It is my belief that teachers do not need a script to teach…They are born with a passion …to teach…
I have learned through the many years in the classroom that teachers may be technologically skilled…
However, the greatest teachers are quite unique with their skillful use of their creativity, and knowing just how to balance the necessary and fundamental skills that today’s teachers are required to teach; essentially knowing the background, abilities and styles of their children; And moreover, what is truly important, given all the constraints and demands of today…
“That Great Teacher” is the master of his or her class…
Today’s concerns and demands influencing and impeding the efforts of “That Great Teacher” and the success she or he will have with their children, is the powerful political agenda…
This political agenda does not want to provide the monies necessary that it takes for teachers to be successful…
This lack of money impacts Public Education today…What concerns me the most that those in charge with this power, know so little about educating children, in addition to their biases and disinterest with the knowledge of the fundamental needs of our children and moreover, the talents teachers of today must have, if children of today are to be successful….
Putting it simply…Politicians do not want to provide resources available to lower class size, and provide teachers the necessary resources to teach successfully… In addition to requiring a the developmentally inappropriate curriculum that includes over use of testing and data collecting…They want to privatize education taking the necessary resources away from Public Education…wanting it to fail…
With all that is not happening In Public Education; those born with that passion for children and their unique talents for teaching, may not even go into teaching, nor stay for very long…due to all these constraints and demands…Veteran teachers such as myself…can not wait to retire…
And now…There is a new hope in 2016… Thanks to President Obama signing and putting into law… the passage of Elementary and Secondary Education Act, ESEA, ESSAElementary and Secondary Education Act, ESEA, ESSAv….
With The Every Child Succeeds Act, no child will be left behind… Hopefully, every child could be successful and have the same opportunities…Great teachers with all their passion and creativity will be able to meet the needs of their children…
A new hope for 2016….and the future for our children’s right to a strong education…
Janis Sexton...Teacher...Advocate 
A weakness in American education has always been that schools act as a sorting system selecting winners and losers. With NCLB and standards based testing that characteristic was exacerbated. All but the most severely handicapped students do learn – every student is achieving. However, the big test negates the value of that achievement if it is not fast enough. Teachers and schools are threatened and the lives of the budding human beings is made hellish. ESSA does not improve this basic wrong.
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Tultican…Thank you for your comment…Yes, I do realize , all the wrongs will not go away… I do feel we may be going in a positive direction…That is my hope….We will have to see…
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I look to leadership and wise commentary from so many writers…and I am never sorry to learn more! Thank you.
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Thank you for your appreciation…It takes those qualities in the making of our Teachers…
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Reblogged this on INSPIRE.
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Thank you so much…
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a pleasure
regards
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