Dispatch from the SOS Rally
I went to the Ellipse this afternoon to attend the SOS Rally and while I’m going to write something longer and more coherent about it over the next couple of days, here are some semi-random thoughts (and one video) in the meantime:
- I should have worn sunscreen.
- If you’re Linda Darling-Hammond and you’re going to stand on a stage denouncing programs that are “staffed by revolving-door beginners and other untrained teachers, many of whom see it as charity work on their way to a real job,” why not just say “Teach for America”? Everybody knows who you’re talking about.
- Taylor Mali recited his poem “What Teachers Make,” and it was really good, a highlight of the event.
- Bob Schaeffer from FairTest argued that it’s not really true that NCLB was a bipartisan piece of legislation