Today Dr. Arlene Ackerman, superintendent of the School District of Philadelphia, wrote an email to all staff in schools across the District. In it she wrote:
"Our teachers give their utmost everyday to the children and young people they serve. They impart untold amounts of knowledge and create learning environments that ensure every child can achieve his or her true potential. Teachers have the power to make lessons real and make success attainable, for every student, on every day. As the American philosopher Sidney Hook once said, 'Everyone who remembers [their] own education remembers teachers, not methods and techniques. The teacher is the heart of the educational system.'"
Let's analyze for a minute, shall we?
How can teachers "create learning environments that ensure every child can achieve" when we are pressured to have nonsensical 'word walls' and post objectives that don't matter to the students?
How do "teachers have the power to make lessons real and make success attainable...every day" when we take more than 10 days out of the year on standardized testing?
If students remember teachers and not "methods and techniques" then why are scripted curriculum mandated?
If you really want to appreciate us, then trust us. Have faith us in. Support us like you would the troops at war. We will work harder than you can ever imagine to make sure the next generation of kids is ready for the world.
"Our teachers give their utmost everyday to the children and young people they serve. They impart untold amounts of knowledge and create learning environments that ensure every child can achieve his or her true potential. Teachers have the power to make lessons real and make success attainable, for every student, on every day. As the American philosopher Sidney Hook once said, 'Everyone who remembers [their] own education remembers teachers, not methods and techniques. The teacher is the heart of the educational system.'"
Let's analyze for a minute, shall we?
How can teachers "create learning environments that ensure every child can achieve" when we are pressured to have nonsensical 'word walls' and post objectives that don't matter to the students?
How do "teachers have the power to make lessons real and make success attainable...every day" when we take more than 10 days out of the year on standardized testing?
If students remember teachers and not "methods and techniques" then why are scripted curriculum mandated?
If you really want to appreciate us, then trust us. Have faith us in. Support us like you would the troops at war. We will work harder than you can ever imagine to make sure the next generation of kids is ready for the world.
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