Classic Stossel: Stupid in America

[@porterwake3898]

I'm a teacher. In schools you have so much administration and bureaucracy it is unreal. Director of this, director of that, blah blah. Should be Principal, teachers, period.

[@danwhite1307]

and Parents!

[@georgehancock2307]

I was a teacher in remote Canada and it was the same. Bad teachers were moved up the ladder to get them out of the class and teachers never got any real help from them.

[@TriZaba]

Teacher as well here, bureaucratic red tape coupled with extreme gate keeping and outright political witch-hunting of staff that isn’t part of the hive mind is absolutely toxic for our students.i think some elements within the charter video go a little too far but the results speak for themselves compared with most public schools.

[@georgehancock2307]

@@TriZaba I doubt the charter schools deal with kids with autism or Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. Also anyone can screen a large urban population to get students that want to go to school. The fact the parents want the kids in a school where their kids learn screens the kids from the ones that dont care.

[@showmemo3686]

I'm retired from a school district. School districts have so many Assistant Superintendents; it's laughable. They have to create more space to provide offices for all of these new six figure administrative positions and their administrative assistants. There is a large chunk of the cost of your child's education.

[@CaseyBurnsInvesting]

Throwing money at the problem doesn’t work, school choice and competition does.

[@mudbucket1650]

I spent 15 years in government, money was always the answer.

[@TheCowboyCurtis]

If I'm running a failing school and the government gives me more money to help, why would I ever start succeeding?

[@dictatorenvy472]

Crappy, selfish, constantly fighting parents also don't help.

[@swampypolitics9574]

@@dictatorenvy472 welcome to humanity and all its sins. Unfortunately that exists so it's something you have to work with

[@aaa7189]

@@mudbucket1650 But its for the kids

[@usapanda7303]

John is a treasure. Those parents waiting in line FOR THE CHANCE TO GET THEIR KIDS INTO A SCHOOL ARE HEROES. THOSE ARE THE BEST DAMN PARENTS! WE NEED MORE LIKE THEM!

[@juanone66]

Unfortunately, we keep voting for mayors and city councils who pander to teachers' unions and oppose charter schools.

[@ZapDash]

And we need to help these schools expand so more of those parents can get their kids into the programs.

[@wierdlygruesome]

If those parents were heroes wouldn’t they take an interest in there own local public school to facilitate change or Is that to much work or is it just about there child.

[@bluehotdog2610]

@@juanone66 It has nothing to do with government policy. It has to do with culture. The fact of the matter is that you can only teach content only a certain amount of ways

[@Ryfinius]

You have a low bar for hero.

[@jimzee6214]

Wow, teachers actually concerned about their student's learning. Funny, how things that were commonplace 50 years ago are now revolutionary today.

[@randallulrich]

"Everything that's old is new again." Even that saying is old.

[@standinginthegap7118]

Exactly

[@toshikotanaka3249]

This should be the standard for all schools, not the exception. Every position I have ever held came with the implication that, if my performance were sub-par, my employment would be terminated. Teachers should be no different. It's an extremely important job because these children are the future, they will be running the country, so their teachers need to be phenomenal. If they are not, they need to be terminated . Everything should be done to insure their education is as exceptional as possible. Instead, parents wishing for a top notch education for their children must hope they have a winning ticket. I'm serious when I say as education goes, so goes our nation, and our nation is looking bleak.

[@y.peffle2802]

I'm friends with my kids charter school teachers... believe me there is major burnout also. My kids kindergarten teacher is quitting after this year after 22 years with this school (her entire teaching career)

[@abbyxiong3931]

Or being fired for incompetence.

[@amadensor]

Remember, it's the teacher's union, not the student's union. When the parents cannot choose, there is no incentive for the school to ensure that the student success.

[@shiniquajones2812]

That’s a great point, no students union or parents union.

[@arasb3258]

Like your logo!

[@jamesk641]

Unions first step to socialism. in the day say the slaughter houses of Chicago they had there place. Today their only as strong as the weakest link, you don't see the navy using bailing wire to repair an anchor chain. That's what you have, you give up the ability to fire someone for not doing the job hired for substandard outcomes is inevitable.

[@amadensor]

@@jamesk641 never said they were good. Just pointing out who they represent, so you know that anything they do is for their members, or more likely for their leadership.

[@NimbZephyr]

Love the logo!

[@rubenmejia942]

Seeing the kids that are really enthusiastic about school really warms my heart. Kids truly thrive when you set high expectations and hold them accountable. They feel loved when they are in an environment like that. Also, it really angers me that Teachers Unions and Liberal politicians do what they can to obstruct charter schools and school choice. They are the ones that are depriving our next generation.

[@googleisevil8958]

I'm convinced that Teachers Unions are the reasons why American Education is so fucked up. People keep asking for more money but if Carter Schools are able to do this with less cash, there is clearly another reason why America comes dead last in terms of education. It's not the politicians that don't seem to care, it's the teachers.

[@aaronc9728]

Most people want to be held to higher standards and love the feeling of success. It is easy to give up and not succeed though when you have s-bags around you including crappy teachers.

[@21area21]

@@googleisevil8958 Oh it's absolutely the case. It makes everything so bureaucratic and inefficient. And not getting rid of people that are underperforming is also a real killer.

[@RAndrewNeal]

The system is working as designed. Food for thought.

[@langhamp8912]

@@googleisevil8958 Do police unions share the same drawbacks as teacher unions?

[@gasser5001]

Stossel, you’ve been killin it for as long as I can remember. Don’t stop… more people need to see what you show them. You’re amazing. A true national treasure.

[@kimobrien.]

Stossel tells the story of the poor boss being driven into the poor house by taxes and the unions while laughing all the way to the bank. The man is nothing but highly paid stooge for capitalism.

[@newerafrican]

@@kimobrien. Capitalism works for the educated, the prepared and those who work hard. Not for the stupid, lazy stoners on government support. (Actually, it works for them, too, but by being on government support, they have limited their success and freedom.)

[@themetrologist215]

@@kimobrien. Screw your communism!

[@SirManfly]

Betcha they aren’t teaching critical race theory !! 👍🏻

[@canucanoe2861]

@@newerafrican If capitalism worked for those who work hard, immigrant workers would all be millionaires. Get real.

[@hs5167]

When we first moved to AZ I signed my kids up for public school, three weeks in I sent my son to his JR. High math teacher to explain how to do some problems and her response was, “don’t worry, I don’t know how to solve them either…” I pulled him out and sent him to a Charter school with high expectations and scores.

[@monkeyking-self-proclaimed7050]

This will scare you more. When I was in college, I went to ask my professor a question. She told me that she was not there to teach us. She's there to guide us and gives us assignments only. She would assign homework and her way of teaching and explaining the homework assignment was to copy what was on the teacher's solution manual to the white board. Both her and her husband have tenure. I heard her husband was good but teaches another subject. A lot of times, the professor has a reputation of being good not because they are really good but because they are easy on the grades. ... Yes, I'm talking about you Mrs. Watermelon!!!!!!!!!

[@hs5167]

@@monkeyking-self-proclaimed7050 That’s terrible. I had great teachers in college who could explain (multiple ways) how to solve the problems. The worst college instructor I had was a philosophy teacher.

[@curtisbacon7856]

@@hs5167 philosophy cannot be taught it can only be learned

[@mynameisreallycool1]

My old animation teacher, who taught us how to use Autodesk Maya, retired halfway through my senior year. She was replaced by another teacher who didn't know how to animate or use Autodesk Maya, so we had to learn the rest of what was left for the school year by ourselves. She was a very condescending jerk too, especially for a teacher who knew less than all of her students did about the subject (that's not even an exaggeration). She even had the whole summer or teach herself how to use Maya, and she refused, but instead came back to school still not knowing how to use it. Thankfully for me, I was already in college when she returned for the new school year, but I know this because someone who was a grade below me told me. It's not like I went to a really bad school either. It wasn't the best of the district, but it wasn't the worst either. I can't imagine how huge of a problem it must be in schools with even less funding.

[@abbyxiong3931]

Exactly. Sad about the decline of public schools in my area and worse that some people do not care about responsibility and are just going along with whatever free thing they can have. And Giving all the kids cell phones.

[@meno4054]

This is why as a public school teacher, I quit to homeschool my children.

[@zapkvr]

So they'll never be smarter than you. Sounds like a vanity project

[@meno4054]

@@zapkvr sure they will. I am constantly learning new things to teach them beyond things I already knew. Also they are all on track to attend college. It has nothing to do with Vanity and everything to do with giving them a better education than the public school system could ever wish to give.

[@KathrineJKozachok]

@@zapkvr You have a nasty attitude and a sad point of view if you can't recognize love and dedication. I'm sorry your parents didn't care for you as much.

[@byronhk4197]

@@KathrineJKozachok you missed it entirely. That was one of the best pieces of sarcasm I've seen in a while. You have to remember that there is a mindset of people who are "for Education " as long as those "Educated Fools " know their place. So education has been the political hot potato since the 1950's only the conservatives were oblivious. Hence, we're in the nightmare we're in now.

[@barneycarparts]

@@byronhk4197 depends on what you call educated Angela Davis is a Prof at UC Santa Cruse spewing hate is hip and yer a tortured rock star in every class. UNIONS have thugs that "persuade" teachers to keep the farce going. Its money laundering scheme to keep mandatory UNION dues flowing to the left. The "woke" don't get it the " aware" know the "woke" have been used by Marxists for their anger.

[@vinceknowseverything]

It's really simple. They are teaching students practical and applicable education. These teachers are actually teaching so their students are actually learning

[@MegasXaos]

Beyond that: the students want to be there and the teachers love to devote their time to those children. Even if you don't believe them when they're telling you, you can see it on video.

[@lexawetterman1131]

Gee, it's like "old school" teaching techniques work! When teachers could use and adapt their teaching techniques to fit what works for each kid. Also natural consequences work. Nothing wrong with kids doing push ups for punishment if they are capable, doing real physical activity in PE, etc ...

[@SkidVicious1971]

"teachers can be fired at the drop of a hat" Hey, welcome to the real world where your job performance is judged by results.

[@Josh-b3c]

Have you seen some of these tick tock teachers there are a lot of them that deserve it

[@galgamekthegreatlord4823]

You are obviously not a teacher.

[@SkidVicious1971]

@@galgamekthegreatlord4823 that's true. But do I really need to be? Just look at the public schools in NYC. Once they're tenured, it's very difficult to fire them. Numerous complaints but very few terminations

[@jrr___7902]

@@galgamekthegreatlord4823 Those that can't do, teach.

[@galgamekthegreatlord4823]

@@jrr___7902 says someone who was taught to read and write

[@flfun2no]

My kids are in the Common Core curriculum and the math assignments are reprehensible. I can only conclude that the government is intentionally giving our children bad educations.

[@Phil-ll8kw]

Yes they hand pick kids from other countries that our gov is in bed w America is out even mexicans are getting all our good const jobs sending riches back to Mexico and retiring early while there's no such thing for over worked Americans 200$ in Mexico is 4000

[@stevenoverwood2474]

To send them from the Lunch Line to the Bread Line. From the wings of freedom to the yoke of Communism.

[@vince1638]

Im curious what you are going to do about it?

[@stevenoverwood2474]

@@vince1638 I and my wife, are and will remain Child free. However, I see the danger in the Country's future if the course of education doesn't change. Public Schools are beyond repair. Homeschooling, charter schools,private schools and non public internet options are the best hope to save this Republic.

[@markvalentine5851]

I'm curious what state you live in. Lots of states have dropped common core now. Some have quietly renamed it.

[@callmelegendawight8298]

My kids were having a really difficult time in public school. I pulled them out and home schooled them in conjunction with a charter school for three years. They are now getting straight A's and performing exceptionally.

[@gagamba9198]

Aw'ight, I'll do so. You've earnt that Legend.

[@howard6433]

Beyond schools, textbooks, even teachers, the #1 factor in determining the success of a child in school (and in life) are his/her parents. Your kids are lucky to have you as a parent.

[@IowaKim]

So good to hear! kudos.

[@LogicalQ]

Thank you John. You are one of a small handful of journalists still committed to the craft. Always insightful and interesting.

[@augustuscaesar8287]

He really is one of like a handful of journalists that are actually worthy of your time & respect. One of the few who is objective in their presentation of the news.

[@victoriahebert3073]

Yes, like Charter Schools. Also really appreciate John Stossel over the years.

[@SocalSamStokes]

Indeed

[@askmeanything8336]

*Like these kids weren't coached.* *Parents need to stop sending the children to institutions, giving your child over to the enemy which is the state.*

[@askmeanything8336]

*"The Craft" code for Masons.*

[@ronoliver4351]

“She was incompetent” You can tell in one day “Yep she was incompetent” Straight to the point and so true!

[@husky3g]

Exactly. People are so used to sugar coating things nowdays, it's nice to see someone who speaks to frankly.

[@i3d3]

I mean she might be a good teacher after a week, but to be honest, she's not entitled to the job. If she's not doing a good job day one, firing is justified.

[@Trialnerror]

And that's the beauty of incompetence, you can see it immediately. We're just used to seeing these idiots teach for 30 years despite everyone knowing they're unfit.

[@jakemarlow8998]

Incompetence in any field can be spotted in a matter of minutes. People who are incompetent at their jobs are always incompetent at everything across the board. I can determine if someone is incompetent by talking to them for 5 minutes.

[@jasoncentore1830]

I love that Principal, not PC at all. Fired in 1 day, he has an eye otherwise he would never get 100% passing scores from those kids. Schools like this should be standard and for less $$$, I call it a win - win. Great for tax payers and wonderful for students

[@dreamsofturtles1828]

I LOVE to hear that children love to learn. Its natural for them to learn. It takes boring, anxiety -ridden schools to grind that out of them.

[@Nemesistyx]

The issue is these schools with teachers/unions want to do what they want, and not meet the students on their level and requirements. As someone with ADHD, I was immediately discarded because they failed to understand basic learning and teaching styles. Tough "love" doesn't work, Not everyone learned by reading mundane content and being expected to test out at a passing grade. In other words, Too many unskilled/lazy teachers who are the same demanding more pay for sub-par education funded by taxpayers.

[@wierdlygruesome]

Your so far from the truth it’s scary there are lazy teachers but it’s not the underpaid or under appreciated teachers it’s the lazy parent who insists that there child is a Genius or better yet no homework on Friday because the kid has soccer gymnastics ect. And can’t be expected to do a pesky thing like homework. I know from personal experience that the principal of my school told me if I ever fave out homework on a Friday I would be terminated I ask why he told me that the parents don’t have time for that and never do it again what a difference my father would have complained if I did not get homework of Friday. Charter school is worse since they answer to on one and are popular they get away with far more dubious actions than public schools.

[@Here2shtpst]

I absolutely agree. I graduated with a 1.9 GPA, and not once did the school talk to me or my siblings about college. 10 years later, I'm about to graduate college to be a secondary Ed teacher, and let me tell you.....college has done minimal if anything to prepare me to teach. From public, to college, it's 100% for profit. And the students come last.

[@Lumindeas]

@@wierdlygruesome Really? You expect us to believe you when you say, "Charter school is worse", when you have zero, ZERO, punctuation? Sure, you got periods scattered about, but you need more than just periods to form coherent sentences. You would be the type of teacher, at least in any English/Lit classes, that I would want to keep my child away from. Teachers unions only do one thing, and they do it well, they reward ineptitude.

[@wierdlygruesome]

@@yurym581 we agree on the incompetence part but you can not judge a persons ability by one days performance. It would be the same thing to assume that all Orientals are good at math or blacks are dumb and criminals. By looking at them for ten minutes. Have you ever had a job that was hard and the first day was a disaster and as the days and weeks went by you go really good at it and became the manager after 6 months. What if you were fired the first day would that have been fair to you before you got your Bearings of the job you are fired. Remember public schools have to by law take everybody that makes their test scores go down that means they can’t do a lot of things charter schools can do they cannot pick and choose the top people parents that put their kids in charter schools take an interest in a child’s learning so they will help them with the homework. Public schools however cannot pick and choose and you have to deal with whatever you have. So please if you don’t know anything about the way the stuff works don’t comment.

[@MM3Soapgoblin]

@@wierdlygruesome It's both. I had teachers that did a lot for me and the school administrators held me back but I also had teachers that were absolutely horrible but had been there forever. My second grade teacher tried to put me in special ed because I was a "problem child" that never paid attention. When they had an outside psychologist come in to do tests with me she found I was already performing at a satisfactory level for 4th grade in most subjects and recommended I be skipped a grade. The administration refused. One teacher, a retired Air Force pilot that was teaching "for fun", managed to convince the school to let him do a "learn at your pace" math class with me and a couple other students that were performing well beyond their class. I was in his class all the way up through 5th grade where I had started learning calculus. Yes, calculus in elementary school. When I got to middle school, I was told they don't allow kids to take classes outside their grade level and was pushed back into pre-algebra where my teacher accused me of cheating on every single test I took because I "performed too well". He often wrote a second test just for me that was significantly harder and made me take it after school with him watching me. He even tried to get me expelled because "no student can do that well on a test without cheating". My 7th grade math teacher was a very kind young woman who would give me separate assignments from the rest of the class that were more challenging to me. She even bought me a book on statistics to learn from with her own money. The school found out she was teaching me other material than what she was teaching the rest of her class and I was pulled and put with a new teacher. I have never met a public school administrator that I thought cared about me as a student and I went to a "good" public school. There is now a private academy in my town that was started by one of my older sister's classmates that had similar experiences to , became a teacher herself, and realized how bad the system was for kids. The entire school is learn at your pace and there are classes with kids of all ages. My kids will go there. Teachers may have the best intentions but the system is broken and claiming charter schools are worse despite all the studies showing they outperform public schools is part of the problem.

[@michaelbarron8495]

"Embarassment keeps people in line, whether we want to admit it or not." If there's no shame, there can't be pride.

[@johncollins7062]

Only hubris and arrogance.

[@09Ateam]

Shouldve mentioned Thomas Sowell's recent book, 'Charter Schools and Their Enemies'!

[@chriscahill1005]

this is a reupload this vid is 11 years old

[@BGALUM]

That's because this was an older piece he had dusted off, I do believe, so that book had not been published yet.

[@CST-7189]

This is from 2006.

[@kingofthorns203]

Sowell’s book only came out last year. This is a reupload of an old Stossel story

[@christiand4262]

Thomas Sowell is a national treasure

[@sterling3159]

As a public high school educator, I approve of this video.

[@gregpoulin8210]

Much respect to you.

[@abbyxiong3931]

Thank you! I had a great history teacher that taught me the horror socialism. I don't think he is still a teacher because the school board didn't like him. It is a sad now where I graduated. They hired more security. They treat students like prisoners.

[@seanleith5312]

America, where do you get so many black people?

[@thatguy22441]

It seems to me the money being spent by the government on public education goes to pay the salaries of administrators and pet projects, not on actual students. I'm a high school dropout from Arkansas who has had to correct the grammar of college graduates. Something is very wrong with that picture. I can't tell you how many college graduates I've met who were dumber than dirt. Education =/= intelligence. By 6th grade I knew I was being told a bunch of horseshit. It was mostly platitudes about "America the Magnificent", interspersed with math, English and (not enough) history. The fact that I couldn't get a study guide and 'take the finals' before age 16 told me something: School is indoctrination.

[@johncollins7062]

To mollify these self appointed crusaders with their hearts on their sleeve. a chip on one shoulder and an axe to grind on the other, HISD has removed the analog hallway clocks because too many students could not read them.

[@pdcrew2]

"Learning is work" "It don't matter" I love that kid ahahah.

[@abad-enoughdude._.3919]

Brought a tear to my eye. So American.

[@SV-kr9fu]

If the majority of the students would think that way, then we may have a chance for a better tomorrow. Unfortunately, it seems that many schools around the country just want to teach more of the "wokeness" and less of the math, science, reading & writing etc.

[@macethorns1168]

"it don't matter" that's just...gross.

[@thomasmichaels6850]

Grammar aside, I love that kid. No obstacles. No victimization.

[@TEXladydi]

@@abad-enoughdude._.3919 ~ SAME here!!!! 🥲🥲🥰

[@timriley5088]

it starts in the home. yes, i did everything i could to get my son into one of these schools. the home work didnt stop there. my son is now 18 and started his own business. these schools and programs are a blessing, but parents have to want it and be willing to do there part

[@StoneCoolds]

Hello, may i ask you some questions about this school?, could you confidently confirm this method work? Did you saw a noticeable improvement in your kids overall performance? And what do you believe its the main factor/factors for the overall success? Thank you :)

[@harrywinslow3946]

*their. Education is everything.

[@scottv8410]

Students are much more likely to fail when parents believe that their child's education is primarily the school's responsibility and not theirs.

[@PFLEONARDI0906]

DING DING DING A WINNER!

[@jgdooley2003]

All most parents can do is oversee the performance of their childrens teachers and get help for subpar performance in time to get answers for an individual childs difficulties in the education system. Not all parents have a 3rd level education good enough to teach their kids into late secondary school although some have attained that level of education, keeping barely one lesson ahead of their children, this dedication is rare. Teachers being fired for underperformance is so rare in Ireland that it makes national news. This is a huge problem in education, a lack of accountability and quality control so that some pupils and schools perform better than others leading to increasing levels of inequality in later life.

[@scottv8410]

@@jgdooley2003 it would be great if more parents took responsibility as you are describing. That's exactly what i think is missing that contributes to the difficulties that many students have.

[@davidtherwhanger6795]

We often hear from teachers unions and the government that parents just don't care. Yet we see parents lined up around the block to try and get their child a better education than the teachers unions or the government want to provide.

[@scottv8410]

@@davidtherwhanger6795 there are certainly many parents that take responsibility. I do think that the unions and the government are concerned about many things other than the children. I know many teachers personally and while I only know a small percentage of the total I have never met a teacher that doesn't do everything in their power to help the children, often in spite of the detrimental interference from the system that they belong to. In the place where I live some parents have lobbied for things like a no homework policy. Some bring frivolous lawsuits that waste time and money. It is much easier to teach the children of caring and involved parents but they are not all like that. When parents see the education of their children more as a partnership with the teacher it is much more successful. When they see it as an adversarial relationship it is destructive for everyone. When the parents of children that need as much help as possible refuse to take any responsibility for their child's education it hurts their children and also the others in their class. Not every parent can teach their child in every subject but they need to help them in any way that they can rather than turning away. The parents that you describe are not part of the problem. They are the ones that should serve as an example to some of the others. The school has a child for a relatively small part of their week and without having parental support for the rest of the time many children won't have much of a chance.

[@roastedlion1]

This is the secret why Vietnamese students are crazy good. We got disciplined. I appreciate my teachers everyday. They did a great job educating children.

[@kwckhm7757]

This is the type of thing REAL teachers love and Union Liberal Political Partisan educators fear. A child having a REAL quality education and not just narratives on a piece of paper is the future. Charter Schools are the best of both world. Much cheaper and much more effective

[@Plumber1111]

I live in a town with a good public school. But yet, I put my kids in a 4-12 charter school that opened up 1/2 miles down the road from my house. My reason was that the public school teacher thought they were God and I don't know what I was talking about. But yet, I train apprentices in plumbing. That's pretty much teaching But, with grown adults. The charter school let give let me have a voice and bad teachers were fired. The principal when I met him said. "We don't go by a piece of paper, we give the required topics to cover to the teacher let them do what they do and let them get creative. " I went there when they first opened up and now there's a waiting list to get in.

[@kwckhm7757]

@@Plumber1111 its folks like you teaching a trade that makes people marketable as soon as they complete their training. My brother does HVAC and was instantly brought on. Didn't crush it money wise at first but then again he didn't know anything. X3 years forward... he's absolutely crushing it. So thank you for being a teacher. Secondly your correct. If anything positive came out of the Pandemic it's that parents are finally waking up to these activists (not teachers) who only think you can succeed if you go through them... narsacist all day. The biggest lie was in the 90s that you need a college degree to survive. High Schools let kickback from Colleges based on the amount of kids head to their schools and the government adds fuel to the fire with tax money for unions to become an even more pain in the ass. It's a racket. Lines at the Charter Schools will continue until they decide to build more. Good Conservative Million and Billionaire class should be signing on to build more imo so we can forever crush this ridiculous narrative you need thr public school system to survive.

[@one.2622]

Lol ok lady. Teachers are just trash looking for as much pay for the least amount of work. Some rare teachers do put in the effort!

[@kwckhm7757]

@@one.2622 trying to understand your comment... please elaborate

[@justingolden21]

Love to see these kids valuing their education. Turns out less bureaucracy, more freedom for teachers, and the ability to fire an employee who isn't doing a good job makes for a better result? Who knew! Love the analogy about athletes, she's completely right.

[@billwilson2160]

And discipline

[@JonHeckendorf]

Justin, You're right. They knew many decades ago what works. Power, money are their goals. Not educating our children. Home schooling, charter schools are the savior of children's futures. The majority of kids will never have a chance to learn and grow intellectually in a public school. My kids, grand kids have the World by the tail to do whatever they desire because their parents knew the advantages of knowledge in spite of going to public schools.

[@azhardav]

nonsense, a conservative hit piece convincing fools like you our public education system is bad, going private is better?? lol, their has never been a conservative idea that has lasted the test of time- NOT 1

[@russdavis1960]

@@azhardav ummm.... public education, in general, IS bad.... When you have teachers (protected by the union, with NO fear of being fired) lazily 'doing their job' while the students suffer. I went to public (government) school BUT, I was fortunate enough to attend a smaller school district AND in a time when teachers actually took pride in their work and were also concerned (for the most part) about the students. I have friends that work in 'union' factories, and from what I've been told over the years (decades), has NOT impressed me in the least when it comes to 'protection'.

[@mynameisreallycool1]

@@billwilson2160 effective* discipline The problem isn't that we don't have enough punishments, it's that we need punishments that are effective. It's like with spanking. It's a punishment, but the question is, is it actually effective?

[@mudbucket1650]

Unions hate competition and love complacency

[@bluehotdog2610]

Ironic you say that given unions are the sole reason why trade jobs are not shitty, and conservatives push people into trades all the time

[@loganaurora]

@@bluehotdog2610 public sector unions not private sector there is a difference

[@carlahubbard7251]

I grew up in south America and went to private school my whole life. We had waaaay! less resources that public schools here and we learned way more.

[@hambone7181]

Yeah grammar's never been my strong point but if you're going to bash the US educational system you best be on point just saying

[@NikofromNikosDeli]

@@hambone7181 the US public "education" system is run and controlled by freemasons. The system was created by 33rd degree freemason Horace Mann. He created it to indoctrinate not to educate. "I want a nation of workers, not a nation of thinkers." John D Rockefeller "Shortly, the public will be unable to reason or think for themselves. They'll only be able to parrot the information they've been given on the previous night's news." Zbigniew Brzezinski - former US National Security Advisor and father of msnbc's Mika Brzezinski. The public is beeing intentionally dumbdowned. They don't have the mental capacity or will to question anything, research anything or self educate. Now they are all controlled by the tell-lie-vison.

[@Sycosoulreaver]

English is probably not their first language. Lots of PHD holders maintained bad grammar. I do agree grammar is important but apparently it is not a reflection of intelligence, Einstein was known to be a bad speller.

[@mynameisreallycool1]

@@Sycosoulreaver It makes sense. I think he had dyslexia, no?

[@Carnage7209]

In Democrat run institutions (public schools) the intention isn't to learn. You can't have educated slaves now can you?

[@MountainMan.]

The kids love going to these schools because they know the teachers actually care about them and want them to learn. Kids pick up on that.

[@nancyj5490]

And they inherently understand that boundaries are good. They are always looking for boundaries.

[@debbiegum2226]

Absolutely But there really are a lot of fun, clever, innovative methods which have come out over the past 10 years that makes it easy to learn.

[@nondescriptnyc]

And a major factor, in my opinion, is that these schools empower children by equipping them with academic skills and work ethic-rather than take the power away by telling them they are perpetual victims that cannot accomplish anything without handouts and Affirmative Action in our horrendously racist and sexist country.

[@americanoutrage1204]

Parents need to yank out their kids now and either homeschool or private/charter. Public schools are a ticket to having the dumbest kids globally. They will be well indoctrinated though

[@nondescriptnyc]

@@americanoutrage1204 I agree with you in spirit, but public schools being substandard is far from being a global problem-which makes the situation in the US frustrating to some of us. In many high-performing European nations and Japan, Singapore, etc. public schools ARE good. So, theoretically, the US should be able to accomplish the same. But, no…. Under the name of equity and presumed “poor funding,” we lower expectations-and teach children they should be resentful of this great nation.

[@stanhry]

Sadly after the lockdowns, this is more relevant than ever.

[@nathanielscreativecollecti6392]

Maybe it's better after lockdowns, aged like fine wine.

[@justineld4905]

I just listened to a long interview with the soon-to-be governor of California Larry Elder and yes, this IS more relevant than ever! We need school choice, more charter or private schools, and way way less powerful teachers unions. Elect Larry Elder!

[@ravador]

Maybe when you stop teaching kids about gender dysphoria all the time, they might actually learn something productive. What a novel idea. I can't believe someone came up with that!

[@Sixstringman]

But then how would they give kids gender dysphoria? Isnt that their goal?

[@Blubbertube]

Public schools in the US are not teaching about gender dysphoria, and they definitely weren’t when this very old video was originally recorded.

[@robh3007]

@@Blubbertube so, you're saying there are varying degrees of not teaching it? They're not teaching it now, and they DEFINITELY weren't teaching it then? Meaning they're only KINDA not teaching it now? wink wink, nudge nudge, say no more

[@Blubbertube]

@@robh3007 no, I’m saying that this was not even a common social or political talking point in the United States when the video was recorded. It’s like saying people were definitely NOT teaching how to use an iPhone in 2007, and they still aren’t teaching it now. They have never taught how to use an iPhone in school, but they especially would not have been teaching it in 2007 because it had only just been announced and nobody was teaching students how to use them period. Or a more comparable topic, nobody was teaching sex ed to gay men in public schools in the mid 1900’s, because it was not socially acceptable to discuss period.

[@donf3877]

@@Blubbertube They might not have been when this video was originally recorded, but they sure as hell are now. And, as early as pre-school. Boys can be girls, and girls can be boys, and some can be both, and sex education, and on and on. A good friend of mine almost wound up in jail, because he confronted the manager of the pre-school on what his daughter was being "taught"... "groomed" is more like it. Needless to say, he decided his daughter was better off not going to pre-school AT ALL. And, this sure as hell is being taught in elementary schools as early as kindergarten ALL over the country. If you don't think so, you are either blind... or WAY behind the times.

[@big_dro1713]

My high school teachers were absurdly pathetic. Some felt there was nothing wrong showing up late to class on a daily basis. Others felt it was ok to give busy work on a near daily basis. Others felt it was ok to show movies on a near daily basis. If I could, I would have fired about half the teachers I had. Of course there was a teachers union.

[@abbyxiong3931]

Mine did that too. My college professors were no better. I had a professor complain about teaching, showing up for work and then ended up failing the majority class and lecture the class about being lazy. This was just a small time college.

[@nunyabusiness4904]

I had an English teacher in high school who would show up hungover on a fairly regular basis, we could tell she had a hangover because she would wear her sunglasses all day and turn on a movie. She would also have us read books with tons of swear words out loud and lose her mind if someone read exactly what was on the page. Finally after missing a week and half due to bronchitis during which time the class had started a group project, I was told to do the project on my own and given the same deadline as the other students.

[@paulperez6167]

"Reading's work, but it's rocking awesome!" Thanks little man. You made my day.

[@rogerdale5451]

Back in the 80s, in my wealthy college town, my mom, who was acknowledged as the best English teacher in town including the university, worked for years documenting the incompetence of one of her staff. A certain Ms Pfannenstiel, who got in through the back door as it were, when another teacher fell ill. I'm not actually sure if she succeeded before retiring. This woman, made "egregious grammatical errors" yet was teaching office occupations in a post secondary public trade school- Unaccountability is a major problem with any publicly funded job...

[@artmallory970]

Very few young 'mericans' speak English well today. Apparently, the level of English that is being taught in US schools today, is only enough to get the meaning of the sentence across. 'English still isn't common in many parts of the world, it hasn't been spoken in America for years'

[@melodicdreamer72]

I've seen this video before, but it still brings a tear to my eye. Seeing kids that most schools would have either given up on, or would have catered to by lowering the overall standards, being given a chance to have a future just gets me in the heart. It gives me hope that these kids will be a positive motivating force in our countries future.

[@friendsoftheamazonjungle]

"My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition" - Indira Gandhi

[@abhishekbhaskar6268]

out of all u got indira gandhi, btw she too took other people credit, ask sam manek shaw.

[@johncollins7062]

There is no limit to what you can accomplish, if you don't care who gets the credit. - Ben Rich and Kelly Johnson

[@davewood2640]

The education system as a whole needs to realize that the most successful schools get better grades for a reason and should look to those schools as a role model. Great story

[@cheebawobanu]

The education system is another big government entity concerned only with enriching itself.

[@davewood2640]

@@cheebawobanu like the ccp

[@debbiegum2226]

Dave- unfortunately that won’t happen because the teachers’ unions are so pent up with pride they will never see the truth

[@Gk2003m]

The reason the “most successful schools” get better grades is because they cherry-pick the best students. Public schools, which often serve the most disadvantaged communities, don’t do that…. yet so many folks would, if they could, starve those schools of funding in order to continue to provide advantage to the already advantaged. Stupid In America…. indeed.

[@cheebawobanu]

@@Gk2003m "most successful schools" generally are NOT public schools. The successful schools focus on the students, not retirement funds.

[@joeyoboy1369]

Great video. I have never understood why a college educated person needed a union. Being an engineer, I didn't. If I failed I got fired.

[@jason200912]

Minimal unions are helpful in making sure wages match inflation, have breaks, vacation and sick time. They are not helpful when they get so powerful that they kill competition amongst workers and incentivize everyone to do nothing for higher rewards. I do not think you should eliminate unions, until the beforementioned list is all adequately met, then the Union should exist only as a check and balance in case of a future violation where the workplace decides to violate those terms.

[@joeyoboy1369]

@@jason200912 I agree that unions have a place, but a college degreed person should be able to handle their job professionally and not require protection of a union.

[@jason200912]

@@joeyoboy1369 See john Stossel's video on the college degree and it's degraded value. They don't require the protection of a union, but inflation match per year is really the only thing a Union should be working towards. There is no advantages of fixed wages that do not adjust with the 2% inflation of the US Fed

[@Michael-it2jz]

John is an absolute genius journalist

[@EB-sh2jr]

He is? The teachers are unionized in central europe and they have a fantastic educational system. 40 percent of the students sit on the floor in chicago because they don't have desks. Teachers have to pay for school supplies out of their own pay. Property tax is $10000 dollars a year for the average home in Illinois. U.S. government corruption is the reason why u.s. schools are so bad. Mr Stossel is an awful journalist that did not to any research on the subject and is attacking the working people the teachers and their union;while he puts the cash in his pocket from a corporate,elitist controlled news agency

[@bobbimccauley1932]

I love John Stossel. I used his stuff when I homeschooled my daughter. She liked him too.

[@davidwinokur2131]

The unions do not advocate for the students, only for the administrators and teachers. They don't care about either quality or quantity as long as their pay comes in regularly.

[@gst013]

What a silly blanket statement. Class sizes and program funding are often stumbling blocks in contract negotiations, and most union folks are teachers themselves. Easy scapegoat, though.

[@palmereldritch_6669]

Yes those greedy filthy rich teachers are too busy guilding their yachts to care about the students.

[@davidwinokur2131]

@@gst013 So, why are union run public schools failing and charter schools succeeding? Keep it simple so stupid people like me will understand. Is it the strange magnetic forces that emanate from the Continental Divide? Failure to mandate burkas for the girls? White privilege? Inability for minorities to get photo ID's? Maybe, failure to provide high quality, effective and relevant fundamental education oriented toward the ability of the student to function in the real world with the goal of providing better products and services while receiving appropriate remuneration? If you have a modern college education I absolve you of answering this as you have not been educated in such.

[@davidwinokur2131]

@@palmereldritch_6669 The teachers are not the main problem. It's the unions, as I stated in my comment. However, as you've likely been educated in public schools and have a college degree, you were never taught critical thinking and the ability to perceive cause and effect without the help of a Marxist professor.

[@palmereldritch_6669]

@@davidwinokur2131 ANd you think a spray tanned buffoon who can't close an umbrella and suggests drinking cleaning products is a remedy to a pandemic is a swell leader. You make me laugh gramps.

[@saddletramp5000]

My daughter went to public school. There weren't as many charters a decade ago. And most of her teachers leaned left. Thankfully, she wasn't swayed by her ultra liberal teachers. It wasn't very political at home when she was in grade school but her favorite teachers were the most conservative. Seeing footage of how teachers behave in the classroom, I can see why.

[@NeckBreakingStunts]

"You fire people at these schools..." "They SHOULD be fired!" What an giga chad response.

[@DonTruman]

Love the reactions from the kids in the first group. You were totally feeding them the opportunity to say how they hated school, math, reading, etc, and they totally disagreed and showed how much they loved it. That's huge.

[@guido9578]

Great information. Politicians don’t want smart people because they’re not easy to indoctrinate

[@user-mw7iw6bh5n]

Hard*

[@geomancer6894]

Intellectual people are often easier to indoctrinate by appealing to their sense of superiority and interest in novel ideas. I'd say politicians rather not have people with a firm identity to be able to just lead them around, such as it is in America right now.

[@bradhaines3142]

@@geomancer6894 not an actual intellectual person. you're more talking the 'educated' types. the distinction is the ability to think for themselves. 'educated' college kids are the best because they're so willing to take in whatever they're told, and think its right because of 'supporting evidence' but dont actually consider the validity. they'll take any lie as long as there's a research paper along side it

[@geomancer6894]

​@@bradhaines3142 You vastly underestimate the amount of people who appear to "think for themselves" but are driven by base contrarianism and wanting to feel part of a group. Just as liberals like to broadcast how tolerant they are, regardless of any consequences, so will your "free thinkers" get anxious being part of any kind of status quo and feel the need to broadcast their apparent dissatisfaction and openness to earn social praise.

[@chrisc6857]

Actually intelligent people are just as easy to indoctrinate as dumb people. It's WISE people that are hard to indoctrinate.

[@gregsmith7949]

My family watched 20/20 religiously in the 80s. Mr Stossel's segments were my favorite part of the show.

[@monas.6839]

Same here…and this is the kind of journalism this country needs more of so badly.

[@as_below_so_above]

"Devin is 100% on top of her game right now" Go Devin!

[@servantprince]

children play, "adults" play games. they being taught how to play games. 'school' as in fish all moving 'as' one = conditioned, programmed. 3:30 winners and losers L, 'sadly, there are many more losers' hahahaha

[@ryanduray1]

Nice Alex Grey avatar

[@dnzswithwombats]

Amen!

[@devonfuginowskinstien7500]

It’s spelled Devon and I’m not a chick.

[@ryanduray1]

@@devonfuginowskinstien7500 Calm down, Devin. Go take a midol.

[@AmyLou733]

The charter school in my community opened mid year last year. They began here in the middle of the pandemic, and it is one of the best, most positive and encouraging schools I have seen, and I've worked in quite a few. I love charter schools done right.

[@scottduthie2912]

I was able to get my oldest son into a charter school. It cost 15% less taxpayer dollars and provides a stunningly clear improvement. Sadly next year is his last year as they only go k-6.

[@spyro1159]

Consider another charter or honeschooling

[@scottduthie2912]

Unfortunately no other charter School in the area, but we're seriously considering homeschooling or moving.

[@willyreeves319]

homeschooling can augment the government school. or replace it entirely whatever works best for you.

[@HaIsKuL]

If you've ever taught at a school, you know your work doesn't end when the clock hand hits 12. These teachers are much happier to get paid being on the clock than being told to go home by a union that doesn't understand work hours doesn't equate to work completed.

[@glen2844]

This subject hits home for me. I have two kids in a charter school and wife who is a non union teacher in a public school. The problem with our education system is more complicated than just "the unions are bad" or "the students don't want to learn". It's a storm of mistakes and silly bureaucracy. And yes, helicopter parents are a real thing.

[@gabriellanunoffyourbeeswax8367]

Can't imagine, parents having trouble trusting schools and teachers with the most precious part of their lives.

[@arklave]

Helicopter parents are out, the new trend is bulldozer parents. Their goal is to clear any obstacles their child may face in life and in doing so the kid never learns to be self sufficient.

[@ralphholiman7401]

My sister, a tenth grade math teacher, walked away from a public school teaching job after fifteen years because she realized it was a broken system that was never going to be fixed. She went to a private college prep high school at two thirds the salary and is still happy there.

[@showmemo3686]

@@arklave Oh but it's not okay to blame parents. Lots of them just look at school as babysitters. Many children start kindergarten with a huge head start, while many have not a clue. Parental involvement doesn't mean just going to Parent Teacher night to bitch about Roscoe or Virginia getting all Ds and blaming the teachers for failing their precious spoiled dumbasses who get no support at home. Edit: Grammar. 🤦‍♂️

[@beverlymoore4399]

My grandkids go to a classical education charter school. They are getting an excellent education and they learn to reason well. My husband taught in one of their schools for several years after teaching in a very good public school for 25 years and was so pleased with the education he was seeing the kids recieve. We live in a right to work state so you cannot be forced to join a union.

[@akai2345]

I wish Stossel was immortal. His kind of journalism is a gift to humanity.

[@samuelschick8813]

Then you will like Thomas Sowell as well.

[@fairenough7984]

Omg I just reposted this a stated 'Dont ever leave us, John.' He is precious to us as is Thomas Sowell and so few others.

[@mmmmmhmmm3266]

@@samuelschick8813 Tom sowell is an American treasure 💎

[@tinman1843]

@@mmmmmhmmm3266 Both are!

[@wesleyt4109]

I was about to say he's still kind of young and then I looked it up, he's 74! John takes good care of himself.

[@DoughBoy45]

In times of anxiety, you’ve managed to restore the little amount of faith in humanity I had lost. I know we’re good…. but this makes it better.

[@JoeGator23]

@Eat Shnitzel In comparison to what?

[@JoeGator23]

@Eat Shnitzel Thanks. So in a sense any story can be manipulated to serve a purpose... hard to trust anything anymore.

[@integrityrentalproperties9173]

7:31 - the public school teachers’ union, literally demonstrating that they have no shame.

[@aaronc9728]

They are bullies and they need to be put in their place. We need to destroy these unions, unions are no longer needed in this country. They just create lazy, incompetent, and irrational people.

[@godfingah]

The amount of enthusiasm for helping them learn and find true happiness is so beautiful. This is good

[@snappertrx]

I put my kids through a charter school for two years. It was a combination home school/charter school, so my wife and I taught the kids at home and took them to the charter school once or twice a week. It put my kids light years ahead of kids who were only in public schools! Not only that, but it let my wife and I spend time working with them AND the charter school still had cool electives like music and welding! If I ever become a grandparent I am going to do my best to keep my grandkids from EVER setting foot in a public school!

[@TheJbgo]

The teachers union in WA worked hard to keep charters from opening and then staying open. After 5 years they finally stopped. My daughter in our low income area got in on the lottery.

[@CallsignEskimo-l3o]

Great to see so many parents who value their children's education.

[@SimonTekConley]

I had talked to a public school teacher who told me they should shit down charter schools. Her own kids though went to one.

[@samhouston5217]

That. Is. Awesome! The shine in those kids eyes. The enthusiasm for learning! Wow. That enthusiasm is usually lifelong if instilled at that young age. Tear in my eye over seeing this. Now, THAT is our future right there!

[@jayrunner3347]

But but but but those kids won't grow up to be angry about every little thing, they will just try harder to earn what they need and want. That's not the angry quitter narrative, that's terrible. jk.

[@militaryhomes6292]

Breaks my heart to see those parents standing in line to get into one of those schools and not get in. Our education system is horrendous and they know it.

[@wolfu597]

The Unions are more concerned about their political power base than educating the future generations. Charter schools are focusing on the job we expected them to do: Preparing our kids for the future, and putting some structure into these kids lives.

[@PFLEONARDI0906]

Unions Suck

[@alfredkugler3043]

@@PFLEONARDI0906 Not per se. The problem is that unions in the US are prime examples of Pournelle's law. In Germany, unions actively work TOGETHER with the companies to get the most employees working without damaging the company. It does not work every time, but the most critical point is that unions only intervene in the firing of an employee if the company REALLY oversteps its rights.

[@OldSaltyBear]

@@alfredkugler3043 So true. In the US, most unions seem to create a toxic working environment where the workers and management are adversaries instead of partners. The culture feels more like high school than work because of all the clicks and petty behavior. Worker safety is an afterthought and can be negotiated. That is my observation.

[@alfredkugler3043]

@@OldSaltyBear I just wanted to point out that unions CAN indeed work. But it needs work on all sides for that.

[@katherinejones850]

I was a member of Idaho education association and I never got that power hungry vibe!! In this state we need a strong teachers association because our legislature does not value education and cuts funding and latches on to every ignorant thing that pops up. They declined a huge grant from early childhood association because the word socializing(kids) was in their charter ! Socializing children simply means they are learning to be with other kids, to play together, to be in a school setting. Hells bells, we socialize kittens and puppies! IEA, NEA are necessary to run interference! No Child Left Behind and CORE do not recognize different learning styles nor different intelligences, nor what is DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE for kindergartners! Discovery, constructive and project learning are all valuable but still not widely utilized because of old farts in legislatures and school boards! Reggio Emilia in Italy is wonderful as is schooling in Finland! Education does not require cruelty!

[@Drakinomikron]

Hearing about the teacher making her student do pushups reminds me of my drafting teacher in high school. She would give us the option of 50-100 pushups or the principal's office when we acted up. From my experience, it worked well. Students got in less trouble with the powers that be but were still punished for acting up. Plus we had the added benefit of doing something healthy.

[@muttly3190]

Damn that's a lot of push ups 😳 😅

[@revacohen]

When I was in 5th grade, my parents had me transferred to a school that was very strict. It was the best thing that ever could have happened to me. I became a serious student for the first time in my life. I did all my homework and studied for all my tests. That probably wouldn't have happened if I didn't transfer there.

[@kingofthorns203]

These teachers are truly doing God’s work, and these children are an inspiration. 😊😊

[@韓国J]

god's work? please. god could change this 500 years ago and we wouldn't a damned difference.

[@IIIUMlNATI]

Larry Elder for California Governor! Spread the word everywhere, especially cali residents! Be an advocate, get the word out! We're down to the wire... the election is in less than a month, sept 14th! (Ballots available now) This election is all about *turnout* and a victory could be the falling of small stones that starts an avalanche! For freedom. Lets gooo!!!! "You can lose a fight, but you can't win a surrender." - Andrew Klavan

[@joeysfather2723]

I understand the effort, but California is too corrupt to get rid of Newsom. I don't trust our ballots to be truthfully counted. The fraud and corruption is too much.....

[@frauleinhohenzollern]

@@joeysfather2723 I agree. Of course I support Elder, but California is a blue state through and through. I don't see him getting the votes. Even if he could, I don't trust our ballot system. If any republican was gonna win, it's be the 70 year old guy who thinks he's a woman.

[@DutchStar]

They printed the ballots and put Elder in the fold. You know what that means. The postal hack.

[@jimlovesgina]

He must be doing well. Google and Yahoo are posting articles about how evil he is.

[@IIIUMlNATI]

@@DutchStar this is true, i tried to post the link with photos and youtube deleted it.

[@scottsullivan8185]

The solution to public education in the USA is obvious: Charter schools, school choice, vouchers. All things the teacher's union tells us won't work, but there it is, succeeding. Another great video from Stossel.

[@jammer6524]

NO way, most Charter schools want to teach the earth is less than 10,000 years old.

[@ihavekalashnikovyoudomath9275]

Teachers' Union: "No it doesn't! If it does, then that mean I actually have to try! I don't want to actually work!"

[@CvnDqnrU]

@@jammer6524 Can you even prove your claims? Prove the age of earth?

[@Joe-pc3hs]

Unions used to serve a very important purpose. They've in part lost that purpose when legislations and regulatory bodys came into play. This is exactly why we have so many problems at the VA.

[@babagandu]

Mafia

[@aaronc9728]

Unions are now the problem and no longer a solution. They all need to be shut down.

[@Joe-pc3hs]

@@aaronc9728 I agree.

[@tomster7574]

It creeps and everything. Starts good and slowly gets corrupt and then rots. In the beginning, unions were very much needed. Because they were the ones being stepped on is why they were needed. Now they’re the ones stepping on everyone else.

[@babagandu]

@@tomster7574 yup and they don't necessarily have the worker's best interests... just their own

[@KeepingItKeith]

I love that these female teachers dress conservatively. Most young female teachers now dress like they are going to the club.

[@showmemo3686]

Well, some anyway.

[@KeepingItKeith]

@@showmemo3686 any that are remotely good looking.

[@CGR89]

The ONLY reason charter school models and teaching methods aren't adopted nationwide is because it would mean incompetent lazy government employees would either have to put in a real day's work or look for a new career.

[@kimobrien.]

Actually the boss class is still not ready for a major confrontation with the unions. If the bosses got their way their be only private schools for the bosses and their minions.

[@bijourebellion5018]

Let's not forget, they can't indoctrinated what they can't touch. 🤬

[@mikes3827]

@@kimobrien. THE largest union in all the US is the teachers' union (Nat'l Education Association), and the NEA is (not coincidentally) also in the back pocket of the Democrat Party. How ANY inner-city parent can vote Democrat KNOWING the NAE's anti-charter school stance(s) is absolutely mind-blowing. Thankfully, however, through social media and plain ole word-of-mouth, more and more American parents are coming to the stark realization that the NAE not only doesn't give a sh-t about their kids, but that the NAE is also simultaneously a fascist, dictatorial-style organization. The tide is turning, and the NAE knows it.

[@JoeGator23]

@@mikes3827 Spread the word, especially locally... lazy unions making American kids weaker to serve their union goals. Disgusting and damaging to the USA.

[@jayclark5034]

Most teachers are competent. The biggest hurdle us the competence of the leadership, which varies widely. Many inner city schools are not up to par, and increasingly many suburban schools are slipping. Competition is the best answer. When we see overall price per student coming down and performance going up, then you'll know things are going in the right direction

[@NiaLin]

What I noticed when I was in education in CA, was that the teachers who really cared, who chose the profession to help & educate children, most often eventually wound up leaving the public system to teach at charters or privates. Especially those in Special Education where the politics & bureaucracy just beats you down & restricts how much teachers can help kids.

[@FUToob]

I think there will be, or could be, thousands of teachers commenting here like I am about to do. My school went "woke". They gave all students the authority to anonymously evaluate teachers, and it was hated. Students, generally, did not want to do it, other than the ones who had grievances, and they wielded enormous power. I had 1% (approx. 1 out of my 100 students) accuse me one year of, "Mr. X is having sekksual relationships with students". These were 12 and 13 year olds. This was clearly an outlier comment. Do you not think that if it were true that more than one student would know it and report it anonymously at that age? I was threatened with a "forensic investigation". This was the last straw. In this video, about the 05:00 mark the student used the term "mean". After 25 years of teaching, with no serious mark against me for anything, admin. put me on an "Action Plan" because of a comment I made. I'm not going to say what it was, but I assure you it was harmless. The admin. did not know the backstory to the comment, and made a false assumption. He, the self-proclaimed "social justice warrior," had it in for me since I am conservative. The Action Plan said that if another student made a comment with the word "mean" in it, that I would fail the plan and be fired. Think about that. Strict, demanding responsibility, having standards can be construed as "mean" by a 12 year old. I was called mean for not letting students text friends in other classes. I was given a text to use in class. Seven teachers, the other 6 women, used this text over about 6 years. It was approved by the principal, and chosen by his wife, the librarian. I didn't read two pages, nor ask the student to, since the previous year I had been disciplined when a parent complained that the text (a section about forced migration), included the terms, "prostitution," and "brothel". Remember, this was assigned to me to use in class, and approved by the very same principal who disciplined me for using it. The next year, I avoided the text, but an avid reader turned to the pages, later went home, and asked her mother what a "brothel" is. Another phone call, another trip to admin., and the explanation that I did not read the text nor assign it, but it didn't matter. I was labeled a "problem" teacher unofficially. It probably happened long before that. I was never openly rude, but I never just went along with the woke initiatives forced on us. Two months after the above "brothel" issue - the second one - the admin. approved a mural in the hallway of the school : "LGBTQ-GF-PS-TS-++Ally, all spelled out with definitions, over the rainbow. I was threatened with investigation for a one off comment, remember, and disciplined for using an assigned text - that the Director of Learning also told me was appropriate to use. All this to say, I retired. Good thing I saved my pennies. Education is a disaster these days. You may think that all those horrible "woke" teachers are in the public school, but they are everywhere, and many become administrators. Spelling error to avoid deletion by YT.

[@johncollins7062]

It was the fifth grade and the SRA reading and comprehension testing. Mrs. Pennell announced the results were back and asked the class to guess the high score. After several rounds, they announced: “We have named everybody…No, not everybody…Yes, we did… No, you left out one, Johnny (the token cripple) Collins. The room erupted in indignation and she said: “He wasn’t just the highest in this class, He was the highest in the fifth grade…(the clamor dropped a bit, but continued)…He was also highest in the entire school…(a few more dropped out)…and he was higher than both junior highs..(another few dropped out)…He also finished above the high school…(another small drop) and all the colleges tested too. In fact, it was off the ranking system itself.” The last protester did not stop, until the teacher threatened to send her to the principals office. No applause for the crippled kid; but, I did get a reward. I will never forget the tear induced glint in her eyes and the satisfying smirk on Lois Pennell's face.

[@TheFantom_X]

If a teacher sends a student to perform push ups because he wasnt paying attention nowadays hes gonna be sent to jail. So students just do whatever they want.

[@jason200912]

no they wouldn't go to jail because the pushups aren't exactly severe humiliation. They would only be punished if the kid happened to have no arms in which the teacher's request/order would violate the Civil Rights Act

[@jason200912]

@Brandon BP because then the teacher would be fired

[@ezg8448]

In public schools a "time out" is probably inhumane now.

[@russellbrown1068]

God Bless these beautiful children, their Teachers and those who manage Charter Schools.

[@timwarriner842]

Just keep god out of these schools. Religion indoctrination belongs at HOME

[@russellbrown1068]

@@timwarriner842 A lot of what’s wrong with society today is the absence of Gods word.

[@chrishenderson420]

This was a great eye opener Stossel, much appreciated.

[@patrickbubniak4527]

I go to a public school in New Jersey and the education is excellent. My school is smart because they don't let people off the hook when they are falling behind. Public schools can be this great, based on what I have experienced, I believe that it truly comes down to the people running the school, from the administration to the teachers.

[@cateclism316]

Imagine that...education that actually gets the right results...kids learn something. Education without discipline is an oxymoron, because education IS discipline.

[@m.d.sharpe8892]

I just really hope that these teachers are reminded on a daily basis that they are appreciated and essential

[@johnb4183]

Absolutely !

[@johncollins7062]

They are. All of their students are succeeding.

[@wzl25]

This is awesome. Who wouldn't want their kids excited to learn. I went to private school and public school and I can say, private schools did more with less. Keep up the good work.

[@dexterdanieltnt]

@johnstossel You continue to bring real issues to the fore. THANK YOU for being one of the remaining true journalists in a midst of 'reporting by popularism'.

[@davidrowe4006]

I'm a teacher, love the school uniforms. DISCIPLINE is the key. Most public schools have the tail wagging the dog.

[@bobfleischmann5208]

You are correct sir!

[@aforerunner1773]

It reminds me of how schools used to be in the 50s and before

[@stevemyers2092]

60's also. I have had chalk thrown at me and pointers across my back and the "strap" on my hands (all 3 wayyyy too far with corporal punishment or just getting me to focus) but it never made me fearful or gave me psychoses. I went to university. I became a successful business owner and I am a great boss (so say long term employees). good enough for me.

[@bcwest56]

I went to country school where the teacher had eight grades to teach plus kindergarten. I learned more at that school than when I was forced to go to public school when the country schools were shut down by the state. I was in fourth grade and I had more reading and math skills than my new schoolmates. Now those schools are gone, but what an education. Only one teacher with all the range of age. I will always remember those kids and my teachers.

[@5copper5]

One of my favorite journalist/reporter-investigator, story-teller, WOW! Just a great, intelligent guy whose "biases" are only based on facts. No GENDER BENDING HERE!!

[@markmtbrider]

Wow, discipline actually works along with student and teacher accountability. Who would have thought?

[@jgdooley2003]

In the past the word discipline was a code word for state approved violence on children entrusted by their parents into the care of other adults. The legal term used was "in loco parentis" which allowed the use of corporal punishment and more recently verbal abuse and ridicule to keep students in line. One defective teacher can cause untold harm in the learning experience of several children, detracting from the honest efforts of more effective teachers. Discipline needs to be used sparingly and in conjunction with honest and open discussion with other teachers and principals before taking any steps. Also need to investigate and involve the parents as early as possible in the process. I was bullied at school due to having undiagnosed autism not discovered until I was 52 yrs of age, a scandalous outcome in any education system. In later life I found out that many of the bullies came from dysfunctional family backgrounds full of violence and hate and were themselves victims of bullying. It is vitally important to differentiate coercion and violence against a powerless individual from the necessary corrective action needed against underperfomance and disruption that can occur in any social setting involving focussed work and collective effort.

[@markmtbrider]

@@jgdooley2003 In the past, kids knew something when they graduated.

[@markmtbrider]

Notice too how the teacher's jobs were on the line and not backed by a union, which makes it almost impossible to get rid of the bad ones.

[@52t99]

But, but but, what about their feeling? 😜😜😜

[@markmtbrider]

@@52t99 They feel pretty good at the end of it all.Graduating and actually knowing how to read and all.

[@samueldocski4426]

We need more schools like this. My high school was the same way. It was a military academy and every student in my graduating class went to college and tested higher than the public schools. Public schools and unions are the downfall of America. Charter schools are the future.

[@samueldocski4426]

@Eat Shnitzel is this a a serious question? Did you even watch the video?

[@goodgoyim9459]

if they went to college because of their "better" education then clearly they werent educated enough.

[@samueldocski4426]

@@goodgoyim9459 who said better? I stated facts. They tested higher and went off to college. Didn’t say they’re smarter. Who knows if college made them succeed or not. The question on hand was Charter vs Public. And I said my classmates tested higher and outperformed Public schools. Please read again, no one stated “better”.

[@samueldocski4426]

@Eat Shnitzel socialistic thrash.

[@IndependenceGuitar]

This is pretty eye opening, and completely affirms what I already thought about teachers unions.

[@dorianmorris4690]

Most of the kids in this video on charter schools were black. This should lead the Black community to realize these are the leaders of the future for their community and for America. Get all the Black community to fight for better education and get rid of the race baiters who have given them nothing OVER THE YEARS. All we got over years is more government funding which went to teacher and their unions then to the politicians. -- d

[@donm5354]

"Give me four years to teach the children and the seed I have sown will never be uprooted." Vladimir Lenin

[@egongefferie9194]

The Jesuits do the same !

[@a.wanderer5006]

@@egongefferie9194 haha true but the Jesuits don't slaughter anyone.

[@teabearchurchill5600]

@@a.wanderer5006 Well, not *now*....

[@a.wanderer5006]

@@teabearchurchill5600 they tried to 'tame' the native but the Jesuits didn't ever kill that I can recall.

[@teabearchurchill5600]

@@a.wanderer5006 Go back further.

[@problematicspaghettios]

Those kids are absolutley adorable! "IT DONT MATTA!!!!" 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@chestonunnewehr6954]

"But learning is work." Kid: "It don't matta!" - 1st Class American Kid... they're gonna succeed. At whatever they do. Period. A sliver of hope in a sea of mediocrity.

[@KB-ld7jw]

Love your uploads! Great way to start my morning.

[@RodPruitt]

I teach in public (government) school. We do a terrible job at educating kids. I wish I could say we do a good job, but I would never send my kids to public school in this country. It's sad. I think homeschooling is the only way to make sure your kids get a good education.

[@blueyedevil1531]

This has me tearing up. Those kids are so happy and they're getting so much from this. I needed some good news

[@Expat47]

Listening to this one could draw the conclusion that unions are the root of the problem.

[@lexiheart6558]

They are. The teachers in them are far more concerned about themselves than the welfare of students.

[@lexiheart6558]

They constantly demand more and more money.

[@donthetrader]

The Democratic Party “depends” on teacher union votes, therefore they must cater to non productive schools where no one can be fired!

[@bherber]

I'm not at all standing up for the "Democratic Party" but yes teachers can be fired elsewhere...

[@kimobrien.]

@@bherber If the bosses had their way your kids would be getting on the job training picking slate out of coal on a conveyor line.

[@bherber]

@@kimobrien. - Lol, Kim what bosses are we talking about??? And I don't have any kids... I'm so sorry you thought you'd get a clever punch in but it didn't go well. Also I noticed your channel doesn't have any content. Another person afraid to stand behind his/her comment.

[@brucebashore4910]

With that statement donny it is obvious you've never been to school !!!

[@jayclark5034]

@@brucebashore4910 Or maybe you haven't? Every public school in America has at least one fireable teacher

[@steveandrews4822]

Thanks John !! Only Good news I have heard in 6 months !! It gives me Hope, That The USA is not gone, but recovering nicely !! God Bless those Teachers that put the future of our country above their own prosperity, Thank you Teachers !!

[@slhteacher5852]

Thank you for featuring what great work we do at public charter schools.

[@chad8537]

Stossel is the man. Thank you for doin what you do!

[@goodolearkygal5746]

Whoever thought a government school would teach the people what it needed to know to overthrow it....?

[@rayraycthree5784]

I question the 40 year test score record. Some claim that tests have been dumbed down, like the SATs, which would mean that education results have actually gone down while the costs went up..