New York Times: Lesson Plans, Learning to Teach in a Complicated World

Here I have found a blog in the opinion section of the NY times website. In it, the author talks from his perspective of the environment in which our education system now lies. As a whole, the ideas are about student input, but also about why or why not teachers choose to teach in lower income areas. For the first point, the author uses an anecdote from his life about how kids in his school were supercharged into activity when they were given the option to help organize class plans. As for the second point, the author recounts his perspective as a teacher/principle (the article doesn't elaborate which). As he sees it, there are many teachers who are promised by political groups that teachers in the schools of the big cities will receive more pay. He says that there are teachers who want to help people in these areas, but that vice versa that there are teachers who just want to escape from these schools. Now I ask you to comment. What do you think about education, and how do you see politics playing into it?

Article: http://lessonplans.blogs.nytimes.com/?scp=6&sq=Lesson%20Plans&st=cse

Reading for All

Hello. The first and foremost purpose for this blog is the discussion of literature, and is directed toward Enriched English 10 students. I will be reading essays, magazines, and other small literary pieces, and I welcome input. You are welcome to ask me questions or post comments. With that point in mind, I encourage that you look at what I'm reading. I hope you enjoy.