How Much is a Teacher Worth?

HB 1134, Flipping Teachers, and More  Part One

 

The intent of this episode was to review and explore the writing of Jelmer Evers and Rene Kneyber, Flip the System: Changing Education from the Ground Up.  Since they wrote and edited this work (in it there are many essays from around the world explaining how teachers have challenged the system and worked through the mire).  Since that time, there is another work, Flip the System US, there is Flip the System Australia.  This demonstrates that the philosophy engaged in the primary work touched more than a nerve in many around the globe, and is working its way into the bloodstreams of those who read it.  

 

Nonetheless, as we began to explore the reasons for teachers leaving the profession, there was an alert about Indiana’s HB 1134 which passed the house this week.  From the information, I was able to gather prior to recording it appeared that it was an act of overreach but an act that demonstrated concern by the parents and the conservatives in the state.  What I understood when I was quickly gathering is that the expectation for teachers is to present their year’s worth of lesson plans by June 30 for review by a panel of parents (60%) and educators (40%).  

 

Since we recorded, I determined that this was timely and needed to get to you as soon as possible, and we will follow up with a better understanding, within the next couple of weeks.  

 

We hope you are engaged and listen with an open mind - albeit tough when this feels as though another dart is being thrown our way.  Yet, if we keep an open mind, there may be a rich and vibrant answer that could satiate all those involved, and could create something far more meaningful as well.  What that is, we don’t know - yet. 

 

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