Wrapping Up 2011: Best Guest Posts on InterACT
As 2011 winds down, I’ll be revisiting some of the best of InterACT in the past year. Today, I focus on some of the most important guest posts we were able to run this year, thanks to our wonderful contributing members of the Accomplished California Teachers (ACT) network. I certainly appreciate all of our guest posts and the teachers who authored them. Looking back over the year, these posts stand out for me.
Stop Racing, Start Listening – Sandy Dean, associate director of ACT, started us off this year with her reactions to President Obama’s remarks about teachers and respect for the profession. This guest post set a tone for the year, questioning the divide between rhetoric and policies. Another ACT member, Anthony Cody, suggested in his own blog that perhaps this year marked an “awakening” – turning point in exposing the failures of currently favored “reform” strategies.
Teacher-Driven Education Reform That Works – Lynne Formigli wrote about the good work happening in schools that benefit from the Quality Education Investment Act. For those married to the myth that teachers unions are
