Bridging Differences: Why Are People So Gullible About Miracle Cures in Educat... - The Diigo Meta page

• 12 Apr 09
  

  "As long as we expect schools to perform miracles, we will continue to be bitterly disappointed."

  deborah_meier diane_ravitch education_policy

  • The great mystery is why so many people are so gullible about miracle cures when it comes to education. They certainly don't expect miracles in any other part of their life. But the schools just can't seem to shake this belief that all children will learn to the highest standards when: 1) all teachers are great teachers; 2) every school has a brilliant leader as principal; 3) every superintendent has an M.B.A.; 4) every school is run by entrepreneurs; 5) every school is organized around a theme; 6) every school is small; 7) all schools are charters. I know that multiple-choice questions are supposed to have only four answers. In this case, I could have added another 10 or 20.
• 14 Feb 09
  

  Juan Rafael Fernández

  «The great mystery is why so many people are so gullible about miracle cures when it comes to education. They certainly don't expect miracles in any other part of their life. But the schools just can't seem to shake this belief that all children will lear

  teaching blogs miracle_workers

• 12 Feb 09
  

  Todd Suomela

  education teaching crisis

  • The quest for the mythical great teacher—the one we must stalk like some rare beast of unsurpassed beauty—is tinged with contempt for the large majority of teachers who did not go to Princeton or Swarthmore or Harvard. I habitually read news articles online about what is happening across the nation in education, and I frequently read the comments. Whenever there is an article about teachers, it is often followed by a series of comments that express rage toward teachers. "She got what she deserved." "These lazy teachers, they teach only 10 months a year, and they have the nerve to complain." "No wonder our kids are failing when we have teachers like that!" "Why should they get a raise, they have an easy job." On and on the complaints go. I have tried to figure out where all this anger toward teachers comes from. I just don't get it.
• 11 Feb 09
  

  Joan Vinall-Cox

  "The quest for the mythical great teacher—the one we must stalk like some rare beast of unsurpassed beauty—is tinged with contempt for the large majority of teachers" via Stephen Downes

  teachers

• 10 Feb 09
  

  Sarah Cannon

  publicpolicy blogposts

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