NYT debate: Why Blame the Teachers?

Comments by a variety of educators and policy makers.

http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2011/03/06/why-blame-the-teachers/talking-in-circles-about-teachers

• It Started With 'No Child Left Behind'

  Diane Ravitch, author and historian

• A Policy Debate, Not an Attack

  Frederick M. Hess, American Enterprise Institute

• A Bipartisan Assault

  Richard D. Kahlenberg, Century Foundation

• Talking in Circles About Teachers

  Michael Goldstein, MATCH Charter School

• What Politicians Don't Know

  Molly Putnam, high school teacher

• Discouraging New Teachers

  Jeffrey Mirel, historian, University of Michigan

• Reforms Driven by Education Fads

  Pedro Noguera, sociologist, New York University

• Elevate, Don't Denigrate

  Donna Foote, author of "Relentless Pursuit"