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Jd Coburn, I taught Acting at Playhouse West in Los Angeles and my own school in Seattle for 24 years. Since 1975 I ha...
I've worked with thousands of U.S. High School graduates over the last 20+ years and because of that experience, not a theory or some intellectual analysis, but because of my personal experience I can tell you that public school has become a social arena, merely, and not an educational one. I even asked one of my sons why he went to school and he answered, "To hook up."
There are always exceptions to what I will describe but the brutal truth is that teachers have to fight to maintain control of a classroom because students run things.
作为教师，在过去20多年里，我见过成千上万的美国高中毕业生，因此，不用列举什么调查分析，仅凭我自己的教书经历，我可以说，美国的公立学校已经不再是教育场所，而是一个（混乱的）小型社会。我也曾问我的一个儿子，为什么要去上学，他回答说，“为了泡妞。”
我知道并不是所有的公立学校都垃圾不堪，凡事总有例外。但残酷的事实是，公立学校的教师必须努力维持课堂纪律，因为学生根本不服管教。
First Things First
The results we see from the public school system these days is NOT a failure on the part of the teachers to teach. Rather, there is a failure on the part of the students to want to learn. The strongest sense I get is that they feel entitled to their diploma as long as they show up every day and do the least amount of work necessary.
I sat in on some of my sons' classes and he sat in on some of mine. I asked him if he'd ever seen the kind of behavior that was prent in his classes, in any of MY classes. He said, "No way!"
In one class I observed, a High School science class, the students all milled around the room, laughing and joking and playing with their phones. For 20 minutes out of the 50 allotted to the study of science it was all the teacher could do to take attendance and try to get people to sit down. They never sat.
The difference between my classes and my son's classes was intent. People intend to learn what I teach so they show up on time and prepared with serious work. They know I will not tolerate work that does not reflect some serious effort on their part so they make sure they are prepared. If they are NOT on time and prepared they are invited to study somewhere else where nothing is demanded of them.
You start by letting teachers teach!
The first thing students have to learn is how to respect one another, themselves! If they have enough respect for themselves and others in their classrooms they will, out of that respect, sit down, shut up, and pay attention.
Next, nurture and reward the behavior you want. You want PRIDE! Honest, earned, pride comes from tackling an assignment and doing it until you do it well. Don't grade poor output, make students do the work over until it's all grade A. Having EARNED that A they'll post it on their Twitter, Facebook, and lixedIn accounts until they get the recognition they deserve.
That's it
It's not complicated. Show some respect. Show up on time and prepared with serious work. Do the work repeatedly until you learn it and can take pride in your output. You won't graduate until you've done it well.
Those simple skills will spell success in higher education, in any discipline and at any job.
如果想要做出改变，我认为第一件事就是教导学生如何尊重他人，尊重自己!
如果他们在课堂上对自己和他人有足够的尊重，出于这种尊重，他们会坐下来，闭上嘴巴，集中注意力。
接下来，通过表扬和奖励培养学生!
只有通过不停的重复，一遍又一遍的思考，不停地试错，你才能真正掌握知识。
而通过自己努力完成一件事时，那种满足感和自豪感是非常有激励作用的。所以，不要只是在试卷上打叉，要让学生将错误的地方重做一遍，直到试卷的成绩达到A为止。
在获得A之后，他们通常都会把成绩发到社交媒体上炫耀，这是也是获得认可的一种方式。
就是这样
所以，培养一名合格的毕业生很简单。互相尊重，准时上课，重复学习直到你学会它，并为自己的成果感到自豪。
最后，通过每项考试，否则你是不会毕业的。
坚持这些简单的做法，不只在高等教育领域、你将在任何学科和任何工作领域中取得成功。
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Igor Balla, studying mathematics at ETH Zürich
In many other countries, if you are a good student, you are respected by your peers (at least, I know this used to be the case in Russia, but I cannot say for sure what is going on now). The same cannot, even remotely, be said about most public schools in the U. S. I came to America as an immigrant, but attended public school in NY starting from elementary school, and I can say from vast personal experience that other kids do not tend to look up to you if you do well in school. On the contrary, they are quite hostile and very willing to make fun of you, calling you names such as 'nerd, geek, herb, etc...'
（回答二）在其他国家，如果你是一名好学生，你就会受到同龄人的尊敬(至少，我知道在俄罗斯曾经是这样，但我不能肯定现在发生了什么)。我作为一个移民从小来到美国,在纽约上的公立学校学,从我个人的经历来讲，那就是公立学校的学生不在乎你书念得有多好。相反，他们很有敌意，很愿意取笑你，叫你“书呆子、怪人等……”
My parents told me that back in Russia, they didn't even have a concept of a nerd. Apparently, when they were growing up, good students were popular and respected. Naturally, it was a big surprise for them learn about this American culture of nerds and geeks. Nowadays, these concepts have become deeply rooted in our culture, as they appear in TV shows (Disney / Nickelodeon), commercials and movies. The issue is that kids grow up with these ideas of nerd and geek, and this has quite apparent negative effects on their willingness to do well in school.
As far as solutions go, normally it is very difficult to change culture in a society, but in this case it may be doable, since we are specifically discussing the preconceptions of young students. I imagine that I will get no up votes for the following idea, but I say we should be stricter with kids. I know it sounds radical in such a "liberal, modern society" (I apologize in advance for poking fun.), but hear me out. All I am saying is, if a teacher hits a kid on the head next time he doesn't do his HW, not only will all the notions of geek/nerd go flying out the window, but he will also make sure to do his HW (To clarify, I don't necessarily believe we should beat students; the idea was strictly to illustrate a point).
我父母告诉我，在俄罗斯，甚至没有书呆子这一概念。显然，在他们成长的过程中，好学生是受欢迎和尊重的。所以，对他们来说，美国的校园文化令他们很惊讶。
如今，对一校园文化偏见已经深深扎根于美国的文化中，它们经常出现在电视节目、广告和电影中。美国孩子们是在（读书好=书呆子）这一观念中长大的，因此，孩子们也就很难将表现好视作正面形象。
就解决方案而言，一个社会的文化风向通常很难改变，但如果只是纠正校园的学习风气，我认为还是能够办到的。那就是对孩子们更严格一点。我知道，在这样一个“自由的、现代的社会”，我的话听起来很激进，但请听我说完。如果，美国的教师敢狠狠收拾那些不写作业的学生，我保证，那些不良的校园文化风气会一扫而空。
By the way, some will claim that teachers are often not as competent as one would like. But consider another very important factor. The salaries paid to teachers, especially at the K-12 level, are so low in the US that the best and brightest students seldom go for teaching careers. In some cases, standards have been lowered considerably in order to keep up enrollments in teacher training programs. This goes back to the issue I raised at the beginning regarding the ever growing cost of education because of its labor intensive nature. The salaries of teachers have slowly eroded over time (at all levels) and we've made it an unattractive career option for many who would otherwise make excellent teachers. When you have to support a family, love of teaching isn't enough!
What should we do? Respect the education professionals and give them the resources and the authority to do what is right. This is what they do in Finland, where teachers are well paid and education standards and achievement levels are much higher than ours in the US. Will that ever happen here? I doubt it.
有些人会说现在的老师往往不像人们希望的那样称职。但请考虑另一个非常重要的因素。在美国，支付给教师的工资，特别是K-12级别的教师的工资是如此之低，以至于优秀和聪明的毕业生很少去从事教学工作。这真的是一个很大的问题。而学校为了快速培训教师，教学标准不得不一降再降。
所以这又回到了我一开始提出的，教育成本不断增长的问题。教师的工资随着时间的推移(所有级别)，已经不具备职业吸引力。当你要养家糊口的时候，光是热爱教学是不够的！
我们该怎么办？
我们应该尊重教育专业的人员，给予他们资源和权力去做正确的事情。
芬兰就是这样做的，那里的教师工资很高，教育标准和成就比我们美国高得多。
美国的教育会和芬兰一样吗？我对此表示怀疑。
Alvin John Ronnfeldt
The fault is of parents, government, the media and political activists. They become angry when students fail or are expelled from schools. Instead of stopping to see if maybe the student didn''''t do his homework, didn''''t pay attention in class, takes drugs, gets pregnant, or bullies the other students, they assume that the teacher and the school are at fault. If the student is a minority, it is even worse; they accuse the teacher and school of racism. (Do you know that Los Angeles high schools are not allowed to expel more minority students than white, even though it is the stomping ground of the Crips and the Bloods? This is the work of a "civil rights lawyer" who claimed the LA schools were racist, the media that jumped on the story, and Governor Jerry Brown.) So high school teachers have been ordered to dumb down the matter being taught, teach to the standardized tests, and pass the students no matter how badly they perform.
At the same time, they don''''t expel, or even punish, the students who are causing problems; the teachers are not even allowed to yell at them or send them to the principle''''s office. These petty crimimals cause so much trouble that the good students can''''t hear what the teacher is saying and the teacher can''''t teach effectively. I quit teaching high school because I refused to follow these orders
（回答四）公立教育系统的问题是家长、政府、媒体和政治活动人士共同造成的。当有学生被学校开除时，他们就会感到生气。当学生没有完成作业，上课不专心听讲，吸毒，怀孕，或者欺负其他学生时，家长不从自己身上找原因，反而认为是老师和学校的错。如果学生是少数族裔，那就更糟了;他们会指责老师和学校搞种族歧视。
高中教师被要求简化教学内容，降低考试标准，无论学生表现如何糟糕，都要让他们及格。
与此同时，他们不会开除，甚至不会惩罚那些制造问题的学生;老师们不能对学生大喊大叫，或者把犯错的学生送到校长办公室。
以至于课堂纪律很难管理，好学生听不到老师在说什么，老师不能有效地进行教学。
我个人因为拒绝遵从这些愚蠢的规定，于是辞去了高中教师的工作
Dave Keeley, former Military
Empower teachers to somehow punish students who are clearly wrong in their classroom behavior. Spanking worked on previous generations. I know that''''s not the answer today but neither is calling parents and having the parents siding with the child when the child is a monster in school.
Addressing bullying. We all watched kids get picked on mercilessly and teachers powerless to do anything about it. I don''''t have the answer but again, empower teachers.
Better security at all schools to include metal detectors, armed security and drills to prepare students for incidents. I work for a company that does work in a few schools in the region and at most of them I can walk into the school unchecked with anything I want in my possession.
Crack down on drug use in schools. I watched classmates do drugs in class forty years ago. My kids do the same today. This needs to stop.
（回答六）第一，我认为应该授予公立学校老师惩罚学生的权力。对前几代人美国人来说，老师的巴掌是最有效的教育方式。我知道这种教育方式不适合现代教育理念，但当你遇见屡教不改的混账学生，以及无脑护崽的学生家长时，我不知道你能想出什么好的教育办法。
事实上，校园路恃强凌弱的霸凌事件经常发生，而老师们却被规定束手束脚，无能为力。所以我呼吁，给予老师们应有的权力。
第二，加强所有学校的安全措施，比如安装金属探测器、雇佣保安以及定期展开安全演习，为学生应对突发事件做好准备。我在一家公司工作，该公司为几所学校提供服务，但这些学校的安保很松散，我可以带着任何东西走进学校。
第三，严厉打击学校里的吸毒行为。四十年前我就在课堂上看到同学吸毒。如今的孩子们仍在吸毒。这种情况必须得到制止。
Matthew Bates, Teacher (2009-present)
Originally Answered: What are the solutions to the biggest problems with public education?
Original Question: What are the solutions to the biggest problems with public education?
Better parenting.
Take any problem in education, and at its root, you’ll likely find it’s caused by, or made much worse by, inadequate parenting before the students even get into the school.
A lot of parents do their best, but they are limited by their financial situation. Even the best parent can’t be a good parent if they have to work two jobs just to pay the rent and are rarely home when their kid is awake.
Show me a kid who is successful in school, academically, behaviorally, and socially, and I’ll show you a kid who likely has at least one parent who is heavily involved in that child’s life. More than likely, they actually have two heavily-involved parents, one of whom is home for dinner every night, one of whom was a good student themselves, and both of whom waited until they were in a stable, committed relationship and could afford children to have them.
（回答七）我认为（美国）父母对子女的教育缺失才是最大的问题。
不幸的是，没有一个当权者(政客和管理者)大声说出这一点，因为实话总是伤人的，没人想做“坏人”。
很多父母尽了最大努力，但他们受到自身经济状况的限制，他们不得不打两份工才能付得起房租，而且很少在孩子入睡前回家，所以，很难在孩子的教育问题上起多少作用。
一个在学业和社交方面都取得成功的孩子，他很大概率上有一个愿意关心并参与孩子生活的家长。至少有一个每天晚上都会在家和他一起吃饭的家长，好学生的父母很大概率也曾是学校里的好学生。
而且，好学生的父母都是等到有了稳定的、忠诚的伴侣关系，以及经济能力后，才会决定抚养孩子。
7 I am frequently in schools where most of the kids (in any grade) can not multiply two single digit numbers without a calculator. I believe that calculators are introduced far too early, before they have the skills that a calculator speeds up. When I was at school we memorized multiplication tables, it was boring as hell but I can multiply two digit numbers faster than you can enter them into a calculator. I pointed out that I graduated from university before he was born. Later he, another engineer and I were discussing the plans for a new building we were designing when we needed the floor area. He got out his calculator, I looked at the plan calculated the result in my head and announced it, he thought that I was pulling a number out of my ass to be funny and got a real shock when he entered the numbers into his calculator!
我在学校里经常遇到这样的情况:如果没有计算器，大多数孩子(任何年级)都算不清个位数乘法。我认为学校应该晚一点引入计算器。
当我上学的时候，我们是要背乘法表的，背的时候确实非常无聊，但背熟后，我心算的速度要比按计算器的速度快得多。一位（年轻的）工程师曾经和我讨论一座新楼的建筑设计面积。他刚拿出计算器，我就给出了计算结果，他认为我是在随口乱编，可等到他看到计算器显示的数字与我说的数字完全一致时，他当时整个人都惊呆了。
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