tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post1138643270247247948..comments2024-03-22T02:15:56.280-07:00Comments on Jersey Jazzman: We Don't Need No Education...Dukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16535645107179796099noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-79525462626676484222011-02-13T20:37:01.097-08:002011-02-13T20:37:01.097-08:00On behalf of people across this state, I thank you...On behalf of people across this state, I thank your family for their service to our children.<br /><br />Be proud of them and yourself. You have all done more to help this state than Christie will ever do. You are the real reformers.Dukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16535645107179796099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-5784925739300362272011-02-13T20:16:34.334-08:002011-02-13T20:16:34.334-08:00Just last year I was encouraging my brother to get...Just last year I was encouraging my brother to get his education classes and become an art teacher. I wouldn't even consider it now, and I love teaching. <br /> My uncle is retired from NJEA, my aunt was is a retired school nurse, their son is a teacher, I'm a teacher because of my uncle. <br /> My uncle spent much of his life fighting for New Jersey teachers, and he told me a few weeks ago that he thought it was time to get out. That the forces arrayed against us are too powerful and too well financed. If a man like him, who is a true believer in public education and in the importance of good teachers feels like that, how could a young person even consider becoming a teacher?czarejshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02089312317697283489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-76975718075853036072011-02-13T12:38:04.403-08:002011-02-13T12:38:04.403-08:00It seems that education trends tend to have about ...It seems that education trends tend to have about 10 year cycles before we determine they've failed, such as Whole Language, the "New Math", etc. Some die quicker, like Open Classroom schools. I hope this next trend of privatization follows the latter. However, since it's an economic model and not an instructional methodology, if it is found to have failed, I'm concerned that the public model will be so decimated that even a hybrid won't revive it in time to save a generation.<br /><br />On the other hand, technology may move in to bring an entirely new approach to education. I can almost see our grandchildren Skyping to school instead of skipping.<br /><br />Moreover, until TPTB realize that our "Education Problem" is not an instructional problem but a socioeconimic one, as you so accurately illustrated in your "Independent Variable" post, I don't see much hope, whether our classrooms are virtual or actual.Lisanoreply@blogger.com