tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post2742325446457021526..comments2024-03-26T11:07:03.496-04:00Comments on Ed Notes Online: Putting Lipstick on the Piged notes onlinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15018047869059226777noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-26150693667123095402006-11-12T22:58:00.000-05:002006-11-12T22:58:00.000-05:00Are you talking about the UFT or generally? I can ...Are you talking about the UFT or generally? I can only talk about the UFT. It has been charged over the years with retarding real reform, though the use of the word "real" means different things to different people. After all, BloomKlein claims to have totally reformed the system but I view what they did as overturning the structure and replaced it with a superstructure. Not reform.<br /><br />Real reform to me always focused on teacher control over basic educational processes. I would set up teams of teachers and give them total responsibility for educating a bunch of kids over a period of time (years) in any way that they see fit. I would make sure there was not a strict number based on class size but at least one extra person or more who either coordinate or rotate with the others. A real learning community. Provide social workers and guidance to the teams. After school support for the kids, etc. It would cost money but why not try an experiment in a couple of places?<br /><br />But getting the union on board to any plan that empowers teachers seems doomed. I really believe that the leadership doesn't trust rank and file teachers. <br />There's probably lost more ideas. Any of your own?ed notes onlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15018047869059226777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-39158221160284427712006-11-12T22:47:00.000-05:002006-11-12T22:47:00.000-05:00How does the teacher's union deal with school refo...How does the teacher's union deal with school reform?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com