Great Teachers Can Often Be Saviors - Excerpt
Nicholas Kristof – Omaha World Herald – Jan. 25, 2012
available at http://www.omaha.com/article/20120125/NEWS0802/701259946/-1#nicholas-d-kristof-great-teachers-can-often-be-saviors
This is a great story about how the efforts of one teacher changed the life of a troubled student. I believe most teachers want to have that kind of effect on their students. Teacher advocacy groups claim that when given well-raised students, they are almost always successful, but when given badly raised kids the results are usually disappointing. By pointing the blame at parents and society in general, are educators admitting that schools/teachers don't make a difference? The education profession needs to focus on what programs are getting positive results for "all students' and try to replicate those programs. Accepting the status quo is not the answer.
