Schools

=What about schools has changed since YOU went to school?=

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 * Distance learning
 * No more typing classes, keyboarding now at lower grades
 * No AP or dual credit
 * Teacher shortage areas
 * Not much change, even when considering the age of the person answering the question.
 * Policies reflecting the digital world have been developed (AUPs, etc.)
 * There has been change, but not necessarily meaningful change.• Smaller vocational programs now
 * Special Education law/legal requirements is more prominent
 * Attitude towards dropouts is changing
 * Access to information/communication from the school to the community has changed
 * Volume of homework has increased; the quality of homework has stayed the same
 * Parents are more opinionated; bring that opinion to school
 * Students understand the world in ways we didn't before
 * not enough
 * technology often used to do the same thing in a slightly different way
 * although: sometimes baby steps are a start to more meaningful change
 * educational problems are always somebody else's fault
 * schools don't have a sharp focus of how to serve kids' needs
 * the structure of a school day hasn't changed much, in spite of the fact that we're trying to do much more in the same framework and schedule
 * in the late 50's, the mission of school changed from "sift and sort" to trying to serve all needs
 * we have to relearn what it means to go to school
 * kids are used to "sit down, shut up, do your tests"
 * schools used to be the only show in town; my kids don't really need "school" to learn
 * facilities and ability to access info is greater and what they are learning is more complex and deeper
 * learning stuff earlier
 * more inpact by the culture
 * schools expected to do so much more socially and safety related
 * increasing kids from diverse and disablity backgrounds (challenging populations)
 * more homes where both parents work or in homes w only one parent
 * expect to do more with more challenging populations and keep them longer
 * average classroom teacher does not understand what has changed in the job market