Daily ArchiveApril 9, 2015

ByDr. Berney

Education Week column about Teacher Stress: This is a great column written by a teacher who is leaving education…. fb.me/1KvjRvBoY

ByDr. Berney

Education Week column about Teacher Stress

This is a great column written by a teacher who is leaving education. She has taught for six years, but cannot do it any more. In this raw and thoughtful article, she admits to various sad and unfortunate events. We really must support our teachers instead of insisting that they are lazy, inept, and simply those who could not do anything else with their lives (That’s right, the old adage “Those who can do, those who can’t teach” is WRONG!). Teachers are talented and amazing people. Yes people. We should not forget that.

Read the article here: http://www.edweek.org/tm/articles/2015/04/06/why-im-calling-it-quits-after-six.html?tkn=ZRUDQr%2BIAzPlhlfyP9%2FcJ2EcqOb41HBF2UUj&intc=es

ByDr. Berney

Washington Post article on STEM Education and its Limitations

If you follow any of the material I post/write on this blog, you know how I feel about education and where our country is going as it relates to teaching our children. This article does a wonderful job of reviewing some of the limitations of a narrow focus educational system. It also does well to put our relatively poor international test performance into some perspective.

What do you think about our push for STEM education? Is that the way of the future or should it remain just a part of an overall education?

Read the WP article here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-stem-wont-make-us-successful/2015/03/26/5f4604f2-d2a5-11e4-ab77-9646eea6a4c7_story.html