Introducing f, our new blogger
Please welcome f to the Notebook blog. If you've read our comments, you've probably read a lot of f's thoughts already. Now, you'll see full blog posts from f.
The Notebook is making a temporary exception to its normal practice of publishing only signed blog posts. We do so in order to highlight an articulate voice representing an important constituency in the local education dialogue.
F, a Philadelphia school administrator whose identity is known to the Notebook, explains blogging anonymously at the end of this introduction.
I've been in education well over 30 years, roughly half that time as a classroom teacher and half as a principal. My career as an educator has been rooted in the belief that the work of a teacher is a vital public service. I am an unabashed supporter of public education. I see our public schools as the means through which we support our children in developing the skills that will assist them to be successful and productive adults. Further, I see our schools as community centers that unify us as a people and prepare our children to be active and responsible citizens of our democratic society.
The Notebook is making a temporary exception to its normal practice of publishing only signed blog posts. We do so in order to highlight an articulate voice representing an important constituency in the local education dialogue.
F, a Philadelphia school administrator whose identity is known to the Notebook, explains blogging anonymously at the end of this introduction.
I've been in education well over 30 years, roughly half that time as a classroom teacher and half as a principal. My career as an educator has been rooted in the belief that the work of a teacher is a vital public service. I am an unabashed supporter of public education. I see our public schools as the means through which we support our children in developing the skills that will assist them to be successful and productive adults. Further, I see our schools as community centers that unify us as a people and prepare our children to be active and responsible citizens of our democratic society.
