"One big problem with the debate on education reform is the tendency
to trample nuance and force people into two exclusive and competing
categories: reform versus status quo. The reform camp on one side is
pushing a very specific vision of change in education based on a
particular ideology. Those on the other side, typically classroom
teachers and their oft-criticized unions, possess their own ideologies.
Yet, they are erroneously tagged as pro status quo only because of
resistance to the prevailing reformers' arguments. And status quo is
used as a derogatory term in the reform debate.
In reality, solutions likely rest in those in-between spaces, which
is suggested by the first part of Said's above quote. Teachers are
reluctant to participate in reform debates because any resistance is
mistakenly viewed as outright revolt. Although, teachers don't seem too
shy with lodging complaints in staff lounges and workrooms about
testing, lack of resources, or parental support, for example. When the
rare opportunity to speak truth to power arrives, all we hear are
crickets."
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