It's NOT Always the Teachers Fault

The education system today has changed so much since even the 90s to the 2000s. The education system has gone from a traditional learning environment to a technology based environment. Matthew Lynch says that although there are obvious advantages to having technology in the classroom, their is a disadvantage that not every student would be on the same technological level. Some students could have a lot more access to technology outside of the classroom and would be much more advanced than others who don't.
One of the number one reasons, according to an Education Week article, is that the classrooms today are failing because their is a lack of parent involvement. With as many students that are in a classroom, the amount of time a teacher is able to spend with each student isn't enough. Parents are not involved in their child's academic life until they begin to fail. Then from that point it is the teachers fault that the child is failing. If parents take more responsibility in their child's academic well-being then perhaps their child would excel in the classroom more. Parents should make sure they spend at least an hour reading with their child, or just talking to them about the things they learned that day. Just because a student learn in a diferent way, does not make them dumb! It means the teacher needs to teach them in a different way.

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