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On Thu, 09 Jun 2016 02:04:55 -0400, wrote:

On Wed, 8 Jun 2016 15:29:12 -0400, Keyser Söze wrote:

On 6/8/16 3:23 PM, wrote:
On Wed, 8 Jun 2016 14:38:39 -0400, Keyser Söze wrote:

On 6/8/16 1:52 PM, wrote:

I suppose you could start with the ones who actually demonstrate that
their students learned the year's course material ... You know, the
dreaded "T" word.

All you can try to demonstrate is that you properly taught the material.
The "receivers" have to do their part, too, for learning to take place.

Now you are the one saying there is nothing we can do.
If the system was truly color blind, they could rate the students and
the teachers. Unfortunately when they actually identify those "at
risk" students, there is a racial/economic component and that is taboo
to even talk about. If you single out students for extra attention, it
still has to reflect the racial makeup of the total school population
or you are profiling in the eyes of the left.

I am saying you can't isolate teachers as a major cause.

I agree. It is part of the problem but not the only problem by a long
shot. The government school model is the biggest problem along with
the huge bureaucracy that drags along.
Things that may work perfectly in Calvert County may not work at all
in Anacostia yet the government says they must be the same.
When you start tailoring the curriculum to the students,
discrimination is the first thing we hear, even when it is the poor
student that is getting the most resources.
The simple fact that only about 43% of the school budget actually
trickles down to the classroom is a problem too.

There is a new concept that is catching in that looks promising. They
now have "home school" or "virtual school" where the kid stays at home
and the teacher comes in from the cloud. If nothing else, it
eliminates huge amounts of infrastructure (buses, food service and the
buildings themselves with everything that entails). That makes more
money available for teachers and they can have smaller class sizes.
Two of my grand kids have been doing that for a few years.
Palm Beach County had virtual school and it is real big in rural
Michigan where they are now.
It does only work where there is a home tho. Kids of crack heads are
not going to be able to do this.

When I was teaching, and that was over 15 years ago, we had two seniors taking Advanced Calculus by
computer from George Mason University. They would go to a teacher's office, log in, and listen to
the lecture. They had the same books as the 'in-house' students, did the same homework, and had to
take the same tests (by driving to GMU). They got the college credits for the course.