And by practitioners, I mean teachers. Today, Governor Markell is participating in the NBC News Education Nation Summit in NYC. He is talking about early learning initiatives here, with Harriet Dichter, Executive Director of the Delaware Office of Early Learning.
Go to the Summit website and scroll down to look at the agenda. With the exception of the Student Town Hall, the Teacher Town Hall and possibly the various Master Classes interspersed, I think I can count on one hand the number of teachers included as named speakers. There’s a few more if I include principals, and the number looks even better if I include Superintendents of school systems.The majority of the people speaking (with NBC anchors and reporters — what?) are from various corporations (mostly those with something to sell to schools and students), colleges (professors and Deans), politicians and WTF is Goldman Sachs doing here?
What do you think? What kind of credibility does and Educational Summit have that includes very few teachers and is run by TV personalities?