(Hours 3a,b,c) Sid GlassnerSid Glassner, who is a Senior Fellow with the New England Society for the Study of Education, came on the show for Is Our Children Learning to talk to us about teaching reform.  In this segment he shared his plan for how to improve the system and shared some comparisons between the teaching profession and the medical profession.

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(Hour 3b) As Sid continued with Rich he discussed his prescription to reforming the teaching profession.  He went through some of the details behind it and outlined where change is needed.

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(Hour 3c) Sid went more into detail about his plan for reforming the teaching profession.  He discussed a mentoring process for new teachers and the process of transitioning from mentorship to being a full fledged teacher.  Also, David Pearl called to give his opinion on the subject.  Tune in to hear all about it.

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