The big shift in approach on education that we are taking - which is different from what happened before - is that we trust teachers and we trust heads.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
What we're doing now is we're saying that individual schools can spend the money on their own priorities, so that head teachers can decide what's truly important, because the big shift in approach on education that we're taking - which is different from what happened before - is that we trust teachers and we trust heads.
Teachers need to feel they are trusted. They must be allowed some leeway to use their imagination; otherwise, teaching loses all sense of wonder and excitement.
I think more and more respect has been accorded to teachers, and quite rightly so.
If we could reach the point where many of our nation's future leaders know what teachers know after teaching successfully in our highest-need schools, we would have a very different situation.
Teachers need time to engage with colleagues - whether shadowing, mentoring, co-teaching or conferring. They need a voice in school decisions and to be trusted as professionals.
Very often we developed a better grasp of the subjects than the over worked teachers.
Now, we believe that the majority of teachers in America know our system must be reformed, to put students first so that America can compete, that teachers don't teach to become rich or famous. They teach because they love children.
Our experience at Teach For America has been that the more people understand educational inequity, the more they want to do something about it.
I am confident that the vast majority of teachers will work with us towards achieving that goal.
We're not trying to be the only route into teaching. We do put enormous energy into understanding what differentiates the most successful teachers.
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