Leading From The HeartIn an age of constant reform, a teacher is constantly put in the spotlight. The way that he or she teaches is constantly in question. The teachers I know became teachers because of something from deep within – a passion, a desire to help others, to pay something back, to follow in the footsteps of … Moving out towards reform
When I first heard the news – that Line Beauchamp, Quebec’s Education Minister, is presenting a proposal during this weekend’s Liberal party caucus to cut school board funding in half – I literally high-fived my rear-view mirror. Maybe not the best thing to do while driving through the slippery roadways skirting the construction of highway … “Planned school board cuts anger Quebec teachers”…why?
I was asked to think about this statement and how it can be considered an assumption: The notion of systemic change in how we evaluate is utopic since it goes against parent expectations and societal values. If this were true then women would never have gotten the vote and black people would still be riding … Changing how we evaluate…utopic?
According to the Quebec courts it is the government who has the final say, at least in terms of what our children learn in school. I heard about this story on cbc news as I was driving to work this morning: Parents group to appeal ruling on ethics course: judge rejects bid for exemption. Studying … Religion in school – who has the final say?
This post is actually a comment in the conversation around school change over at Public School Insights – Casting Call for Teachers. It’s pretty much in the same state, maybe an extra sentence or two. I think it helps to clarify what I mean when I say “Teachers are the only real agents of school … What I mean by teachers being the only real agents of school reform