The teachers strike and public perceptions

Posted by sylvia

This past week’s Chicago Teachers’ Union strike has once again drawn public attention to teachers and their work. In a great blog post this week on Education Week Teacher, teacher Sandy Merz talks about the need to clarify public perceptions of what teachers actually do and their roles in influencing education policy. “Most everyone recognizes [...]

10 Sep 2012

Getting to Know Students

Posted by sylvia

Last spring I read Searching for Hope: Life at a Failing School in the Heart of America by Matthew Tully, a journalist who wrote a weekly column in The Indianapolis Star while spending a year at Manual High School in Indianapolis. Having taught at a “failing” inner-city urban school, I am always amazed at how [...]