The Battle Between What Teachers Know & What Politicians Want | Online Universities | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it

"Politics is about what happens rightnow, but education policy is about what happens five or 10 years from now. And it’s the second part of that phrase that explains a sometimes uncomfortable truth about policy and policymaking — in education, we really cannot say with certainty exactly how things will turn out in a decade, as the results based on student performance must be judged by longitudinal surveys for about a decade before judgment is passed."

This article explores "this long-term vs. right now view of education" looking at two survesys of teachers, and provides a list of what factors teachers believe "have the greatest impact on improving academic achievement" and which teachers believe "are the least important for improving academic achievement."