Principal: ‘Kids, it’s you and your teacher against the test’

05-20-2011

Guest blog by Carol Corbett Burris/Washington Post

My work day starts at 7:25 am, when begin walking reluctant students toward extra help at the high school where I’m the principal. The students who need that help are a motley crew—many receive free or reduced-priced lunch, others have learning disabilities, some have jobs and don’t have the time for homework. Others just don’t like doing school work. Each of them knows, however, that they will be greeted with encouragement by a teacher when they walk through the door for the help they need. No matter what these students face in the rest of their lives, school is the place for second and third chances. It’s also the place for taking on demanding challenges, knowing that the school’s adults are there to provide support. Yet as I write this at the end of the 2010-11 school year, I know this is about to become much more difficult. Like most school stories these days, this one involves tests. (more...)

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