Education Week: Stress, Control, and the Deprofessionalizing of Teaching

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27 Oct 09

Melody Velasco
Thomas Newkirk writes that not having the power to affect their programs or environments is more stressful to teachers than the work.

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22 Oct 09

Sarah Hanawald
- I realize that to speak of the psychological health of teachers—their happiness, their sense of being creative and in control of their work—might seem self-indulgent (or irrelevant) to many top-down reformers. The focus should be on student learning, they would say.
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- - that only a small percentage of teachers can or will take on this more creative work.
  - some reformers insist on high standards for students, while they have such a low estimation of teachers.
Patrick Higgins
This one is really making me think about school change. I relate totally to the powerlessness aspect of Newkirk's argument; I can see it in some of the classes we have created.

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sean williams
Thomas Newkirk writes that not having the power to affect their programs or environments is more stressful to teachers than the work.

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21 Oct 09

Jenny Gilbert
I relate totally to this argument.

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Jim Daly
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