called Ed in ‘08, which sounds like it would be interesting, at a minimum an opportunity for networking and debate, and I went right ahead and sent out an email to a couple of folks I thought might agree (turns out one of them is not only going, he’s speaking) but then, luckily, before passing it along to another half-dozen NYC education bloggers whom I know, I stopped and took a closer look. Most of the people I know who blog about education also happen to be teachers… and this summit is on a Wednesday-Thursday. It makes me a little sad & irritated that a summit intended to be about education reform would occur at a time that is virtually impossible for any actual working educators to attend. We have an obligation to our kids to be present pretty much every weekday between now and the end of June. That doesn’t mean we don’t have opinions or experience relevant to education policy – on the contrary, what is policy without the voices of practitioners? We’ve put our voices out there through our blogs – some more overtly political, some more personal, but each trying to share stories because we think someone can learn something from them. Don’t carelessly exclude us from the conversation!
April 28, 2008...10:49 pm
So there’s this summit in DC…
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May 1, 2008 at 11:51 pm
I submit that this is not careless, but deliberate. It’s too common an occurrence to be a thoughtless mistake. And Ed in ‘08 is a campaign to put ed on the front burner in this election year, yet they (deliberately) ignore teachers’ voices.
May 3, 2008 at 9:48 am
I’m going. I’m leaving the kids. I’m bad.
May 26, 2008 at 11:18 pm
I’m late catching up. I think CLover 88 is right.
Jonathan