While talking in today's seminar about Arendt and Education, Liz asked Hannah (Spector, not Arendt) for what she thought a solution might be for what ails American Education and she replied...what we are doing...dialogue, discourse, debate, and discussion as a means for raising the issues and giving them momentum.
In yesterday's Washington Post, an article appeared that gives a 'ramped up' example of just this solution in action; four public school teachers were invited to the White House to have a discussion of concerns with the President. Below is a report of that discussion. The four suggestions to the President are worth tracking. Here's the link:
http://wapo.st/1qZy9zl
Mark
P. S. I shared the link on my FaceBook and Twitter accounts just to give the article even more exposure. You, too?
Thanks Mark. It's an important and interesting step in the right direction.
ReplyDeleteHey Mark,
ReplyDeleteOne of those teachers (Justin Minkel) represents CTQ, the organization I also work for/with. We are beginning to make an impression (we hope).
http://www.teachingquality.org/
http://www.teachingquality.org/content/teachers-have-lunch-obama
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2014/07/10/what-4-teachers-told-obama-over-lunch/