{"id":2098419,"date":"2023-11-14T12:26:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T17:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-americas-teachers-colleges-make-teachers-and-their-students-dumber\/"},"modified":"2023-11-14T12:32:17","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T17:32:17","slug":"how-americas-teachers-colleges-make-teachers-and-their-students-dumber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-americas-teachers-colleges-make-teachers-and-their-students-dumber\/","title":{"rendered":"How US Teacher Colleges Impact Student and Teacher Intelligence"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhow-americas-teachers-colleges-make-teachers-and-their-students-dumber%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2098419&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"article-content\">\n<blockquote>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Outdated and Ineffective Instruction: The Real Reason for Learning Loss<\/h2>\n<p>More than three years\u2062 after \u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/10\/25\/why-domestic-terrorists-like-me-cant-forget-public-school-covid-tyranny\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Covid-19<\/a> began, explanations abound for ongoing \u2063\u201clearning loss\u201d in schools. But these discussions often miss one of the most obvious explanations: outdated \u200dand ineffective instruction.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been \u200brepeatedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.educationnext.org\/what-matters-for-student-achievement\/#:~:text=Little%20attention%20was,teachers%20have%20received.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">shown<\/a> that teacher quality is the \u200bprimary thing affecting student achievement.\u200d Shouldn\u2019t teacher quality be our primary concern? Given how far behind\u200d we\u2019ve fallen in teacher quality, you would think so.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1561925091\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-44dd683716845370b16519692276a56a fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-44dd683716845370b16519692276a56a\"><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Decline of Teacher Quality<\/h3>\n<p>If you aren\u2019t \u200dconvinced that teacher quality has gone\u200c down,\u200d I would ask \u2062you to \u201cbriefly state the result\u200c and effect of the \u2062battle of \u200bWaterloo.\u201d If you\u2019re anything like me, you could say <em>something<\/em>, right? It just wouldn\u2019t be amazing. What \u200dis amazing, though, is that the question above\u2063 was taken from Michigan\u2019s public grammar schoolteacher-licensing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.schoolinfosystem.org\/pdf\/2007\/04\/askeymadlit.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">exam<\/a> in history from \u20631900. In other words, a competent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/5-reasons-making-taxpayers-pay-off-student-loans-is-a-rotten-idea\/\" title=\"5 Reasons Making Taxpayers Pay Off Student Loans Is A Rotten Idea\">high school graduate<\/a> in 1900 was expected to know the answer and\u2063 to teach the answer to eighth graders. In other words, teachers back in\u2064 the day\u200b knew their \u200dstuff.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Teaching Without\u2063 Studying<\/h2>\n<p>By\u2062 1997, the Department of Education was forced\u200b to admit \u2062that \u2063a staggering 59 percent of\u2062 social studies teachers were teaching subjects they hadn\u2019t even studied. Not surprisingly, that year \u206257 percent of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/americas-teachers-are-dumb-and-theyre-making-students-dumber\/\" title=\"Teachers in America are unintelligent, and as a result, students are becoming less intelligent.\">high school seniors scored \u201c<\/a>below basic\u201d in U.S. history, \u2062according to <a href=\"https:\/\/files.eric.ed.gov\/fulltext\/ED399676.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Diane\u2062 Ravitch\u2019s\u2062 NAEP report<\/a>. It\u2019s like\u2064 the blind leading the blind.<\/p>\n<p>Fast forward to 2006: 62 percent of teachers <a href=\"https:\/\/ocpathink.org\/post\/policy-report\/forming-teachers-the-education-school-challenge#:~:text=Fully%2062%25%20of,new%20realities.%E2%80%9D%5B3%5D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">agreed<\/a> that their training didn\u2019t prepare \u2064them well for their jobs. Teacher training \u200cprograms have \u200cnot only been a \u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/local\/education\/study-billions-of-dollars-in-annual-teacher-training-is-largely-a-waste\/2015\/08\/03\/c4e1f322-39ff-11e5-9c2d-ed991d848c48_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">waste<\/a>,\u2064 but they\u2063 may actually make teachers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edweek.org\/teaching-learning\/opinion-the-academic-quality-of-teachers-a-civil-rights-issue\/2009\/06\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>less\u200c <\/em>competent<\/a> at their\u200c jobs. That\u2019s why\u200b no matter how much money you throw at them, modern\u200d teacher certification programs still do \u2063not improve\u2062 teacher quality and\u2063 student achievement.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Education Reform Begins with Teachers<\/h3>\n<p>No law, executive edict, funding package, or curriculum restriction will fix the\u2062 teacher quality problem. In any case, you would \u200dstill have teachers \u2063in \u200dthe\u2063 classroom who can\u2019t do\u2063 what you \u2063want them to do: competently teach their students. \u200cTelling a history teacher \u200ceducated on Howard Zinn or Paulo Freire to teach a competent class on the U.S. Constitution from the framers\u2019 point of view would be \u2062like telling a chef\u2062 he can cook anything on the menu but \u200donly \u2064giving\u2062 him\u2062 the ingredients for pasta. You\u2019ll get <em>something<\/em>, \u200csure. It\u2019ll probably be pasta.<\/p>\n<p>Improving teacher quality\u2063 in America\u2019s \u200dschools will take much time and hard\u2062 work. You\u2062 would have to start from the ground up, training new teachers\u2062 from scratch based on partially lost knowledge.\u200c You \u2063would have to raise college admission \u2062standards and require four years of academic \u2062work in the \u2064teacher\u2019s core subject. \u2062Studies <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shankerinstitute.org\/blog\/research-and-policy-paying-teachers-advanced-degrees#:~:text=So%2C%20perhaps%2C%20simply,that%20emphasizes%20content).\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">show<\/a> that subject-matter knowledge is the best predictor \u200bof a student\u2019s \u200cachievement. Educationally high-achieving countries like Finland have already taken such steps in that direction.<\/p>\n<p>Education degrees and teacher licensing, by the way, should be done \u200caway with. They are <a href=\"https:\/\/hechingerreport.org\/new-report-reveals-that-teacher-professional-development-is-costly-and-ineffective\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">expensive and ineffective<\/a>. Undergraduate education licensing can be used \u200dto\u2064 keep some people in the profession and other people out. It may also discourage\u200b the right\u200c people from going \u2062into teaching in the first place. In the end, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minnesota-poised-to-ban-christians-muslims-and-jews-from-teaching-in-public-schools\/\" title=\"Minnesota Poised To Ban Christians, Muslims, And Jews From Teaching In Public Schools\">teacher certification requirements<\/a> may ultimately \u2063contribute to intellectual mediocrity in America.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Teachers Must Keep Learning<\/h2>\n<p>In the meantime, \u200bschool administrators should focus on providing teachers with\u200c meaningful feedback,\u200c gathered from fellow administrators, peers, and students, \u200dto help them\u200c improve professionally. Schools should encourage professional development in light of the feedback received and shore up weaknesses in their teachers\u2019 knowledge. Schools should reward \u200cexceptional teachers with \u2063mentorship\u2063 roles that allow them to continue \u2063teaching. All\u200c easier said \u2063than done, of\u200c course.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Strengthen the curriculum and strengthen the \u2063quality\u200c of the academic\u200d teaching force. The formula is simple, but the work is challenging. I\u2019m \u2064proud to be the head of an <a href=\"https:\/\/classicalgrad.hillsdale.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">institution<\/a> leading the\u200d charge in that direction.\u200d We happily do our work because we know that if\u200c we fail, America\u2019s students soon may not have \u200cany learning at all to \u2064lose.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What impact \u2064does the lack of subject\u2062 mastery among teachers have on \u200dstudent achievement?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  \u2062 Outdated and \u2063Ineffective Instruction: The Real Reason for Learning Loss<\/p>\n<p>More than \u200bthree years \u2064after the onset of\u2063 Covid-19, the discussions\u200d surrounding &#8220;learning loss&#8221; in schools \u200ccontinue. Numerous explanations have been \u200cput forth, but one of the most obvious yet often overlooked reasons is outdated and ineffective instruction.<\/p>\n<p>Numerous studies have \u200cshown that teacher quality is the\u2063 primary factor affecting student\u200d achievement. Therefore,\u200d it should be our primary concern. Unfortunately,\u200d teacher\u2063 quality has declined\u2064 significantly over the years, and it is an issue that needs urgent attention.<\/p>\n<p>To understand the decline \u200bin \u2062teacher\u200c quality, let&#8217;s take a look at history. Back\u2062 in 1900, a high school graduate in Michigan was expected to\u2064 know and teach eighth graders about the result and effect of the Battle of Waterloo. This demonstrates the level of knowledge and \u200ccompetence\u2063 that teachers possessed at the time.<\/p>\n<p>However, by 1997, the Department of Education had to admit that a staggering 59 percent of social\u200b studies teachers\u200c were teaching subjects\u200c they \u200dhadn&#8217;t even studied.\u2064 Unsurprisingly, this lack of subject mastery resulted in 57 percent of\u2064 high school seniors scoring &#8220;below basic&#8221; in \u2063U.S. history.<\/p>\n<p>The decline in teacher quality \u200bis not limited to subject expertise. In 2006,\u2063 62 percent of \u2064teachers agreed that their training didn&#8217;t adequately \u200dprepare them for their roles. Teacher training programs have proven to be ineffective and, in some cases, may \u2064even make teachers less competent at their jobs.<\/p>\n<p>Throwing\u2064 money at\u200c modern teacher certification programs doesn&#8217;t solve \u2064the problem either. \u2063Despite the\u200b financial \u200cinvestments made \u200cin these programs, they fail to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/teacher-im-watching-students-and-colleagues-struggle-to-recover-from-lockdowns\/\" title=\"Teacher: I\u2019m Watching Students And Colleagues Struggle To Recover From Lockdowns\">improve teacher quality<\/a> and student achievement.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2063 is clear \u2064that education reform needs to\u2064 begin with teachers. No amount\u200c of legislation, funding, or curriculum\u2063 changes will fix the teacher quality \u200cproblem\u2063 if teachers lack the necessary competence and knowledge. It \u2062is like\u2064 expecting a \u2062chef to cook a gourmet meal with only\u2063 the ingredients for pasta. The outcome \u200bwill not meet the desired expectations.<\/p>\n<p>Improving teacher quality\u2064 in \u2063America&#8217;s\u200c schools will require \u200csubstantial\u200b time and effort. It\u200b means starting from the ground \u2063up and \u2063providing comprehensive \u200dtraining \u200dfor new\u200b teachers \u200bbased\u2062 on\u2063 the partially \u200blost knowledge. It also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-americas-teachers-colleges-make-teachers-and-their-students-dumber\/\" title=\"How US Teacher Colleges Impact Student and Teacher Intelligence\">involves raising college admission standards<\/a> and requiring four\u200b years \u2063of academic \u2064work<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than three years into Covid-19, explanations for ongoing &#8220;learning loss&#8221; in schools are plentiful. However, one obvious reason often overlooked is outdated and ineffective teaching methods. Numerous studies have consistently demonstrated that teacher quality is the key factor influencing student achievement. Shouldn&#8217;t improving teacher quality be our top priority? Considering the significant educational setbacks we face, it is imperative.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2555,"featured_media":2098420,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2098419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2098419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2555"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2098419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2098419\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2098420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2098419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2098419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2098419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}