On Saturday, June 25, 2005, at 04:50 PM, Michael Atherton wrote:
Mohamed Jibrell wrote:
Superintendent Peebles cannot advance the cause of minority
students in the school system by alienating the teachers
who are dedicated to educating these very students that she
claims to champion.
I think that this opinion ignores the fact that teachers
are as much a part of the problem as they are a part of the
solution. Dedication to ineffective and discriminatory
practices is obstructive not progressive.
"As much a part of the problem" lets the generals off the hook while
the lower ranks get jail time for military rules of conduct and human
rights violations. The leadership has to lead. As far as I can see,
Superintendent Peebles is attempting to do that. I think she should be
given a chance to show what she can do. But I don't think we should be
throwing teachers on the bone pile before the system gets oriented in
its new direction.
The inferred education contract is between the parent and the teacher
in the early years and between the student and the teachers in the
later years. That's where the learning happens. We owe it to our kids
to make good faith efforts and respect our partners in the schools
unless one of the sides fails.
Best,
Laura
Laura Waterman Wittstock
Candidate for Minneapolis Library Board of Trustees
DFL and Labor endorsed
Minneapolis, MN
612-387-4915
www.laurawatermanwittstock.com
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Wittstock for Library Committee
913 19th Avenue SE, Mpls, 55414
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