Teachers Quit Jobs at Highest Rate on Record

Re:Teachers Quit Jobs at Highest Rate on Record by sopooneo on Friday December 28, 2018 @08:27PM (#18781049)

I think you have a point. But in my experience with two polar opposite schools in Massachusetts, the ones that have a lot of "helicopter parents" don't have any issue with passing rates on the mandatory state tests. They're at over 98% passing.

The tests the parents in such wealthy schools get upset about are the teacher assigned ones.

But again, I only have deep knowledge of two schools, so am happy to be corrected if I'm on off this.

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Re:Teachers Quit Jobs at Highest Rate on Record by apron1 on Friday December 28, 2018 @09:31PM (#18781379)

I think more testing initiatives, whether to help failing schools or in top schools are misinformed at best and cancer at worst. They eventually would converge to east asia style meaningless competitive exams which are utterly destructive to any actual learning.

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