Dr. Christian Anderson and Dr. Simone Gibson of Morgan State University, Dr. Rob Helfenbein of Loyola University of Maryland, Dr. Jessica Shiller of Towson University, and, Dr. Eric Rice of Johns Hopkins University join TRNN’s Khalilah Harris for a discussion on Maryland and national progressive education policies that could advance equitable access to opportunity for all students.
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Problem with teachers stems from our culture. Teachers have always been used as the scapegoat for society's problems. They are demonized from the folks in Washington, to the state legislature, to the school boards, to the parents. When the entire country blames the teacher when something goes wrong, what do you think the children are going to learn? Are they going to respect teachers or are they going to be disrespectful?
Another problem with teachers is the preparation. In other countries, teaching is very prestigious career. Only the top students are accepted into education colleges, and they need a master's degree. In America, you only need a C average and a bachelor's degree. When I lived in Florida, I wanted to become a teacher more than anything. I was living on my own and working full time while attending college at night. Education classes were held during the day only. The most important skill a teacher must learn prior to entering the classroom is classroom management. Believe it or not, there were ZERO classes on classroom management.
We need to fund education better and take high stakes, standardized tests out of the equation. But in America, our government places more emphasis, far more money, into weapons of mass destruction than our children. The emphasis on standardized testing has basically eliminated programs in art, music, language, and other electives.
A big problem I see when it comes to student learning is the curriculum. If you 180 different standards in 9th grade math, that gives teachers LESS THAN one day to cover a particular skill. Students learn NOTHING in depth. Wouldn't it be better to have the freedom and time to cover particular skills in depth, so they can understand more advanced concepts later?
$'s are keystroked by the federal government.
Taxes should never be the way we pay for education.
Individual States are revenue bound
Federal government is not
Corporation's and big money need to stay OUT of education. …parents and teachers should be the only ones involved
Oh my if the " PROFESSIONALS" start waking up and understand how they themselves have become the PROBLEM eureka 🤩
Let people pay for the education of their own children. If they lack resources to do so let them petition their church.
Troll alert, or maybe Peter Owens in the chat is just a useful idiot who thinks communist professors teach neoliberal economics thought,etc.