Supernotes

--Anthony, Washington DC - had trouble in school because he fell behind in school because his dad died of drugs
--Gloria , Anthonys grandmother. - does not want Anthony to go to public school because she doesn't want the other students to try to get him to do things like drugs, but she has no choice because she cant afford private school.
--Daisy, Los angeles - Wants to be a doctor/nurse because she wants to be able to help people in need
--Celeste bell, Daisy's teacher - explains how Daisy has already applied to a collage
--Francisco- wants to be a reporter, and says he doesn't like school because he likes math but none of the other kids do
--Maria, Francisco's mother- says that Francisco's school is one of the most over crowded schools around. she also says that she thinks that one of the reasons Francisco doesn't like school is because he does not have good teachers.

--Nakia, Bianca's mom - is willing to do anything so that Bianca can go to collage "I don't care how many jobs I have to get, but she (Bianca) is going to collage" and pays 500$ to keep Bianca in private school.
--Alibama only has 14% proficiancy in math
--Arizona 26%
--California 24%
--Washington DC has the worst score 12%
--Schools that have over 40% non graduation rates are called dropout factory's
--Eric - has preformed study's on the differences between bad teachers and good teachers in the public school system, and has observed that good teachers work and bad teachers cause failing schools.
--Teachers union contracts tie the hands of everyone involved in the public school system
--In the rubber room teachers who have court hearings are payed full salaries to do absolutely nothing while there case is solved
--study's and data show that high expectations and longer class room hours are effective at getting students to preform better but it relies on good teachers.


The way that the movie "Saving Superman" influenced the way I feel about education and the changes that are needed to the system was to give me some clear data and proof of things that work.

Chalk notes

-50% of teacher's quit within the first 3 years
-the movie shows the perspectives of many different teacher's
-most of the teachers are pretty new and having a tough time but rely on each other for support.
-the movie focuses on some of the hardships that teachers have such as-being home late-disruptive students-etc etc.
-the p.e. teacher is likes to make sure that the students and teachers follow the rules.
-the p.e. teacher is good at getting her students to believe that they are good at something even if they aren't that good, which causes them to have fun and do better.
-the assistant principle has a wide variety of things that she has to do including anything from paperwork to chasing students that aren't where they are supposed to be.
-the one of the history teacher's has a really rough time in the beginning of the year but reads some books and learns from the other teachers about classroom management.
-the history teacher tries to be overly friendly sometimes but he seems to be really good at teaching and getting his students to like him and do well.
-the other history teacher still has a hard time with teaching because he has bad social skills
-the teacher's are all very good friends
-even though the teachers are friends there are still grudges
-even though the history teacher has a good debate, and the students all liked him a lot he still didn't get teacher of the year.
-at the annual spelling hornet the other history teacher wins because his students help him learn some of the common slang before the competition
-by the end of the year the other history teacher has gotten to the point where his students respect him.
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after watching chalk the first thing that comes to mind when I think of things that should change about the school system is that teachers should get to Know the students and their parents instead of just teaching them (this already happens but i don't feel that it happens enough).