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A Public School Teacher and Student Discuss Democratic Education
This guest post is a dialogue between Leigh Pourciau, an educator at a public middle school, and Anna Baker, a rising senior in a public high school. Both live in the Jackson, Mississippi, metro area. Anna's sister, Stacy, is a teacher; Anna has considered becoming one, too, but is deterred by the current system. This piece is cross-posted at coopcatalyst.wordpress.com.
It wasn't the first time a left-brained colleague had come to me with such a request. Stacy, the pragmatic and exceptional science teacher from the 7th grade hall, sent me a Facebook message, "If you don't mind, I may refer my little sister, Anna, to you…She is considering education, but is losing faith in our current...
Posted on Jun 20, 2012 - 08:20 PM by Leigh Pourciau
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