In response to: S.C. Budget Writers Consider Cutting 10 School Days By The Associated Press
As a nation we say we want to compete on a global level but we don’t value education like we should to achieve that goal. When states start cutting school days they don’t realize they put more pressure on teachers to cover much needed material in a shorter period of time. When other countries have year-round school, constantly educating their youth, we are taking away instructional time that our students need because of funding.
It makes me sick that professional athletes makes six figures for playing with balls and we can seem to give teachers, who were supposed to entrust with educating the generation of tomorrow, a decent salary. We continue to put obstacles in educators way that limit us from doing our jobs and put in place things like performance pay. Budgets are cut and class-sizes keeps increasing but we have to make miracles happen with lack of funds for resources, behavior issues everyone seem to avoid and lack of parent involvement.
If America thinks we can keep cutting education and succeed in this technological age on a global level, we must have bumped their heads. Funding for public elementary, middle and high schools are steady decreasing while college tuitions are increasing. Getting students to realize the importance of education is going to a hard task since we show them that if the money isn’t there do away with it. I don’t know what were going to do about all the budget cuts but I do know cutting school days and funds isn’t the way.
Thanks Michelle for this article review. I agree that cutting days from the school calendar doesn't help teachers teach effectively. As a parent though, I also have to wonder why after teachers have a contract negotiation that all of a sudden more days have been added to the school calendar - but they are half days. I guess this too is a political way of trying to make up for money lost in other areas. Regardless, I think that the budget cuts and the politics need to stop and everyone needs to get back to what is important - the students. Having entered the field of education I readily acknowledge that there are too many times that I have to spend money out of my own pocket in order to provide what is needed for my students. I don't see this happening in any other field. It is very sad. Even my boss (who is the director of a department at a community college) does not warrant a computer supplied by the college for her office. Something isn't right and things do need to change.
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This is what happens when politicians begin dictating how to educate. I would like to see a politician teach high school courses for one year, meeting all standards and working long hours to improve student understanding and comprehension. Will politicians want to cut school days then?
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