Imagine that 25 years ago that nation's schools were below international averages in math and sciencesImagine that nation had large differences between schools with affluent students versus those with poorer studentsImagine that nation now has almost no difference in performance between schools with affluent students and those with poorer studentsImagine in that nation teachers are so respected that the best students compete to become teachers, not just for two years, but for a careerImagine that that nation's schools are now internationally respectedImagine that our nation might actually be able...
Thoughts About Teaching in a Democracy
They are not mine, although I will give my assent to them. I encountered them when reading a book.Allow me to share them so that you can ponder them, before I tell you the author, because the value of thought should be independent of what we know of the thinker, should it not?Let me begin with this:Teaching is powered by a common faith: When I look out at my students, I assume the full humanity of each. I see hopes and dreams, aspirations and needs, experiences and intentions that must somehow be accounted for and valued. I encounter citizens not consumers, unruly sparks of meaning, making energy,...
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