To discuss chapter 6, the discussion guides broke us up into groups based on Dum-Dum flavors and my group fell into the category of "government in education". We discussed the role of government in education and our personal opinions about government control and its efforts to promote and improve education, as well as where we thought it was lacking. We realized that a lot of power in education is given to the people through referendums, voting, and administrators. Beyond national and state standards, I really hadn't given much thought about the role of government and how we as educators, parents, and community members can and should advocate on behalf of our students to the government for needs, suggestions, improvements, etc. The governments at national and local levels have a lot on their plates and expect administrators, teachers, and parents to look out for the education of our society.
Bam! Application time, as a teacher I will not whine and complain to my fellow colleagues wasting my breath, when I can put my words to use by appealing to the public, the government, and my own students.
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