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Save Seattle Schools Community Blog: This is What is REALLY Wrong in Public Education

Save Seattle Schools Community Blog: This is What is REALLY Wrong in Public Education

This is What is REALLY Wrong in Public Education

Below is a post from a teacher, "No Confidence," from another thread but I read it and said bingo! (Emphasis mine.)

I think that the first change that could make some difference would be for teacher & administrators to understand the limits of their abilities to assess. At least the teacher could say, Sally is learning differently than many other kids I see and we don't know why. Johnny is refusing to do writing assignments and we don't know why.

Next I think that PD should include training about learning & developmental differences, with case studies, to