Teachers Feel Ignored In Education Debate

[FBaggins]

The survey "Primary Sources: America's Teachers on America's Schools" asked some 40,000 U.S. public school teachers for their opinions on testing, merit pay and other issues. The results show many teachers feel ignored in the debate over how to improve America's schools.


Check Out The Full Report, "Primary Sources: America's Teachers On America's Schools" - http://www.scholastic.com/primarysources/download.asp

http://www.wbur.org/npr/124280366


You don't suppose that the reason they feel ignored is because they are BEING ignored? It couldn't possibly be that if you design a system for "improvement" that ASSUMES that the teachers are the problem... it's going to be hard to get people to listen to the teachers?

[villager]

1. You mean... along with students and parents?

Yup. A "debate" that pretty much shuts out everybody.

[Fresh_Start]

2. yep, it shuts everyone but the bureaucrats out nt

nt

[Hannah Bell]

5. and the hedge-fund kiddies. and don't forget the foundation guys.

the "people who matter" in the education "debate" = rich people.

[damntexdem]

3. Well, what do they know?

;-)

[YvonneCa]

4. Nice to know we here are not...

...alone. :7