"Fear"
It's spreading:
In that session and the two others I attended (one on how teachers can find a voice in policymaking, highlighting the work of the Accomplished California Teachers network and one on the education blogosphere, which included a panel of premiere teacher bloggers, including some what have written for our blog in the past – Nancy Flanagan, Anthony Cody, David Cohen and Kathy Wiebke, with an appearance by Renee Moore), a theme that came up a number of times was fear.
Teachers (and principals) are afraid to talk to the press. They are afraid to talk to