Voice of Authority
Who speaks for public education?
Policy-makers, who set change in motion with mandates and incentives designed to get them re-elected? School leaders, who find themselves administering policy "solutions" that actually get in the way of what leaders believe is best for the school community they're leading?
Teachers, whose autonomy, professional judgment and organizations are denigrated daily? Parents, who are deeply invested in educational outcomes, but seldom asked for their perspectives on core issues of teaching, learning and decision-making?
Or --do we get our impressions about public schools from the media?
Where do we--as a nation-- get our ideas and beliefs about education?
• A friend works in the admissions office of a small, well-regarded liberal arts college striving to build an
