Well, I am back from a great vacation and feel rested and recharged. Over the past few days as I began to catching up on my reading and correspondence it did not take long for my frustration with ed-reform and other educational issues to once again frustrate me. Then I found a ray of hope. Matt Damons speech over the past weekend on saving our schools and his defense of teachers really made me feel better as an educator. If you have not seen these videos I have embedded them below for you to watch. I highly recommend you watch them.
Matt Damon‘s Defense of Teachers
Matt Damon’s speech at the Save Our Schools March in DC
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