The local news articles which outline the current trends in public education seem almost surreal to me. I often turn to the website NOT waiting for SUPERMAN for perspective. I am always invigorated to do all that I can as a PUBLIC school teacher when I read Diane Ravitch’s intelligent comments. I just read her clearly articulated reasons for participating in the SOS March in DC on July 30.
“I am marching because I want every child to attend a school where they can learn not only basic skills, but history, geography, civics, the sciences, and world languages, and have ample opportunity to engage in the arts.
I am marching to support the dignity of the education profession and to express my thanks to the millions of teachers, principals, and other educators who are in the schools every day, doing their best to educate our nation's children.
I hope the march will revive the morale of our nation's educators. I hope it will remind the American people that the future of our nation depends on our willingness to protect and improve our public schools, the schools attended by nearly 90 percent of our nation's children.”
You can read more of her blog on the edweek.org website.
For me, I read her thoughts and words of wisdom because she reminds me of the true value of public education. I feel very proud to be a school teacher in a public school in Durham, North Carolina.
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