The Shift is Happening!

I am confident! 

In my last post, I described how deflated, over-burdened and dispirited educators currently are, and sadly, it is true for far too many. But... I am an optimist who firmly believes that life is a series of seasons that brings change. 

In the past decade, we have lived through a brutal time as educators, but I see signs of green emerging; a rebirth is happening! People are starting to tire of the negative public rhetoric that blames public schools and teachers for all of the inadequacies of students. Just this past week, The New Yorker featured an article entitled Stop Humiliating Teachers that makes the argument that student failures cannot possibly be entirely attributed to poor quality teacher and schools.  Matthew Lynch confirms the notion that teachers cannot be held completely accountable for student performance in his article 5 Reasons Why teachers Can't Do It All. There are many variables that affect student performance, and school is one of them, albeit a pivotal and important one.

We need to redirect the conversation as to what we can do cooperatively to help every child succeed. Once we bring together all of the stakeholders who can collaborate on creating a vision that improves education for all students, we will begin to grow again!