tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5113479300897983388.post3934528943024420799..comments2024-01-06T06:09:29.140-05:00Comments on An Urban Teacher's Education: If Only We Had Fewer Resourcesjames boutinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09625944306253098621noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5113479300897983388.post-87405512173996494152010-12-18T07:36:35.454-05:002010-12-18T07:36:35.454-05:00This is one of the frustrations with the press for...This is one of the frustrations with the press for closing schools and creating new small schools. The time it takes to reconstitue a school with effective practices is longer than those who don't work in schools realize. I used to encourage my preservice teachers not to seek a position in a new small school until the hiring freeze forced them into those schools. That teaching population needs to go where structures and systems are in place, not being created along the way. They should not have to worry about trying to build school systems while trying to create their own teaching practice. Just my opinion, but supported by what I have seen from my new teachers over the past five years in NY.Karen Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04794040454775778784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5113479300897983388.post-87016959480950243222010-12-16T09:15:21.982-05:002010-12-16T09:15:21.982-05:00Hey, I found your blog from my friend Aaron (here ...Hey, I found your blog from my friend Aaron (here in Ann Arbor, MI). I am a teacher in Detroit Public Schools, which is our state's largest school district. Except for the SAVE room, I can completely relate to what you have said here. I am a special education teacher, so my experiences are probably a little different but so so much is the same. <br /><br />Here in MI, the "solution" for the problems are the for-profit charter schools that cherry pick students (or take them until Count Day and then kick them to the curb) and line the pockets of private CEOs and boards of directors. Those schools won't take the kids who were born addicted to crack (1/2 my caseload), the kids who can't read in the 6th grade, etc. Yet they have the resources, the computers, the nice buildings...agh! I better stop before I just start ranting.<br />Great blog!!!!!TeacherPattihttp://palateofpatti.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5113479300897983388.post-42034957215603031872010-12-15T18:21:55.448-05:002010-12-15T18:21:55.448-05:00And then, if despite all of that, you do a good jo...And then, if despite all of that, you do a good job, it will be held against you, as evidence that all those other things are luxuries rather than necessities. Having worked in schools with very different norms in resources and teacher support, I concur that working conditions are a crucial factor not getting enough attention.David B. Cohenhttp://accomplishedcaliforniateachers.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5113479300897983388.post-42982847464210095602010-12-15T13:20:51.417-05:002010-12-15T13:20:51.417-05:00All I can say is "Wow." If corporate ed...All I can say is "Wow." If corporate ed policy makers could just spend a day in your shoes, I'd bet they'd think twice before continuing to endorse the "It's all the fault of the teacher" platform.Attorney DCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5113479300897983388.post-50592313644923930982010-12-15T00:04:34.799-05:002010-12-15T00:04:34.799-05:00Oh, definitely. Great post.Oh, definitely. Great post.CGLnychttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08182797883212581609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5113479300897983388.post-43979855657283352222010-12-14T23:55:55.983-05:002010-12-14T23:55:55.983-05:00Meanwhile, the Children First Network -- the new s...Meanwhile, the Children First Network -- the new school "support" networks -- are growing every day, along with "innovation specialists" and the like; and the DOE wants to spend an extra billion dollars on technology to expand credit recovery and implement their new online testing regime. What a sadness.Leonie Haimsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17317355552298136811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5113479300897983388.post-34699804305992232462010-12-14T23:35:45.913-05:002010-12-14T23:35:45.913-05:00Exactly...Such a shame.Exactly...Such a shame.Sabrinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03739345429038388530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5113479300897983388.post-85035176151750945322010-12-14T21:45:40.984-05:002010-12-14T21:45:40.984-05:00wow. just....wow.wow. just....wow.Christyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05468422056345875269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5113479300897983388.post-83316413126134606952010-12-14T21:14:22.037-05:002010-12-14T21:14:22.037-05:00Thanks for sharing this. We need to hear it.Thanks for sharing this. We need to hear it.Rachel Levyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06844728669493681943noreply@blogger.com