Generally, workers are paid on the basis of the difficulty of the job, the number of qualified workers in the pool, the skill and competence of the worker and what they contribute to the quality of the final product.
The expectations, and the measure of those expectations, in the educational system are related exclusively to the education and development of the students. Those who work in the system are qualified by education and qualification and presumably able to function at a reasonable level of competency. The students, and those who pay the teachers, have a right to expect a fairly equal level of results no matter where and at what level that service is performed. Obviously, that is not the case.
While there are numerous variables from place to place, it is the duty of those who accept that employment to use their skills to overcome any difficulties. That is what they are trained to do and that is what people in any other line of work must do. Success is something that takes effort and will.
Some inequality of results should be expected but when they vary from near perfect to dismal failures, something is not working right. Quality control, in most industries, assures that each item produced is of equal and satisfactory quality. In education, the final product seems to be unpredictable and anything is accepted.
If this were a new problem and we were just now starting to look for solutions, we could understand it, but this has been going on for over 50 years! Administrative staff in most districts gobble up a large chunk of local budgets yet their success in improving conditions in many districts is non-existent. Their experience has been one of failure.
The student says: "I can understand and learn anything you can explain to me."
It is way past time for parents to demand better for their children and for their tax dollars.
The expectations, and the measure of those expectations, in the educational system are related exclusively to the education and development of the students. Those who work in the system are qualified by education and qualification and presumably able to function at a reasonable level of competency. The students, and those who pay the teachers, have a right to expect a fairly equal level of results no matter where and at what level that service is performed. Obviously, that is not the case.
While there are numerous variables from place to place, it is the duty of those who accept that employment to use their skills to overcome any difficulties. That is what they are trained to do and that is what people in any other line of work must do. Success is something that takes effort and will.
Some inequality of results should be expected but when they vary from near perfect to dismal failures, something is not working right. Quality control, in most industries, assures that each item produced is of equal and satisfactory quality. In education, the final product seems to be unpredictable and anything is accepted.
If this were a new problem and we were just now starting to look for solutions, we could understand it, but this has been going on for over 50 years! Administrative staff in most districts gobble up a large chunk of local budgets yet their success in improving conditions in many districts is non-existent. Their experience has been one of failure.
The student says: "I can understand and learn anything you can explain to me."
It is way past time for parents to demand better for their children and for their tax dollars.
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