A MODEL LETTER FOR OCTOBER 17
The deadline to send emails to the President to support the Campaign for Our Public Schools is October 17. Here are instructions about where to send them.
Send them either to this blog or to Anthony Cody at Anthony_Cody@hotmail.com.
Below is a model letter for teachers. It can be revised to make it appropriate for parents or anyone else.
Write your own letter, in your own words.
Send them either to this blog or to Anthony Cody at Anthony_Cody@hotmail.com.
Below is a model letter for teachers. It can be revised to make it appropriate for parents or anyone else.
Write your own letter, in your own words.
New Jersey Parents Write a Letter to President Obama
Parent activists in New Jersey have written the President.
Please read.
Please read.
The Berliner Article
Some while ago, I posted an article by David Berliner about poverty and inequality.
I promised to post the link when I got it.
Here it is.
http://www.tcrecord.org/Content.asp?ContentID=16889
I promised to post the link when I got it.
Here it is.
http://www.tcrecord.org/Content.asp?ContentID=16889
Dear President Obama, from a Teacher
October 17, 2012
Dear President Obama:
Have your educational policies ushered in an Age of Enlightenment? Sadly, no.
Have your educational policies ushered in an Age of Reason? Sadly, no.
Have your educational policies ushered in an Age of Discovery? Sadly, no.
Your educational policies have ushered in an Age of Measurement, and that is sad.
Your policies have sided with those in the educational testing industry, from those profit and non-profit stakeholders who believe that the measure of a student’s education can be reduced to the results of a single metric test. This thinking is simply not the thinking that will propel our nation’s education system forward. Your current policies are a retrograde fit to a system that demands 21st Century skill development instead, with
Dear President Obama:
Have your educational policies ushered in an Age of Enlightenment? Sadly, no.
Have your educational policies ushered in an Age of Reason? Sadly, no.
Have your educational policies ushered in an Age of Discovery? Sadly, no.
Your educational policies have ushered in an Age of Measurement, and that is sad.
Your policies have sided with those in the educational testing industry, from those profit and non-profit stakeholders who believe that the measure of a student’s education can be reduced to the results of a single metric test. This thinking is simply not the thinking that will propel our nation’s education system forward. Your current policies are a retrograde fit to a system that demands 21st Century skill development instead, with
Mr. President, Please Read This Letter
Dear President Obama,
I strongly supported you in 2008 and I continue to support you in 2012; however, your record and your policies on education give me pause. Unlike Governor Romney, who by all accounts views public education and teachers with contempt, you have expressed some interest in preserving and improving our nation’s democratic educational system.
Unfortunately, the rhetoric and lip service that you pay public education and teachers has not been matched by the policies of your administration. As a result, I am left wondering if there is any hope for a truly democratic educational system that affords all students, no matter what neighborhood they live in or what their family circumstances, an opportunity for an equitable education.
I teach in Philadelphia, a city that has struggled with violence, concentrated generational poverty,
I strongly supported you in 2008 and I continue to support you in 2012; however, your record and your policies on education give me pause. Unlike Governor Romney, who by all accounts views public education and teachers with contempt, you have expressed some interest in preserving and improving our nation’s democratic educational system.
Unfortunately, the rhetoric and lip service that you pay public education and teachers has not been matched by the policies of your administration. As a result, I am left wondering if there is any hope for a truly democratic educational system that affords all students, no matter what neighborhood they live in or what their family circumstances, an opportunity for an equitable education.
I teach in Philadelphia, a city that has struggled with violence, concentrated generational poverty,
The Debate: Ugh!
I confess: the debate gave me a headache, and I’m not prone to headaches.
Must have been Romney’s smug tone. Obama can be smug, but Romney has smugness down to a science. And he was really grating. The smoother he was, the more grating. Why did I feel like he was trying to sell me something I didn’t want?
Okay, they said very little about education but the little they said was wrong.
Obama said his program was already showing results, but it’s not true. The biggest results of his Race to the
Must have been Romney’s smug tone. Obama can be smug, but Romney has smugness down to a science. And he was really grating. The smoother he was, the more grating. Why did I feel like he was trying to sell me something I didn’t want?
Okay, they said very little about education but the little they said was wrong.
Obama said his program was already showing results, but it’s not true. The biggest results of his Race to the
Another Laugh Out Loud from EduShyster
Please read this. it is about a miracle school where teachers are respected, treasured, then fired. http://edushyster.com/?p=920#more-920.
UPDATE: LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 10-16-12 Diane Ravitch's blog
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