Category: Whither Michigan?

Public education:
the scam continues

So now there are a few more government/foundation initiatives to make education work for Detroit kids.

Great.

Yet more proof that the job is not getting done, else why the need for a change in strategy? The state poured uncounted billions into public education over the years. How come the money didn't buy better results? If the job was getting done, we wouldn't fix-it programs.

The new effort, to train teachers, suggests that teachers-now-working don't know how to do the job. True in too-many cases. Schools of education, especially those in Michigan, are basically a scam. Teaching pedagogy and handing out degrees, even if the newly-minted teacher knows little about the subject she is to teach.

Michigan taxpayers are spending plenty on education. But they're not getting their money's worth, thanks in part to cowed administrators and teacher unions that protect incompetents.

One of the new program is aimed at teaching math. Why bother? The state is working to dumb down math standards. So here we are: spending more money to teach to dumber standards.

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