Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Lessons from the International Summit on Teaching

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Lessons from the International Summit on Teaching

Lessons from the International Summit on Teaching

by Mike Klonsky

The great WaPo columnist Valerie Strauss has been reporting on the first ever International Summit on Teaching, convened last week in New York City. She takes note of the key difference between current U.S. ed policies and politics and those countries that are leading the world, like Finland and South Korea. The difference being that in those countries, teachers are "well-respected, well-paid, well-supported with resources and development, unionized, and considered capable of designing curriculum and lesson plans