THE PUBLIC SCHOOL



There is a certain amount of fear, or caution or reflectiveness about role expectations and the roles that other have in schools everywhere. Principals are responsible and accountable for each teacher's effectiveness, for motivating and inspiring the faculty, as well as the students. The Principalship is the key position but it is interconnected with all the other key roles, but leadership should not be put on the classroom teacher.…

It is surprising that a shallow and slanted statement like this gets published.  Each  Teacher Union represents all the teachers in their district or region. Each teacher at a school is provided due process and representation by their Union for any disciplinary actions and for most policy decisions. Teachers who 'opt out' receive the benefits of these Union services.  It would be ridiculous for there to be two salary schedules: one for Union teachers and another for non-Union teachers. It is…

PBS Frontline http://www.pbs.org/wg…/pages/frontline/separate-and-unequal/

At the very end of this show, the Principal…

Thompson: Why Reformers Are Being Beaten Up by Teachers…

The article was in EdWeek but the first two paragraphs were posted here on 2.0, however, you could only reply to Nancy Flanagan if you subscribed to EdWeek. So here is a sample of my column on Education:

I disagree with Ravitch’s understanding. Many charter schools here in NYS are Public Charter Schools which means, primarily, that the teachers are not members of the Union. The Union (UFT) has a strange relationship to teachers and administrators in terms of its effect on…