Leadership’s Future: 2 Questions for You
by Miki Saxon
Einstein once said, “The world is not dangerous because of those who do harm, but because of those who look at it without doing anything.”
He also said, “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.”
Sadly, those two statements sum up much of the efforts to change/reform/fix our schools.
Education is the future of our country and teachers are central to its success or stagnation.
I read two articles and I’m interested to know what you think of the ideas in them.
The first is a discussion of the pros and cons of grading teachers’ skill.
The system calculates the value teachers add to their students’ achievement, based on changes in test scores from year to year and how the students perform compared with others in their grade.
The second one looks at an experimental program that puts teachers in charge of the school while they continue teaching.
The Newark teachers are part of a growing experiment around the country to allow teachers to step up from the classroom and lead efforts to turn around struggling urban school systems.
I’m looking forward to hearing your thoughts on these two out-of-the-box ideas.
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