What Is Good Teaching?
This deserves attention and not just from teachers, but colleges, high schools, and school boards.
“In 2006, an idealistic New York public school teacher named Kevin Greer joined the faculty of an idealistic new high school, Brooklyn Community Arts and Media. Greer had previously taught English to 12th grade honors students at Dewitt Clinton, a huge high school in the Bronx. At B.C.A.M., which hoped to inspire students with an arts-driven curriculum, he would be teaching ninth graders. Most of the students had not chosen B.C.A.M., but had simply been assigned to the school. They weren’t nearly as self-motivated as Greer’s former students. Many, if not most of them, read below grade level.”
Read More HERE.
Frank Daley daleyfrank0@gmail.com 647-205-5059 356 Westridge Drive , Waterloo, Ontario, Canada |