Who controls today’s conversation about what education should be in
the classroom? Bill Gates? Arne Duncan? Michelle Rhee? Media?
Politiicans? Who has gained more and more control of what actually goes
on in the classroom? Bill Gates? Arne Duncan? Michelle Rhee? Media?
Polticians? Why? Where are the voices of the thousands of talented and
loved teachers whose classrooms should be models of what works
regardless of the socioeconomic environment they are located. I am but
one of many.
Each of us has gotten to be who we are as
teachers through our own set of circumstances. We, like all other
professionals learn our craft through our experiences as well as our
academic preparation. Some of us get to pass on what we have learned
about our craft by becoming supervisors, mentors, or university
lecturers. I have mentored new teachers. I have taught a graduate
education class. But those endeavors have reached relatively few. I have
even spawned new teachers, inspired by me, but those are even fewer.
Initially it is why started writing this book. Much of it started as
advice to give to my mentees. Then some suggested to me to write a book.
So I did!