Latest News and Comment from Education

Sunday, January 15, 2012

Symptoms, Causes, Cures The Real Mr. Fitz

The Real Mr. Fitz:

Symptoms, Causes, Cures

This past weekend an older post of mine, my "Teacher's Letter to Obama: A Lesson in Irony" suddenly caught on. As of this evening, it has over 50 thousand hits, and dozens of mostly positive comments. A few of the "commenters" made the criticism that I didn't offer any solutions, and other commenters pointed out that finding solutions wasn't my goal in that piece--my goal was to express my frustration. Apparently, in venting my frustration, I expressed what a lot of other people were thinking as well.


But if solutions are what we want-- and I want them as much as anyone--I have one suggestion that is a step toward a solution. My