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Essentially I guess the government are trying to remove the downside of bad teachers by destroying the upside of good ones, as well as standardizing the teachin
by robryan 16y ago
Essentially I guess the government are trying to remove the downside of bad teachers by destroying the upside of good ones, as well as standardizing the teaching process, making it easier to run on a tight budget.
You have to wonder how much long term impact these cuts have, I'm sure in the short term they can keep parents happy by producing decent test scores as they are only focusing on the tests.
Would love to know how the Australian system compares for teachers currently if anyone is involved there?
- yason 16y agoBy focusing on the efficiency of scoring well in tests, they can ignore the costs of the work left undone. These social, curricular and work environmental costs don't have numbers now but they will manifest in concrete money years later. So effectively the school is borrowing from the wellbeing of the pupils and teachers at the current cost of zero, and moving it to gains in current productivity meters.
- NY_USA_Hacker 16y agoYup, broad problem in society, done wherever people can find an opportunity -- visible, short-term, small gain at hard to see long-term, large cost. But the solution is at hand: In the US, local schools are run by the local school boards, and tough to keep reality from the school board members, including in the "wellbeing" of the students.