Bill Gates says teachers do not get any better after three years of teaching - Teach for America!
Michelle Rhee says bad teachers and teacher unions are the real impediment to effective schools - eliminate tenure!
Arne Duncan says rating teachers based on test scores is an accurate way to evaluate teachers and make schools better - pressurize education even more and humiliate those with the toughest assignments!
They all approach schooling from the outside. Their "reforms" introduce competition, fear and brutality when they should be championing a culture of caring, discovery and abundance.
This culture could mean many things depending on the needs of a school, but could include new facilities, adequate materials, low class size, adequate special education funding, mentoring programs for new teachers...
Successful school cultures grow; they are organic. Like evolution, successes come in tiny increments, not large anomalies. These anomalies are known as birth defects and lead to diminished functioning or death.
Michelle Rhee says bad teachers and teacher unions are the real impediment to effective schools - eliminate tenure!
Arne Duncan says rating teachers based on test scores is an accurate way to evaluate teachers and make schools better - pressurize education even more and humiliate those with the toughest assignments!
They all approach schooling from the outside. Their "reforms" introduce competition, fear and brutality when they should be championing a culture of caring, discovery and abundance.
This culture could mean many things depending on the needs of a school, but could include new facilities, adequate materials, low class size, adequate special education funding, mentoring programs for new teachers...
Successful school cultures grow; they are organic. Like evolution, successes come in tiny increments, not large anomalies. These anomalies are known as birth defects and lead to diminished functioning or death.
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