Reply #45: all teachers have students that love them. that doesn't

[mopinko]

make them good teachers. if he is a good teacher, he will get picked up elsewhere. the system as a huge shortfall of teachers.
but if we are not lifting up the poor kids, then what the heck is public education for?

and i am not trying to discredit what you write. i am just trying to present facts not in evidence in your post. and i never really reply to your posts unless it is about the system here in chicago. i have first hand experience in the system, which is the kind of thing i love about du.

(and btw, ben joravsky is a curmudgeon who beats whatever drum he can find in any given week. he is a good reporter, but he only ever covers the problem, never the causes, never the history, never the solutions.)

peace out mad. you provide a valuable viewpoint here.