2000 Teachers Share What They Think Are The Biggest Education Problems

• We have a serious literacy problem, and I think it starts in early childhood/elementary."
• "Not allowing kids to have consequences is going to lead to a generational crisis."
• "Lecture is okay in the classroom. Not every single minute and activity needs to be exciting and action-packed. They're also going to need to learn to take notes if they go to college."
• "Children do not read books anymore."
• "Kids need to fail and not be pushed through with multiple chances to pass."
• "Administrators care much more about keeping parents happy than they do about supporting teachers or keeping disruptive kids out of classrooms."
• "Allowing one student to ruin the learning of an entire class should never be allowed."
• "Just because suspensions are down doesn’t mean behaviors have improved."
• "Sometimes sh*t is boring, and that’s okay. Most of life is boring. I'm not a cruise director, I'm trying to teach about the Ottoman Empire."
• "We are lying to the parents and community. We are producing illiterates by the bushel, and no one is addressing the issue."
• "'Gamifying lessons' just feeds into the instant gratification bs of iPad kids."
• "There's too much screen time in our schools right now."
• "The fact that teachers are often held more responsible for students failing than the students is ridiculous."
• "Cellphones are the single largest impediment to childhood development."
• "Screentime has killed attention spans. Students have horrible handwriting because they never write anything. It's time to close the laptops and get back to pen and paper."

Source: BuzzFeed⠀