An answer to that question is to be found in the eighth annual Education Next survey of public and
teacher opinion discussed in this issue of the journal (see «No Common Opinion on the Common Core,» features, Winter 2015).
Not exact matches
RE provides the opportunity for them to
discuss openly their
opinions with those who have different views, in the safety of the classroom with the guidance of a
teacher.
Buffalo School Board Member Larry Quinn and Phil Rumore, president of the Buffalo
Teachers» Federation,
discussed their differences of
opinion — and some agreements — Wednesday at a luncheon sponsored by Investigative Post.
When young people have the agency to choose which current events their class
discusses, they may better internalize the idea that their voices and
opinions matter, says Ielaf Altoma, a student
teacher in Lozada's class and a current master's student at HGSE.
(For some
opinions on this, you can listen to Ed Next's Paul Peterson and Checker Finn
discussing the
teacher layoffs in their podcast, which was also posted this morning on the Ed Next website.)
In a second podcast, Peterson and West
discuss public
opinion on
teacher policies, including tenure and
teacher pay.
Opinion: In an Ed Week commentary, Eric Hanushek
discusses some policy implications of his findings about the impact of good and bad
teachers.
In this setting,
teachers become facilitators as students
discuss ways in which they would feel most supported, including how they should treat each other, what it means to respect different
opinions and ways of learning, and what happens when they disagree.
After asking a question and getting student responses using voting devices, the
teacher should typically
discuss the correct answer along with the incorrect answers, making sure to elicit
opinions from as many students as possible.
While there are certainly many
opinions about tenure, the problem with even
discussing reform measures is that
teacher's unions are categorically against cutting back on any protective measures for their members, even when those measures may need to be updated or reformed.