10. Charter schools are the answer to what ails our public school system.
9. Teacher salaries are as high or higher than they should be.
8. Teacher unions are preventing education reforms.
7. Tenure prevents teacher firings and protects incompetent teachers.
6. Test scores should be way more important than
Forgive me, but I’m going to preach a little here. Because this teacher-blogger has walked the walk, and I have some words for those of you who sit on the sidelines and point fingers at my brothers and sisters standing in front of these classrooms: back off. Shallow comparisons between the Branch Brooks and the Camden Streets are useless and more than a little dangerous. Unless and until you’ve really looked at these schools – or any schools – and made the case that something has to change, you have absolutely no right to assume that the people who lead them or work in them are the problem.
Have you ever sat with an autistic child and tried to get her to look you in the
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