There is a large and vocal support of Michelle Rhee in the press. I beg to differ and to offer an opinion and some research that the reporters, and her friends have not examined to think about her policies.No one speaks for many who have worked in urban, or rural or difficult education for years without any support, funding or publicity. Maybe some of these people should attend the Think Tanks on Scholarship to tell their truths or at least question the soothsayers. I am a citizen of Washington … [Read more...]
Teach for America and the Future of Schools. Aren’t we all Teaching for America?
Teach for America and the Future of Schools. Aren’t we all Teaching for America? By Bonnie Bracey Sutton and Vic Sutton What’s the Problem? Teach For America, the New Kids on the Block Teach for America is an organization you have probably heard about. My experience with them is that in the school of poverty that I worked in, there were so many immigrant kids I would stay to keep the computer lab open until about seven, because I only had 13 computers and we had two kids on a computer … [Read more...]
