Teachers Salary

I will tell you the problem with many public schools IMHO: consequences, or lack there of. I was threatened so many times teaching middle school, it got to be a joke. Most young teachers are not prepared and are stuck in the underachieving schools because the older teachers do not want that job. My mentor teacher was a joke. I was observed three times my first year and was judged on if I followed a script, not my lesson plans or student outcomes. We almost taught the LEAP test in class. Once you get three years, there is almost no teacher accountability, thanks to the LEA and the LFT. I can remember seeing a teachersin a local high school showing movies to the students while the teacher read the paper. He was the department head. No meaness to coaches beacuse they are great in their field, but many teach social studies with about 12 hours of college prep. They say read the book, and don't ask questions. Now computers are the great savior, right. What a joke. I use computers in my middle school social studies and journalism to a certain extent. But, I teach the subject matter, and the computer is for reinforcement and research. We have principals and school boards who are more afraid or getting sued everytime a kid is expelled or suspended. I can not tell you how many times I spoke to attorneys because their studend had a "special problem." Most of the parents could care less in the poorly performing schools. I could go on forever, sorry.