History Should Be Honest, by Joseph K.
(What happened to Joseph K. is a good example of why sustained and meaningfully long classroom walks & observations should be a requirement of the teacher evaluation process. And why tenure — due process — is necessary to protect teachers from political retribution. –Ed’s note.)
A funny thing happened to me on the way to the whiteboard the other day. I was a victim of a drive-by shooting by the district 3 Superintendent. She spent three minutes in my classroom and then shot me in the back by threating to fire me. No warning, no context, no knowledge of any kind, just a clean kill shot from ten to fifteen feet away. I didn’t even see it coming. Here is my response. “History Should Be Honest.”
“HISTORY SHOULD BE HONEST”
-Governor Jerry Brown upon signing Senate Bill 48 into law (July 14, 2011)
-Governor Jerry Brown upon signing Senate Bill 48 into law (July 14, 2011)
This is in response to LAUSD’s “Inter-Office Correspondence, Subject: Conference Summary” directed to me