teacher's resignation letter citing failed system goes viral
Written by / Special Guests Pauline Hawkins
April 14, 2014 / America's Newsroom
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A Colorado teacher who made headlines when her resignation letter went viral appeared on "America's Newsroom" Monday to explain why she believes she can no longer be a part of education standards that punish students instead of help them.
English teacher Pauline Hawkins told co-host Martha MacCallum that thanks to Common Core, teachers from kindergarten through high school are being boxed into "rigid" lesson plans that take the emphasis off individual learning.
"It's become a right answer rather than a way to think, a way to open up your mind to figure out answers for yourself," the 11-year education veteran said.
"We are just inundated with data collection. We have to constantly fill out forms and collect data on students and collect data on teachers. It's taking up a lot of time; it's creating a lot of stress -- time that we could be spending with our students or creating lesson plans."
Hawkins said the problems started when the new curriculum left her third grade son struggling to keep up and coming home in tears. She is set to vacate her teaching position at the end of the school year. Her resignation letter has over 700,000 hits since it was posted on April 7.
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