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Originally Posted by kane
In reality it varies greatly depending on where you live. School budgets rely heavily on local and state taxes so schools that are in areas that have more money tend to be of a higher quality than those in poor areas. In my state you can go to a high school in one city that looks like a college and is fantastic and then travel 30 minutes and be at a high school that looks like a prison.
There is one thing that really bothers me about many grade schools (schools for kids up to 8th grade). They don't fail anyone anymore. When I was in grade school you had to achieve a certain grade level your 7th and 8th grade years to graduate. If you didn't meet the minimum you didn't graduate and you either had to retake 8th grade or go to summer school to make it up. That doesn't happen now. My nephew literally failed 15 of 18 classes in 8th grade and they let him graduate. One of his teachers told my brother that they will only hold kids back if the parents ask them to. The reason is that with the No Child Left Behind bill that Bush passed schools now get money based on graduation rates so many schools now just graduate everyone so they can get paid.
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That's exactly what is causing problems around where I live.
The district I live in, we pay as ass load of money in taxes, more than any other district around and is now one the worst! Teachers quitting, the asst. principal was caught sleeping with a 16 year old, etc.
The freshman class of 2013 has lost about 1/4 of its students in the first 30 days. Teachers say the administrative class wont support them and forces them to push kids through because they don't have enough room. Now they are getting unqualified teachers to come in. One used to teach 2nd grade and now teaches English and History to 11th and 12th graders -- she admitted on the news she has NO CLUE what she is doing
Oh, and the admins are getting paid MORE money this year than prior.