tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post2533494238291182354..comments2024-03-29T04:34:05.185-04:00Comments on CURMUDGUCATION: What Is "Working"?Peter Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511193640285760299noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-35089715596544797242014-05-25T10:27:00.378-04:002014-05-25T10:27:00.378-04:00Not well known is that Michael Petrilli is an Exec...Not well known is that Michael Petrilli is an Executive Editor of Education Next, the education publication of the right-wing Hoover Institute. Sourcewatch describes Education Next as “a propaganda outlet for corporate education reform policies such as charter schools, school vouchers, and merit pay. Its editorial board consists of the members of the Koret Task Force, the education task force of the conservative think-tank the Hoover Institute. Although it purports to be free of ideology, it frequently takes the conservative point of view. For instance, it is critical of unions and opposes attempts to increase or equalize funding for schools.” http://tinyurl.com/qb8a9zaKen Derstinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02645967327068634236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-69290229132905445632014-05-23T16:04:43.485-04:002014-05-23T16:04:43.485-04:00I really liked this post, but there are a couple o...I really liked this post, but there are a couple of things I want to add in regards to "community" and "outsiders".<br />Yes, the community knows that their schools are failing... but sometimes they don't know WHY or in WHAT WAYS they are failing. The Outsiders promise that they know the why and ways, so they let them in.<br />Even as a teacher, my idea of a successful school is very different from other teachers of the subject in my area, or even some of the teachers in my building. I'm not from the community, but I come from a similar type of community (from another state). I teach in an urban district and to be quite honest, I do see school as a way to get to a job. Most of my parents feel that way to. School is what kids do to get to college or until the get to working status. Then college is about that higher paying job (why oh why did I become a teacher?). <br />Then again, I'm in an urban, high poverty, mostly kids of color district. Education is about ATTAINMENT and hopes that you can do better for yourself - not about the love of learning. And that's sad, but that's reality. Even as a lover of knowledge myself, I did school for the social aspects and hopes of getting to college so I could get a good paying job. Just like my parents told me.<br />I don't think Common Core supporters are wrong when they talk about getting kids "career ready" or that business have a say in our education, especially since my kids are the ones they deem "unhirable" outside of fast food and Walmart.<br />On top of that - my school's community also listens to what other people say is not working for a school. We have the A-F rating, and not only does my parents feel that, my kids also internalize it - which is another reason they act on in class "because we don't learn anything here" or "we're an F school. So we dumb anyways." The big "THEY" don't trust my community to know what's best for them, and now, they don't trust themselves anymore either.Lauren Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10179825870423522920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-54288733590713767732014-05-15T17:10:07.534-04:002014-05-15T17:10:07.534-04:00Well said!! Well said!! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com