Chapter five in Education Nation, is called the Co-Teaching Edge. It mainly talks about how teachers, experts and parents need to work together as coeducators. Yes, it’s true that teachers are a very important factor in a child’s education but parents are also just as important. Here are the five main points that I feel were the most important in Chapter five.
1. “Teachers are prisoners of time.” Our system doesn’t allow teachers to learn new teaching styles that are needed for the twenty-first century.
2. Co-teaching with other subjects can be very effective. The book used the example of using opera to help students write.
3. Parents need to become involved in their students academics. They’re the third leg of a three legged stool. Where one leg is the teachers and the other leg are students.
4. The internet should link school and home. So parents know what’s going on at school. Teachers can post information about assignments and other activities on the internet for parents and students.
5. Superintendents are important in schools. Those that are effective are the ones that are true leaders of their schools.
“The Co-Teaching Edge is about forming closer partnerships between the adults in children’s lives: their teachers, parents, caregivers, and others in the community.”
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