tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21843852.post8738224759468936006..comments2024-01-04T05:57:26.735-06:00Comments on Education Policy Blog: Hosted by the Forum on the Future of Public Education: Imagine a nation with excellent schoolsCraig A. Cunninghamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18160288758906798678noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21843852.post-46555033292664364582011-03-28T03:07:21.082-05:002011-03-28T03:07:21.082-05:00What American education suffering from:
1) Unions
...What American education suffering from:<br />1) Unions<br />2) Very less choices to choose from<br />3) Quality of Education<br />4) Lack of Teachers & Students communication<br />5) No one feeling teaching is a respectable career <br />6) Concentrating more on quantity, competitiveness of education than quality.<br />7) Teachers suffering from freedom of choice <br />8) We are doing more on paper, meetings, speeches but doing much less on ground. <br />9) Education is becoming more costlier (If their is a big money involves corporate companies start to utilize which is again kill the education system).<br /><br />What i above written are my opinion, may be this reasons may differ from one to other.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.nevadadrivered.com" rel="nofollow">Nevada Learners Permit</a>Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09687926585068610071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21843852.post-59382514331759136692011-01-07T00:59:01.557-06:002011-01-07T00:59:01.557-06:00School always give sharpness to the mind of the ch...School always give sharpness to the mind of the children. To join school is the first step taken by parents of any children. So, to provide best education at school level always gives extra knowledge to the child brain which helps to develop the country more & more. Like, <a href="http://www.tcyonline.com/tests/physics-test-2" rel="nofollow">Physics tests</a> always helps to get some practical knowledge about how to see things in practical.tcyonlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04700606570211195259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21843852.post-78135804486111795882011-01-02T15:43:01.854-06:002011-01-02T15:43:01.854-06:00Art..you make an important distinction re: choice....Art..you make an important distinction re: choice...but the outcome is the same...there is choice. Given where America is at present, this is perhaps how it should be - but this position does not explain why school fail in the first instance. And once a school begins to fail it is extremely difficult to turn that school around. <br /><br />There is no reason why cooperation and equity cannot work in America. Who would have imagined that something as simple as 'respect' could lead to the success it has in Finland! Finns respect their teachers and the profession generally. Teacher quality and family income level are the two biggest determinants of student success. The Finns have ensured their teachers are quality graduates and where low incomes impact, they have social structures to ameliorate the worst aspects. Guess what America hasn't got.<br /><br />The USA, while capable of being No1 in education, never will be - not because of a culture of competition and choice, but because the individualistic nature of American culture prevents the kinds of changes needed to put America on top.Peter Lydonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478982270798898652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21843852.post-86969455835333637962011-01-02T12:35:38.769-06:002011-01-02T12:35:38.769-06:00It is true that the American way of improving scho...It is true that the American way of improving schools includes competition and choice. However, contrary to what Sahlberg says, competition and choice are not the key drivers of improving American schools. NCLB requires states and districts to offer choice to parents whose children attend schools that persistently fail to make adequate progress. At the same time, however, when schools fail to make adequate progress NCLB requires states and districts to provide them with extra help and resources. <br /><br />The extent and effectiveness of these policies are fair game, but schematizing American education and Finnish education into the Finnish way of cooperation and equity versus the American way of competition and choice is incomplete and misleading.Arthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00819037382464587673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21843852.post-68099987760320695982010-12-31T21:02:28.595-06:002010-12-31T21:02:28.595-06:00I'm not sure that he knows what he's talki...I'm not sure that he knows what he's talking about. See http://stuartbuck.blogspot.com/2010/12/pasi-sahlberg-has-op-ed-in-boston-globe.htmlStuart Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05731724396708879386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21843852.post-8316084935271918612010-12-31T00:57:21.993-06:002010-12-31T00:57:21.993-06:00After reading your post, i got to know what really...After reading your post, i got to know what really missed in my education in America, they simply proved that if you make those institutions to a good living space with social equality, security and provide respectable position in community their are many of high educated people ready to make teaching as their career, really very good one, we can learn much more from Finland to rebuild our education system.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.georgia-drivers-education.us" rel="nofollow">Georgia Drivers Ed</a></b>Andrew Jacobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03772690146610126996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21843852.post-25411984098157971142010-12-28T11:45:30.402-06:002010-12-28T11:45:30.402-06:00Bob ... Some background on Finnish education, incl...Bob ... Some background on Finnish education, including teacher preparation and teaching conditions is here ... <br /><br />http://www.quickanded.com/2008/12/lessons-from-finland.html<br /><br />ArtArthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00819037382464587673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21843852.post-82877714212626432782010-12-28T08:30:09.562-06:002010-12-28T08:30:09.562-06:00Vis- a-vis the oft cited Finnish school system.
1...Vis- a-vis the oft cited Finnish school system.<br /><br />1) What percent of Finnish college students whose tuition is paid for go into teaching?<br />2) How many stay in teaching for 2 years? 5 years?<br />3) What would it cost in America to have new teachers apprentice for two years?<br />4) What would it cost to pay for future teachers’ undergraduate education?<br />5) Why don’t those who criticize TFA for 2 year commitment cite their retention data compared to traditional trained teachers? (In Baltimore it is higher.)<br />6) Are Finnish teachers required to take post graduate training?<br /><br />Bob EmbryUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10053336958617315132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21843852.post-67879365591106741652010-12-27T20:54:06.921-06:002010-12-27T20:54:06.921-06:00God, I love this article.God, I love this article.james boutinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09625944306253098621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21843852.post-69322225123007037382010-12-27T14:00:13.737-06:002010-12-27T14:00:13.737-06:00Wow. So interesting. I like the "autonomous p...Wow. So interesting. I like the "autonomous professional teacher" part. I like it when parents, students, and admin trust me to make the best pedagogical choice for my student's academic needs.<br /><br />And I like it best of all when it doesn't have to align exactly the same as the teacher next door, who has students that are completely different from mine. Not to mention different teaching styles.bun2bonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02914985406075017763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21843852.post-10051191339593009012010-12-27T10:44:05.649-06:002010-12-27T10:44:05.649-06:00Another great post. Thanks for your work. I agree ...Another great post. Thanks for your work. I agree that it is important for US teachers to emphasize that there other nations we are supposedly trying to compete with are not using the US package of reforms.<br /><br />One point I think is not emphasized enough in discussions of poverty is the concentration of poverty. I think the effects of concentrated poverty are much more pernicious than poverty in general. A student from a low-income home mixed in with a bunch of middle class kids is probably going to do fine. But in the US we have huge ghettos where virtually everyone is living in poor conditions. Do Finland's 5% of poor people live in a ghetto? I doubt it. This is another issue that the US needs to deal with.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06751910386235189964noreply@blogger.com