Our Schools Are NOT Failing!

Public education is not failing.

On the contrary, many of the teachers and administrators in our public schools are fighting each and every day to make a difference in the lives of our students. So what’s the problem?

Society. Poverty. Breakdown of the family.

You name it, but it’s not just the schools. Of course, you can’t bust unions and fleece the public education coffers if teachers and schools are not at fault for “failing” schools…

Read this.

Related topics: Education Policy

About the author 

Michelle Boyd Waters, M.Ed.

Michelle taught secondary ELA in public schools for 10 years. She served as an award-winning journalist before transitioning into education and is now Assistant Director of the OU Writing Center and a teacher consultant for the Oklahoma Writing Project. Michelle co-edited the Oklahoma English Journal for five years. She is a PhD candidate in Instructional Leadership and Academic Curriculum at the University of Oklahoma. She started reThink ELA LLC as a teacher blog in 2012.

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