tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2707703066300530859.post9221472622698906860..comments2024-03-15T02:09:23.712-06:00Comments on for the love of learning: Indiana's new Superintendent is a teacherAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15047405950514440042noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2707703066300530859.post-9200864443542881572012-11-12T00:12:59.101-07:002012-11-12T00:12:59.101-07:00Being a teacher can be a disadvantage. It takes a ...Being a teacher can be a disadvantage. It takes a paradigm shift to see that teaching is so tough, not because kids today are not into learning but facebook,have a sense of self entitlement, want every thing, don't want to work etc but the system itself. There are teachers who are behaviorist and others are constructivist.<br /><br /> Deborah Meier remarked that American high schools are "peculiar institutions designed as though intended to drive kids to the edge of their sanity.<br /><br /> Linda Darling-Hammond, professor of education at Stanford University, argued that "many well-known adolescent difficulties are not intrinsic to the teenage years but are related to the mismatch between adolescents' developmental needs and the kinds of experiences most junior high and high schools provide.Allan Katzhttp://allankatz-parentingislearning.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2707703066300530859.post-40875293459513615282012-11-10T22:11:49.345-07:002012-11-10T22:11:49.345-07:00Great article. I am in my ninth year as an Indian...Great article. I am in my ninth year as an Indiana teacher. I breathed a sigh of relief when Ritz was elected, and it took Pence and Daniels less than a week to renounce Ritz's agenda and start discussing making our State Superintendent an appointed position. As you noted, Ritz received more votes than Pence, but apparently our Republicans won't let democracy get in the way of their anti-teacher, privatization education agenda. Thanks for your support--we need help and constant attention in Indiana. We realize democracy doesn't end in the ballot box, but we will need national (international) attention to loosen the mortar of the Republican stonewall. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16115715357039110371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2707703066300530859.post-45083411853570441412012-11-10T21:20:49.603-07:002012-11-10T21:20:49.603-07:00@Teacher as Transformer I can't and won't ...@Teacher as Transformer I can't and won't disagree with you. There have been some real stupidintendents in Alberta, but I feel more comfortable that they are required to be teachers than not. <br /><br />I guess I might put it this way. Being a teacher and having teacher experience is necessary but not sufficient in being qualified to be a superintendent. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15047405950514440042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2707703066300530859.post-60065658462163165422012-11-10T14:04:24.943-07:002012-11-10T14:04:24.943-07:00Joe, I looked at the qualifications you listed for...Joe, I looked at the qualifications you listed for Alberta's superintendents and I am not so convinced they qualify people in a non-political manner totally. Superintendents are chosen by politicians here and, yes, there are certain qualifications, but I am not as convinced they are changing the face of education in Alberta for the better at times. This is based on my experience and observations over some 20 years as an educator and as a parent of grown children who went through the system with varying degrees of success. Teacher as Transformerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06744755985245192616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2707703066300530859.post-7234979993247570712012-11-10T06:18:21.144-07:002012-11-10T06:18:21.144-07:00I grew up in Indiana, and our state (on many level...I grew up in Indiana, and our state (on many levels) has historically made news related to education that is far from flattering, to say the least. This is a potential step in a better direction. It has never ceased to amaze me that unqualified individuals can pursue and even attain positions such as this. While I get the whole "public education must be subject to the public" argument, it doesn't mean we should perpetuate the myth that education is one of those fields that doesn't require any specialized training. On a different level, I continue to be baffled as to why anti-public education individuals aspire to hold educational roles, just as anti-government individuals aspire to hold government roles. Destruction is not equivalent to reformation.Tom Altepeterhttp://thompsonblogs.org/altepeternoreply@blogger.com