Comments on: Education Schools Flunking Math

Elementary School Teachers Poorly Prepared To Teach Math, Study Finds

[faith_in_w]

lib_crusher, the North Koreans accept Jesus now. I bet that makes you sad.

[displeased]

They''ve got to know math to teach it.

[sopheapang]

Maybe it is about time for the American students to learn how to use chinese abacus.

[samthetvcat]

So much is made about how teachers are underpaid, underfunded and overworked, and therefore public schools have problems getting the best and brightest to want to make a career out of it. I wonder if the new ''thing'' ought to be for experts in business to be able to get certified to teach specific courses, especially at the high school level as kind of a supplement. Not necessarily for the extra cash but as a way to give back to the communities. Like how cool would it be to have math or science taught by an astronaut if you live in Houston?

Maybe that''s a way too to get more men into the system - like isn''t the system dominated by female teachers and aren''t boys falling behind and lacking role models? Maybe that''ll help counter that . . .

[faith_in_w]

When I went to grade school, they always had a man teaching mathematics. Since the feminists have driven all the men out of teaching, our children are now dummies. Feminists see this as a step forward.

[slim1h2o]

I always thought that the teachers that was "trying to teach" when I went to school, were stupid.
This article clears it right up. They were( well most were)

I only had a handfull of teachers that sounded like they knew what they were talking about. Those are the ones that I paid attention to.

[partsgal1970]

Yes my kids are taught to use this calculator that they can enter the entire problem into and get the answer. Do you really think they know how to get the answer on paper? Heck no! I have 2 very bright children and the 5th grade math program was taught by a teacher that didn''t care and was not able to explain the program to me. They don''t use text books so if you don''t get it in the classroom and you have homework you are screwed. I blame the school systems for changing the way it is taught. Kids need to learn the basics first.

[jlagat]

Look School Districts must hire those whom they can afford to hire. With the lower tax base and lower property values they have very little cash to pay and thus they can only hire what is available at the scale they can afford to pay. You want better teachers?? Then you will have to PAY for better teachers. It''''s that simple. Sieg Heil Bush

Posted by MCVet at 07:57 AM : Jun 26, 2008

The funds that could be used to pay for better teachers are being used for the teaching of creationism.
These people don''t need math--it''s the work of the devil used by the lib scientists to push their evolution agenda.

[mcvet]

We need to figure out what to do about our stupid teachers and stupid students. Sadly, it''''s already too late to help their stupid parents...





Posted by antixlayer at 02:16 AM : Jun 26, 2008

Look School Districts must hire those whom they can afford to hire. With the lower tax base and lower property values they have very little cash to pay and thus they can only hire what is available at the scale they can afford to pay. You want better teachers?? Then you will have to PAY for better teachers. It''s that simple. Sieg Heil Bush

[mcvet]

We need to figure out what to do about our stupid teachers and stupid students. Sadly, it''''s already too late to help their stupid parents...





Posted by antixlayer at 02:16 AM : Jun 26, 2008

Look School Districts must hire those whom they can afford to hire. With the lower tax base and lower property values they have very little cash to pay and thus they can only hire what is available at the scale they can afford to pay. You want better teachers?? Then you will have to PAY for better teachers. It''s that simple. Sieg Heil Bush

[mcvet]

I know. I know. Let''''s just throw more money at this problem and it''''ll go away. I sure wouldn''''t want anyone thinking I as a bad parent or anything by not making my kid do his homework or not spending quality time with him/her. After all, they''''ve buck-a-beer drafts down at the sports bar tonight. Gotta go, Bye.

Posted by maxify55 at 07:43 AM : Jun 26, 2008
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What is it with you Nazi''s?? You obviously CAN read to some extent unless you have a 6 year old at your side telling you what is being said. So why can''t you read and understand what is reported?? The Report shows that the TEACHERS being hired are NOT qualified to teach the course! Yet this poor Nazi goes off on attacking Parents who he does NOT know and the possibility that we MUST pay people who are qualified. AMAZING!! The Fascist Mind is truly AMAZING! Now stand... let the Fuhrer and the Reich Hear ya today!! SIEG HEIL BUSH!! Dumb as DIRT!!

[ennius-2009]

There were studies that showed this 25 years ago when I started to teach. People who received degrees in mathematics knew more about math than people who received degrees to teach math. I do not have a degree in "education." I have a degree in the subject I teach. Then I got "certified" to teach. Education Degrees are hokum.

[hunterdon6]

If a calculator or computer breaks down, kids cannot do math. As a society we are responsible for making the kids dumb. Go to a store and see if they can give you correct change back. Maybe this is the change that Obama is talking about. Teaching the kids to give the correct change back.

[patriot12436]

nancy naive
I guess i am old school i still like to use logic.

[patriot12436]

I think it all went downhill when they brought in that new math. I still don''t understand it, but i can figure out real math in my head faster than on a calculator.

[harpoot]

The dumbing down of America started under Ronnie Raygun and has picked up pace every year since. How else can the GOP expect to have success and get a certifiable moron like Bush elected. An electorate that can think is dangerous to them. Sheep are easier to herd.

[brianbwb-2009]

In a society where who you know is far more important than what you know, should this be a surprise?

In school systems where more active minds are controlled with Ritalin, should this be a surprise?

When the government guts public education budgets, and creates "vouchers," which is essentially welfare for private schools, and thus encourages the schools to pass everyone regardless of their aptitude, in order to qualify for more "food stamps," should this be a surprise?

When the government feels the need to "dumb down" the populace, in the hope that it''s corruption will not be fathomable, and thus easier to get away with, should this be a surprise?

[smurfcrusher]

It just doesn''t add up.

[haoli25]

N.S. Sherlock!