US Department of Education announces a reduction in force “impacting nearly 50% of the Department’s workforce. Impacted Department staff will be placed on administrative leave beginning Friday, March 21st.” http://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/us-department-of-education-initiates-reduction-force
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"US Department of Education announces a reduction in force “impacting nearly 50% of the Department’s workforce."
I wonder what the result will be. The US (and Canadian) schoolsystem is already bad, with school bullies roaming free and teachers having no knowledge about how to deal with problematic children. I guess training teachers and updating the 1970's schoolbooks will have lower priority now.
I know people who migrated to Europe so their children would have a better school.
Dagnabbit, Pascaline! @pascaline @w7voa
It is not "discipline in class" but about a positive learning environment, without bullies, without unmotivated teachers who's only goal is to "maintain order".
With teachers who have real knowledge about psychology and interest in childrens development, you don't need "discipline" because children are by nature eager to learn.
For comparison: in most countries a teacher has a college degree. In Scandinavia a university education is recommended for a primary school teacher.
That is bad and of course, the bullying happens here too, but I was merely saying what was going on here.
Discipline is not a bad thing, by the way. It helps children channel their energy so they can absorb things more easily. Uninterested teachers are bad. Children need to be inspired. But I know there can be big problems in big, unruly classes when a few kids can mess things up and bully the rest. A teacher can't always help, and some good ones leave their job exhausted.