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The Teaching Profession

The profession of teaching has long suffered from being a female-dominated craft in a male-dominated society. The challenge is to redefine teachers as true professionals who play a key role in running their schools…

Redefining Teachers as True Professionals - Looking at the history of the teaching profession within the U.S. and how its status has been diminished for being female dominated

A Fledgling Teacher-Led School Trend – Looking at the beginnings of what hopefully could become a movement for teachers to take more control of their schools

Educating for Human Greatness – My friend Lynn Stoddard’s vision for redefining the teaching profession


Schools: Trying to Balance Coercion, Inspiration and Facilitation
– The almost impossible weight put on our teachers to balance being instructors, mentors, parents and jailers

Teachers Take Control of Detroit School – An instance where public school teachers banded together, removed their principal and took over the governance of their school

When the Student is Ready… – The very different dynamics of student-directed and externally directed learning

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