This space explores issues in public education policy, and it advocates for a commitment to and a re-examination of the democratic purposes of schools. If there is some urgency in the message, it is due to the current reform efforts that are based on a radical re-invention of education, now spearheaded by a psychometric blitzkrieg of "metastasizing testing" aimed at dismantling a public education system that took almost 200 years to build. JH August, 2005
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Why the Good Ones Leave
See what it means to be a teacher who cares in an elementary school in Anywhere, USA:
A true national tragedy in a moment. Tragic for all the children whose futures you are unable to impact due to the myopic, unprofessional non-teachers getting all mucked up in the beautiful artistry of teaching. I wish you well and hope that in your new venture you continue to voice that which must be said: Teaching is about relationships. A teacher deeply knows their students and deeply knows their needs and the direction they need to go. They then lay the track before them pushing, challenging and encouraging. Passing them on to the next...
A true national tragedy in a moment. Tragic for all the children whose futures you are unable to impact due to the myopic, unprofessional non-teachers getting all mucked up in the beautiful artistry of teaching.
ReplyDeleteI wish you well and hope that in your new venture you continue to voice that which must be said: Teaching is about relationships. A teacher deeply knows their students and deeply knows their needs and the direction they need to go. They then lay the track before them pushing, challenging and encouraging. Passing them on to the next...