[lbo-talk] More "school reform" nonsense

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Yes, and the reason why the work is intolerable is not only the sweatshop conditions of the charters, but the fact that all of teaching is now dedicated to the standardized tests that fuel the for-profit tranche of education. 

The first step is to refuse the tests. 

Joanna 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Doug Henwood" <dhenwood at panix.com> 
To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org 
Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2010 10:14:41 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific 
Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] More "school reform" nonsense 

On May 25, 2010, at 1:00 PM, Chris Maisano wrote: 


> Wouldn't younger teachers, on average, actually be worse teachers 
> than veterans because of lack of experience? 

Yes. Just reading up on this for an LBO article on this crap. 
Experience does make teachers better. Charters have a serious problem 
retaining teachers, many of whom not only quit their jobs but also 
leave the profession. And this isn't weeding out the bad ones - it's 
that the work is intolerable. 

Doug 
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