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Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Best part of ‘schools-threaten-national-security’ report: The dissents - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

Best part of ‘schools-threaten-national-security’ report: The dissents - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post:


Best part of ‘schools-threaten-national-security’ report: The dissents

The most interesting part of the new Condoleezza Rice-Joel Klein report, which bemoans how American national security is threatened by the poor state of public education, is not in the body of the document itself. The real story is in the dissents at the end of the report.
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A million teachers may be on the march — out of the classroom

This was written by educator Anthony Cody, who worked for 24 years in the Oakland schools, 18 years teaching science at a high-needs school and six years as a mentor and coach of teachers. He is a National Board-certified teacher. You can follow him on Twitter at @anthonycody. A version of this post appeared on hisEducation Week Teacher blog, Living in Dialogue .
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