I am sorry that all of the people that have commented thus far have lost their minds! These must be the very parents whose children are “failing”. The apple does not fall far from the tree because this seems to be the attitude that our "failing" students have. Blame it on someone else; let someone else do their work; it must be your fault that I am not learning because I don’t and won’t do my work. We must start holding students and their parents accountable for public education. I don’t care how much is taught; how rigorous or poor the standards are; if the students don’t take ownership and refuse to do their work and the parent’s refuse to be accountable for their own children and don’t follow-up or through…things will never change. It’s not the Superintendent of Schools, the School Boards, the Principals, the Teachers, the Maintenance, or the Office supports fault that so many of our children: 1. Will not do their school work; 2. will not do their homework; 3. disrupt class; and 4. come to school not prepared for learning. Our schools aren’t failing…our students and their parents are failing themselves and our schools. Wake up parents; place the blame where it belongs! I challenge every one of you to have your student do the right thing, at the right time, the right way and see if that doesn’t produce a change in the “product” and “outcomes” of our public educational system!
Hamilton County: Scales tells commission that schools have 'not failed’
I am sorry that all of the people that have commented thus far have lost their minds! These must be the very parents whose children are “failing”. The apple does not fall far from the tree because this seems to be the attitude that our "failing" students have. Blame it on someone else; let someone else do their work; it must be your fault that I am not learning because I don’t and won’t do my work. We must start holding students and their parents accountable for public education. I don’t care how much is taught; how rigorous or poor the standards are; if the students don’t take ownership and refuse to do their work and the parent’s refuse to be accountable for their own children and don’t follow-up or through…things will never change. It’s not the Superintendent of Schools, the School Boards, the Principals, the Teachers, the Maintenance, or the Office supports fault that so many of our children: 1. Will not do their school work; 2. will not do their homework; 3. disrupt class; and 4. come to school not prepared for learning. Our schools aren’t failing…our students and their parents are failing themselves and our schools. Wake up parents; place the blame where it belongs! I challenge every one of you to have your student do the right thing, at the right time, the right way and see if that doesn’t produce a change in the “product” and “outcomes” of our public educational system!