tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post1856003609220738255..comments2024-03-26T11:07:03.496-04:00Comments on Ed Notes Online: What It Means to Teach....ed notes onlinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15018047869059226777noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-59786014571338186472007-05-22T07:20:00.000-04:002007-05-22T07:20:00.000-04:00No one enters teaching thinking they will make mon...No one enters teaching thinking they will make money. Thus, when people leave it is my sense they do so for other reasons-- working conditions. I can't tell you how many excellent teachers I know who went from public to private schools for less money and benefits.ed notes onlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15018047869059226777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-823773989170542402007-05-21T23:28:00.000-04:002007-05-21T23:28:00.000-04:00Thanks for posting the review. The way I see it, a...Thanks for posting the review. The way I see it, any call to improve any facet of the profession is good. <BR/><BR/>The review doesn't mention a critical problem for our profession: that both the pundits and that modern politicians constantly overlook the students' social/psychological developmental issues. For example Puberty is at the heart of numerous problems and yet these days it seems to be yet another 2 ton very smelly elephant in the room that everyone chooses to ignore along with poverty, a pervasive lack of parentlng skills, and cultural differences heading up the short list.<BR/><BR/>While I agree that providing a substantial increase in compensation will certainly attract talented people, improving compensation alone isn't going to enable the systemic changes needed to improve public education (not matter how one chooses to define improve). Privitization certainly will not provide the answers to the problems of public education particularly urban public education. It should be clear to virtually anyone familiar with the problems of education that, in fact, privitization, with it a profit motive at its core, will most certainly create even more problems for society to deal with since even fewer resources will actually get to the children. At least in the public sector limited resources are an understandable by-product of public financing. In a privitized educational system isn't it logical that given the limited dollars available to education, and given the need to make a profit, that these things necessitiate that less money will go to the children. Isn't the ability to make money why the privatizers hover over Tweed and the DOE like vultures hover over a dying animal just waiting for it to expire?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com