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A lesson for teachers
- 06-04-2010
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Opinion by Mike Rose/Los Angeles Times
Mike Rose is on the faculty of the UCLA Graduate School of Education & Information Studies and is the author of " Why School?: Reclaiming Education for All of Us."
New teachers, celebrate your calling to join one of our society's grand professions. What is more important than fostering the development of young people's lives? Cherish this calling, for it will be tested. You are entering the profession at a troubled time. For all the political talk about the importance of education, cities and states are trying to balance their budgets through cuts to schools. You will also hear conflicting messages in the national conversation about education. Teachers are universally praised as the solution to our educational problems — and condemned as the root cause of all that's wrong with our schools. Underlying this craziness is an ideological battle to define what teaching is. And though there's not much you can do to revive the economy, you can be tough-minded and vocal about what it means to teach. (more...)
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