A highly respected Connecticut teacher has written an open letter to Miquel Cardona, President-elect Biden’s choice for Secretary of Education, and hopes that the letter is the beginning of a state-wide effort to send a petition to Dr. Cardona about improving the teaching and learning in the nation’s schools. Here is that letter:
Dear Commissioner Cardona:
Connecticut is proud that you, our Commissioner of Eduction, was chosen as the Biden/Harris administration’s Secretary of Education.
Educators support your dedication to: increasing graduation rates, closing the achievement gap, and ensuring equity for all students. All educators should be committed to making these goals a reality. America’s children need and deserve this.
However, educators also know that the regime of profit-driven standardized testing will not improve teaching and learning. They never have.
- If educators are forced to teach to a test in order to increase graduation CONTINUE READING: Letter from a Teacher to the Incoming Secretary of Education | Real Learning CT
