Change

The topic of Educational Reform seems to be one that is on many people's minds. I have become very frustrated recently in the fact that not many people seem to really be in it for the students as much as they may say they are. I looked up some information and talked to a few people about any organization that would really be for reform that was solely for the greater good of the students. Ira pointed me to his blog post that we talked about previously in our lab sessions. I started looking at some of the posts on this website and found one post that was really interesting to me.

Blogging for Reform: First, let’s fire all the teachers… By Ms.Mercer

This blog post talks about Reform, but not in the way that many people see it. Instead of firing all teachers and trying to replace them we should be educating teachers that are in schools now and help them to improve on their teaching. If the firing of teachers were to be the solution and continue it could become a never ending cycle. The only way to ensure good teachers in a school is to help them to improve. I really enjoyed this blog post and feel that this system could really make a difference in the US School Systems.