{"id":1882,"date":"2019-06-20T07:33:06","date_gmt":"2019-06-20T11:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/?p=1882"},"modified":"2019-06-20T07:33:12","modified_gmt":"2019-06-20T11:33:12","slug":"the-briefing-book-education-part-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/index.php\/2019\/06\/20\/the-briefing-book-education-part-one\/","title":{"rendered":"The Briefing Book &#8211; Education Part One"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Briefing Book \u2013 Education (Part One)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>In every political campaign (at least the good ones) there is a \u201cbook,\u201d outlining the issues the candidate will face, and the arguments and positions the candidate takes.&nbsp;&nbsp;It is so everyone on the campaign is literally on \u201cthe same page\u201d when it comes to that issue.&nbsp;I\u2019m not running for office, but over the next several weeks, I will be presenting a series of issues for my \u201cbriefing book.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Public education is a topic where I have some expertise.&nbsp;&nbsp;I was a public school teacher for twenty-seven years, ranging from sixth to twelfth grades.&nbsp;&nbsp;After that, I was the Dean of Students of a 1200 student high school for the last nine years of my career.&nbsp;&nbsp;As as teacher I was the President of my local union, and I did a lot of curriculum and policy development.&nbsp;I also was on the forefront of our schools response to the \u201ctesting\u201d phenomenon of the late 1980\u2019s, an era that dramatically changed public schools.&nbsp;&nbsp;I\u2019ve seen a lot of public education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I also have a Masters degree in the subject, as well as a \u201cliberal arts\u201d under-graduate education from Denison University here in Ohio.&nbsp;&nbsp;With only a single semester hiatus, I spent my entire student and working life in the education system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are three areas of education that need to be \u201cfixed:\u201d public schools, curriculum and testing, and post-high school education and debt.\u00a0\u00a0That\u2019s a lot to talk about, so let\u2019s start with the public school.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Class Size<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Like it or not, there is a strong correlation between smaller class sizes and better educational outcomes, or to put it in \u201cEnglish,\u201d fewer kids in a class usually means those kids learn more.&nbsp;&nbsp;It makes common sense, a good teacher can spend more time with each student, dealing with their individual learning issues, and kids do better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are two problems with this.&nbsp;&nbsp;First, it is the most expensive solution in education; teacher salaries (and benefits) are 75 to 80% of the costs to a public school district.&nbsp;&nbsp;More teachers cost more money.&nbsp;&nbsp;But there is no substitute: no computer, no television, no packaged program from an educational corporation; can replace a good teacher with a reasonable number of students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We all recognize this in college.\u00a0\u00a0Basic classes are usually bigger, with lectures the primary educational tool used.\u00a0More advanced classes are smaller, with each student directly accountable for learning and teaching, with greater direct interaction with the professor.\u00a0\u00a0In more advanced classes we are expected to learn more, and are given the individual attention to do so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is just as true in public schools.&nbsp;&nbsp;A teacher in a first grade classroom is responsible for the learning of twenty-four or more kids.&nbsp;&nbsp;The success those kids have in first grade may well determine their educational success throughout their lives.&nbsp;&nbsp;To give them the best shot at success, the solution is:&nbsp;&nbsp;a great teacher with fewer kids.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Great Teachers<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several times in this essay I have already used the phrase \u201cgood\u201d or \u201cgreat\u201d teacher.\u00a0\u00a0There needs to be recognition that teaching is not a \u201cscience\u201d where a single solution can apply to all cases.\u00a0\u00a0Teaching requires a combination of subject knowledge, technical (teaching) knowledge, empathy and dedication.\u00a0\u00a0There is an \u201cart\u201d to teaching as well as a science.\u00a0\u00a0Just as every student learns differently, each teacher needs to find a process that works both for the student and the teacher.\u00a0The greatest learning tool for a teacher is to teach \u2013 all of the \u201ceducation\u201d classes in the world cannot teach what experience can.\u00a0\u00a0Teacher training should be an apprenticeship; beginning under a \u201cmaster\u201d teacher, learning from them, and continuing until \u201cjourneyman\u201d and \u201cmaster\u201d status are achieved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But you get what you pay for.&nbsp;&nbsp;The average pay for teachers is $58,353 per year (<a href=\"http:\/\/money.com\/money\/5287489\/average-teacher-salary-by-state\/\"><em>Money<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em>)&nbsp;&nbsp;This is the AVERAGE, including all of those teachers who have been in the profession for many years.&nbsp;&nbsp;The average college graduate last year started their first year of employment at around $50,000, and improved from there (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2019\/02\/15\/college-grads-expect-to-earn-60000-in-their-first-job----few-do.html\">CNBC<\/a>.)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The average starting salary for teachers is from $30,000 to $40,000 (<a href=\"https:\/\/go.magoosh.com\/schools-blog\/how-much-do-starting-teachers-make\">MaGoosh<\/a>.)&nbsp;&nbsp;From a pure money standpoint, it\u2019s difficult for teaching to compete with other professional fields for \u201cthe best.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of course the argument often heard is that teachers only work 38 weeks a year.&nbsp;&nbsp;The reality is that teachers are required to work 38 to 40 hours a week at school, and still need to put in 10 to 20 more hours \u201chomework.\u201d&nbsp;This puts most teachers at around 2000 hours a year, the same as a \u201cnormal\u201d 40-hour per week, 50-week per year job.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">May the force be with them<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This all means that while teaching is a \u201ccalling,\u201d the \u201ccall\u201d doesn\u2019t include even a competitive salary compared to non-teaching peers.&nbsp;&nbsp;The \u201ccall\u201d is strong in some (like the \u201cforce\u201d to use a Star Wars analogy) but many great teachers simply can\u2019t afford to go or stay in the classroom.&nbsp;&nbsp;It\u2019s America:&nbsp;&nbsp;you get what you pay for.&nbsp;&nbsp;A discount education, with poorly paid teachers and crowded classrooms, will get exactly what you\u2019d expect; sub-par educational outcomes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The new burden<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition, public education is now burdened with providing many of the social services that were not a part of the 1960\u2019s public schools.&nbsp;&nbsp;From nutrition, breakfast to lunch to snacks; to health screenings, to emotional support and family counseling; public schools aren\u2019t what they used to be.&nbsp;&nbsp;The finite resources that schools receive are stretched even thinner, and the kids lose out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Are there wastes in public education?\u00a0\u00a0Sure, though I would argue that one of the biggest wastes is the dozen or so days lost to testing each year.\u00a0\u00a0Are there administrations that are top heavy, bureaucratic and expensive?\u00a0\u00a0Absolutely, and current administrative models concentrating power in the bureaucracy of a \u201ccentral office\u201d fail to serve their kids (or, in the \u201cbusiness\u201d model of education, their \u201cstakeholders.\u201d) Instead, schools should solve the kids\u2019 problems on site, with the expert staff (that\u2019s the teachers) and hands-on administrators.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Today&#8217;s reality<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the reality of public education is that it is underfunded, and evaluated on a \u201cgrading system\u201d that has little to do with student learning or outcomes.&nbsp;&nbsp;State legislatures have applied \u201cbusiness model\u201d solutions to public education, despite that fact that education is not manufacturing \u201cwidgets\u201d (but we can teach you what widgets are!!)&nbsp;&nbsp;So we are told that schools are failing, given \u201cgrades\u201d on \u201cmetrics\u201d that have little bearing on real world outcomes.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those \u201cgrades\u201d become the rationale for NOT supporting funding for schools, and put education into a self-fulfilling prophecy of failure.&nbsp;&nbsp;Common sense would say to put our money where our needs are, and make students succeed.&nbsp;&nbsp;The best way to make students succeed:&nbsp;&nbsp;smaller classes with great teachers. It will cost more \u2013 and be worth every dime. That should be our public educational goal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Briefing Book \u2013 Education (Part One) In every political campaign (at least the good ones) there is a \u201cbook,\u201d outlining the issues the candidate will face, and the arguments and positions the candidate takes.&nbsp;&nbsp;It is so everyone on the campaign is literally on \u201cthe same page\u201d when it comes to that issue.&nbsp;I\u2019m not running &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/index.php\/2019\/06\/20\/the-briefing-book-education-part-one\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Briefing Book &#8211; Education Part One&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Briefing Book - Education Part One : Our America - Essays on Politics and American Life<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Public education isn&#039;t broken, it&#039;s over-managed and under funded. 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