TOW #25 All schools should have good teachers By: The Times editorial board

For this TOW I would like to focus on my transitions. Looking back on my other TOWs I did not have many transitions and I would like to change that. In this TOW I would also like to work on my use of details. I need to continue practicing on working in details into my essays and so this will help me grow into incorporating details.

The debate over who is a good teacher has gone on since teachers have taught in schools. Some argue that seniority is the definitive mark of a good teacher, while other believe that newer teachers are better because they are more adaptable unlike the veteran teachers. This article believes it can give some insight on the topic. Written by the New York Times Editorial board there are many people who would have written this article. However, it is not shown that many people wrote this article. It is as if only one person wrote the article and not an entire board. While the article tries to stay neutral it becomes biased towards the veteran teachers when it references a recent study in Markham Middle School.

In all arguments articles try to stay neutral, however this article takes an obvious biased towards the veteran teachers. During the article it references a study showing that when newer teachers were laid off and veteran teachers were allowed to do teach freely test scores increased. By using this evidence to prove that there is a difference between having newer teachers and veteran teachers the article takes a side against the newer teacher. After showing its true colors the article can be clearly interpreted.

The article is meant for the masses. It is meant to explain to parents what is going on with their school and the teachers. It is also meant to expose the problems with American schooling at the moment. Even though the article is biased towards the veteran teachers it does bring up the faults that both groups have.

I believe that this article could work on its position. If it chose one side over another then the article would have been a lot more effective as an outlook against the newer teachers.