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Student Tests and Teacher Grades/Interesting read
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<blockquote data-quote="Sara PA" data-source="post: 153541" data-attributes="member: 1498"><p>I think you're missing something.... The kids are theoretically accountable - if they don't do the work, they fail. Unfortunately few schools have the balls to do that anymore. That's natural consequences for their actions, or should I say lack of actions. And teachers are accountable, not for making kids learn but for <em>teaching</em> in ways that children can learn. I really think that parents are the weakest link in this deal. Education <em>is</em> between the child and the school. While I strongly believe that parents are obligated to make sure children have the time to do homework, it is not the parents' obligation to be the teacher or even the checker. Teachers step beyond their authority when they make assignments for parents or ones that require parents to buy materials, particularly on short notice. </p><p></p><p>On the other hand, if kids are failing simply because they fail to do homework even though they are knowledgable enough to pass tests, then the teacher or the school needs to rethink it's policies. Is the goal to get kids to do homework or to have them learn? Seems more kids have to repeat these days because they didn't hand in assignments or don't attend school regularly. How much they learn doesn't seem to be an issue. Discipline rather than education has become the focus. Maybe that's what's wrong.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sara PA, post: 153541, member: 1498"] I think you're missing something.... The kids are theoretically accountable - if they don't do the work, they fail. Unfortunately few schools have the balls to do that anymore. That's natural consequences for their actions, or should I say lack of actions. And teachers are accountable, not for making kids learn but for [I]teaching[/I] in ways that children can learn. I really think that parents are the weakest link in this deal. Education [I]is[/I] between the child and the school. While I strongly believe that parents are obligated to make sure children have the time to do homework, it is not the parents' obligation to be the teacher or even the checker. Teachers step beyond their authority when they make assignments for parents or ones that require parents to buy materials, particularly on short notice. On the other hand, if kids are failing simply because they fail to do homework even though they are knowledgable enough to pass tests, then the teacher or the school needs to rethink it's policies. Is the goal to get kids to do homework or to have them learn? Seems more kids have to repeat these days because they didn't hand in assignments or don't attend school regularly. How much they learn doesn't seem to be an issue. Discipline rather than education has become the focus. Maybe that's what's wrong. [/QUOTE]
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