The on-going education drama
Mar. 25th, 2008 11:39 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
spirithorse21I continue to follow the story of the teacher fighting for the right to use Freedom Writers in her classroom. Yesterday, the Perry Township school board released their decision.
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080325/LOCAL1801/803250366/1304/frontpagecities
I still find this whole thing ridiculous and think it smacks of power corruption. And then I get to the end of the story and there's my proof--the substitute teacher has continued to use The Freedom Writer's Diary with administrative approval! WTF? This whole debacle started because administrators didn't approve the book. I thought this was because they didn't approve of the content. But now, the book is approved, which leads me to think the administrators were either lazy bums about the approval process, or they lack back bone and caved to all the media attention. Either way, the teacher is now being punished over an issue that has become moot. *headdesk*
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080325/LOCAL1801/803250366/1304/frontpagecities
I still find this whole thing ridiculous and think it smacks of power corruption. And then I get to the end of the story and there's my proof--the substitute teacher has continued to use The Freedom Writer's Diary with administrative approval! WTF? This whole debacle started because administrators didn't approve the book. I thought this was because they didn't approve of the content. But now, the book is approved, which leads me to think the administrators were either lazy bums about the approval process, or they lack back bone and caved to all the media attention. Either way, the teacher is now being punished over an issue that has become moot. *headdesk*
