Public school education begins in kindergarten. Students learn to read then, they read to learn. Some exiting kindergarteners can read, some cannot. Why? Teacher: “It’s compulsory to present the material; it’s not compulsory that students learn it!” First grade, sequential learning? Unlikely. Non-readers learn little/nothing, in any subject. Ever.
CDC: “...if the 2nd grader cannot read, he/she has as little as a 20% chance of being successful in life.” The happy kindergartener face becomes the shuttered 4th grade face. Imagine, academically dooming 4-5 year olds.
If some quality teachers/schools score success, all should. Excelling vs. failing classrooms? 1:9.
Private industry routinely reviews workers and their outputs. “Perform productively and get the numbers, or clean out your desks!” Yet, America’s failing public education is an international laughingstock. Why are failing public educators getting a pass?
Public education reform starts in kindergarten, with the teacher, the only trained professional in the classroom. Standards are not to be degraded in the face of educators’ incompetence.
How is it that an entire third class fails a routine spelling quiz, in June? Failure in September is understandable when rules of the road are hazy, but a school year later!! Students fail because teachers fail.
Next: Failing academic scores are failing futures, and a pervasive, catastrophic public safety issue!
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