What would they be
If you could make 3 changes to public education in The USA?
- Thread starter Street Knowledge
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Leave it to the states.
Yapdatfool
Superstar
Maximum class size of 20 students with two teachers per class for k-12
Free college education for not-for-profit colleges only
Decrease standardize testing, increase team projects & applied knowledge applications
Free college education for not-for-profit colleges only
Decrease standardize testing, increase team projects & applied knowledge applications
Teach kids about personal and macro economics
Teach kids how to use computers in a useful way (i.e. Excel up through Pivot Tables and basic programming)
Expand free public school up through the master's level
Bonus would be to create co-ops or trade apprenticeships for kids from like the 9th grade on during the summers
There is no reason for America to be in such a dearth of skilled employees
Teach kids how to use computers in a useful way (i.e. Excel up through Pivot Tables and basic programming)
Expand free public school up through the master's level
Bonus would be to create co-ops or trade apprenticeships for kids from like the 9th grade on during the summers
There is no reason for America to be in such a dearth of skilled employees
ill
Superstar
This country would truly be a completely different ball game if people grew up with financial literacy. Dap+rep
Open tracking. Starting in the 6th grade, kids, with their parents' permission, should be able to take accelerated classes. If they can't keep up with a C or better then they go back to regular classes. Currently advanced classes get watered down so that everyone can pass.
Stop teaching foreign language as a subject. During the summer offer a foreign language lab where students learn the 2000 most common words in a language using the techniques in the book Fluent Forever. When the school year starts have students take two courses conducted entirely in that language, say history and science. The kids will be fluent in one year. They won't be tested on grammar rules, their teacher will simply correct mistakes as they show up and the kids will learn naturally.
Eliminate grades until high school. If a child receives lots of red marks on homework or tests, then his goal is to keep improving in order to reduce the red marks.
Stop teaching foreign language as a subject. During the summer offer a foreign language lab where students learn the 2000 most common words in a language using the techniques in the book Fluent Forever. When the school year starts have students take two courses conducted entirely in that language, say history and science. The kids will be fluent in one year. They won't be tested on grammar rules, their teacher will simply correct mistakes as they show up and the kids will learn naturally.
Eliminate grades until high school. If a child receives lots of red marks on homework or tests, then his goal is to keep improving in order to reduce the red marks.
the cac mamba
Banned
increase teachers' salaries while simultaneously getting rid of tenure
also like already mentioned, personal finance literacy classes
also like already mentioned, personal finance literacy classes
