Thursday, September 29, 2011

Moving Beyond 'Blame the Teacher'

Following up on yesterday's post about who gets to do reform, here is an interesting op-ed piece by Saul Rubinstein and Charles Heckscher. The article draws comparisons to American manufacturers in the 1970's and how they dealt with increased competition from overseas. They make the point that reform needs to collaborative and not imposed upon those involved:
"As school begins, we would do well to remember Deming's lesson: In education as in industry, progress toward quality will require collaboration among administrators, teachers and their unions."
Read the entire piece from the Los Angeles Times 

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