In his 7-8-17 blog posting, Steven Singer (a real, honest to goodness teacher in the trenches) opines about why teacher written blogs are superior to those written by the “corporate media”.
“These are the reasons why teacher-written education blogs are superior to the competition. They aren’t beholden to corporate money or influence. They have first-hand experience of the subject. Journalists have a hard job and they deserve our respect. But they can’t compare to the expertise of practicing educators. If editors included our voices more, perhaps the mainstream media wouldn’t be so skewed towards corporate interests. But that’s really the goal, in the first place.”
My reason for this blog is to ensure that my graduate students, who are all educators, have an opportunity to put their thinking into the wider world. I hope that they get feedback on that thinking, widen their professional networks, educate their colleagues, and enrich their educational environments. The end goal is that all of our practices are improved and sustained and that improves and sustains terrific learning environments for our students and their families.
So dear reader – please be sure to read the blog postings that are linked below and comment and link and otherwise engage in dialogue – that’s how all of our thinking improves!
Conundrums and Issues in Schools 