For teachers (and administrators) only

by David Safier

The rest of you are welcome to follow the link and read this piece by Anthony Mullen, who was recently named National Teacher of the Year. But I think teachers and administrators will be the ones who most appreciate Mullen's wit and wisdom.

The setting is, Mullen is sitting in a round table conversation with "three state governors, one state senator, a Harvard professor and author, and a strange little man who assumes the role of group moderator." He describes what he hears and sees, the generalities, the platitudes, the suggestions that don't really suggest anything.

How weird and familiar it feels to be an invisible teacher listening to politicians and academics speak about teachers and the teaching profession.

Very good stuff.