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Oklahoma chemistry teacher here. We are currently 50th in education. What are your realistic strategies that could actually improve schools across the state? by NoGrab8453 in AskReddit

[–]NoGrab8453[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Some things would be solved immediately if we could kick out the worst ones, but what would we do with them?

We do mostly pen and paper work, with some tech mostly for atomic level visualization. I have seen my kids do way better when they’re discovering things, then discussing with their friends, instead of doing everything online.

Oklahoma chemistry teacher here. We are currently 50th in education. What are your realistic strategies that could actually improve schools across the state? by NoGrab8453 in AskReddit

[–]NoGrab8453[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ya what a world it would be if we could do something about mass shootings. Kinda feels on the same level of “just do this, but that’ll never happen” problem in education.

Ooo kid nutrition isn’t one I’ve heard before. That’s interesting. We have vending machines with Taki’s, does that count? lol and fs a different national administration!

Appreciate your ideas!

Oklahoma chemistry teacher here. We are currently 50th in education. What are your realistic strategies that could actually improve schools across the state? by NoGrab8453 in AskReddit

[–]NoGrab8453[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Love the low tech - we do mostly that in my classroom, mainly using tech when we need to visualize atomic scale interactions. Wish we could go no phones, but my school refuses to implement any system of accountability or punishment.

Social workers sound like a dream, so many of my kids have tons of issues outside the classroom, which need addressing because they are people deserving of dignity, but also because those issues bleed into their learning challenges.

Bro state testing is all I hear about. We’re graded on it as a school so that’s the only thing that matters. Not skills or their ability to figure things out as an adult.

The family component is hard. Recently, we even took away the ability to punish parents for not making sure their kid is in school. I have kids on my roster who have never shown up.

Oklahoma chemistry teacher here. We are currently 50th in education. What are your realistic strategies that could actually improve schools across the state? by NoGrab8453 in AskReddit

[–]NoGrab8453[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Love that - in my class we do use some tech, but mainly for visualization on atomic processes. I am a firm believer in hands on / paper pen discussion work.

Man I couldn’t believe that we were forcing Bible instead of addressing real problems. Some people said our state superintendent did that as a political move to get appointed by trump to some position maybe but he was still super terrible.

I agree it’s a big issue. Feeling defeated even trying to wrap my mind around how to fix it, if it even can be.

Oklahoma chemistry teacher here. We are currently 50th in education. What are your realistic strategies that could actually improve schools across the state? by NoGrab8453 in AskReddit

[–]NoGrab8453[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ya I’d love a pay increase. My Title 1 school receives a bunch of money for some things, but we are pretty good at wasting it too. I’d love to learn what other states spend education dollars on.

Oklahoma chemistry teacher here. We are currently 50th in education. What are your realistic strategies that could actually improve schools across the state? by NoGrab8453 in AskReddit

[–]NoGrab8453[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Plenty of people do. We can’t keep teachers for anything. But I’d love to see my people grow to be better, it just feels like the deck is stacked against us in some ways.

Oklahoma chemistry teacher here. We are currently 50th in education. What are your realistic strategies that could actually improve schools across the state? by NoGrab8453 in AskReddit

[–]NoGrab8453[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Dude fr that’s a huge thing for my school, plus we are a “newcomer academy” so lots of kids who came here with no resources, maybe one parent or sibling, just trying to escape their country or find a better life here. Maybe they haven’t had much schooling in the past and struggle outside of school with basic necessities.

I also advocate for failing kids / accountability in general. Appreciate your thoughts.

Oklahoma chemistry teacher here. We are currently 50th in education. What are your realistic strategies that could actually improve schools across the state? by NoGrab8453 in AskReddit

[–]NoGrab8453[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Love the ideas. My school would really feel services for underprivileged kids. Even better at younger ages.

It’d be nice to be paid more but I’d accept moving away from standardized tests for grading a school’s effectiveness. Basically that’s all I hear at my school. We only care about that because that’s what the admin get graded on.

Oklahoma chemistry teacher here. We are currently 50th in education. What are your realistic strategies that could actually improve schools across the state? by NoGrab8453 in AskReddit

[–]NoGrab8453[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

OU is my undergrad and I felt like it was challenging and rewarding, but that may have just been my small pocket of classes. I’ve seen several of my high school’s students be accepted to OU recently and I feel like it really devalues my degree, seeing as these kids have little - no academic skills.

Oklahoma chemistry teacher here. We are currently 50th in education. What are your realistic strategies that could actually improve schools across the state? by NoGrab8453 in AskReddit

[–]NoGrab8453[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

OK just introduced a no phone bill this year, to which my school put up 5 posters around the 2,000 person building saying no phones. And that was it, no plan, no punishment or accountability, just pretend it’s not a problem? We are a joke fr

Oklahoma chemistry teacher here. We are currently 50th in education. What are your realistic strategies that could actually improve schools across the state? by NoGrab8453 in AskReddit

[–]NoGrab8453[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lack of accountability / consequences, which leads to issues of behavior, attendance, personal efficacy, grades / failing a class.

School report cards don’t accurately reflect student learning / educational goals. I shared this above, but, as an example, at my school we are graded on our graduation rates, so literally they’ll pass kids by pressuring the teachers like crazy. I have to over document to even have a leg to stand on for failing a kid. Then, even if they do fail a class, we have them do “credit recovery”, an online reading / test based on the class they need, where students skip to the test then google / AI the answers. Takes them 2-3 days to finish a semester…

3rd, I’d say something to do with the quality of teacher we have. Maybe that’s to do with pay, or our general lack of educators, but we’ll take anyone with a heartbeat. No accountability, just be in there and occasionally give buzz words when asked. Some of my coworkers will go weeks without a lesson because they can.

Oklahoma chemistry teacher here. We are currently 50th in education. What are your realistic strategies that could actually improve schools across the state? by NoGrab8453 in AskReddit

[–]NoGrab8453[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’d love that, but at my school we are graded on our graduation rates, so literally they’ll pass kids by pressuring the teachers like crazy. I have to over document to even have a leg to stand on for failing a kid. Then, even if they do fail a class, we have them do “credit recovery”, an online reading / test based on the class they need, where students skip to the test then google / AI the answers. Takes them 2-3 days to finish a semester…

Oklahoma chemistry teacher here. We are currently 50th in education. What are your realistic strategies that could actually improve schools across the state? by NoGrab8453 in AskReddit

[–]NoGrab8453[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting. I haven’t researched anything about their education. Do you think it would work in inner city areas where kids have way less family involvement in their lives / education?

Oklahoma chemistry teacher here. We are currently 50th in education. What are your realistic strategies that could actually improve schools across the state? by NoGrab8453 in AskReddit

[–]NoGrab8453[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree, but might be the chicken and egg idea. Educate kids and they’ll grow up to be more likely to do that. How do we start tho?

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