http://www.eschoolnews.com/2011/01/06/troubled-ri-school-hits-bumps-on-road-to-education-reform/ Just another eSchool Media site Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:37:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://www.eschoolnews.com/2011/01/06/troubled-ri-school-hits-bumps-on-road-to-education-reform/comment-page-1/#comment-1370 dbusby Thu, 06 Jan 2011 18:43:42 +0000 http://www.eschoolnews.com/?p=53940#comment-1370 It's typical that the teachers are blamed for all the problems--then fired. I'm not saying the teachers are perfect, but if they are anything like the faculty at my school, they were just beaten down to the point they have no moral left to keep going on. Has anyone looked at the kids and parents? There are some old sayings that seem to apply here: "You can lead a horse to water but you can't make them drink." "You can't make a silk purse from a pig's ear." Parents and students need to be held accountable too. Many of my students think that NCLB only means that we can't fail them, so they have no real incentive to work hard. Teachers DO need to be held accountable, but students and parents do also. It’s typical that the teachers are blamed for all the problems–then fired. I’m not saying the teachers are perfect, but if they are anything like the faculty at my school, they were just beaten down to the point they have no moral left to keep going on. Has anyone looked at the kids and parents? There are some old sayings that seem to apply here: “You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make them drink.” “You can’t make a silk purse from a pig’s ear.” Parents and students need to be held accountable too. Many of my students think that NCLB only means that we can’t fail them, so they have no real incentive to work hard. Teachers DO need to be held accountable, but students and parents do also.

]]> http://www.eschoolnews.com/2011/01/06/troubled-ri-school-hits-bumps-on-road-to-education-reform/comment-page-1/#comment-3071 dbusby Thu, 06 Jan 2011 18:43:42 +0000 http://www.eschoolnews.com/?p=53940#comment-3071 It's typical that the teachers are blamed for all the problems--then fired. I'm not saying the teachers are perfect, but if they are anything like the faculty at my school, they were just beaten down to the point they have no moral left to keep going on. Has anyone looked at the kids and parents? There are some old sayings that seem to apply here: "You can lead a horse to water but you can't make them drink." "You can't make a silk purse from a pig's ear." Parents and students need to be held accountable too. Many of my students think that NCLB only means that we can't fail them, so they have no real incentive to work hard. Teachers DO need to be held accountable, but students and parents do also. It’s typical that the teachers are blamed for all the problems–then fired. I’m not saying the teachers are perfect, but if they are anything like the faculty at my school, they were just beaten down to the point they have no moral left to keep going on. Has anyone looked at the kids and parents? There are some old sayings that seem to apply here: “You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make them drink.” “You can’t make a silk purse from a pig’s ear.” Parents and students need to be held accountable too. Many of my students think that NCLB only means that we can’t fail them, so they have no real incentive to work hard. Teachers DO need to be held accountable, but students and parents do also.

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