On 18 Aug 2003 20:05:11 GMT, cal (BD5ER) wrote:

but how to we figure out good teachers from the
bad ones

Who cares. Pay them the same way lots of other workers get paid. By the job -
if it gets done right. Then let the parents pick which teacher they want based
on their track record.

If little Bob tests normal on the IQ test at the beginning of the year and he
doesn't pass the final the teacher doesn't get paid. If little Bob gets an A
the teacher gets a bonus. And grade on the curve, based on system wide, multi
year, results. Yes, I used that evil, segregating, esteem bashing word -
Grades.

Except for that old saying: "you can lead a horse to water but you
can't make it drink."

The best teachers in the world cannot force kids to learn if they
don't want to. Luckily, most kids do want to learn, but classroom
dynamics sometimes dictate how that goes.

In some classrooms, the bullies rule and pick on kids who are smart.
Naturally, those kids who are smart clam up for their own good.

It's just not as easy as you make it, not any more.

Corky Scott