Where I'm Coming From
by Frederick M. Hess • Sep 24, 2010 at 9:42 am
Cross-posted from Education Week
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This week, in light of my posts jabbing the Nashville merit pay study, the irresponsibility of tax cutsunaccompanied by spending cuts, and Waiting for Superman, I've seen a pretty big uptick in my "you're a terrible person" mail quotient. And that's been accompanied by some puzzlement about just "who the hell I think I am" and what my agenda is.
In the spirit of being as clear as I possibly can, here are six tenets that I typically find guiding my writing, scholarship, and the rest:
1] Policymakers and policies can't "fix" schools or make teachers into good teachers; they can create conditions where it is easier or more difficult to improve teaching and schooling.
