Jenifer Fox

New Book to Re-envision Parenting and Education

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Well, I've spent the last few minutes mentally composing a highly sarcastic response to this posting, but realized before writing it that it was the kind of response that I'd consider inappropriate. So, instead, I'll just remark that while there's nothing wrong with a bit of self promotion, Ms. Fox may find that the effectiveness of her message would be enhanced, not diminished, by backing off a bit on the breathlessness of her message.
Thanks Bob, I was also surprised by the "HERE I AM" in this message and I've also been thinking about how to respond to this post. But you responded perfectly. Thanks again.
Dear Bob,

Thank you for your comment. I will take that under strict advisement. The fact is, I am breathless because I have been running up a hill against a wind with the education establishment for years. I do not want to promote myself here, I want to promote a message in a book and there are few people out there who are listening to the fact that we are in an educational crisis in this country. I would like to back off of this, and yet I am committed to it. If you didn't notice, I go about the country and speak for free, so the self promotion is only a service I am providing. I am open to suggestions for how to get my message out and what I should do differently on this site. Jenifer Fox

Hello,

I appreciate your comment and will leave it posted because my sincere effort is to start a dialog, to push for change and then to back off. The trouble is that there are not enough strong leaders in the field of education today, and fewer women leaders. There are more movie stars pushing for the changes we need than teachers or educators. Our system is broken, and I want to do more than just criticize it. I want to point people in the right direction. In any case, I toned down the message a bit. My purpose here is to get the book into people's minds. I welcome more thoughts from you.
Wait, what?

Fewer women leaders where? If you're speaking of education, well, having been through the School of Education as an Elementary Ed major, I'd say in the primary grades, there needs to be more MEN leaders.

Please clarify.
I think many women are in the teaching profession but as administrators, superintendents, authors on books about ed, policy makers, secretaries of education, deans of schools of education....they tend to be male heavy. Yes, there need to be more men teachers and that will happen when teaching is elevated to the presitgious job it is and should be considered. Teachers are woefully underpaid and under appreciated. This is a huge reason our schools are in trouble.

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