There’s a problem with the football analogy in Bill Gates’ recent op-ed in the Washington Post on testing and accountability: Tom Brady had to claw his way to the top of a pile of amazingly talented individuals to secure a job whose availability is so rare, you have to be invited to apply. NFL hopefuls are subjected to the rigorous interview process described by Mr. Gates only after they’ve survived the four to eight year recruitment process of high school and college. There is no equivalency in teaching.

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If the Common Core State Standards are to be more than just the latest educational fad, teachers must be given the time necessary to try - and fail- as they learn how to implement the instructional shifts necessary to make the standards a success for their students.

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The notion that we can solve the problems of education by placing blame is unproductive at best and detrimental to success at worse. The blame game seeks to remove responsibility from one stakeholder and place it squarely on the shoulders of another, which impairs the discourse about reform in public education. Once we remove the compulsion to point fingers, we can get to the real work of fixing what’s broken.

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Collaboration between teachers can't be productive when it becomes an exercise in checking boxes. Teacher need to be able to talk openly and honestly about what's working and what's not - without fear of retribution.

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Teaching isn't a "fallback" career so let's start treating teachers as the professionals they are and including their voices in policymaking.

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