Ways to improve public education?

• Al Bundy

  Spock;1836412 wrote:The world needs ditch diggers to. Just make them the best ditch digger you can.

  Maybe we need fewer PE classes and more real classes
• BRF

  

  Spock;1836412 wrote:The world needs ditch diggers to.

  I now change my vote on neg reps to yes.
• Ironman92

  

  Al Bundy;1836420 wrote:Maybe we need fewer PE classes and more real classes

  Hay! That hits me wear it hurts. [emoji16]
• like_that

  

  Al Bundy;1836420 wrote:Maybe we need fewer PE classes and more real classes

  Our country is fat enough.
• Sonofanump

  Science shows that starting class later (9am-4pm) would greatly benefit an adolescent mind.
  Getting up at 6am to catch the bus at 7am does not work well for our youth.
• Heretic

  

  Spock;1836412 wrote:The world needs ditch diggers to. Just make them the best ditch digger you can.

  
  Are you even qualified for that?
• QuakerOats

  http://wjla.com/news/local/teachers-parents-want-education-secretary-betsy-devos-to-hear-their-message
  
  
  Good start .........glad to see the radical left continuing to shut down dialogue; that's helpful.
• j_crazy

  

  I think you should tailor the education experience to the students.
  
  For example, my daughter is a spelling machine, she complains and sometimes even gets in trouble because kids in her class need extra time working on spelling assignments and she gets bored. In the same vein she struggles with math and there is a kid next door who is much stronger there and gets bored during Math time. It'd be nice if you could learn each subject based on your affinity for it. that way the teachers can cover more material and not have to slow down for kids not on the same level as everyone else.
• sleeper

  

  Sonofanump;1836505 wrote:Science shows that starting class later (9am-4pm) would greatly benefit an adolescent mind.
  Getting up at 6am to catch the bus at 7am does not work well for our youth.

  Right because people care so much about science these days. Well, one party doesn't care.
• sleeper

  

  QuakerOats;1836516 wrote:http://wjla.com/news/local/teachers-parents-want-education-secretary-betsy-devos-to-hear-their-message
  
  
  Good start .........glad to see the radical left continuing to shut down dialogue; that's helpful.

  Peaceful protest is a part of Democracy. Maybe Devos should consider listening to those that have experience rather than continue to push her for-profit agenda.
• Con_Alma

  sleeper;1836532 wrote:Peaceful protest is a part of Democracy.... .

  Indeed it is but restricting government officials from carrying out their daily activities is not a part of "democracy"....or in our case a constitutional republic.
• Con_Alma

  Glad the Teachers Union President condemned the protests.
  
  http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/318963-teachers-union-president-condemns-protests-blocking-devos-from
• sleeper

  

  Con_Alma;1836542 wrote:Indeed it is but restricting government officials from carrying out their daily activities is not a part of "democracy"....or in our case a constitutional republic.

  It certainly is. Non-violent peaceful protest and civil disobedience was how blacks earned equal rights to white people.
  
  Devos is welcome to resign if she can't handle it. Maybe don't buy off Senators so you can install your for-profit charter schools that benefit your own interests.
• sleeper

  

  As far as how to fix the schools, it's rather simple. Fix the structural poverty issues in society first and the schools will follow. Parents should be more worried about how their children are doing school rather than working 2 jobs just to feed their families.
• thavoice

  like_that;1836480 wrote:Our country is fat enough.

  Dont think that will make a difference. If the only activity a kid gets is that very limited time in PE class it wont do a damned thing.
• Ironman92

  

  thavoice;1836561 wrote:Dont think that will make a difference. If the only activity a kid gets is that very limited time in PE class it wont do a damned thing.

  It's Physical Education...not Physical Fitness.
  
  A 4th grader having my class once or twice a week (depending on semester) and stretching a few minutes then doing a quick rotation of 6 exercises followed by 3 min of jogging definitely won't do much to help them become physically fit....but learning and understanding the 5 components of physical fitness, target heart rate, the FITT Principle etc while keeping a weekly activity log can go a long way in educating them on how to get themselves or keep themselves fit.
• Spock

  

  Ironman92;1836609 wrote:It's Physical Education...not Physical Fitness.
  
  A 4th grader having my class once or twice a week (depending on semester) and stretching a few minutes then doing a quick rotation of 6 exercises followed by 3 min of jogging definitely won't do much to help them become physically fit....but learning and understanding the 5 components of physical fitness, target heart rate, the FITT Principle etc while keeping a weekly activity log can go a long way in educating them on how to get themselves or keep themselves fit.

  
  Correct
  
  Its about exposure to exercise and familiarity of how to do it so that later in life we can recall it and use it later. People dont think of it this way but we learned the values of fitness at a early age
• BRF

  

  Ironman92;1836609 wrote:It's Physical Education...not Physical Fitness.
  
  A 4th grader having my class once or twice a week (depending on semester) and stretching a few minutes then doing a quick rotation of 6 exercises followed by 3 min of jogging definitely won't do much to help them become physically fit....but learning and understanding the 5 components of physical fitness, target heart rate, the FITT Principle etc while keeping a weekly activity log can go a long way in educating them on how to get themselves or keep themselves fit.

  I still exercise to the "Chicken Fat" PE song!
• BRF

  

  ....."we learned the values of fitness at a early age"....
  
  Could you please proofread before you hit send on the threads about education?
• Con_Alma

  sleeper;1836558 wrote:It certainly is. Non-violent peaceful protest and civil disobedience was how blacks earned equal rights to white people.
  
  Devos is welcome to resign if she can't handle it. Maybe don't buy off Senators so you can install your for-profit charter schools that benefit your own interests.

  Breaking the law is not a component of the structure of democracy...no matter the historical actions of our country.
  
  Devos does appear to be able to handle it and did so today.
• sleeper

  

  Con_Alma;1836644 wrote:Breaking the law is not a component of the structure of democracy...no matter the historical actions of our country.
  
  Devos does appear to be able to handle it and did so today.

  You really should study American history, particularly the civil rights movement.
  
  She is welcome to resign if she can't handle it. These were non-violent protestors exercising their 1st amendment rights. Sorry!
• Con_Alma

  I'm familiar with the civil rights movements. The effectiveness of the actions of activist doesn't change the construct of what democracy is. I never spoke of violence as it relates to the these protesters. IN addition, the first amendment isn't inclusive of blocking the normal duties of federally appointed persons.
  
  Ms. Devos can "handle it"...and did. http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/318972-devos-says-she-will-not-be-deterred-after-protestors-block-her-from
• sleeper

  

  Con_Alma;1836649 wrote:I'm familiar with the civil rights movements. The effectiveness of the actions of activist doesn't change the construct of what democracy is. I never spoke of violence as it relates to the these protesters. IN addition, the first amendment isn't inclusive of blocking the normal duties of federally appointed persons.
  
  Ms. Devos can "handle it"...and did. http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/318972-devos-says-she-will-not-be-deterred-after-protestors-block-her-from

  Glad she can handle it. She's going to deal with it in increasing intensity until she resigns or until she puts American children first instead of corporate interest. We just want what's best for the children; why can't Republicans?
• Benny The Jet

  

  I'm also not a huge fan of our union. I think if you made teachers pay based on performance, you'd see a lot better teachers coming into the field and would motivate the ones who have become lazy. How to fully incorporate performance based pay may be tricky though. Right now I only get evaluated 2x a year.
• Ironman92

  

  Benny The Jet;1836655 wrote:I'm also not a huge fan of our union. I think if you made teachers pay based on performance, you'd see a lot better teachers coming into the field and would motivate the ones who have become lazy. How to fully incorporate performance based pay may be tricky though. Right now I only get evaluated 2x a year.

  The union sucks. There are a lot of inept teachers.