It occurred to me the other night while my son was watching TV and I was reading.
We could solve all the problems in education if we just start our own cable channel.
The ED channel
We could produce quality shows like…
IRON TEACHER:
Where teachers master teachers from across the country are given one hour to prepare and present a lesson and include the mystery curriculum to our panel of experts.
Teachers Tutors and trainers:
“Watch as Gal Fieri drives across the country in a Prius to explore experience and exploit classrooms and the amazing ways educators are getting the job done.”
Extreme Classroom Makeover:
A whole bunch of shop teachers join forces with designers and architect to remodel classroom to create engaging learning environments.
Keeping Up with the Kindergartens:
More drama, more tears, and more authentic beauty than any other reality show.
Dropped:
Teachers compete to finish the best lesson possible while being sabotaged with strange but somehow entertaining limitations.
Or my personal favorite,
Library Hoarders:
An often-painful look inside the dark corners and dusty shelves of the teachers that might actually love books a bit too much.
Think of the power behind this stupid idea for just a minute.
- The Food network pulls in over 100 million in ads alone.
- The general public would actually see what teachers do.
- Teachers would get to see what other teachers do.
- Merit pay would be called profit sharing.
Last year (pre-cable) my son would come home from practice and fix himself a PB&J or burnt grilled cheese.
This week he broiled turkey, prosciutto, and provolone on Focaccia, with a garlic aioli spread.
I asked…
He said “What…Bobby Flay does this all the time.”
