Our cutthroat curriculum
--
This was written by Adam Bessie, assistant professor of English at Diablo Valley College in Pleasant Hill, Ca. A version of this appeared on dailycensored.com.
Read full article >>What 2011 Teachers of the Year told the Ed Dept.
Education Secretary Arne Duncan wasn’t able to make it as scheduled, but a handful of his top staff members spent some time on Thursday talking about school reform to the visiting 2011 Teachers of the Year, and what wasn’t said was as striking as what was.
The single time spontaneous applause erupted from the teachers was when Angie Miller, the 2011 New Hampshire Teacher of the Year, spoke candidly about teachers and mentioned that she was “annoyed” by an open letter to teachers Duncan had written for Teacher Appreciation Week.
Read full article >>