ACTION FOR THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 12, 2012 – DUMP DUNCAN
When A Cult Takes Over Your Profession
Imagine that you work in a profession where every important institution that controls your destiny has been seized by leaders of a cult which seek to reduce the accumulated wisdom of a lifetime to a few simple principles that can be incorporated into tests and tracked by mathematical formulas. That’s what it feels like to be a teacher in the US today. Under the leadership of chief cult leader, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, the US Department of Education is seeking to transform teachers into foremen on an educational assembly line stamping out uniform products rather than a mentor/leader who seeks to help students maximize their potential through a multiplicity of strategies. If you are an educator, a parent or
