There are many who like this idea, but is it really fair to teachers to penalize them for something they have no control over? Some kids just don't care. They are in school to socialize and they want to squeak by with a D and that is all. Many students have no desire to go to college.
Also, how much of the educational burden should be placed directly on the teachers. Doesn't education start in the home almost from birth? Isn't a big part of parenting really education? Teaching your kids both scholarly knowledge (Facts, ideas, etc.) and moral knowledge starts way before kids enter school and it can be argued that both types of knowledge is shaped more outside of the school than in it once they start. Nowadays, being a teacher isn't just about teaching your subject matter, we are also expected to teach respect, ethics and morals (Things that should really be teached in the home and reinforced in the classroom.) Unfortunately, there are many kids today that don't even know what those words mean. Look around the United States Newspapers and on TV. It seems that many of our students are too busy dealing drugs in school, bullying other kids, shooting guns at them, starting families and who knows what else. They come to classrooms all over America and have no respect for anything dealing with education. We teachers try and discipline them and fingers get pointed at us. "It must be the school's fault that all these kids are geting arrested" they say. Newsflash -- I, nor any other teacher I know, goes around telling students to bring drugs to school, or get pregnant or start fights in front of the school. There is some other force out there that is causing that. Do not blame the school.
In todays' schools, it too often seems like the teachers are expected to do what the parents have not been able to do. The sad reality for many of our students is that they are just trying to survive and school is not the most important thing on their list of "Things to do." Think about it -- What would rank higher: Finding a meal, finding a warm place to sleep, avoiding a beating from an abusive parent or getting an A in History class? The reality of the world is that many of our students across the country are literally fighting for survival. School is more of a place to go and get away from everything. Many students are too tired, hungry or burnt out from day to day living to care about their studies. And you are telling me that teachers may get docked pay because we are not connecting with these kids? As long as the teacher is trying, that should be good enough. There are some kids that just don't care.
And teachers can teach all day but what happens after school? Who is helping these kids with homework, making sure they are home at a reasonable hour, getting enough sleep? If there is no support at home, the rest won't matter. You could have the greatest teacher in the world, but if that student only connects with that teacher for an hour or two a day or every other day and outside of school does nothing, then they are not going to learn as much as a student who can go home to a peaceful environment, get a good meal, relax and study without interruptions.
You can make kids go to school. That doesn't mean you can make them learn.
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