It is a month into the new year, and what do I have to show for it? No posts since October! I would be a terrible blogger, if I had any current readers. Perhaps that is what I wish to change.
I am a teacher without a class at the moment. I know eventually the dissertation will be complete and a job will be pursued and my class will return as will my audience. In the meanwhile….(notes of Steven Sondheim roll through my head everytime I see/hear that phrase) I will re-establish this place as a place of educational awareness and discussion, or my meandering blatherings, whichever seems appropriate for the context.
My thoughts for the new year:
-I hope that reason will soon prevail in the Department of Education. I know for a fact that students in many major metropolitan areas are being left behind more now than they were eight years ago. The financial repercussions of policy gone wild have left many districts scrambling, strapped, and deeply mis-managed. A prime example is that of the St Louis Public Schools in Missouri. You can catch up on what’s going on specifically by checking out the St Louis Schools Watch blog here.
-I also hope to eventually hear something good and child-focused that was accomplished by an educational consulting firm. Something actually serving the public and not self-serving. But then again, that’s what business is all about, and that’s why we have something called public service and public interest. Somehow the people need to be served.
-I want to hear that funding has returned to public education, and creativity, and happiness and RECESS!!!
I really want to hear that Recess is back. Kids need recess. Kids need recess. Kids need recess.
Tags: education hopes, new year, Recess
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