"Incompetent Teachers or Dysfunctional Systems?
Rather than blame teachers, we must ensure that teachers work within a highly functional system that
provides meaningful evaluations, high-quality professional development, reasonable class sizes, reliable
and stable leadership, and time for planning and collaboration."
This is the opening headline for an article by By Ken Futernick that was published in the October 2010 issue of Kappan Magazine
The article makes some very good points about teacher quality vs. the system they work in and how the systems need to be changed more than we need to get rid of teachers. Systems need to help teachers succeed, just like teachers need to help students succeed.
Another great quote: "Poor teaching results more often from poorly functioning systems than from individual shortcomings."
Read it for yourself and see what you think.