History of IDEA
Jeannie Oakes, Founder and Former Director
Youth Voice in School Finance
NEW REPORT: Los Angeles' road to A-G for all
Without Dollars and Sense Powerpoint
Past Educational Opportunity Reports
The twisted logic of failure by association -- plenty of incompetence and callousness to go around
- 03-01-2011
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Blog by Larry Strauss/Huffington Post
The teachers I know and respect are not impervious to the incompetence and callousness around us. We know that there are ineffective teachers and that they are a burden to students trying to succeed -- and, perhaps even more so, to students who still need some external motivation -- and we know that those teachers undermine the credibility of all of us and make our jobs harder. We also know that many teachers are struggling in shameful working conditions with students who have been so alienated by poverty and institutional neglect that providing even adequate instruction can require remarkable skill and heroic commitment. We are realistic about the role of our unions. (more...)
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