Reply #68: Ideologue? [View All]

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

:rofl: If you say so. But I'm the one bringing stats and scientifically based reports from reputable organizations and you're not, so perhaps you might want to rethink things.

On career changing: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_often_does_the_average_worker_change_careers_in_his_lifetime

On teacher colleges: I produced a report from a national organization specializing in teacher quality. What do you have?

On experience: I have a report based on scientific findings - what do you have? As to the second part, the idea that it defies "common sense and human experience", what defies common sense is that you can't see how one might improve in ways unrelated to actually imparting knowledge to children. Such as, how to be more efficient in grading papers or how to lesson plan more quickly. This is precisely what Brookings found when they dove in after the initial results - After the first year, teachers figure out how to better manage their classrooms. Beyond that, teachers simply got better at their own quality of life issues and personal efficiency, but how they deal with children goes mostly unchanged.