The industrial model we have been using for the past 100 years does not meet the needs of the international and global community in which we are now living. That industrial model, however, has withstood many attempts at reform, and if the partnership is to be successful in implementing meaningful changes at the secondary level, We will have to break that resistance, Mr. Del Prete acknowledged. A test of that resistance is brewing. The staff at Burncoat Middle School, for example, is considering restructuring the school into at least three smaller units, and replacing the principal's position with lead teachers. We have to think outside the box, said Lisa A. Houlihan, a Burncoat Middle School teacher.
Teachers are the expert.
They have a lot of insight on what is going on in their building and what they can do to make education more personalized for students. While the cafeterias may be a lost cause, young people in general believe that their secondary school experience can be changed for the better. That's too early, she said. My mother is having breakfast when I am having lunch. Mary Kate Toomey from Burncoat High School and Matthew Reed from Doherty Memorial High School said projects should be the foundation of the secondary school curriculum.