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Friday, June 1, 2012

“Bad Teaches” and the (Manufactured) Education Crisis « Cooperative Catalyst

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“Bad Teaches” and the (Manufactured) Education Crisis

Nancy Flanagan’s reflections on a particular school board’s actions (Notorious P.H.D.) prompted me to write this one. I categorized it under “Fiction” because it seems surreal.
I am certain there have been, and are, “bad teachers” (just as there are “bad” doctors, lawyers, business persons, assembly line workers, etc.), but given the trend shown below would someone please (even pretty-please with sugar on it) tell me where all the “bad teachers” were before the NCLB was passed???
Why are the HS and college graduation rates