tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post5661699785339562454..comments2024-03-22T02:15:56.280-07:00Comments on Jersey Jazzman: St. Michele's Halo Gets TarnishedDukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16535645107179796099noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-63078726412238248302011-02-11T19:59:46.395-08:002011-02-11T19:59:46.395-08:00I have had my issues with Somerby over the years, ...I have had my issues with Somerby over the years, but he was on Rhee a long time ago. He wrote several pieces saying exactly what you are, Thinker: everything she claims was innovative was anything but.Dukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16535645107179796099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-74341967317172794212011-02-11T13:05:05.986-08:002011-02-11T13:05:05.986-08:00Those results are a fairly outrageous claim on Rhe...Those results are a fairly outrageous claim on Rhee's part! And as Somerby notes, that school would have been crawling with researchers! But, as has come to be the norm, we just accept it as truth and even when it is later revealed to be untrue, we all just forget about the lie and act as though it never happened.<br /><br />I admit I had to laugh out loud at the excerpt...is it by Jay Matthews?...on Rhee's teaching. so learning improved when you had the kids sit in a u-pattern and when you marked good and bad behavior on the board without stopping your lesson? You worked to get parents involved and wrote objectives? You spent a summer planning lessons? SHOCKING! I'll bet NO teacher ANYWHERE has tried THAT before! (right, because they're ALL "lousy")....oh, except me and about 12,478,661 other individuals in the classroom. Fact is, we try new stuff EVERY DAY until we figure out what works to manage and teach that particular mix of kids that we are currently teaching. But I guess if you go from a "zoo" to a well-managed classroom, it can seem like a miracle (let's not think about the fact that it never should have been a "zoo" to start with...even for a novice teacher. I should know, I am one!)<br /><br />This is just unreal...this is the miracle? It's like hearing about a miracle cure for cancer only to discover that it's really just aspirin.thinkernoreply@blogger.com