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First Lady, Spellings Try Their Hands in the Classroom
Ohanian Comment: And here, in a Teach for America classroom, we get a look at Secretary Spellings' teaching approach: direct instruction on what the first grader should put in his picture. Apparently, Spellings has never heard of "wait time." Or hands off.
excerpted from Education Week
by Marcy C. Breaden
. . . Mrs. Bush, a former librarian and schoolteacher, led the small group of students at King Elementary in a classroom exercise, asking the children the names and functions of ocean animals. Occasionally, she added an additional bit of description or fact about an animal, joking with the children.
Ms. Spellings asked them about forest animals, telling them that it was important to study science "to learn about the world around us."
The secretary, who has never worked as a teacher, displayed a calm, no-nonsense instructional style.
"We need some more animals over here," she told one boy, pointing to the one side of his paper and nodding in silent approval as she observed his progress. . . .Amy Black, the executive director of Teach For America Metro D.C., spoke warmly of the guest teachers. . . .
— Marcy C. Breaden
Education Week
2008-04-23
http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2008/04/23/34fedfil.h27.html?tmp=1121710316
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