunities seriously. And I don’t need a mountain of data to tell me that.


That’s racist.


Right. Because only non-white kids misbehave in school. Jerk.
You're the jerk for believing non-white kids are the only ones who misbehave in school and that's why we can't have real discipline in schools.
Anonymous
Post 05/19/2024 17:03     Subject: Future of Education
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Pay teachers more. Better pay = better teachers.


I think the funds would be better spent by reducing the credentials needed for teaching to a 2-year vocational program, reducing teacher compensation by 35%-50%, but then hiring twice to three times as many teachers to reduce class sizes to no more than 15 kids per class.

Which is to say that academic outcomes will improve more with a greater number of less-qualified teachers, than with fewer but higher-qualified teachers.


Peer reviewed research does not support this approach. I'm not interested in having my kid taught by someone making 30k per year, who can't afford to either live near school or have decent transportation.

The correlation between class size and results is also low.


Peer-reviewed research is how we got in this mess. We are up to our neck in peer-reviewed research, almost all of which is going to recommend Leftist solutions whether the data points that way or not.

What we lack are consequences for parents and kids who cause problems & don’t take opportunities seriously. And I don’t need a mountain of data to tell me that.


That’s racist.


Right. Because only non-white kids misbehave in school. Jerk.
Anonymous
Post 05/19/2024 16:29     Subject: Future of Education
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Pay teachers more. Better pay = better teachers.


+1 million

No vouchers. They will only hurt our public schools.


Afraid of a little competition?


As a parent and community member, I value the public school system. And I don’t want the voucher-pushing RWNJs to trash them.


Parent deserve a choice. Tie the money to the child. Wherever the kid goes, the money goes.
Anonymous
Post 05/19/2024 14:31     Subject: Future of Education
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I get that rich people and corporations don't want to pay taxes and that is a big republican goal, but, isn't worth America looking like a third world idiocracy all the time. Atleast we dun got electrolytes.


PISA and other OECD data say that the US spends more $ per student on public education than many other countries which have much better educational outcomes.

As another example, DCPS spends more per student than many other cities and even most of the 50 states, yet DC ranks near the bottom of the US in educational outcomes.

We need more effective approaches to education. Increasing the spend blindly - without also fixing the educational approach at the same time - cannot succeed.
We need a return to true liberalism. Wokeism is racing us to the bottom.
Anonymous
Post 05/19/2024 11:55     Subject: Future of Education
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I get that rich people and corporations don't want to pay taxes and that is a big republican goal, but, isn't worth America looking like a third world idiocracy all the time. Atleast we dun got electrolytes.


PISA and other OECD data say that the US spends more $ per student on public education than many other countries which have much better educational outcomes.

As another example, DCPS spends more per student than many other cities and even most of the 50 states, yet DC ranks near the bottom of the US in educational outcomes.

We need more effective approaches to education. Increasing the spend blindly - without also fixing the educational approach at the same time - cannot succeed.


I don't think that's the problem. Drill down on demographic cohorts by ethnicity and parental income.
Anonymous
Post 05/19/2024 10:06     Subject: Future of Education
Anonymous wrote:I get that rich people and corporations don't want to pay taxes and that is a big republican goal, but, isn't worth America looking like a third world idiocracy all the time. Atleast we dun got electrolytes.


PISA and other OECD data say that the US spends more $ per student on public education than many other countries which have much better educational outcomes.

As another example, DCPS spends more per student than many other cities and even most of the 50 states, yet DC ranks near the bottom of the US in educational outcomes.

We need more effective approaches to education. Increasing the spend blindly - without also fixing the educational approach at the same time - cannot succeed.
Anonymous
Post 05/19/2024 09:55     Subject: Future of Education
I get that rich people and corporations don't want to pay taxes and that is a big republican goal, but, isn't worth America looking like a third world idiocracy all the time. Atleast we dun got electrolytes.
Anonymous
Post 05/19/2024 01:59     Subject: Future of Education
Anonymous wrote:The future of education depends on whether we install King Trump or any other Republican.

God help us if they win.


Your education plainly failed you in many ways. What exactly do you think Republicans want to do to education? Use your words and try to think analytically, rather than spewing back Joy Behar quotes.


Anonymous
Post 05/18/2024 18:41     Subject: Future of Education
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Pay teachers more. Better pay = better teachers.


And give them a 401k instead of those fat pensions.

The fat pensions are gone


Virginia state & local government employees still have the option of a final salary based pension. It is far far better than a 401(k).
Anonymous
Post 05/18/2024 17:08     Subject: Future of Education
The future of education depends on whether we install King Trump or any other Republican.

God help us if they win.
Anonymous
Post 05/18/2024 17:07     Subject: Future of Education
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Give up and be okay with the idea that you can’t treat everyone equitably. If kids can’t behave in a classroom setting, they need to removed from said classroom. Screw their fair and adequate education. Mainly focus on those who want to learn.


This is the main thing that would improve schools dramatically. Get disruptive kids out. If they don’t want to be there they shouldn’t be there. If their parents want them in school, they can teach them to behave.


They could learn at an on the job program to do useful things like fix roads.


Yeah but many of these posters seem anti-tax, so there won’t be any materials to fix the roads with.
Anonymous
Post 05/18/2024 16:52     Subject: Future of Education
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Pay teachers more. Better pay = better teachers.


And give them a 401k instead of those fat pensions.

The fat pensions are gone