Dear Georgia Public School Teachers: It is new school year but, alas, the same old impediments: An out-of-touch federal bureaucracy; ideological state legislators who choose not to send their kids to public schools but intend to tell you how and what to teach, and a society that values reality television more than quality education. Sometimes I wonder how you manage. There … [Read more...] about August 4, 2014: A Fresh Reminder Of Why Teaching Is A Noble Profession
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August 5, 2013: School Teachers: They’re Grasshoppers in an Elephant Fight
Dear Public School Teachers: As you head back to the classroom for the new school year, I would like to tell you that things have changed for the better but I would be fibbing. Budgets will continue to shrink, classroom sizes will increase and the ignoramuses among us will still expect you to close the door on society’s ills and magically educate the next generation — whether … [Read more...] about August 5, 2013: School Teachers: They’re Grasshoppers in an Elephant Fight
Jun. 1, 2009: An Open Letter To Georgia’s Public School Teachers
AN OPEN LETTER TO GEORGIA’S PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS Congratulations on completing – no, make that “surviving” – another year in Georgia’s public schools. As some of you know, I have a son and a son-in-law who are high school science teachers. I don’t know why they – and you – do it. On second thought, I do know why. My family schoolteachers tell me of students and former … [Read more...] about Jun. 1, 2009: An Open Letter To Georgia’s Public School Teachers