Title: Let it Rip: Underperforming Schools

" 734 downtime -- letter for a lot of kids are enjoying the last few weeks of summer vacation before they hat off to school some of them will be heading to -- school. And state officials are going to have their eyes on middle schools after a disturbing. And troubling study and the Boston Globe today. They have analyzed some data and they have discovered that 200 out of 300 middle schools. A fallen below standards of the no child left behind -- their lots of reasons given for it but. The clear fact remains that something is happening or isn't happening in middle school or something needs to be done and."

" And the question -- posed Joe's arm middle schools being overlooked because it got him -- at the lower grade levels that that. A lot of the Education Department and education officials have focused on and then the amcats graduating from high school that -- stuff in the middle school kind of the forgotten group in the medal -- mean."

" Well I may be but it's also a case where public education in general I think it's too caught up. In the status -- too caught up in doing what's best for that teaches through the unions as opposed to saying how we change how do we improve how do we meet the needs. Of the students threw -- the customers -- the consumers they always seem to be the last ones. Cared for as opposed to the employees and I think until we get over that hurdle we gonna see more of these reports."

" I think what's also interesting about this report is is that we album whenever we hear of lower test scores beat tend to think of inner city schools in -- say this actually runs. A statewide it'll from Boston to Lowell stone employment Newton -- all over the place that there are. A large group of these students who -- missing something in a couple months ago I was surrounded by teachers at this event and one of the -- teachers union president -- board members. Spoke to the -- that that the -- people are teaching students now is entirely different from the way we were taught you know. 152030. Years ago. And it seems to -- that there needs to be opposed to just get back to the basics of a lot of teaching more to a task that absolutely kids aren't learning anything parent there -- getting a well rounded education of some kids who spent half of their day. Focused on one subject where they aren't getting a well rounded education that we got. -- just another."

" Q that's part of it but you know when I was running go for office I would often times when -- meditate two and say. What is the one thing you would change if you could change the public education system the answer I got probably nine out of ten times -- Fire the bad teachers there's nothing more demoralizing. That a kid going throw. One year of school they get to the next grade and then not prepared for that great it's ridiculous -- onto my kids a lot of teachers who shouldn't be teaching and end up with tenure and there forever so while it's one thing getting back to fundamentals the other thing is managed schools -- a way that you get good people want to teach you want to bring magic to the classroom want to understand the kid and what -- sort of issues that individual kid is going through."

" What about no child left behind Joe you think that that's been its success."

" Now I think it became way too bureaucratic with federal government telling 500 minutes which has killed school budgets no doubt about it no doubt about it but again. -- look at we talked about the war early. They were doing things the wrong way they changed their strategy in good things happen. Public education deeds to change its strategy it's failing. In the LA schools 50%. We're talking and his city now 50% a kid -- a black -- dropping out of out of school before they graduate. 35% of Hispanics and nobody does anything about it look in this state charter schools bringing about tremendous job results. And we increased the number charter schools bill the governor said he would do what why didn't do it because the teachers union is."

" and they sent on how we won't go along with that. And along the lines of that drop out rate. According to this article a lot of people are looking at the fact that when. Students tend to fall behind they get to the point where they drop out -- was because they've fallen behind in middle school shooting castles kids early and you helped them. You increase their odds of graduating going."

" I don't doubt aside and again it can be kid just stuck in a bad school but that kid has no other choice but to stay in that school how frustrating is that. For our parent who doesn't have the -- money to say we're gonna send you a private or parochial school."

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