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Education News Blog posts insightful comments on the latest international news that render us taken-aback in the domain of the education facet of life. Education News Blog: Education-Reform News Teachers must be centerpiece of education reform: September 21, 2007  Education officials need to understand one thing: Sometimes it's not about the money. Teachers who have given their life's work to education and now face the choice of retiring at 25 years - or more - may choose to retire despite pay increases. It may be because teachers have lost the battle to influence what actually happens in the classroom. So-called "education experts" are not in the day-to-day reality of the classroom. Here's the deal: Because of mandated testing - and officials who are running scared - teachers are now required to develop tests 2-to-3 grade levels higher than the grade they are teaching, for students who are 2 and 3 levels of competency below the grade they are in currently. Do the math: Students are being set up for failure. Education News Blog Comment: Who becomes a teacher in our society? At least in India, it is the one who missed the other trains, i.e., the more luxurious ones - the one who could not hold on to some more lucrative jobs; and hence as her/his last choice, s/he married this profession of teaching s/he is now in! No one's first choice ever is teaching. No one comes here for the love and passion of it. They are all here out of compulsion. How will they be able to envisage a basic education reform? Teaching is one of the lowest paid jobs in India at least - salaries in education are just meager; and not only that, it is one of the least respected jobs also! No father ever wants to marry his daughter off to a teacher - he searches for some revenue officer, some engineer, some doctor, some lawyer, or some businessman for that matter! So the teachers are there not by choice, but by chance of being left behind in the race of success. And these are the people for whom the uncovered truth like sex education, being immoral, is a taboo too! They are going against the basic ethics in education - the unprejudiced and the objective imparting of the knowledge of un-tampered language of nature. How can they have passion for a thing like education reform? How will they love what they teach? How will they love whom they teach? And if you do not love - whether your subject or your student - if you do not love, you cannot teach. You simply preach. The very concept of the philosophy of education has been held at ransom. Education has been turned into a farce! Not for long shall we be able to afford such bad education on earth. We need a basic education reform, like we need a basic reform in everything in life. I invite you to subscribe to my E-zine titled Life Coach, free of charge. This E-zine publishes insightful comments on the latest international news that render us taken-aback in the domains of various facets of life. A not-to-be-missed opportunity! Subscribe to it here: I also invite you to subscribe to my Life Blog - no need to provide your e-mail address here. This RSS feed keeps you informed about new developments taking place on this site. It also harbors 25 journal bloglets posting insightful comments on the latest international news that render us taken-aback in the domains of various facets of life. In order to subscribe to the blog, right-click on the orange RSS button (see buttons up to the left) and then paste the URL into your RSS reader. Or click on add to My Yahoo! button or My MSN or Add To Google button if you keep a personalized home page there. If you are not sure what RSS or blogging is all about, click on What's an RSS Feed? here:
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