Education and the Teacher Trap
Gabriel Arana, American Prospect
D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)"Rule No. 1: No carilla," she started, using Spanish slang -- no ribbing each other. The rest of the classroom rules were also punctuated with some colloquialism to bridge the cultural divide. She was dynamic and enthusiastic, on a mission to use her skills and education to help these needy kids. She left after a year. I kept thinking of this teacher's quixotic idealism as I watched Waiting for Superman, the much-talked-about Paramount Pictures documentary by An Inconvenient Truth director Davis...
D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)"Rule No. 1: No carilla," she started, using Spanish slang -- no ribbing each other. The rest of the classroom rules were also punctuated with some colloquialism to bridge the cultural divide. She was dynamic and enthusiastic, on a mission to use her skills and education to help these needy kids. She left after a year. I kept thinking of this teacher's quixotic idealism as I watched Waiting for Superman, the much-talked-about Paramount Pictures documentary by An Inconvenient Truth director Davis...
Putnam, Adam H. Quigley, Mike Radanovich, George Rahall, Nick J. II Rangel, Charles B.
