This should mainly affect high school since they pass a good amount of students who shouldnt pass on to the next grade or graduate. Its frustrating seeing the grade inflation and how little a dipolma means and how much of a terrible feedback loop occuring in american high schools.
1 Pass to Look Good: high pressure on school admin to pass students
2 Funding and Reputation tied pass rates: theres incentives to inflate grades and lower standards
3 Teachers pressured to pass students: there is a fear to poor evaluations from admin and fear of backlash
4 Students realize effort isnt required: Apathy Grows learning drops.
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Here’s another unpopular opinion. Teachers shouldn’t be kids who have only lived through school. Ideally a teacher should be over 50 and actually had to live in the real world. All of our kids are getting taught by 25-30
Year olds.
Unpopular opinion: you cannot penalize a system into functionality.
Yeah, well funding is tied to attendance because of property taxes. Not passing kids means more enrollment and more funding. Our district is 99% graduation and probably 30%illiterate, it has a good reputation.
The schools won’t improve until families improve. Families won’t improve while 2 incomes are necessary. Kids developing need a parent at home. Daycare isn’t the same.