Our District is safe from these National Trends

I know this doesn't happen in my Motel, but I was just curious how all of these other Motel Chains deal with these pressures.


..."Special Education students are written out of the tests, which raises the overall test scores"...
Are Schools Really Like This?: Factors Affecting Teacher Attitude Toward School Improvement By J. Gary Lilyquist
http://books.google.com/books?id=RX5vprYFNJ0C&pg=PA163&lpg=PA163&dq=why+special+education+teachers+hate+school&source=web&ots=wqQlE7C0jm&sig=Na8ksWURSrmJ9iqx_8v_JVTHmS4#PPA166,M1

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29719. Lori Giguere Frustrated teachers in our the district are mired with the unreasonable task of focusing on test scores instead of learning, and the children loose out. Every year more children stay back a grade, so they won't bring test grades down. Teachers try to have kids labeled on documents with disabilities so those scores won't count. Between these tests, and state tests, to receive funding, children are pushed harder, nurtured less, and hate school more. There is little time to make learning fun and real, and the poorest schools are still the poorest schools, in every aspect.

http://www.educatorroundtable.org/teachersspeak9.html
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In addition, further studies, some with as many as 4,500 teachers, indicated that key variables causing burnout and attrition were: job stress, weak support by administrators, unreasonable caseloads, large class size and ineffective in-service programs.
The research in this article examined an often neglected, but nevertheless equally important, factor in the burnout and attrition rate of special education teachers. This factor was a lack of school supplies, materials and resources. This shortage was largely due to a constant "tug-of-war" with regular education personnel for the same resources.In addition, further studies, some with as many as 4,500 teachers, indicated that key variables causing burnout and attrition were: job stress, weak support by administrators, unreasonable caseloads, large class size and ineffective in-service programs.
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FCG/is_3_33/ai_n17134806