There is not a profession in this modern era that is legislated, regulated and mandated as closely as that of the public school educator. While there are laws governing other professions, those laws are developed and implemented with the voices of those in the profession front and center. That cannot be said of the laws and regulations governing today’s educational system. In more than 30 years teaching in Perth Amboy I found that despite the fact that I was the person who knew my students best, I had very little, and at times no, say in how my students were taught. Giving educators a voice in their profession is why AFT New Jersey supports the road map to effective teaching proposed by the Garden State Alliance for Strengthening Education.
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