You have the education system of the State of California from the late '40's/early 50's to thank for removing parents from the classroom. Parents were told not to interfere and since, at the time, all good things came from Cali, it spread to the rest of the country. So now, we've got 4th and 5th generation parents that have not had a history of being involved and now we need to teach the parents how to be involved in their children's schoolwork.

Now before everyone starts jumping in with "I was involved with my children's school" - there are always exceptions to the rule. There were times when my brother and I wished our mother wasn't nearly as involved as she was.



>You can try and spin this anyway you want but I think the graphs are quite telling. Teacher count is drastically going up and the outcome has been static or slightly lower. My sister in law is a teacher and her take on the problem is no discipline, they’ve created such a bureaucracy that it’s difficult to actually make progress, and last, parents seem to think the teachers should be raising their kids. Ever since the Feds stepped in with title 9 and other programs, the cost of education has increased significantly and the results have not. The solution I keep hearing is more teachers. So what is the definition of insanity?????
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>>That's a rather skewed picture of the stats if you ask me.
>>Student/teacher ratios do not provide a direct measure of class size. The ratio is determined by dividing the total number of full-time-equivalent teachers into the total student enrollment. These teachers include classroom teachers; prekindergarten teachers in some elementary schools; art, music, and physical education teachers; and teachers who do not teach regular classes every period of the day.
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>>It is a proven fact that students do better in smaller classes.
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>>So yes, I think more CLASSROOM teachers will help. Oh and some better training for teachers wouldn't hurt matters either.
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>>>Do you really think more teachers will help?
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>>>http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/president-we-need-more-teachers-reality-yoohoo-im-right-over-here-hellooo/