An award-winning English and Social Studies teacher at Luther Burbank High School in Sacramento, Calif., Larry Ferlazzo is the author of Helping Students Motivate Themselves: Practical Answers To Classroom Challenges, English Language Learners: Teaching Strategies That Work, and Building Parent Engagement In Schools.He also maintains the popular Websites of the Day blog. In this EdWeek blog, an experiment in knowledge-gathering, he will address readers' questions on classroom management, ELL instruction, lesson planning, and other issues facing teachers. Send your questions to lferlazzo@epe.org. And offer your own thoughts and responses in the comments section.
What Is The NEA Hoping To Do With Its "New Action Agenda"?
Though I'm receiving plenty of reader questions (but could always use more!), I periodically instead decide to respond to a "Question That's Been On My Mind."
This is another one of those times (I'll be returning to reader questions next week)....
My question relates to the major report and "new action agenda" announced by the National Education Association in December. The report, developed by a NEA-initiated group of teachers called the Commission on Effective Teachers and Teaching, made a number of recommendations.
My question is:
What were the most important aspects of the Commission report, and what might be its practical effects?
I've invited several guests will be responding to this question, including Commission member Renee Moore and NEA President Dennis Van Roekel.
I hope readers will share their responses, too.
Please share your thoughts in the comments, or, if you prefer, feel free to email them to me.
