I have to agree, with reservations. I think our profession is going to be gone as a profession if something doesn't change. And it'll go with "a whimper not a bang." Too many with integrity and intelligence just plain won't be able to stand seeing that script one more time. They'll go. And the ones left? They'll be the ones who cruise in 10 minutes before school to take up their post and administer the day.
Well, I also think teachers have allowed this to happen. It is not only the decision-makers who have taken leave of their senses.... it is a great number of teachers in the trenches as well. There are a lot of teachers who *like* DIBELS, who *like* Open Court, who *like* SRA, who *like* Success for All, who *like* Star Reading, who *like* computer tests, who *like* Saxon Math, who *like* Excel Math, who *like* programs that tell them what to do, who *like* assessments that give them a number to go by. And way too many teachers who don't like these programs but who just go along and do whatever they are told without thinking about it, without speaking up, without making a case for something better. Way, way too many, in fact. At least that's how it is where I live. _________________________________________________________________ http://imagine-windowslive.com/hotmail/?locale=en-us&ocid=TXT_TAGHM_migration_HM_mini_pcmag_0507 _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
