Nov 8, 2027, Beloit (WI) Daily News: TEACHERS SPEAK OUT ABOUT SCHOOL CONDITIONS HTTP://WWW.BELOITDAILYNEWS.COM/NEWS/20171108/TEACHERS_SPEAK_OUT_ABOUT_SCHOOL_CONDITIONS Although staff and former staff members uniformly say they love the School District of Beloit and most students are well behaved, some acknowledge they left over what they perceived as lack of support on disciplinary issues in their classrooms. Others cited excessively large class sizes, confusing and conflicting policies, poor communication and a general feeling of being devalued. Some who found work in other districts told the Beloit Daily News there are similar student issues at their new schools, but they said administration's response to discipline has been more supportive of teachers.… About 95 percent of students were well behaved, the teacher said, but the 5 percent who weren't caused considerable disruption in class. It became so extreme that teachers tried to group 10-12 behaviorally challenged students into one class just to separate them from better behaved students who wanted to learn....
Childhood Lost
Children today are noticeably different from previous generations, and the proof is in the news coverage we see every day. This site shows you what’s happening in schools around the world. Children are increasingly disabled and chronically ill, and the education system has to accommodate them. Things we've long associated with autism, like sensory issues, repetitive behaviors, anxiety and lack of social skills, are now problems affecting mainstream students. Blame is predictably placed on bad parenting (otherwise known as trauma from home).
Addressing mental health needs is as important as academics for modern educators. This is an unrecognized disaster. The stories here are about children who can’t learn or behave like children have always been expected to. What childhood has become is a chilling portent for the future of mankind.