"That district is so bad, the whole thing needs to be scrapped! Destroy it and start over."
Looks like it's happening.
A couple of weeks ago the headlines announced fourteen more school closings. This weekend, the Plain Dealer reported 500 more teacher layoffs.
This follows the 1,400 teachers cut last year.
Whenever we think things can't get any worse for these kids, WHAM!! We take another hit.
I am afraid to imagine where all this is going.
About Me
- marybeth
- Since 1987, I've taught high school in the inner-city public schools of Cleveland, Ohio. The Cleveland Municipal School District is a system fraught with the challenges inherent to a large district and an impoverished city. I am publishing this journal in response to those who are quick to criticize "those lazy, greedy, teachers". I offer you a glimpse into my world. I have always been a student of behavior. As a child, I would tame wild creatures and befriend strays. When I grew up, my natural empathy helped me become adept at observing, understanding and predicting human behavior, as well as discovering and studying what inspires and motivates people. Especially fascinating, are relationships; who we choose to associate with, and why; how we interact with one another, and how we affect each others lives.
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Unless a levy passes, the classroom situations will continue to deteriorate as they become more crowded with fewer and fewer teachers and no money for programs and materials. Parents will pull kids out and put them in the charter schools, (Notice how Republican David Brennan's for-profit Hope Academies are springing up all over the city?) Since the charter schools don't have special-needs programs, those students will have to remain in the Cleveland Schools. I see an educational stratification beginning. I also see the the teeth being pulled out of the (mostly Democratic)teacher's union as the number of it's members diminishes radically.
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