Kathy Greeley, a longtime educator in Cambridge and a member of the MTA Retired Members Committee, has written a memoir that will be published in April by the University of Massachusetts Press.
The book, "Testing Education, A Teacher’s Memoir," recounts the impact of education reform over a nearly 40-year career that began in the early 1980s. Endorsements for the book come from authorities including MTA President Max Page, MTA Vice President Deb McCarthy and authors Diane Ravitch and Deborah Meier.
Greeley writes: "I have worked with many talented, motivated teachers who care deeply about their students. But I recently realized that many of them have only known schools as they are today, stuck at that far, data-driven end of the spectrum. For newer teachers, having hours of standardized testing is the norm. Expecting kindergarteners to read is the norm. Giving homework to first and second graders is the norm. Teaching third graders how to write a literary essay (typed on the computer) is the norm. Scripted curriculum is the norm. Jumping from one seeming silver bullet to another is the norm. But it doesn’t have to be."
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