by Diana Lambert, EdSource – California’s newly approved state budget allows teacher candidates to skip two of the tests that had been required to earn a teaching credential if they take approved coursework.
Teacher candidates no longer have to take the California Basic Skills Test, or CBEST, or the California Subject Matter Exams for Teachers, referred to as CSET to earn a credential.
The CBEST tests reading, math and writing skills and is usually taken before a student is accepted into a teacher preparation program. The CSET tests a teacher candidate’s proficiency in the subject they will teach.
Teacher candidates must prove subject-matter proficiency before earning a credential, but many teacher preparation programs require the test be taken before a student enters its teacher preparation program.
Nearly half of California’s potential teachers struggle to pass the four standardized tests required to earn a credential, according to data from the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing. Nearly 66 percent of the people who took the CBEST in 2019-20 passed it on the first try and 83 percent passed after multiple attempts, according to commission data. The CSET, which is actually a suite of tests, had a first-time passage rate of about 67 percent in 2019-20. About 81 percent of the teacher candidates who took the test multiple times passed.
“This is a game changer for those who have dreamt of becoming a teacher only to find their paths blocked when they couldn’t pass the Basic Skills or Subject Matter entrance exams,” said Mary Vixie Sandy, executive director of the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing.
“These tests are meant to accurately measure readiness to begin teacher preparation, not to be a barrier that keeps potentially great teachers from learning to teach,” Sandy said. “We are eager to move forward with this shift in state policy. As alternatives to high-stakes testing these measures will right-size the role of testing and allow a broader and more diverse array of people to make a career out of teaching.”
The changes are effective immediately, she said.
Silvia Salgado, who resides in Corona, spent three years as an instructional assistant before she passed all sections of the CBEST and was eligible to take long-term substitute assignments. But what she really wanted was to be a kindergarten teacher, which required that she pass the multiple-subject CSET. After struggling to pass the CBEST, Salgado said she began to question herself and never found the courage to take the multiple-subject test.
“This bill passing means I can finally have my own classroom, teaching a grade level I love, and I am passionate about,” Salgado said. “Like many aspiring teachers like me, who want to teach kindergarten, an exam like the CSET was an obstacle that did not allow our career dreams to come true.”
The state already offered other alternatives to the CBEST, including the SAT, College Board Advanced Placement Examinations, California State University placement examinations, American College Testing or parts of the CSET. About 90 percent of teacher candidates have opted to take the CBEST, according to the Commission on Teacher Credentialing.
Instead of taking the CBEST, the new law allows teacher candidates to prove they are proficient by earning a B or better in college coursework in reading, writing and mathematics. Eligible classes to fulfill the reading requirement include critical thinking, literature, philosophy, reading, rhetoric or textual analysis. Eligible writing courses include composition, English, rhetoric, written communications or writing. Eligible math classes include geometry, mathematics, quantitative reasoning or statistics. Closely related subjects may also be accepted.
Teacher candidates who want to skip the CBEST can have their transcripts reviewed by their teacher preparation program to see if coursework they have taken fulfills the basic skills requirement. If they are applying for a credential from the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, they can submit their official transcripts along with the completed application packet, Sandy said.
If the teacher candidate wants to use a combination of coursework and tests to meet the basic skills requirement, the candidate will have to receive approval from their teacher preparation program, according to the trailer bill.
In the past teacher candidates also have been required to pass tests that are part of the California Subject Examinations for Teachers or to complete a subject-matter program at their university. Elementary school teachers have been required to pass three tests to earn a multiple-subject credential and middle and high school teachers earned single-subject credentials in areas such as art, biology or English by passing at least one subject exam.
Now a teacher candidate who takes approved coursework, or who earns an academic degree in the subject they will teach, does not have to take the test.
If a teacher candidate is seeking a single-subject credential the major must be aligned to the credential they are seeking. If they are seeking a multiple-subject credential, a liberal studies major or other degree that includes coursework in language studies, literature, mathematics, science, social studies, history, the arts, physical education, and human development can be accepted. Special education teachers can major in subjects covered in the CSET examination for the education specialist credential or in coursework covered by the multiple-subject test.
A teacher preparation program will evaluate the major to see if it is acceptable, but the Commission on Teacher Credentialing will make the call for candidates who are applying to the commission directly for credentials, such as those seeking emergency-style permits, Sandy said.
Candidates can demonstrate subject-matter competency by using any of the options or a combination of options, for example passing two of three CSET subtests and using prior coursework to meet the requirement, according to the commission.
The Commission on Teacher Credentialing may have to pass some regulations to clarify the process and will need to communicate with teacher preparation programs and teacher candidates about the new legislation, Sandy said.
Candidates who began teacher preparation but who did not complete the program should contact their program for more information on how this new legislation may affect them, Sandy said.
With a persistent teacher shortage in California, officials at the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing have been looking at ways to reform teacher testing for several years. The issue became more urgent during the pandemic as testing centers closed, teacher retirements increased and the number of teachers earning credentials declined.
Although teacher candidates are still required to take the Reading Instruction Competence Assessment and the California Teaching Performance Assessment in order to earn a full credential, the state is allowing teachers to continue to postpone the assessments for a while longer.
The reading instruction assessment, which measures the ability to teach reading, is required for candidates for multiple-subject credentials as well as for special education credentials. The budget extends a current suspension of the test for candidates who were unable to complete the exam between March 19, 2020 and Dec. 31, 2021 because testing centers were closed or had limited capacity. The budget gives the Commission on Teacher Credentialing the power to extend the suspension of the tests until June 31, 2022 if it deems it necessary.
The Teaching Performance Assessment measures how well teacher candidates assess students, design instruction, organize subject matter and other skills. It is required for all but special education teachers.
The budget allows teacher candidates who can’t complete the Teaching Performance Assessment next school year because of Covid-19 related school closures to earn a preliminary credential. The candidate must have completed all other preliminary credential requirements. They must complete the assessment before earning a full credential.
“The goal of testing is to ensure teacher candidates are ready to begin preparation,” Sandy said. “We have to reduce the size of the roadblock.”
Great now under educated teachers teaching our kids .And wanting higher wages to teach.What the hell is this state coming to?Useless Newsom has to go.
+1
All they need to do is be capable of following the brainwashing curriculum.
Will requiring fewer tests improve teacher performance? My guess is that the bar has been lowered again because applicants are not (really) qualified to teach.
California’s educational system is 47th in the nation. That’s bad for supposedly such a great state. So do you think reducing teacher qualification is going to help the situation?
Now all the bad uncredentialed private school teachers can qualify to teach in public school more easily.
“Brain Drain” pvt schools. So diabolical. I had t thought of that, but a cogent insight.
Teachers do not want to go back to classroom for whatever reason but still want to collect a pay check. Now they won’t have to have strict credentials.
Before anyone barks at me I have many family who are teachers. The kids will continue to suffer.
Hopefully there’s a couple of questions they need to be able to answer correctly to pass….the difference between “there, their and they’re”. Also the correct pronunciation of “liberry, ambalance and baffroom”….just sayin’.
You forgot, “idear,” but the one that always bugs me is when a teacher mispronounces often. An educated person should know the t in often is silent.
Theirs gonna be alot more dum dums now dat there doing dat theyre.
I’m going to be up all knight blasting the King’s English 😂
The dumbing down of teachers. Wonderful. In any given school there will always be students who are smarter than the teachers. They should make it harder to earn credential, not easier. Weed out teachers who don’t belong there.
Lowering the bar yet again. When candidates can’t meet the standards, regardless of the discipline, the only answer appears to be lowering the standards. Sadly, this trend is unlikely to change.
It’s happening in law enforcement as well.
I have confidence that parents care about their children and once they wake up they will demand change .Private schools , charter schools and vouchers will be the future in California .All animals on earth have the instinct to protect their young .
Instead of making it easier why not make teaching more lucrative to attract better talent? Stop wasting money on administrators and pet projects and pay the teachers a higher salary in exchange for better teacher assessment and the ability to weed out the bad teachers.
Yes.
First, outlaw teacher unions and tenure, and then put cameras in classrooms, so parents can monitor classes.
Dumbing down the facilitators of dumbing down. A dumb herd is a docile herd.
Meanwhile districts are drastically decreasing graduation requirements. If you can’t pass the CBEST then you are the one that needs to go back to high school. Incredible. That said, part of the reason to drop tests is to drive candidates to spend much more money (college debt) in the UC and Community College ecosystem, rather than enriching testing companies and international conglomerates like Pearson.
“This is a game changer for those who have dreamt of becoming a teacher only to find their paths blocked when they couldn’t pass the Basic Skills or Subject Matter entrance exams,” said Mary Vixie Sandy, executive director of the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing
SERIOUSLY!!! Well we wouldn’t want someone to miss out on being a teacher because they couldn’t pass the basic skills or subject matter test – – how important could that be?
I am surprised that anyone who fails the CBEST can still wipe their own butt. Or, can they? You have to really be pretty dumb to fail such a basic test. Yet, I have heard folks have taken it 4+ times????
Maybe there’s a “game changer” in my future as well. I always dreamed of being a brain surgeon, but well, you know…. I just couldn’t pass the basic skills test.
Pesky stuff, those math and science requirements.
@ Oh, please
First prize for Best Reply of the week.
“This is a game changer for those who have dreamt of becoming a teacher only to find their paths blocked when they couldn’t pass the Basic Skills or Subject Matter entrance exams,” said Mary Vixie Sandy, executive director of the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing.”
No, I don’t see any problem with this. Of course potential future teachers shouldn’t have to pass a Basic Skills or Subject Matter entrance exam. Nah, California is in great shape! Yikes!
Yep. I really want to be a fighter pilot. I’ve always wanted to be a fighter pilot. I’ve dreamt of becoming a fighter pilot. Never mind that I can’t pass the eye test.
The money quote:
“This is a game changer for those who have dreamt of becoming a teacher only to find their paths blocked when THEY COULDN’T PASS the BASIC SKILLS or Subject Matter entrance exams,” said Mary Vixie Sandy, executive director of the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing.
I know, it’s too perfect. It’s almost self-satire.
I want to be a Chemist! I just having trouble passing my Chemistry class.
Why stop with teachers? If reducing standards for them, why not doctors, nurses, dentists, pilots, first responders, lawyers? What could possibly go wrong?
@JAFO, the entire medical field has become a joke. Between the FDA, Big Pharma, Insurance Companies, and the CDC… the entire medical industry just follows a script. It’s nothing more than a checklist. I would rather have the old school doctors I had growing up than all of these young check list know-nothings that follow guidelines. Keep healthcare government free please. It’s just going to keep getting worse as more industries across the board let anyone do these jobs.
Has already been done for lawyers. Under pressure, the California Supreme Court lowered the passing score for the bar exam two exams ago – the pass rate increased significantly.
I looked up practice CBEST exams and question #4 of the math test was:
Which of the following is appropriate for showing the weight of a pencil: pounds, ounces, quarts, pints, tons?
Other questions were like if there are 30 kids in the class and each needs 5 inches of string, how much string to you need?
Do you want your kid to come home and say he needs a pint of pencils?
What’s the answer?
Ounces and 180 inches
sorry i needed my glasses i read that as a 6 instead of a 5
This certainly reminds me of the California High School Exit Exam of 2006 that was abolished by Governor Brown because too many students were failing it…lowering the bar with teachers, too!
Well, they lower graduation requirements every year and then pat themselves on the back for increasing graduation rates. Lol. You cannot make this stuff up!
Equity for the unqualified. Only in California.
I’m really good with math but I’m no good with arithmetic.
An auto mechanic I know in Benicia lives in Concord and he asked me what I did for work and then what my wife does and then I asked him what his wife did. He said “she goes around to schools in the bay area to teach math, to teachers!” I asked if he was kidding and he said ‘no kidding’.
This is not a fake story.
So this story is quite believable to me.
The dumbing down of America is happening in many ways.
We also need to do this for Police and Pilots because there is a huge shortage in those two fields.
They lowered the standards for police years ago, so women, and minorities would qualify.
@Dawg,
Are you serious? They didn’t lower the intelligence and aptitude tests “so women and minorities would qualify”; the changed the physical requirements because women are built differently then men, you racist bigoted jerk. Male POC aren’t any more or less intelligent than Caucasian males; it’s their culture and upbringing that positively (or negatively) affects their ambition, skills and intelligence.
Will they lower the tests to be an astronaut? My dream has always been to be an astronaut. They can make the test really simple, if I can find Cape Canaveral, then I should pass the test. To their way of thinking,
if I can navigate myself to Cape Canaveral, then I should be able to navigate myself to the moon.
If I didn’t get motion sick I would be right there with you.
This is truly unbelievable….
The one eyed leading the blind
At the rate we are going, Children will teach themselves.
I feel for the Parent of today. Home schooling co-ops are the only answer to avoid this and rampant Pedophilia.
“The goal of testing is to ensure teacher candidates are ready to begin preparation,” Sandy said. “We have to reduce the size of the roadblock.”
That’s one of the stupidest things I’ve ever heard.
No wonder CA is at the bottom of the educational heap.
I never expected ‘Idiocracy’ to be a documentary.
BTW, Homeschool your kids. Find a coop of like minded parents and do it. Your life and your child’s life will be FAR greater.
Next, demand property taxes adjusted for those of us who want school choice.
“This is a game changer for those who have dreamt of becoming a teacher only to find their paths blocked when they couldn’t pass the Basic Skills or Subject Matter entrance exams,” said Mary Vixie Sandy, executive director of the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing.
Sounds like quote taken directly from an Onion article. CA is circling the drain faster than ever.
I guess CRT is a non passing subject. Take you kids out of public schools and stop approving bonds for school districts. Especially MDUSD who are already redirected funds so their friends can get contracts.
Knee jerk reaction is that we are going to certify less than qualified teachers teach.
Knee jerk opportunity is that there could be a business to offer CBEST boot camps.
Nuanced answer is somewhere in between. Teaching is a skill where subject matter expertise is very important but in no way the only thing that is needed. Communicating concepts and developing an understanding of those concepts is as important as being a subject matter expert. A teacher that cannot do that isn’t teaching. I’ve met many a subject mater expert that couldn’t teach their way out of a paper bag with a hole at each end. They don’t have the skill set to distill that knowledge and present it for consumption. I’ve met people that can teach but aren’t subject matter experts. They have the ability to take ideas and distill them down to consumable bites.
That’s true,but this isn’t about expertise or anything close to it. It’s the most basic of basic tests.
… so the kds are a year behind already… now we’re going to have under qualified “teachers” trying to teach the kids, I heard math math be out the window… Newsom caving in to his biggest donor group – the teachers union – Cali has already already dropped from one of the top 10 states academically to the bottom 10 – this will ensure we’ll get last place for sure…. WTH are they thinking?! More reason to go charter or private….
Does this mean I can finally qualify to be a Brain Surgeon? I can’t wait to get started… with the leaders of the Teacher’s Union.
No need to worry. This has been going for at least 50 years that I know of. And yes, I’ll take a pint of pencils and 6 inches of string…
Pyrrhus July 19, 2021 at 8:53 AM
Instead of making it easier why not make teaching more lucrative to attract better talent?
well they are union and they dont get more unless the union strikes and makes us pay more to the unions
you see its locked down and now they own the newscum who pushes for lower educated teachers …why
so they can get more teachers paying union dues and union heads can get richer faster ….
yes its a pyramid scheme where gullible people pay to work ….lol
and have to sell their souls and children to the devils who own them
why do you think teacher board meetings are a sham
those people on the board are bought and paid for
the rules state they have to have a open forum and let you speak according to their perceived rules
then not listen and do what they want
just like a city council and board of soups and any democrat run entity
i again pose the question what do you get for selling out to democrat politicians as a voter …oh thats right a 600 dollar check and uneducated children ….to add to the bum pool and system suckers
these comments for entertainment only
your degrading yourselves ….
cant make this up
dem voters placing themselves as indentured servants to politicians wants and needs for political gain
you dem voters are sure showing yourselves to do real good
come on man !!!!
dem weiner wants to have adults abuse your child legally yet you vote to keep him
the newscum lied and mocked you during his perceived pandemic of a virus that a dem socialist communist created
cant make this up……
these comments for entertainment only
kamalala…tralalalgoondyaa
slept her way to the top …no hash tag for her and i guess womens rights took a step forward then ….
de slacker has picnic lunches on us all summer doing nothing but banging 2 cymbals together
and a dem DA refusing to prosecute illegals for any crimes even murder
your for this it appears
yet are aghast at american citizens being proud of the countries flag calling it racist ….
yet use the same flag to tout your freedom of speech to call everyone else racists and uncle toms
please correct my non essential comments with dem logic please help me understand
these opinions are for entertainment only
I am a 25-year educator, master teacher, and designated as Highly Qualified by the US Dept of Education. I hold 4 degrees. No one reduced any standard for me. I earned and deserved every dollar I have ever made. I am deeply offended by any effort to reduce the standard of quality education to teach our children.
This continued dumbing down the curriculum, not requiring mastery of the subject matter taught, the easing of graduation criteria by eliminating the high school exit exam, the removalnof vocational classes to teach employable trade skills, to name a few factors of particular concern to me, are the reasons why reducing the requirements to teach are short-sighted, egregious, and without true merit.
“Hear, hear!” I appreciate your well thought out post…
@LAH,
I applaud your credentials and drive to become a teacher.
My question to you is: do you pay union dues? Do you **have** to, or do you have the ability to “opt out”? Truly, in CA, I don’t know the answer, so ease educate me. In some states, teachers don’t have to pay union dues.
If you have the option, and you pay union dues, do you then share your views with the union? Is it heard, or just deleted?
The profession of teaching, along with many other female-dominated professions, have gone the way of an hourly job mindset. Punch in, do as little as possible, punch out. We’re not only underserving our students, we’re wasting human potential.
Please, be vocal about how poorly CA is doing teaching our children. You may be our last chance to save our schools and our children 🙏
To those out there who are over 60 years old. Or years young.
Name five excellent teachers you had in public school in California.
Or, if you got your education outside California. What made your education good or bad.
Inquiring minds would like to know. 🙂
The dumbing down of teachers to be at the same level as politicians in CA…
Tough to do, but they are trying real hard.
Teachers are welfare queens who refuse to work like everyone else. They want all their fat paycheck and none of the risk. They have no honor and feel no obligation to actually provide a good education for their students. The California teacher is one of the lowest forms of life.
Interesting that NOT ONE liberal/democrat is defending the dumbing down if teachers and therefore the dumbing down of students.
5th largest economy, yet 47th in education in the US.
A bunch of functionally illiterate idiots elected morons to political office…. And they’ll continue to do so. California- you’re circling the drain.
Please do not lump all teachers into one category!! While I understand your frustration with the union stance on political issues, there are many of us teachers that took small groups of children and continued to teach in person during the pandemic. We also taught virtual classes the same day. My days were long including weekends to lesson plan and find resources. We were required to switch at a drop of a hat from crisis learning, distance learning, small group cohorts, hybrid cohorts and the last 5 weeks of the most challenging year ever, brought students back for regular school days.
As a teacher of 17 years, I passed all those required tests (the first time) and firmly believe in those requirements!! If someone is unable to pass a basic knowledge assessment, they should remain a teacher’s assistant. This piece of legislation makes a mockery of the teaching profession!! I guess I’m on to the Praxis test now and leaving this sad state. My heart breaks for the children of California.
I’d have to know more about this to understand why the tests wouldn’t be required. I was never a teacher but worked as a sub on and off for over a decade. I had to pass the C-Best to get that substitute teacher credential. I have a math phobia and fell asleep while taking the C-Best. I woke with just a bit of time to finish but actually had a high score on the math. I can’t imagine someone becoming a real teacher who could not pass that simple set of tests
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LAH I couldn’t agree more. Changing the requirements to become a teacher is a terrible idea. Teachers and students should
be held to higher expectations. Don’t lower the bar. They changed the grading system for elementary students years ago so no one failed and got passed on to the next grade. However they still required testing at the end of the year that reflected back on the teacher. They made it easier to graduate from high school but did away with vocational programs.
The teachers Union gets exorbitant fees but does little for teachers who pay for supplies out of their own pocket.
Anon most of the teachers I know work hard at the profession. Collect a fat paycheck??? Are you kidding? It’s sad to see what is taking place.
This is all about increasing the roles of minority teachers.
Reading the comments that claycordians always have about teachers is so frustrating to me. I’m in school to become a teacher and the way you all rip them apart is so discouraging. If teachers in California are so awful then why don’t you all go become them yourselves and subject yourself to the horrible words you write on this anonymous website. If you read the whole article they don’t just completely get to skip the tests, only if required coursework is completed with appropriate grades which is already a practice at many colleges in the state, including Sacramento State where I attend. There is a specific major tailored exactly to the subjects on the test and if all classes are passed with a B or above then you get to bypass the exam.
If you take all the subjects and receive a B or above, then you should have no problem passing the credential test. See how that works?
Law school grads take all the required classes and still have to take the CA state BAR exam. And many still fail.
Would you rather they not have to pass the BAR?
You cannot have great teachers and great schools without universal standards and these tests enforce the standards.
This is all about increasing minority teacher roles and does nothing to improve our schools. Just the opposite, in fact.
Gee, I wonder how many more people will misuse the words your and you’re, it’s and its, their and there, etc.
Need more teachers? Easy solution: lower the bar to become one. Result: more incompetence leading the classroom. Instead of relaxing standards, they should be making it more challenging (and therefore more desirable) to teach.
I moved to SF in 1960. I had to re-start my Senior year as I did not have the required freshman classes required for graduation. Half of my Senior year was spent on Driver’s ED, pass swimming test, class on CA history(useless!), typing(??) and citizenship! As “racist” as the South was deemed, I received a more in depth education from my Grammar, Middle, and High School that would put CA students to shame. I was basically stunned to hear very poor grammar and sentencing usage and forget about correct spelling! Later on I worked along side with “college” graduates with AA and BS degrees. These individuals could not write clearly in cursive nor accurately in grammatical fashion – forget sentence structure!. So the dumbing down of teacher qualifications and lowering the standards for student tests is not surprising!
BTW, I constantly heard how Texans were backward and dumb! I attended the “Old Brickyard” to finish out my Senior year.
I remember having this conversation in the mid 90s with a former teacher who explained to me how many teachers fail basic exams on a regular basis. He said a lot of teachers are of average intellect, and people of higher intellect go into higher paying professions that require a higher intellect.
I had no idea that many teachers were failing exams. It’s sad for the kids, especially kids that are smarter than their teachers. Or kids that really need help, and they’re not getting it.
This is a brutal and outrageous slap in the face for parents and students! Teacher candidates no longer have to take the Basic Skills Test, or the Subject Matter Exams to earn a credential :(- in order to teach courses in which they themselves are incompetent!
PLEASE DON’T LET THIS BE THE END OF THE ARGUMENT. It’s not just the future of someone else’s kids. It’s the future of all of our kids–and the future of our country— which they are trying to destroy.
I’m reminded of the wise old adage: “Them what can, do. And them what can’t, go into teaching.”
(obviously a phrase coined by someone “educated” in a California public school.)
Please do not lump all teachers into one category!! While I understand your frustration with the union stance on political issues, there are many of us teachers that took small groups of children and continued to teach in person during the pandemic. We also taught virtual classes the same day. My days were long including weekends to lesson plan and find resources. We were required to switch at a drop of a hat from crisis learning, distance learning, small group cohorts, hybrid cohorts and the last 5 weeks of the most challenging year ever, brought students back for regular school days.
As a teacher of 17 years, I passed all those required tests (the first time) and firmly believe in those requirements!! If someone is unable to pass a basic knowledge assessment, they should remain a teacher’s assistant. This piece of legislation makes a mockery of the teaching profession!! I guess I’m on to the Praxis test now and leaving this sad state. My heart breaks for the children of California.
HERE is what is really happening.
Most teachers do not earn a living wage so we have a shortage of teachers,(who wants to go to school for years get a degree and struggle?).
So instead of increasing pay for quality teachers the state of California says we will just make it easier for anyone to teach. That way we can hire minimum wage earners and they will think their pay is a step up.
I am a teacher and this is nuts! I teach because I love it. I love helping the littles grow , thrive, and learn to be a good friend. I am lucky that my income is not needed so I end up spending most of my pay on my students and classroom.
Gosh , I just feel like this getting worse by the minute. Someone who moved out of CA told me that CA is making itself obsolete. I am thinking they might be right.
@Ano,
Are you serious? Teachers make more money than many professionals in CA. They also receive paid training and aren’t taxed for Social Security. They can choose “easier” subjects like history, which doesn’t change (unless you’re devoted to rewriting history) or physics; lesson plan doesn’t need to be rewritten every year. California is 47th in the country, and yet, we pay teachers very well for the work they do. I’d be embarrassed for my profession if it were me, and I would work hard to change it for the better. Not only are we behind in the USA, just think of the schools in the Far East; do you think they spend half the term lamenting how terrible the US was to asian-americans during WWII? No, they teach and drill until the students learn, and those who are bright are rewarded with more drilling and learning. Please, please ease, help those crappy teachers to teach. Thank You!
I think I used this before.
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