That is a problem and a growing one, as I said in the piece. But if you try and tell me that there is no indoctrination or agenda setting coming from Central Office and the School Board room, I'm going to have to politely disagree.
Teachers in MNPS choose virtually nothing: Not the reading selections, not the standards, not the methods, not the assessments, not the grades, even the rubrics are mandated. Any kind of indoctrination is impossible unless it comes from the Tennessee legislature, the State Board of Education, and local school board policy. There is no autonomy.
That is a problem and a growing one, as I said in the piece. But if you try and tell me that there is no indoctrination or agenda setting coming from Central Office and the School Board room, I'm going to have to politely disagree.
Teachers in MNPS choose virtually nothing: Not the reading selections, not the standards, not the methods, not the assessments, not the grades, even the rubrics are mandated. Any kind of indoctrination is impossible unless it comes from the Tennessee legislature, the State Board of Education, and local school board policy. There is no autonomy.