Thursday, July 28, 2011

Tom King's Blog of De-Fog!: The Teacher's Curriculum & Duties Plate

Tom King's Blog of De-Fog!: The Teacher's Curriculum & Duties Plate

The Teacher's Curriculum & Duties Plate

Ever wonder why teaching is so much harder today? It's never been easy, of course.

But take a look how more and more is required of those who teach our kids. And then we want to measure teacher effectiveness with the test scores of the kids they teach.

If you can't hug a teacher, thank him or her profusely!
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The Ever Increasing Burden on America’s Public Schools

BY JAMIE ROBERT VOLLMER

America’s public schools can be traced back to the year 1640. The Massachusetts Puritans established schools to: 1) Teach basic reading, some writing and arithmetic skills, and