Dealing With Standards

It is true that having standards is a good thing for the future of education in our country. However, at the current stage that we are now, I don't belive that many people understand the standards or have even given much thought to the standards. There are many reasons for this. Firts of all, teachers and any administrators view them as a nuissance and numbers that have to be written down on the lesson plans teachers hand in. Also, many schools have so many things on their agenda that they don't even think about the standards when they go to work each day.
There are the safety issues that schools are faced with every day. There are those students who don't have homes, special needs, bilingual education, and the list just keeps going. For the schools that ar faced with these problems on a daily basis, standards are just one more thing they have to deal with and that is taking up a part of their precious time. On the other hand, the lack of understanding might be the biggest problem when dealing with the standards. Teachers, administrators, and politicians do not understand the standards. This is the reality and there needs to be time allotted for teachers and administrators to become familiar with the standards and the reasons why they are needed for our education system. If in fact they are needed at all.