Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Justified raises":
Are you saying that the end results of Syosset and Jericho as being among the highest ranking districts in LI is directly correlated to how much the teachers get paid?
That if suddenly Plainview teachers got the same money our scores and children's education would jump to those levels?
Our homes would be worth $30-40,000 more since our school district would have the same educational ranking?
What's being left out of this discussion is the actual curriculum in Plainview.
Music and art are wonderful. Chinese is interesting. But the 3 Rs (reading, 'ritng and 'rithmetic) are severely lacking especially on the elementary level.
Paying the teachers $20,000 more a year might make them very happy and put work back up on bulletin boards but isn't going to make up for bad curriculum like Writer's Workshop that isn't working.
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Neither of my kids learned to write in school. I taught them at home. Notice that writing conveniently is assigned to be done at home?
ReplyDeleteThat's what holiday weekends are for - so parents can do the projects their kids get
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