BWP Reflections

Great Quote of the Day!

"How come almost everyone who writes about school reform works sompelace other than a school?" - Teacher-writer JoAnne Dowd quoted in an article on school reform by Boston Writing Project Director Joe Check (2002)

WOW! This is a powerful statement. I wonder that myself. I realize that those outside of a situation would have less bias, but they also would have less knowledge about the topic and the effects changes would have considering all of the different variables. You cannot institute a reform idea and just say "do it." You cannot institute a reform idea and just say "make them do it." Public education does not work that way. We only have so much control over situations.

Those outside of public education do not understand this. They see a law as black and white and do not realize it has so many shades in between.

Will they ever spend any length of time in public school classrooms to see what is really happening? And I don't mean the gifted school with all self-motivated students either. While they deserve equal attention, they are not the average student we face each day.

posted by Scott S. Floyd @ 10:55 AM