Ever since A Nation at Risk warned about the wearing down of our educational standards, stating that it "threatens our very future as a Nation and a people", there has been an abundance of efforts aimed at improving our educational system. In the 1980's, most reform efforts were intended to raise course requirements and scores on standardized tests. ...
A peaceful and orderly conglomerate of students promoted to coexist amongst diverse people, abilities, and interests, a forced cognizance and response to these people and development of community values, and possession of knowledge and comprehension. ... The stagnant level of "general knowledge" in response to every type of person and situation that is meant to egalitize people, turns out to mainstream students into a reign of mediocrity which is against a life that should be a process of confidence and self sustainment. ... One of the important factors in one's own self-esteem is prod...
Superintendent Thompson (Clarion-Ledger, May 2002) has advocated for a three-week summer "boot camp" to infuse more people into the classroom. ... Unfortunately, simply increasing quantity may whiplash the profession by suppressing salary advancement, perpetuating public criticism of instructional effectiveness, and placing a "faculty" (people) that may be difficult to remove once employed. ...
