Has anyone else said it?
I want to say this, and I want to be clear: Eva Moskowitz and her ilk are garbage, they’re garbage human beings and their ideas are garbage.
I’d like to say something else, but I won’t.
But seriously, with the “got to go” lists and other minutiae that came out recently, including the repeated failures of education reform policies as evidenced by the metrics that wonks tout for their success, the folks at these foundations and think tanks and charter networks are trashy, garbage human beings.
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These pop up every so often, most recently from a teacher of the year in Alabama.
Teacher resignation narratives follow a pretty typical storyline: a “successful” or “award-winning” teacher documents their resignation because they can no longer teach in the current test-obsessed, education reform climate. It’s better to quit than to struggle from within.
At first, maybe several years ago, I was like, “Hell yeah, take this job and shove it!” But now, I’m like, resign in the middle of a school year? What good is that?
We’re all stressed and tired and at our wits’ end. I don’t know what kind of accolades are expected by these teachers that resign. Perhaps we are supposed to admire their courage; that is, in surprising contrast to their achievements, success, and passion for teaching, they’re so beleaguered by the system that the stress and its effects on their health or personal lives are simply too great to continue. We are expected to applaud Teacher resignation narratives are not compelling