After reading it: by "schools" they mean decades of policies like standardised testing that put students under evermore pressure. Most of the article lays out pretty well how the pressure on students and even pre-K has increased dramatically since the 80's, but then there's bits where their fence-sitting and "just asking questions" gets really annoying.

The overall conclusion is that school needs to lessen the burden and rediscover "learn through play" so students don't hate school anymore, and then just bemoaning all the interest groups that get in each other's way i-spil-my-jice

[–] CatoPosting@hexbear.net 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I fully think school can't be saved until we decide that 1) Kids need more than one adult in the classroom, and 2) school needs to be longer than it is now. The fights are so often "well if we do THAT what will we cut". Kids need recess and PE everyday, plus probably another indoor free time as well. School has more reason to be 8-5 than jobs do, and yet elementary school kids her get out at like 1. (In this world there is also much less homework, imo)

[–] robot_dog_with_gun@hexbear.net 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

) Kids need more than one adult in the classroom,

or the class size needs to be less than 10

[–] CatoPosting@hexbear.net 5 points 4 months ago

Even then, if you want teachers to be able to use the bathroom they need another body for kids under 10.