Submitted by Jon Rex (not verified) on April 29, 2008 - 10:41.
I believe some of the methods used in education are working and some are not. I work in a small school (450 students) that was once part of a large school (2000 students). I feel what we are accomplishing with our students has overall been very positive. Our list of seniors going to a four-year university and community college grows every year. We get to have close relationships with our students at our school, which I feel has helped students become successful by the time they graduate – along with the fact that we help the struggling students make it to graduation where at larger schools, they may drop out. I feel most schools in the nation need to make a couple of key changes in the future: I would like to see most class sizes reduced to about 20 students – if K-12 students could have smaller class sizes, I believe the learning would be much better for students. I find large classes very difficult to manage and teach to every student – I know a number of my students need more one-on-one assistance, but with a large class, this is difficult to accomplish. The second thing I feel schools could benefit from is having the best teachers in lower performing schools. If we can have the best of the best teaching struggling students (and getting paid well for doing it) then there would likely be more students making it to their high school graduation. Our country needs to keep exploring new ways of teaching to reach our youth if we want to stay competitive in our global world.
Important changes for education
Submitted by Jon Rex (not verified) on April 29, 2008 - 10:41.
I believe some of the methods used in education are working and some are not. I work in a small school (450 students) that was once part of a large school (2000 students). I feel what we are accomplishing with our students has overall been very positive. Our list of seniors going to a four-year university and community college grows every year. We get to have close relationships with our students at our school, which I feel has helped students become successful by the time they graduate – along with the fact that we help the struggling students make it to graduation where at larger schools, they may drop out. I feel most schools in the nation need to make a couple of key changes in the future: I would like to see most class sizes reduced to about 20 students – if K-12 students could have smaller class sizes, I believe the learning would be much better for students. I find large classes very difficult to manage and teach to every student – I know a number of my students need more one-on-one assistance, but with a large class, this is difficult to accomplish. The second thing I feel schools could benefit from is having the best teachers in lower performing schools. If we can have the best of the best teaching struggling students (and getting paid well for doing it) then there would likely be more students making it to their high school graduation. Our country needs to keep exploring new ways of teaching to reach our youth if we want to stay competitive in our global world.