Thank you Dr. Ravitch!
Stuart Egan, NBCT high school teacher in North Carolina, wrote a sharp rebuke to Phil Kirk, chairman emeritus of the State Board of Education, for defending the Republican efforts to defund public schools, demoralize teachers, and cut spending. Kirk claims that all the criticism is based on myths; the Tea Party majority in the General Assembly really do care about public schools, as does Governor McCrory.
Egan goes through each “myth” to demonstrate that the Kirk is cherrypicking data to defend the Republican leadership of the state.
This article, an open letter, demonstrates why teachers need tenure.
Cherrypicking data: a practice which started in our low-income schools the minute we were told to bend to the invasions of NCLB. How life has changed now that numbers can be manipulated to please the next big Funder.
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