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Monday, January 8, 2007
Giving Voice To Voiceless Teachers
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
One of the toughest parts of reporting on education is getting teachers to go on the record about problems in their schools.
When I first started on the education beat, I couldn’t understand why so many refused to speak out on issues important to them. Of course, that was before I understood school system politics.
Then I learned the importance of teachers’ groups, which give cover for individuals who don’t want to go out on the proverbial limb, and give voice to problems that parents and taxpayers should know about. Now Gwinnett County has just such a group.
According to my colleague Laura Diamond’s article this weekend, the newly formed Teachers’ Alliance of Gwinnett hopes to enlist members from every school in the county. It will be interesting to see how many teachers in the state’s largest school system sign up. Then maybe we’ll know just how much the organization was needed.
