Description: Moving Beyond the Walls of the School
Note: This is not the most eloquent piece of writing that I’ve shared on this blog. It deals, however, with an issue far more important than my eloquence as a writer. It deals with the consequences replacing deep analysis of serious problems with the superficial… the superficial look at serious problems and the rush to gather “points” for pandering to various belief systems in the quest for continued political power.. The cost of this folly is the continued erosion of the education of our children in a f
Earlier today I read a piece dealing with guess what?… the teacher shortage. Surprise! Surprise! I don’t know about you but I’ve about had it with the latest media “click bait”. After pretty much exhausting our willingness to read more articles and opinions about COVID caused “learning loss”, the tentacles of COVID have once again claimed front page status.
Recently, the editorial board of NJ.Com, arguably the state’s largest source for news, offered yet another teacher shortage editorial entitled “ N.J. Schools are scrambling to recruit teachers. Why is it so hard? /Q&A”