Memo From Austerity Land to Teachers: Caring No Longer Counts

nationofchange.org — “The truth is that if we want teaching with ‘creativity and passion,’ we want to reinforce in teachers that act of caring. But teachers everywhere are being told that caring — whether it’s caring about the welfare of students or caring about work conditions — is no longer something that counts. This discrepancy of what our political leaders profess and the deliberate actions they take produces an austerity of the soul that is at least as crippling to education as economic austerity has been. The reality is that in addition to closing its pocketbooks, America its hardening its he Feb 6, 2012 View in Crawl 4