Conservative Republican Discussion Forums - Education Matters http://www.republicanoperative.com/forums/ Education news, bias, etc... en Thu, 09 Sep 2010 22:31:38 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.republicanoperative.com/forums/images/misc/rss.png Conservative Republican Discussion Forums - Education Matters http://www.republicanoperative.com/forums/ <![CDATA[Don't they teach the young anymore?]]> http://www.republicanoperative.com/forums/education-matters-27/dont-they-teach-young-anymore-28270/ Tue, 24 Aug 2010 15:32:33 GMT I just ran across an article that says those under 35 do not seem to have the basic skills to do home repair. I thought that schools now adays still have shop class and auto class or a learning center for learning vocational skills. This article is from Britain but is this the case here as well? ... I just ran across an article that says those under 35 do not seem to have the basic skills to do home repair. I thought that schools now adays still have shop class and auto class or a learning center for learning vocational skills. This article is from Britain but is this the case here as well?

"More than half of young people lack the skills they need to maintain their homes, with many relying on their parents to carry out basic tasks, a survey suggested today.
Around 50 per cent of people aged under 35 admitted they did not know how to rewire a plug, while 54 per cent did not know how to bleed a radiator and 63 per cent said they would not attempt to put up wallpaper, according to Halifax Home Insurance.
Other basic jobs, such as putting up shelves, were beyond 45 per cent of those questioned, while 36 per cent said they would not even attempt to do gardening themselves."


Read more: Do it yourself? Not likely if you're under 35. Survey finds young people are DIY dunces who can't even rewire a plug | Mail Online ]]> Education Matters samspade http://www.republicanoperative.com/forums/education-matters-27/dont-they-teach-young-anymore-28270/ LA unveils $578M school, costliest in the nation http://www.republicanoperative.com/forums/education-matters-27/la-unveils-578m-school-costliest-nation-28255/ Mon, 23 Aug 2010 11:52:58 GMT Next month's opening of the Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools will be auspicious for a reason other than its both storied and infamous history as the former Ambassador Hotel, where the Democratic presidential contender was assassinated in 1968.
With an eye-popping price tag of $578 million, it will mark the inauguration of the nation's most expensive public school ever.
The K-12 complex to house 4,200 students has raised eyebrows across the country as the creme de la creme of "Taj Mahal" schools, $100 million-plus campuses boasting both architectural panache and deluxe amenities.
"There's no more of the old, windowless cinderblock schools of the '70s where kids felt, 'Oh, back to jail,'" said Joe Agron, editor-in-chief of American School & University, a school construction journal. "Districts want a showpiece for the community, a really impressive environment for learning."

LA unveils $578M school, costliest in the nation - Yahoo! News

Two things came to mind with this article.

First the talk about ciderbox schools is pure nonsense since schools are not like that in my memory.

Secondly, the article high lighted something that I have seen with schools that want money or talk about poverty and then do something like this. We always hear how there is not enough money then see frivolous spending a schools.

I see schools putting in expensive art work or high priced fences while pleading poverty. I see administration making $100,000 while working part of a year.

What do you see? ]]> Education Matters samspade http://www.republicanoperative.com/forums/education-matters-27/la-unveils-578m-school-costliest-nation-28255/ Back to the Classroom http://www.republicanoperative.com/forums/education-matters-27/back-classroom-28193/ Tue, 17 Aug 2010 12:44:53 GMT Back to the Classroom (http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/08/back_to_the_classroom.html) By Emily Greenwood American Thinker 8/15/10 ---Quote--- Another conservative teacher here, stepping up to the plate! It has been good recently to see teachers speaking up on American Thinker. I believe... Back to the Classroom
By Emily Greenwood
American Thinker
8/15/10
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Another conservative teacher here, stepping up to the plate! It has been good recently to see teachers speaking up on American Thinker. I believe that our public education system will not be repaired until teachers speak truthfully and publicly about their own classrooms. Like the ICE union members, they must protest the travesty that has been made of their calling.

How bad are public schools? Much worse than most people realize. So bad that they blight the futures of the young people in them. So bad that if we don't turn back the clock to real education, we will most certainly lose our republic.
This is must-read grade! Could there be a "revolution" brewing? One in which teachers wrest their classrooms from educrats and union drones? ]]> Education Matters PeteS in CA http://www.republicanoperative.com/forums/education-matters-27/back-classroom-28193/