CURMUDGUCATION: Teach Strong: Real Wrong

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Peter Greene warns his readers to beware of a new group called #TeachStrong." Ah, just what we needed:, says  Diane Ravitch, "A new "reform" group to tell teachers what they should do and when and how and where andetc."Peter reviews the new group’s goals and writes: So, mostly the same old stuff. Make life harder for teachers in concrete ways (licensure, tenure) but try to offset it in vague ways (more time, and tools, and PD). And as always– absolutely nothing about giving teachers a strong voice in the direction of their profession...  the promise here is that we will ask more of you and do more to you.

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