Here we are...back to it! We all agreed while coming back is exciting, it is also scary. We are facing many changes to what and how we are instructing our students. Change is tough...we can face the changes head on or we can bury our heads in the sand. Once thing is for sure...change is here...either we must embrace it and make it our own or as educators we many be facing a change in our occupation :).
We are not alone. Teachers all over are embracing change these first weeks of school. Whether it be the change to a new school, new students, new standards, new administrators, or new shoes (which by the way...my least favorite thing about going back to school is ditching my Nike flip flops. My feet have not adjusted well to the change of dress shoes)...thousands of educators all over our country, like you, are stressed and worried about how to face these changes. Again...we are not alone...
I wanted to share with you two opinions on what the change for education needs to be. Both are from a CNN blog...the first being a short video interview, the other a written blog. Who do you think has the "right" idea for change in our educational system?
Hope your first week back has been great!
I think the last line of Diane Ravitch response sums it up the best and I favor many of her comments: “We can improve our schools. We can improve our society. We must work on both at the same time. “ Common ground between the two blogs = work to improve, work to provide the best education we can.
ReplyDeleteToday society has to be less self-center and more community focused and driven. I think the biggest factors for change are: supporting our youth, and strengthening parenting, families and being more civic/service minded.
How? I’d prioritize support ideas on what is best for the student first, then keep moving forward. Invest in the family and morals that we know are right. Invest in K-12, change the attitude that it is a cost. …? More like Texas, swift punishment and more yes Sir, yes Mam.
According to Diane Ravitcha, "as the poverty level in the school rises, the scores fall." I agree.
ReplyDeleteRhee ignores the one statistic where the United States is number one. We have the highest child poverty rate of any advanced nation in the world. Nearly 25% of our children live in poverty.
I atteneded an inservice year or two ago about public education and poverty, It was extremely enlightening. We could all learn from it.
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