As many families rely on it, public
education is at a point where it is hard to keep students at the level of
understanding that they need to be. For many families here in Texas, public education is key. It might be due to the fact that many can’t afford to have
their children go to private schools, or it may be due to the fact that it is
convenient. In the past month, eleven school districts have received
notification that the superintendents need training in order to help these low
performance schools. As the article states, these schools need to create a plan
in order to help improve “low test scores, low graduation rates, high dropout
rates, and poor college readiness."
Although the superintendents are
the ones running the school, I do believe that the teachers are the ones that
should be talking the training. It isn't the superintendents teaching our students
the essentials that they need in order to graduate, it is the teachers. The
teachers are the one that are having the one on one meeting with our students.
They are the ones that affect and have the most impact on our students. It is up to the teachers to make sure that
everyone single one of his or her students understands the material that is
being taught in class.
We, as students, as parents, and
family members cannot put all the blame on the public education system for the
mistakes that these students make. We cannot blame schools for low dropout
rates if parents are agreeing to their kids being taken out; we can also not
blame our school system for low graduation rates if students don't have the
mindset that they need in order to succeed. As parents of the new generation,
it is becoming harder to educate and discipline our children the way that we
would like.
Therefore, I believe that it isn’t only
the superintendents that should be attending this mandatory meeting to improve
these school districts, but also the teachers and employees. I do feel that in
order for these schools to be more successful, their needs to be communication
between parent, teachers and students.
