A Storm is Coming! (…again)
A new Commissioner will have as much impact on our state ed system as a new meteorologist will have on the weather. We will be told a storm is coming, to buy milk, and stay tuned after to see how badly some were hit in the most underserved areas. Then the new Commissioner will unveil a “new” plan (that will sound identical to the old plan to those paying attention) that will prepare everyone for the next storm.
Commissioners, like meteorologists, predict the future and review the past, while manufacturing chaos in the present. Neither a Commisioner nor a meteorologist can provide relief from heat or shelter from wind. They do not rescue people from floods or those buried in blizzards. They do not remove fallen trees or restore downed electric poles. That happens locally.
New York’s Ed Commissioner has neither closed gaps nor fixed savage inequalities. Some could argue that the districts that needed the most “saving” are now in worse shape.
Meaning for students happens in the classroom because that is where their relationships exist. The work happens in the schoolhouse dealing in real time with real kids with real issues. The push for more data under the guise of CONTINUE READING: A Storm is Coming! (…again) | lacetothetop
