Guest post: my mom, a retired English teacher, reflects on recent changes in education

Reblogged from  teacherbiz

…I remember a time when department meetings, faculty meetings, and in-service days     revolved around reading, sharing ideas, learning about our subjects—and not around  the only topics that seem to matter today: lesson plan format, testing, rubrics, teacher               evaluations and technological gimmicks.  Watch your back! If you don’t conform it will be held against you! Read more…