The Answer Sheet: President Obama and teachers
Obama's mistimed Miami school visit -- with Jeb Bush
What a tag team. At a time when Wisconsin teachers are protesting to keep their collective bargaining rights, President Obama is traveling to Florida to share a stage with the anti-union Jeb Bush, the former governor who led corporate-driven, standardized test-obsessed school reform and tried to reduce teachers union influence.
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Willingham: Obama should stop coercing teachers and start persuading
Cognitive scientist Daniel Willingham writes about how President Obama seems to trying to coerce teachers to do what he wants rather than use his formidable powers of persuasion. Experients in psychology, he says, show that coercion gets compliance, while persuasion breeds enthusiasm and innovation.
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11:30 AM ET, 04/12/2010 |
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