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“You Have No Business Becoming A School Administrator” 2008-03-27 16:42:51 Posted by avoiceinthewilderness
Quote, end quote.
The above statement was made to me by a superintendent of a large school district on Long Island in front of about twenty other graduate students . The weird thing is, I didn’t get upset.
He was my teacher and the class was a part of an administrative program. The [...] Read more:Business
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“Behold, I Send You Forth as Sheep in the Midst of Wolves” 2008-03-26 15:26:38 Posted by learnersinherit
There is a Great Divide between old and new teachers, but according to the welcoming committee at the NYCTF New Teacher Ceremony, the reason is because “older teachers don’t like you. And they shouldn’t. They are afraid of you because you have the power to do what they can’t. You can change the [...] Read more:Behold
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Maybe If The Elderly Needed Standardized Testing, They Would Get Some Attention 2008-03-24 21:08:09 Posted by avoiceinthewilderness
When a political or governmental institution has profit as its motivation, certain aspects of the population are likely to be ignored. Such segments are usually those who can’t turn a profit for the powers that be. In our country, those who fall into this category are the very young [...] Read more:Maybe
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Indoctrinated and In Shambles 2008-03-23 20:20:52 Posted by Learnersinherit
From the NYCTF Program Overview
“Because effective teachers dramatically increase their students’ academic success, the mission of the NYC Teaching Fellows program is to recruit and prepare high-quality, dedicated individuals to become teachers who raise student achievement in the New York City classrooms that need them most.”
Translation: Because veteran teachers are unwilling to overlook [...]
The Brilliant Plan That Paved the Way for the New York City Teaching Fellows Program 2008-03-23 11:22:31 Posted by Avoiceinthewilderness
My good friend, Learnersinherit, makes some brilliant points about alternative teaching programs. I love her candor and insight and could not agree more with her comments. I’m not sure if she realizes, however, that the conditions that paved the way for the New York City
Teaching Fellows
were deliberately and brilliantly orchestrated. Machiavelli [...] Read more:Brilliant
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Alternative Teacher Certification Programs Damage the Soul of Education 2008-03-22 14:16:47 Posted by learnersinherit
Programs
like Teach for America and the New York Teaching Fellows have helped to staff some of the most difficult school districts, but while the idea of these programs often looks good, the truth is that they are aiding and abetting in the destruction of education.
As an unsatisfied graduate of the NYTF program, [...] Read more:Alternative
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High Stakes Testing Takes Away From the True Purpose of Education 2008-03-21 11:44:22 Posted by avoiceinthewidlerness
I was asked to conduct a workshop for a small group of high school teachers yesterday. Their supervisor asked me to talk about the concept of “purpose” when planning a lesson. I planned for the workshop by starting backwards; in order to plan a lesson we must first plan a topic, in order [...] Read more:Testing
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Why We Look To Teachers To Solve Our Problems 2008-03-29 00:18:05 Posted by avoiceinthewilderness
They slice. They dice.
They have the ability to cause children who never come to school to pass standardized exams.
They can overcome broken families, drug addiction, institutional racism, media saturation and all other effects of a society in complete regression.
Look up in the sky, it’s a bird! It’s a plane. No, [...] Read more:Solve
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