Word: teachers
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There's no doubt that our state's schools need to be rebuilt, that we need smaller classes and therefore more teachers. But without knowing how the money is now being used, there's no way to tell if we're allocating it appropriately. I'd also like to know how much money was spent in administering the teacher test, the accuracy and fairness of which even many passing students called into question...
...more waffling on whether teacher testing should be required. It should. No more hollow promises that education will be job one. Let's face it: during the Weld/Cellucci administration, a focus on education was woefully absent. No more knee-jerk reactions to bad test scores. The governor needs to set the tone for an informed and reasoned debate about the best way to train and test our state's future teachers...
...ways to begin fulfilling your promise to make education a priority: first, remove Chairman of the Board of Education John R. Silber--your de facto governor for education--and replace him with someone committed to public education and willing to conduct honest and open dialogue with education program heads, teacher candidates and concerned citizens. Silber has proven his reluctance to cooperate with his colleagues by refusing to release a copy of the teacher test given last spring or explain how those tests were graded. In addition, his disparaging comments about the intelligence of those candidates who failed the exam (comments...
...very best teacher," said Richard F. French '37, a former student and colleague of Merritt. "He was demanding and strict and got results...
Through spending 40 years at Harvard as a teacher and living in Eliot House, Merritt developed relationships with the students...