Interesting Times

Here in Bermuda, there are many interesting things going on in the educational realm. The interesting thing is that many teachers, those who are on the front lines feel as if they are being left out of the equation. The Talking Teacher read with great interest the article in the Royal Gazette on Saturday the 13th of September, speaking of how there is to be a Joint Select Committee on Education. This is a bipartisan committee and aims to produce a report for Parliament by November on how successfully the ten key recommendations in the infamous 2007 Hopkins report on public schools have been implemented.

Hmmmmm....all I am asking is that some teachers be able to be allowed to become a part of this committee, not past teachers, not those who may have experienced a teacher, but current teachers, those who are on the front lines....those who are in the classroom, those who are working to get the best out of our young scholars.