The percentage of "Bad Teachers" in our public schools is probably no
higher than Bad Principals, Bad Superintendents, Bad Commissioners, Bad
Politicians, and Bad Philanthropists. Yet people in every walk of life
seem obsessed with getting rid of them. This isn't a well thought out
policy position. it is more like a form of communal Magic, a ritual to
rid to rid ourselves of Demons, real and imagined. We have met the
enemy and they are Teachers! WRONG! You have found a convenient
scapegoat for the nation's failures- especially the profound
inequalities embedded in our economic and political system, our
vanishing liberties and the economic forces shrinking our middle class.
And when the smoke has cleared and the witch hunt ends, you will find
that among the victims will be the BEST TEACHERS who cannot stand seeing
their entire profession maligned and their autonomy and creativity
undermined while the schools are turned inside out and upside down and
turned into Test Factories.
I have a suggestion When you have
finally figured out your obsession isn't working, why don't you start
over and stop worrying about Bad Teachers and start thinking about what
you need to do to attract and keep Great Teachers. And lo and behold,
what you will find is that the thing that will attract them is the very
thing you are denying every teacher right now- Autonomy and Respect.
Friday, May 2, 2014
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