Excellent Education Requires Great Teachers

Finally, DPS and other districts are talking about the need to deal with the failure of forced assignments in raising student achievement. Such displaced teachers are often forced into schools that are a poor fit for them–leading to ineffective teaching and ineffective learning for kids. Public education’s bureaucratic morass, not unlike other ineffective government systems,  is not about high expectations in this case. If student results are what our goal is, then we must reassess how we do business on every front. If our system does not support high achievement–and that is public ed’s goal these days–then change the system.

I am convinced that too much money is spent on higher management–not meaning principals as I understand the value of good leadership at the building level! More resources must be spent directly on the classroom. Highly qualified para professionals or assistant teachers would get the results we are seeking, especially in failing schools where there are so many diverse needs in each classroom. Let’s put our money where our mouths are–into our classrooms and with our kids. Remember, the focus is on learning!

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