Out of Bounds Q: What would be your solution for Mississippi's (state) problem
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Recent research has shown that empirical evidence for globalization of corporate innovation is very limited and as a corollary the market for technologies is shrinking. As a world leader, it's important for America to provide systematic research grants for our scientists. I believe strongly there will always be a need for us to have a well-articulated innovation policy with emphasis on human resource development. Thank you.
find the "silver bullet" for our issues. Also get better at "decisioning" and locate the "paradigm shift". In the end, fully utilize our "cage full of hamsters" so we can "course correct" and get this thing "shovel ready". "Synergy".
Star Trek would have you invert the phase modulation on the warp field couplers, or something like that.
<div>We start caring and making a huge effort in education, and things will improve. It is the only proven way to improve an economy and standard of living in any area, any state, any city.</div><div>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I think we need an optional career path at the high school
level which will allow some students to choose to work on a vocational
skill/trade and others move toward the traditional degree. This will allow for
a more qualified workforce. We need to allow apprenticeships at the high school
level for students taking the vocational route. Example: A student who is
interested in carpentry or auto repair will work at an actual business to gain experience.
The vocational path will also require students to take basic skills courses.
Also, parents need to take responsibility for their kids actions and stop with
the “blame the school first” BS. To be fair, hire better teachers…</p>
level which will allow some students to choose to work on a vocational
skill/trade and others move toward the traditional degree. This will allow for
a more qualified workforce. We need to allow apprenticeships at the high school
level for students taking the vocational route. Example: A student who is
interested in carpentry or auto repair will work at an actual business to gain experience.
The vocational path will also require students to take basic skills courses.
Also, parents need to take responsibility for their kids actions and stop with
the “blame the school first” BS. To be fair, hire better teachers…</p>
If educating the next generation is one of the most important jobs, why can't you get fired if you do a crappy job of it? If you become a brain surgeon and end up sucking at brain surgery, you won't be a brain surgeon for long. And if you're a great teacher, you should be rewarded for it. And despite what you hear about it being impossible to test which teachers are good and which are bad, it's actually been shown that you can.<div>
</div><div>You also have to drill it into the culture that getting an education is the best and most important thing you can do in the first 18 years of life and is worthwhile to continue after those 18 years are up.</div><div>
</div><div>As far as paying for it, I would stop imprisoning non-violent, non-trafficking drug offenders and take part of the money spent into drug rehab programs and the other part could pay for vouchers to private schools. A year at St. Andrews/Prep/JA costs less per person that jail.</div>
</div><div>You also have to drill it into the culture that getting an education is the best and most important thing you can do in the first 18 years of life and is worthwhile to continue after those 18 years are up.</div><div>
</div><div>As far as paying for it, I would stop imprisoning non-violent, non-trafficking drug offenders and take part of the money spent into drug rehab programs and the other part could pay for vouchers to private schools. A year at St. Andrews/Prep/JA costs less per person that jail.</div>
I know that simply raising pay isn't the total answer to getting more good teachers, but at least make it where a teacher doesn't have to be in a two income household. In this state it's treated like a "wife job." Something the women do because they get bored while their husband is off at work.
Want good teachers in all districts? Make it a viable employment option and spend some damn time and money on training and continuing education. It's a joke of a system right now.
And you can get fired from teaching if you do a crappy job. The problem is that ifthey get fired there's nobody else to hire. So it's crappy teacher or no teacher.</p>
Want good teachers in all districts? Make it a viable employment option and spend some damn time and money on training and continuing education. It's a joke of a system right now.
And you can get fired from teaching if you do a crappy job. The problem is that ifthey get fired there's nobody else to hire. So it's crappy teacher or no teacher.</p>
1) Rid the state of all Nazi-esk alcohol laws and put a 1 or 2% tax on beer/liquor/wine. 2) put all added tax revenue from booze into education budget 3) stop decreasing education budget 4) stop spending money on pointless anti-tobacco/alcohol/marijuana promotions/commercials and instead put money into education budget 5) pass a state law similar to all non-fat states saying restaurants have to advertise calories for very item 6) elect officials who will actively pursue national/mulitnational companies (Citi for example, not blue collar jobs like Nissan/Toyota) that can put a branch directly in the middle of Charlotte and Dallas (2 financial capitals of US) using the cost of property as a selling point, and the fact that there is a great pool of college graduates from decent business schools in the area without many places to work 7) THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT AND HARDEST PART OF BETTERING MISSISSIPPI: find politicians who won't let their religious views hinder their duty of abiding by the constitution (cough cough abortion, alcohol, etc).
And as far as teachers salaries, I am sick of hearing about how they don't make enough. They work 9 or 10 months a year and get paid for 12. They get all holidays off. They work less than 40 hour weeks (not including lesson plans and grading, I mean literally from 8 or 830 to 3 or 330). Starting out public high schools pay close to $40,000 a year, and I think that's fair. The issue isn't quality of teachers due to pay, because anyone can read out of a teachers' handbook for "Mississippi Studies" and relay information, the issue is upper management and supervisors. It's not a coincidence that the best schools in the state (Madison Central, Gulfport, Ocean Springs, one of the Rankin schools) have principals with PhDs and have a solid organizational structure. They pay their teachers the same as Ghost Town Mississippi High School. Until the governor puts an emphasis on district requirements for employees like principals and superintendents you're going to have low populated areas run by morons. Cutting the education budget every year doesn't help either.
teacher pay not as bad as many people think if you look at the hours. They get off work early in the day, get spring break and christmas break, and get a couple months in the summer. That is some of the advantages.
Waiting On Superman. It basically lays it out for you. Charter schools are a good solution, but until our states stop dealing with teachers Unions it's going to continue to get worse. Did you know that most public school teachers get tenure after 2 years? TWO YEARS! They can't be fired. Then bad teachers are passed from one district to the next in a cycle they call the "Dance of the Lemons".
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You're ignorant if you don't to see that Mississippi fails to separate church and state. Not an issue of morality, it's an issue of US laws. If your religion or morals don't agree with alcohol (using as an example) then it's your free will to not drink it and express your opinion about it, but as long as you're 21 and abiding by traffic laws and outdoor open container laws it should be perfectly legal for you to buy alcohol on Sundays or whenever the 17 you want.
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