Scott Downey
Well-Known Member
How Low Can the Bar Go for Illinois Teachers?
Illinois has major learning disabilities, and she makes it worse. The school program there is an example of doctrines of demons.
What is actually happening in Illinois, and in many other states, is that teacher college programs are being transformed for the worse. No longer is there an emphasis on teaching students how to think. The new emphasis is on teaching them what to think.
Wokeness and critical race theory have overtaken teacher education programs. Teachers are being trained to become activists as opposed to impartial imparters of truth and knowledge. The “everybody gets a trophy” mentality has leaped from middle school classrooms and landed in teacher preparation programs.
This does not bode well for Illinois students, who are already struggling academically. In 2019, only 37.4 percent of Illinois students passed the state’s English language arts test. Even worse, only 32 percent of Illinois students passed the state’s math proficiency test.
However, this seems lost on Ayala, the very person in charge of ensuring that Illinois students receive a quality education.
As Ayala recently said, in defense of ISBE’s newly proposed standards, “As we help students recover from learning loss due to the pandemic, giving our teachers opportunities to learn about effective, equitable, and research-based strategies like cultural responsiveness could not be more important.”
Illinois has major learning disabilities, and she makes it worse. The school program there is an example of doctrines of demons.
What is actually happening in Illinois, and in many other states, is that teacher college programs are being transformed for the worse. No longer is there an emphasis on teaching students how to think. The new emphasis is on teaching them what to think.
Wokeness and critical race theory have overtaken teacher education programs. Teachers are being trained to become activists as opposed to impartial imparters of truth and knowledge. The “everybody gets a trophy” mentality has leaped from middle school classrooms and landed in teacher preparation programs.
This does not bode well for Illinois students, who are already struggling academically. In 2019, only 37.4 percent of Illinois students passed the state’s English language arts test. Even worse, only 32 percent of Illinois students passed the state’s math proficiency test.
However, this seems lost on Ayala, the very person in charge of ensuring that Illinois students receive a quality education.
As Ayala recently said, in defense of ISBE’s newly proposed standards, “As we help students recover from learning loss due to the pandemic, giving our teachers opportunities to learn about effective, equitable, and research-based strategies like cultural responsiveness could not be more important.”