The public schools are considerably less distinguished and in constant turmoil, regularly being graded "unsatisfactory" in teaching our children.
Guided by Shulman's (1986 , 1987 tripartate model of teacher expertise (subject matter knowledge (SMK), pedagogical content knowledge (PCK), and general pedagogical knowledge (GPK)), the present study examined 162 U.S. and Chinese 3rd grade mathematics teachers' expertise in teaching fractions.
"Schools are lying about the quality of the education they're giving: They call pre-algebra algebra, they call algebra calculus, they're giving higher grades in teaching watered-down curricula -- because we've told them to get better".
The second author (MB) has not been involved in teaching or grading the students.
The first author (EC) has been involved in teaching and grading the students, and this might pose a risk that students felt obliged to participate.
The new sex-ed curriculum, introduced in the 2015-2016 school year by Wynne's Liberal Party of Ontario, included several changes such as calling body parts by their actual names as early as Grade 1, discussing gender identity and masturbation in Grade 6, and, in Grade 7, teaching how to avoid sexually transmitted infections and pregnancy.
For example, in one second grade team teaching situation, there are two teachers: one ESS and one writing specialist.
Founders of the Yu Ying charter school in Washington, where all classes for 200 students in prekindergarten through second grade are taught in Chinese and English on alternate days, did not start with a guest teacher when it opened in the fall of 2008.
When she attended preschool, kindergarten, first grade, and now second grade, I taught in her classroom each year.
At the public middle school where I teach, an entire grade is taught in about 15 portable classrooms.
