In Milwaukee Wisconsin more then half of the property taxes goes to schools. The schools budget is more then half of the Milwaukee co budget. People hate schools because it costs too much. On top of that teachers complain about low pay. Something doesn’t add up.
Where I work, the reinvent EVERYTHING on 2 to 3 year cycles. All new means lots of training and incompetence until mastered. Only after it's mastered can various pedagogies be identified to meet the standard.
Since they change EVERYTHING so often, nobody can master the curriculum long enough to build on various modes of learning in order to adjust input/output to student needs through scaffolding of instruction.
I’m saddened to hear that. Sometimes the best thing to do is leave a teaching position and let things deteriorate so that hopefully can be rebuilt some day. I think helping a broken system limp forward solves nothing. I wish you the best.
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