Golden Apple Fellow,
author, teacher, and professor Greg Michie explores what is left unsaid when mainstream media covers education in
"Elephants in the Room," a new article for
Rethinking Schools.
He concludes with a call to action:
[We] need to pay close attention to the silences in popular accounts of urban education, and to seek out public spaces where we can tell counter-narratives: op-ed pages, letters to the editor, community or city council meetings, blogs, online discussion boards. There's not just an elephant in the room -- there's a herd. As often and as conspicuously as possible, we need to wave our arms, point each one out, and call it by name.
Blogs? Online discussion boards? I sense a great opportunity for TEN members...
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