When you look at the dismal results in Tennessee education and around the country I believe there is merit in what was said. It it time to face the facts. Public education in America is a disgrace. It is not what it once was. The teachers colleges are not producing educators and haven't for a long time. Teacher colleges produce teachers that are far from the educator of the past when schools stuck to the basics of reading, writing and arithmetic. My nephew a recent graduate from a "teacher" college had to spend one semester course (required) on the 72 different genders. Really?? So because some people cannot handle the truth we are now going to dig our hole even deeper than it already is by denying a good education alternative that just might actually teach students to read, write and do math. Anyone that looks at the performance metrics of our students and then denies a good alternative to our students because their feelings were hurt is now part of the education problem and proves he was right. I hope Governor Lee does what is right for our children and if teachers and faculty are insulted then perhaps they should pull up their big girl/boy panties and try to prove him wrong but let's not put our children's future in the middle of this issue. The fact is these Hillsdale charters have excellent student results unlike many or our public/charter schools and my priority is results and a good education for our children. It is time to face some harsh realities. Perhaps the real reason Hillsdale is not welcome in Tennessee has more to do with fear that the Hillsdale schools and student performance just might prove to be Arnn right.
When you look at the dismal results in Tennessee education and around the country I believe there is merit in what was said. It it time to face the facts. Public education in America is a disgrace. It is not what it once was. The teachers colleges are not producing educators and haven't for a long time. Teacher colleges produce teachers that are far from the educator of the past when schools stuck to the basics of reading, writing and arithmetic. My nephew a recent graduate from a "teacher" college had to spend one semester course (required) on the 72 different genders. Really?? So because some people cannot handle the truth we are now going to dig our hole even deeper than it already is by denying a good education alternative that just might actually teach students to read, write and do math. Anyone that looks at the performance metrics of our students and then denies a good alternative to our students because their feelings were hurt is now part of the education problem and proves he was right. I hope Governor Lee does what is right for our children and if teachers and faculty are insulted then perhaps they should pull up their big girl/boy panties and try to prove him wrong but let's not put our children's future in the middle of this issue. The fact is these Hillsdale charters have excellent student results unlike many or our public/charter schools and my priority is results and a good education for our children. It is time to face some harsh realities. Perhaps the real reason Hillsdale is not welcome in Tennessee has more to do with fear that the Hillsdale schools and student performance just might prove to be Arnn right.