Chicago schoolteachers go on strike

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Originally Posted by zimmy

Schools with kids who come in to kindergarten not reading continue to do poorly throughout their education. Kids in suburban schools come in to kindergarten doing well and continue on that path. The data comes out the same way from school to school across the country.

The resistance of unions to it is that the people who are trying to implement it are politicians, not statisticians. People who have no idea about variables, correlations, etc. Simpleton politicians can think it sounds good, but it doesn't make it good or effective or beneficial to education. Teachers in the suburbs will appear great and teachers in the cities will appear lousy.

The part about kids coming into school not being able to read is sad and in many cases a direct correlation to parenting (or lack thereof). My wife and I make it a point to read as much as we can to our kids. My oldest daughter just entered Kindergarten and she can read extremely well for her age. It’s not due to the town we live but how we raise our kids and what we try to instill in them. That is another topic of discussion.

I think that if statisticians vs politicians were trying to implement this, Teachers Unions would still fight it to the end. My opinion and I hope I'm wrong.