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Originally Posted by TBD
Nice stereotypes, better to diminish all the good ideas put forward here with insult to a persons character, then explain why our education system seems to perform worse and worse each year and gets more expensive - in comparision to other countries.
I'm a university grad and I'd argue better educated then yourself.
Biggest complaint I have with the ED system in Canada, it's being ruined by your union. Less work for more PAY get's obvious in any system sooner or later (socialism failed bud) and I think it's becoming apparent in your world now !
TBD
P.S. Do you understand how the 3 simple rules above can help stop the slide ....
If you've become unflexible in your views over the years - I'll EXPLAIN them for ya .... it's really quite simple.
1) Give parents CHOICE to chose their school and divert TAX dollars to support it. ( THIS WILL HELP IDENTIFY SCHOOLS THAT ARE POORLY RUN SO THAT THEY CAN BE REVIEWED & IMPROVED OR CLOSED)
2) Performance based PAY (I know this is a foreign concept to a teachers union guy - but it will actually help keep your talent and again IDENTIFY employees who need to be addressed.)
3) Testing - here's the accountability thing, give the PUBLIC a metric so that they can be informed on how the education system is performing, after all WE'RE PAYING FOR IT ....
MAKE SENSE ?
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Um no.
Since testing was your contribution, lets deal with it. This year my students will write the Canadian Achievement Exam where the results will be compared to the rest of Canada and Alberta and results will be sent home to parents. They will write 4 Prov Achievement exams, results will be compared to the rest of the province and my school division and the results will be sent home to parents. I will be asked to write a report accounting for strengths and weaknesses of my students in this exam. Further, my class results for last year were sent home to every parent in the school, and they are on the internet too for the last 5 years.
Further to that, my students will write 17 supplied exams over the course of the year (5 are already done) and my results will be compared to the rest of the school division and they will also write 4 final exams that are supplied and results will be compared to the rest of the school division.
Most parents I know of actively involved, wonder why their kids are being tested so much. In fact,it is one of the chief complaints about the Alberta system.
So what are you talking about?