Friday, April 13, 2012

Rog Lucido: What do we Tell the Teachers who Take Our Place? - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher

Rog Lucido: What do we Tell the Teachers who Take Our Place? - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher:


Rog Lucido: What do we Tell the Teachers who Take Our Place?

Guest post by Rog Lucido.
When I came home yesterday my wife told me she received a phone call from one of my former students whom I had in my physics class in 1998-99. My wife said he was excited to connect with me as he has just finished his student teaching and would begin his first full time position in the fall. He will be teaching at-risk students. I called him and set up a time we could meet the next day.
Going to my computer to check my e-mail I found this e-mail he had sent me prior to our conversation:
Hi Coach, In writing my master's thesis: a policy position change proposition about transitioning away from the archaic and completely ineffective system of standardized tests in favor of a practice more in line with your physics mastery assessments, I stumbled upon your blog in Ed Week titled: