I now realize I received an education tailored to my needs. I’m guessing at least some of my classmates didn’t. They got lumped together with everyone else. I was lucky. Tom is right.
Tom, how much of this could be attributed to political considerations being higher priority than educational outcomes? By that I mean to what degree does electoral politics affect the ways in which education is delivered? This applies to everything from school boards to the White House. How can we possibly expect different outcomes when the decisions around funding, curriculum, testing, standards, content, hours, transportation, and almost everything else are being made by people who seek to be elected as opposed to people with professional training and experience in education?
Mr. Horner...retired teacher here; 40 years in classrooms and out mentoring other staff and working on curriculum. Big question - how would you structure the amount of funding a school district gets using your idea of funding quality rather butts in seats?
I now realize I received an education tailored to my needs. I’m guessing at least some of my classmates didn’t. They got lumped together with everyone else. I was lucky. Tom is right.
Tom, how much of this could be attributed to political considerations being higher priority than educational outcomes? By that I mean to what degree does electoral politics affect the ways in which education is delivered? This applies to everything from school boards to the White House. How can we possibly expect different outcomes when the decisions around funding, curriculum, testing, standards, content, hours, transportation, and almost everything else are being made by people who seek to be elected as opposed to people with professional training and experience in education?
Mr. Horner...retired teacher here; 40 years in classrooms and out mentoring other staff and working on curriculum. Big question - how would you structure the amount of funding a school district gets using your idea of funding quality rather butts in seats?