Education reform can be accomplished in the next 10 years by changing the culture of the new teachers coming into the profession.
A major attribute of a profession is that there is a systemetic enculturation of it's new members - Jon Saphier
The enculturation of new teachers begin with an induction program :-
Without help and encuturation, beginning teachers perpetuate the status quo by teaching as they remember being taught. And if we do not reach these teachers, they will in turn listen to the same people with the same message and have things validated in the same way, and we will repeat the same cycle generation after generation in education, going no where.
What is Induction
Induction is s structured program that takes place before the first day of school for all newly hired teachers. During the induction process, effective principals and senior teachers teaches their teachers how to become effective teachers. Training is the best way to send a message to your teachers that you value them and want them to succeed and stay. Much worse than training people and losing them is not training them and keeping them.
