Fixed schools fail :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Education

Fixed schools fail :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Education


I don't know about the rest of you, but this looks like a good opportunity for some reporters to get out and talk to the students. This is the only sure-fire way to really find out why these schools are doing so bad. Each and every time, it's the adults running the schools, that come up with moving, or closing schools, as a means of fixing the problem, without any input from the kids that actually go there.

How would they know what the root cause of the problem is, when they don't even darken the doors of these "failed, or failing schools". Just from reading the article, you get the impression all they do is sit on their collective backsides and read "test scores". The school superintendent doesn't "Know Everything". He/she may have specialized in a particular field of study, not an entire curriculum students must endure. There must be people at the Board of Education that specialize in each area of study? So would it not be a good idea to send them out to failing schools and get some "boots on the ground" feedback?

That sounds like a sure fire way to see if it's a teaching, curriculum, or student problem. Or all combined.

Just a thought.