Bad Teacher? Bad common sense.

Why think of teachers as being the ones to only blame?  Yes they are the ones in contact with our students, but they learned their knowledge and the material they teach students from someone.  Should we not examine the professors who taught them, the different types of programs out there providing these teachers with certifications?  There should be a lot more research put into defining the problem of our educational system and the facts leading to students not learning, and therefore not testing to the minimum standards necessary. 

No this is not the type of bad teacher I am referring to, but this movie image is the type of image that comes to mind when I think of the concept of blaming teachers for being “bad teachers” and being the reason students are failing, or not achieving the marks desired by schools. 

Bad Teacher identifies the fast-track program, and the easy accessibility individuals have to obtain teaching certifications that do not provide teachers with the essentials in order to teach students how they need to be taught for success.  Why implement fast-track programs, when we can see the ill effects it has on our students?  These programs give teachers a lack of field experience, a lack of understanding on how to teach students who learn differently, and a lack of knowledge around different courses and material needed to be learned.   Yes I understand the ability to train more teachers at a faster rate, to help teach them only the material supposedly necessary to raise standardized test scores, but none of that seems to be making a difference in how our students are doing with test scores.  Therefore, I feel traditional methods and being able to examine and learn the necessary materials, how to implement them in complex problem sets, or in reading across disciplines, would be more beneficial for students.  Clearly the reform that is trying to change how students learn, and trying to achieve the desired marks, is failing.  Maybe it is time to re-evaluate the real problem behind these test scores, and solve solutions accordingly.