What is the purpose we’re trying to achieve in a public school? As a Utah teacher, I can stretch a dollar until you can see through it. Our state legislature has achieved its purpose: Spend as little as possible on public schools.
Posts Tagged ‘national education association’
Closing What Gaps?
I was recently honored to speak into a microphone in a Congressional hearing room and give my opinions about something called The Achievement Gap. It is a heady thing to be asked to give your opinion. Into a microphone. With people taking notes. In seven minutes. Or less. I am not a researcher. I am [...]
The First Language
I suspected it in my 6th grade class when the neighborhood was beginning to change faces and change accents. I saw it when sitting next to Brian and Jason and Cindy were Alfredo and Marcos and Fabiola
ESP – Extraordinary Special Power
These are proud professionals. So I want to congratulate the guy with the big office and the big title, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, for doing what no other Secretary of Education has done before him. On his listening tour of America’s schools where he has gathered groups of teachers and groups of school board members and groups of administrators, he insisted on a special gathering of Education Support Professionals to hear what they had to say.
Does Preschool Matter?
I’ve just returned from taping a panel discussion, hosted by one of my favorite reporters, Ray Suarez, for a show called Destination Casa Blanca – Destination White House.
