Reward American Teachers

I agree but we have to do more. One of the biggest deterrents to learning is the undisciplined classroom. Teachers and principals are not allowed to punish and only have resort to deterrents with no teeth, so to speak. Three warnings before a detention, more before a suspension, teachers can't raise their voices or otherwise assert themselves. We need to do something about that and that means parents have to change their attitudes--a big, big wall to scale! It's so much more than negotiating a contract and rewarding good teaching. I was just thinking about this last night; it's a problem that's been around since my own kids began school in the 90's. Teachers need authority and respect and parents have to work with them in this. My kids used to complain about classroom disruptions and a couple of their teachers quit in frustration after applying what little discipline they could and being threatened with a lawsuit by parents.

well it just might work I know one teacher here that dosent hold up to my way of teaching she is lack in what she does she dont grade the home work and dont half the time put out the homework on the day it is to be givin also she dont listen to waht the kds say i she thinks they just talking to be talking she puts them in time out. LIke rand daughter was trying to tell hr a little boy was acting in appropreate and she got the time out not the little boy . This is one teacher I Wish they would get rid of

Totally insane. The now "normal" classroom is a 'zoo' where the kids are simply taught how to take the 'Fcat'. If the kids disrupt enough, they are sent to disciplinary schools where they are actually taught something. Did you know that? At these schools they can actually teach the three 'Rs' and use some forms of discipline. If a teacher messes up and uses discipline at a "normal" school, but has "tenure" they can be sent to a "teachers" school where they must go everyday and sit for 8 hours doing nothing. They still receive a salary. They MUST show up everyday that school is in session. If they miss "teachers" school they will be fired. Eventually, their hearing comes up and they are usually allowed back as regular teachers, but this can sometime take a year or more. Think about what this does to a teacher psychologically...I would not want to be taught by someone after a year of this.