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We must rethink a system that simultaneously needs and deters effective teachers. We must rethink a system that sees schools and teachers as the sole lever for eradicating poverty. We must rethink a system that sees teaching as knowledge transfer. We must rethink a system that sees economic advancement as the motivation for learning.

Thursday, June 12, 2008

i'm going to miss this place



Just a couple snapshots near school.
Posted by Jim Shields at 8:28 PM

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Jim Shields
New York, NY, United States
I am an NYC math teacher and administrator with experience in traditional and charter public schools. I spend a lot of time wondering about public schools and the educational game in general. Are schools really the place to effect change for the impoverished?
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