"In the debate over school improvement, individuals and groups
advancing agendas with little or no evidence to back them up have
somehow claimed the mantle of education "reformers," while teachers,
their unions and others with actual education expertise often are
portrayed as obstacles to reform--despite their desire to be involved in
an improvement process that frequently shuts them out.
In this upside-down approach to school "reform," teachers are
required to implement top-down policies made without their input, often
in an austerity environment, with little more than an exhortation to
"just do it," and then are blamed when the policies fail. Not
surprisingly, these "strategies"--such as mayoral control, school
reconstitution, misuse and overuse of standardized tests, vouchers,
merit pay, or simply stripping teachers of voice and
professionalism--haven't moved the needle.
...
Rather than work with teachers and their unions, many self-described
reformers accuse them of being resistant to reform and concerned only
about adults, not students. The serious, hard work of AFT members and
unions to improve teaching and learning proves those accusations false.
And unlike many so-called reformers who think that disruption and
conflict equal reform, we are about seeding innovations, helping them
take root and nurturing their growth, so that all kids can succeed. "
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