Personal blog, written from my various perspectives: parent; elected Lexington Town Meeting Member (2006-2021); issues advocate and activist; board member Media Literacy Now (2013-2020), Progressive Democrats of Mass, and Parent Representative on the Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. Older posts go back to Lexington School Committee (2009-2014) and Massachusetts PTA President days (2008-2012). Blog content mine, unless otherwise attributed. All comments moderated.
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Education
Education is essentially progressive: we are making our way forward into a vision of excellence and equity for all. The educational enterprise is not about the business of preserving antiques in some kind of museum. We are grounded in the past, to be sure; we owe a great debt to those who have gone before us, to be sure, but we don't live in their world.