Dear Mr. Easley,
As of February 23, 2009, there has been an overwhelming concern with children not reaching all their educational needs. As an elementary teacher, I have always heard there are a lot of children that have a wide range of gaps in their achievement levels. I feel that all subjects are not being taught fully (such as science and social studies).
When doing research on the Internet and reading different articles pertaining to our schools closing the gap issues. As of July 2007, there were elementary classes taught by highly qualified teachers with the following statistics shown that 99.2% were from low poverty schools and 98.3% were from high poverty schools.
I feel that students need a variety of opportunities to learn a new goal or concept. I know that teachers are supposed to teach the EOG (End of Grade Test) because school administrations want the student to learn what they need for their education and not because of it being tested.
Mr. Easley, please make other opportunities available for our teachers and students to be successful in our school systems. Teachers work very hard and are overworked when teaching in the classroom. Students should have more practice and remediation schedules that are more accommodating to each individuals needs. I would appreciate any feedback that you may have for the concerns that I am addressing to you. Thank you for your time.
Audretta D. von Nahme
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I am a little confused by some of what you wrote. The following "When doing research on the Internet and reading different articles pertaining to our schools closing the gap issues." does not appear to be a complete thought. . . what happened when you did this research? What did you find?
ReplyDeleteIn addition, I am unclear as to what the following means: "As of July 2007, there were elementary classes taught by highly qualified teachers with the following statistics shown that 99.2% were from low poverty schools and 98.3% were from high poverty schools."
I was wondering the same as Amanda, some parts were unclear.
ReplyDeleteI think that it is a good point that you made about making other opportunities available and needing more opportunities for students to learn.