I have shared some very passionate teacher resignation letters on the blog, including an incredible one from former local teacher Jordan Kohanim. (If you missed her piece, read it here.)
But here is a letter from a teacher explaining why she is not resigning. New York teacher Christine McCartney published this letter on her “An Educator’s Re-education” blog.
McCartney has been at the University of Tampere in Finland through a Distinguished Fulbright Award in Teaching. She writes that she is “studying how Finnish teachers utilize ongoing, formative assessments to inform their practice.”
In her intro to her letter, McCartney explains, “After having spent the past month in Finland, however, gaining new insights from the Finnish education system and having the freedom of time to reflect on my own experiences as a teacher in New York, I have a different kind of letter. Call it my Letter of Resolution. I wrote it because I have had enough. I can’t handle any more top-down;