Are the public school teachers the problem?

According to a 2010 study, “The U.S. recruits most teachers from the bottom two-thirds of college classes, and, for many schools in poor neighborhoods, from the bottom third.”

Only 23 per cent of the teachers came from the top third of their college peers.

The Major went to a big 10 university and transferred to the college of education in his junior year. He became quickly dismayed by the quality of the professors in the college of education. The students were also unimpressive for the most part.

If fact, there were two Tiers of math courses for freshmen. Those who scored high enough on the entrance exams took the same mandatory math courses engineering students took. The students in that didn't fare so well in math, as was the case for students in the college of education, took the simpler "math for dummies" courses.

Many of the students in the college of education appeared to be slackers as and coasters. Many were probably shocked when they went through a student teaching internship.

Are the colleges of education different today? Rightardia is certain many are.

To add insult to injury, teaching in public school is a very difficult job. There is never enough time to prepare a class or grade homework.

Of course, the GOP has been tinkering with secondary school education for more than a decade and for the most part this has made the work environment for teacher's worse.

The Major has worked in a public high school and his advice to a young college graduate would be to find work elsewhere. Teaching in a college or university is far better than teaching in a public school.  So is corporate work.

The best thing that could happen in the US would be a teacher shortage. Perhaps the politicians would start paying attention to teacher needs an pay less attention to school and teacher evaluations.
 

source: http://www.mckinseyonsociety.com/downloads/reports/Education/Closing_the_talent_gap.pdf

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