tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34011427.post8345352754283511848..comments2024-03-26T07:00:11.620-05:00Comments on Wisdom of the Hands: senselessDoug Stowehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13003845322415622289noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34011427.post-20453411884075664262009-11-21T20:32:37.846-06:002009-11-21T20:32:37.846-06:00The challenges of changing a faulty system are imm...The challenges of changing a faulty system are immense and the challenge of changing a culture is even greater. In Finland the top 10% of graduates go into teaching. In the US, teachers are drawn from the bottom third. <br /><br />My mother is a retired Kindergarten teacher and had many student teachers over the years, some of whom could barely write legibly. Can we expect those teachers to envision a revolution? Or have the strength of will to carry it out?<br /><br />It is funny, however, how resistant the system is to change even though very few teachers are willing to defend it. In private conversation, and off the record, most will say it sucks.Doug Stowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13003845322415622289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34011427.post-39892676343589922922009-11-21T18:15:13.104-06:002009-11-21T18:15:13.104-06:00I know there are amazing teachers and administrato...I know there are amazing teachers and administrators out there who love kids and want the best for them, but if they see kids "learning" in deplorable and uninspiring conditions day in and day out, and they know the system is broken because they're seeing it from the inside, why don't they join together to change things?? The worst thing they can do is to continue to teach within a system that is so blatantly failing its children. Silence implies consent. Maybe if teachers refused to teach until things changed, I would believe that all teachers and administrators want what's best for the kids.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34011427.post-30776582497710461382009-11-21T08:58:25.783-06:002009-11-21T08:58:25.783-06:00We have sought cheap....
Nothing cheap about Chic...<em>We have sought cheap....</em><br /><br />Nothing cheap about Chicago Public Schcools...bad outcomes at high cost.Bill Baarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07095486926836836714noreply@blogger.com