Comments on: Teachers who Enable http://fost-adopt.adoptionblogs.com/weblogs/teachers-who-enable News and information for those planning to adopt through foster care as well as firsthand accounts of those who have. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:19:01 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Kelly http://fost-adopt.adoptionblogs.com/weblogs/teachers-who-enable/comment-page-1#comment-1551 Kelly Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:50:21 +0000 http://foster-adopt.www.adoptionblogs.com/2008/08/25/teachers-who-enable#comment-1551 Thank you for your input. This does such a disservice to children, especially kids like ours. We're now passing kids that have no business passing. I know mine sure doesn't. What a sad society. Thank you for your input. This does such a disservice to children, especially kids like ours. We’re now passing kids that have no business passing. I know mine sure doesn’t. What a sad society.

]]> By: MamaS http://fost-adopt.adoptionblogs.com/weblogs/teachers-who-enable/comment-page-1#comment-1550 MamaS Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:42:00 +0000 http://foster-adopt.www.adoptionblogs.com/2008/08/25/teachers-who-enable#comment-1550 Kelly: Before NCLB it was "social promotion". The state where I worked had a regulation that a child could be retained ONE time in Elementary school and ONE time in Middle School.<br /> So, a child who repeated Kdgn could NOT be held back again until he/she reached 6th grade. It did not matter if the child did nothing because he could not, or did nothing because he chose not -- he was moved on up. Yes, the problem did start long before NCLB but only recently were teachers and administrators threatened with loss of jobs (insurance, retirement, Soc. Sec., etc) if all the kids don't pass. I retired three years ago and I saw good teachers frustrated because they could not give students what they deserved. Kelly: Before NCLB it was “social promotion”. The state where I worked had a regulation that a child could be retained ONE time in Elementary school and ONE time in Middle School.
So, a child who repeated Kdgn could NOT be held back again until he/she reached 6th grade. It did not matter if the child did nothing because he could not, or did nothing because he chose not — he was moved on up. Yes, the problem did start long before NCLB but only recently were teachers and administrators threatened with loss of jobs (insurance, retirement, Soc. Sec., etc) if all the kids don’t pass. I retired three years ago and I saw good teachers frustrated because they could not give students what they deserved.

]]> By: Kelly http://fost-adopt.adoptionblogs.com/weblogs/teachers-who-enable/comment-page-1#comment-1549 Kelly Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:08:09 +0000 http://foster-adopt.www.adoptionblogs.com/2008/08/25/teachers-who-enable#comment-1549 No child left behind is an absolute joke. It has created so many problems. <br /> <br /> Here's an example of what I am talking about. When my son was in his 1st RTC (all his RTCs have had school on site) they were so worried about his self-esteem that they gave him a "C" when he got a 25% on his paper. I'm sorry, that's failing. He had As and Bs in all his classes, but the level of work they were giving him was ludicrous and when you can't give a child an F who has truly earned it, then the whole system is screwed up. I repeatedly asked the teachers for his work and I got one packet with about 8 sheets in it for the entire 9 months that he was there. <br /> <br /> I WANT my child held accountable. All this taught him was that he didn't have to do any work and he'd still get by. When he went back to public school he failed 3 out of 4 semesters. How did this help him?<br /> <br /> This problem stems back long before No child left behind. No child left behind is an absolute joke. It has created so many problems.

Here’s an example of what I am talking about. When my son was in his 1st RTC (all his RTCs have had school on site) they were so worried about his self-esteem that they gave him a “C” when he got a 25% on his paper. I’m sorry, that’s failing. He had As and Bs in all his classes, but the level of work they were giving him was ludicrous and when you can’t give a child an F who has truly earned it, then the whole system is screwed up. I repeatedly asked the teachers for his work and I got one packet with about 8 sheets in it for the entire 9 months that he was there.

I WANT my child held accountable. All this taught him was that he didn’t have to do any work and he’d still get by. When he went back to public school he failed 3 out of 4 semesters. How did this help him?

This problem stems back long before No child left behind.

]]> By: MamaS http://fost-adopt.adoptionblogs.com/weblogs/teachers-who-enable/comment-page-1#comment-1548 MamaS Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:31:53 +0000 http://foster-adopt.www.adoptionblogs.com/2008/08/25/teachers-who-enable#comment-1548 Do the words "No Child Left Behind" ring a bell? Teachers not only do not want children to fail, they CANNOT allow children to fail. They must do whatever it takes for the child to pass. A child who is given a failing grade WILL be passed in summer school and the teacher will be in danger of losing her/his job. If you doubt this -- ask a teacher how many students they retained last year? If any, how many went to summer school and were promoted on to the next grade?<br /> Too many failing students mean a failing school. A failing school three years in a row results in the faculty and staff being dismissed or transferred. The stakes may seem "small" for a resistant six-year-old but they are very "big" for his teacher. Do the words “No Child Left Behind” ring a bell? Teachers not only do not want children to fail, they CANNOT allow children to fail. They must do whatever it takes for the child to pass. A child who is given a failing grade WILL be passed in summer school and the teacher will be in danger of losing her/his job. If you doubt this — ask a teacher how many students they retained last year? If any, how many went to summer school and were promoted on to the next grade?
Too many failing students mean a failing school. A failing school three years in a row results in the faculty and staff being dismissed or transferred. The stakes may seem “small” for a resistant six-year-old but they are very “big” for his teacher.

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