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I thought the problem was the push towards standardized testing, and its effect on the kids. Instead of teaching it's become drilling principles that are on the

• ryanhuff 11y ago
  Yes, and it's compounded by the limited time in a school day. Having an extra 30-60 minutes a day to focus on the unique needs of your class would help, but as it is, the teachers are put in a position to churn through the material to get to the testing. But, from my semi-outsider perspective, there is lower hanging fruit to improve performance at the elementary school level.
• Avshalom 11y ago
  "The problem" is that there's dozens of different problems each with their own sub problems. Off the to of my head two more problems in addition to the half a dozen mentioned already in this topic: money being spent on useless technology (Smartboards; my mother [along with every one of the 100+ teachers at her school] was issued an ipad, one ipad for classes of 30-40 and told to integrate it into her teaching) instead of things like fixing the heat and lack of physical activity as PE and recess get stripped from the curriculum.