Dear Parent...

Dear Parent:

 

The Pittsburg Parents Project is part of a growing number of parents and teachers who believe that our children aren't being well served by the stripped down standards of the state. Our children are no longer receiving the adequate tools necessary for problem solving such as creative or critical thinking. Nor are they asked. Simply put, they are being undereducated

 

If you suspect your child is learning less than you did at his/her age, you are not alone in this thought.  The California Board of Education has been systematically dismantling what used to be referred to as basic education, mostly due to the No Child Left Behind policy, teachers have been "teaching to the statewide test." They have created a system that has "streamlined" the foundation of elementary school education i.e. penmanship, history and science.

 

Education is normally taught through constant practice and attention is given to comprehension. There is a certainly overemphasis on math and reading (spelling and basic grammar) and little time is given to current events, history, or reading comprehension (which includes critical thinking and creative thought). This may be because students are only tested reading and, therefore the subjects given priority and, in some cases, are almost exclusively taught in the classroom.

 

When was the last time your child came home with a homework assignment that required him/her to do a book report, or research on any topic? OR When is the last time you saw your child's corresponding class work? Your child's homework should be a result of the work they are tackling in class they should have a notebook filled with introductions to all topics of learning. These are the kind assignments that help to reinforce your child's grasp on comprehension.  Is that happening in your child's class?  

 

Once a great institution public schools have historically turned out America’s best!

 

So how did we get here? Students are haphazardly taught how to answer a question, or series of questions, rather than to think. Schools now ration out education like and underfunded orphanage sparsely doling out education like a cold porridge in a dirty bowl and daring our families to ask for more.

 

Well! It's time that we stop asking for more timidly, and start demanding that our children be educated!

 

Demand that YOUR CHILD'S EDUCATION not be turned into a farce. We send our children to school so that they can one day have great futures. We do NOT send our children to school to become mindless drowns that will one day grow up and ask us if we want "fries with that shake."

 

 

Our children deserve a proper education.

The Parent Project!