Anonymous
Post 01/07/2013 16:34     Subject: Lack of Text books
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:First and foremost are uniformly high quality educational opportunities. If that's there, then the others will follow.

But aren't those questions that should have been asked decades ago?


I absolutely agree that we should have high quality education opportunities. In order to achieve that, we need a strong curriculum. For K-8 there actually is a simple fix. It's called Core Knowledge, it doesn't cost an arm and a leg, but it does require well-educated teachers. This might address the teacher quality issue as well, because poorly educated teachers don't want to teach world history, literature, etc.


+1 and nor do they want to give students a strong foundation in STEM subjects which are direly needed for our nation's future and sustainability.
Anonymous
Post 01/07/2013 15:07     Subject: Lack of Text books
Anonymous wrote:First and foremost are uniformly high quality educational opportunities. If that's there, then the others will follow.

But aren't those questions that should have been asked decades ago?


I absolutely agree that we should have high quality education opportunities. In order to achieve that, we need a strong curriculum. For K-8 there actually is a simple fix. It's called Core Knowledge, it doesn't cost an arm and a leg, but it does require well-educated teachers. This might address the teacher quality issue as well, because poorly educated teachers don't want to teach world history, literature, etc.
Anonymous
Post 01/07/2013 15:01     Subject: Lack of Text books
First and foremost are uniformly high quality educational opportunities. If that's there, then the others will follow.

But aren't those questions that should have been asked decades ago?
Anonymous
Post 01/07/2013 13:53     Subject: Lack of Text books
What is your goal?

-High academic achievement?

-Excellent educational opportunity?

-Equity of educational opportunity?