What are the biggest problems in urban education today?
I work in a Title I school, the main problems I see are the fact that parents are NOT involved, there is no sense of community within the school which makes kids not really care about the environment of the school. Absences with no reasons and no consequences, to either parent or child. More emphasis put on testing than teaching, my students took 14 different test the last nine weeks of school, yet we were not given time to teach because of events like concerts and competitions. NCLB!!!!!!!!! Stupidest law ever enacted. There are students that are not capable of being on level and never will be, they are tested the same and never given credit for the accomplishments and progress they make, as a school we are penalized, yet we must educate every child. In some states, mine included there are no consequences to a child failing until they reach 9th grade, high school. This is a well known fact and parents will tell you, don’t bother me, I send them to school for you to take care and you c
