These include poor - quality content standards with unclear language, poor - quality and poorly aligned assessments, flawed school accountability metrics, and
inadequate supporting materials, including textbooks and professional development.
Justice O'Connor started the web - based education project because she was concerned that students» failing grades on civics examinations were due to
inadequate information and tools required for civic participation, and that civics teachers needed better
materials and
support.
: The worst student to teacher ratios in the country; near the worst per pupil funding in the US; low starting salary schedules that shortchange new teachers so the oldest teachers can be overpaid, though all do the same work; LIFO policies so that younger teachers are always fired first no matter how good they are and no matter how poor senior teachers are; teacher layoffs expected at every recession, with waves of recessions expected indefinitely; bad funding in the absence of recessions and worse funding in recessions; constant loading with additional requirements and expectations; poor and worsening teacher morale; poor and worsening working conditions; ugly architecturally uninspired facilities and often trashy temporary classrooms;
inadequate learning
materials, resources and technology;
inadequate administrative
support with the worst student / administrator ratios in the county;
inadequate librarian, psychologist, behavioral specialist, counselor, nurse
support due to the worst ratios;
inadequate student discipline structures; and much more...